Hollywood starts with an agent

Chapter 11 Beautiful Woman
In the evening, after attending the preview of "Over the Horizon", Nicole Kidman went to the bar with Aaron to have fun.

"Look, you make me feel much more comfortable now," Aaron looked at the other person. Without the ramen hair, she was indeed much more beautiful.

Nicole Kidman smiled and said, "Well, I think it's good now too. What do you think of my movie, Over the Horizon?"

Aaron thought about it, "For works that are horror or erotic, the selling point is nothing more than your body;"

"Don't worry about how high the box office will be, just consider it an appearance in an independent film!"

Nicole Kidman took a sip of her wine and said, "New actresses nowadays can only get roles in large-scale independent films like this. There's nothing else to do."

Aaron nodded and said, "Don't worry, the movie will be released early next month. Take your time. I'll help you get that script from Disney!"

"Where's the script at your house?" Nicole Kidman has been thinking about "Ghost".

"Let's talk about it in the second half of the year and see if we can find investors," Aaron said he would contact European film companies when he goes to Cannes.

In the following days, Aaron went directly to Disney to meet with Jeffrey Katzenberg, chairman of Disney Motion Pictures;

After running for three consecutive days, I finally managed to get 15 minutes at noon one day!

Jeffrey Katzenberg, 39, is currently the third-in-command at Disney, overseeing Disney's film and television production business, including animation, live-action films, and television;

Since leaving Paramount and joining Disney with Michael Eisner, he has saved the declining Disney and made it one of the six major studios in Hollywood today. He has also made an indispensable contribution to Disney's booming performance in recent years.

"Workaholic" Jeffrey Katzenberg also holds a very high position in Disney, and there is suspicion that he may be a threat to the top boss Michael Eisner!
"Good afternoon, sir," Aaron Anderson came up to Jeffrey Katzenberg.

"Have a seat, Aaron Anderson, the guy who sold 'Sex, Lies, and Videotape' to Miramax for $120 million," Jeffrey Katzenberg said, grinning.

"why the need to see me?"

Aaron sat down without wasting any time. He pulled out an implementation plan from his bag and handed it to the other party. "I've made some changes to the '3000' project. Please take a look!"

After the other party took over, Aaron began to speak directly, "I changed the name of the script to "Pretty Woman", and all the dark parts of the script will be deleted;"

"The main plot is the romantic week the rich man and the streetwalker spent in the hotel. Although some bad misunderstandings occurred, the streetwalker's transformation eventually won back the rich man's heart."

"This should be a fairytale romantic comedy movie, which is consistent with Disney's long-standing positioning..."

It was supposed to be only 15 minutes, but before they knew it, they had been talking for two hours. Jeffrey Katzenberg even asked Aaron to have dinner with him!
"Also, this movie is simple, we don't need big stars, and the budget is much lower than Disney's other film, 'Dick Tracy.'"

Aaron knew that the gangster blockbuster "Dick Tracy" that Disney was preparing was led by Michael Eisner;
Michael Eisner and Michael Ovitz have been friends for many years and are even neighbors.

This "Pretty Woman" was led by Jeffrey Katzenberg, and Michael Eisner didn't pay much attention to it; as long as Jeffrey Katzenberg was convinced, it could be developed directly.

Jeffrey Katzenberg looked at the young man in front of him and said, "Actually, I don't like your agency's package deal at all!"

Aaron also laughed, "Indeed, I don't like it either. It's too focused on piling up stars."

CAA's package deal is to put several big names in a movie, in order to obtain high remuneration for the clients, or directly participate in the film's back-end dividends;
This is the case with "Rain Man", "Dick Tracy" and so on!
Jeffrey Katzenberg nodded and said, "Your opinion is good, but the budget of this movie is only $1500 million at most;"

"Go back and discuss this with your boss, and we'll discuss this project together then."

Within a few days, Disney officially hired someone to start adapting the script according to Aaron's opinions, and the "Pretty Woman" project was officially launched!

At CAA headquarters, Aaron came to Michael Ovitz's office.

"You really surprise me. Jeffrey was always ambiguous before. I didn't expect that you could convince him to agree," Michael Ovitz smiled.

Aaron nodded, "Is the director sure?"

"Gary Marshall, the romantic comedy director, is still considering the male and female leads," Michael Ovitz said, looking at Aaron.
"I know you have a newly signed Australian girl, but she's too transparent. Disney has to consider business, and the probability of her being selected is too low!"

Aaron shook his head. "Would a big-name star accept a story about a rich man falling in love with a prostitute?"

"When the time comes, there will definitely be an audition. I'll let Nicole try."

"Of course," Michael Ovitz actually didn't think much of the script, thinking it was too simple, too dreamy and fairy-tale-like.

After Aaron left, Ronald Meyer came to Michael Ovitz's office and asked, "This young man Aaron Anderson wants to be a producer, right?"

Michael Ovitz nodded. "He has the talent and ambition. I heard he even bought a script, but no one supports him."

Ronald Mayer laughed and said, "Perhaps soon, we at CAA will have the youngest producer client in Hollywood history!"

"Yeah," Michael Ovitz knew very well that as long as "Pretty Woman" was successfully released and achieved success, Aaron Anderson would be transformed into a film producer on the spot.

But can it succeed? It's easy to get lost in Hollywood.

As late March arrives, the annual Oscars ceremony is held at the Music Center in downtown Los Angeles;
"Rain Man" won the Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Original Screenplay awards and was the biggest winner!
However, the Oscars' prosperity definitely has nothing to do with Aaron, because at the order of Jeffrey Katzenberg, Aaron participated in the preparation of the movie "Pretty Woman".

However, the casting of "Pretty Woman" did not go smoothly, especially because the heroine was a prostitute;
Many female stars with some fame stay away from it, and the male lead has no expressiveness, and has very little appeal to big-name stars!

(End of this chapter)