Versatile Superstar: Rise In Hollywood
chapter-65

Green Art was one of the top 5 agencies in Hollywood since the 90s and it had produced a lot of actors and actresses that made their place in the audience's heart.

The one thing that made them stand out from the rest was that they were formerly a talent agency which specialised in singers. It was only in the 90s they started investing in artists.

Currently, one of the rookie female agents, Greta, was in discussion with a senior agent, Edward. The interesting thing about the discussion was that they were talking about Aiden.

"Edward, you really need to look at the guy. I think he's pretty good. His acting and looks aren't bad and he's a great singer. Green Art is looking for rookies these days anyway."

Greta said, trying to push the narrative. After she had watched [Shadows of War], Aiden had been on her mind since then and after doing a bit of research about it, she was surprised to find out that he was originally a singer.

Knowing that was enough for her to push his profile to her senior.

"You know, you are not the only ones who came to me asking about this guy? Aiden, if I am right," Edward then added with a remorseful expression. "Even I can see he's a great fit for our agency. With our resources, in 5 years, he could be a well known name."

"So, should I approach him?"

She asked, feeling a bit hopeful but Edward shook his head.

"No, I already looked into him. He's not without an agent."

"Did some other agency already roped him in?"

"No, he's contracted with an agent from the free market. Actually, I found out that he's already starting the shooting of his next movie. Some gangster flick by Granite films."

Hearing that, Greta was not surprised. She had expected him to have an agent but her job was still easy if he wasn't contracted with any other big agency.

"We could just rope him in. I think I can make a good plan for him. It's very easy to sell him among tee-."

"Greta, I don't think you are understanding me."

Edward suddenly interrupted her and said. When she stared at him, he rubbed his forehead and explained.

"He's contracted with Wade Spectre. It's better to leave him alone."

"Wade Spectre? That crazy guy?"

Greta asked, in a slightly raised voice and Edward calmly nodded. Wade was pretty infamous in Hollywood, at least with the agents. Even rookie agents had at least heard rumors about him.

"Yeah, I don't really want anything to do with him. Just leave Aiden alone, at least while he has a contract with Wade."

After that, she just gave a nod and left his office without saying anything.

…

Movie ratings are a big part of a person's decision to watch the movie or not. That's why movie ratings sites where you can just give a score and short review to the movie were very popular.

Movie studios would even sometimes try to rig the ratings on the websites to give a false sense to the audience that the movie was really good.

Fortunately, Zero International didn't really do anything like that for [War of Shadows] and let it grow naturally.

The website Rotten Apples gave the movie 82% fresh ratings while 'Do you like the movie?', an online rating site gave it a score of 7.9 out of 10 for the movie.

The score was given by the audience and not the professional critics, so an average guy trusted it a lot. There were over 20k ratings for the movie and Zero International were just hoping that the score touched 8.0 soon as there was a major difference between 7.9 and 8.0, even if it doesn't seem like much. These ratings were also the reason why Aiden had come under the radar of a few agencies.

On Zenya, an entertainment forum, a lot of people were commenting on a post with the title [Which movie should I watch this weekend with my girlfriend?]

A lot of people commented on that post.

[Chasing booties: Just watch something on Zetflix if it's with your girlfriend. At least you can have sex if the movie isn't good.]

[Double Ds: Zetflix doesn't have a lot of good shows these days. That's why, people focus more on each other than the movie.]

[I'm an orphan, give me powers: Watch [Green Light], it's a good time to watch a superhero movie. Though, it flopped but the VFX is pretty great.]

[Death by snu: Go watch [Shadows of War], that's the movie of the month for me. I freaking loved it.]

[Please read mmo: I liked that movie a lot, but it somehow exhausted me due to the overall tone. I really want to watch a movie that doesn't make me sad. Something like a feel good movie.]

[Average Forum user: I watched [A day in the life of Jonathan], it was pretty wild in a way. The main character somehow slept with the female lead's mom in the end and then the female lead's dad joined them. The shit was wild!]

[Loli police: @Average Forum user You sure you weren't watching 'A day in the life of a pornstar'.]

[Handcuffs are good for sleep: Watch [Shadows of War] if you want to get a good experience and [A day in the life of Jonathan] if you are too broke for a hotel room and want an empty place for you and your girlfriend.]

[Orange Panther: [Shadows of War] all the way! The movie was freaking good and I cried my eyes out.]

[Author of How to kill your husband: Yeah, it was super good. I loved that Indian soldier. He acted brilliantly in his death scene and Aaron Hart stood out for his performance. I heard he spent months prepping for his role.]

[Ponytails are sexy: I heard Zero International is aiming for an Oscar nomination with the movie. They have not gotten one for a while. Though, I doubt it would get anything more than a nomination.]

[Reading webnovels all day: Aaron Hart really wants an Oscar up his sleeve. Let's see if he will get one. The movies this year were pretty good.]

[Schrodinger's cat: Is it only me who didn't like [Shadows of War]? Felt bored during it and I really don't know why people make war movies when most countries are running away from having a war. I want to watch a movie of a guy with a hair transplant colonising Mars instead of this.]

[Chad Putin: @Scrodinger's cat, you sure about that, little peanut?]

***

"It seems like a lot of people are liking the movie."

Aiden said, scrolling through some online forums and Sparrow. He was on a flight that was about to take off to Chicago for the shooting of [Black Saints]. As he was bored, he had started going through Sparrow.

Currently, [Shadows of War] was trending number 3 on Sparrow and everyday, word of mouth was spreading.

"Yeah, Zero International is now estimating it to gross 200-250 million dollars at the least. Combined with the OTT deal with Zetflix, they are going to be swimming in profits. They must be dancing right now as this movie was made more for Oscars than anything."

Wade, who was sitting next to him said. Thinking about something, Aiden asked.

"Do you think he will get an Oscar? Aaron Hart, I mean."

"I don't think so." Wade said, thinking of his performance. "He acted well, probably his best performance to date. But other actors were good too and in some scenes, others actually overpowered him in screen presence. Even you did in your last scene. At most he'll get a nomination. He must be fuming at himself that even a rookie outperformed him in a crucial scene."

Aiden agreed with Wade's analysis. In the reviews he had seen, a lot of people praised Aaron's performance but other actors were praised equally. He even saw some critics saying that his scene was the best in the movie.

Though, most of them haven't even mentioned his name in the review and were just referring to him as the Indian soldier in the movie.

'This is just the start.'

He thought, leaning against his seat.

As he was just one movie old, Aiden didn't care a lot if people were mentioning his name or not. After appearing in a few movies, his name would start getting more recognition from both the critics and the audience.

For now, he was already very happy with the fact that he got 3k more followers in the last few days thanks to the movie.

"By the way, I actually heard that a few agents from different agencies were asking about you, trying to find information." Wade suddenly said, attracting the attention of Aiden.

"Why?"

"Your acting skills were good in the movie and there were a lot of movie previews in which even agents were invited. Some saw the movie and liked you. With just a search, they could easily know you are a singer too and you appeared on X-Star not too long ago. That much is enough for some agents to get interested in you."

"Just because I'm not one dimensional."

"Yeah, the competition these days is so much that having talent in singing or dancing gives you an edge. Even if developing you into a bankable actor might take time, you will work well in some musicals. They will think like that."

Wade explained, giving Aiden an insight on how an agent or an entertainment agency might think about him. He suddenly thought of some musical sitcoms that he had seen in the past.

"It seems like my stocks are rising." Aiden said with a low laugh.

"They are but not by much. If you were a worm before, you are now a golden worm. But still a worm."

Wade gave a very weird analogy, making Aiden give him a confused look. Shrugging his shoulders, he continued, "Anyway, a lot will depend on [Black Saints]. If the movie works well, there would be a lot of ways to elevate your level in Hollywood."