43 Sleepless in Seattle (2/2)

An audition was called but cancelled in the last minute due to Liam Neeson requesting it personally.

Liam wants to try playing the villain while being the hero in the Fugitive. I check his public image in the future before allowing him to.

Speed and the Fugitive will be released months apart from each other so it did not really affected the public perception of him.

Liam is more memorable in the Fugitive due to being more relatable, but he is quite menacing in this movie due to his appearance as an everyday man. This just mean that you cannot really trust anyone you see, even your neighbours as they might turn out to be a maniac bomber.

Anyway, Liam is very relaxed on set despite playing one of the main casts. He is having turkey sandwich while talking to the director at the moment.

I also have a turkey sandwich since it tastes great.

Since there is nothing else for me to do here on set aside from looking over people's shoulder and making them feel very uncomfortable, I head to Sleepless and Seattle production.

Despite the movie title, it is not really filmed in Seattle. We could film it in Seattle, but that would not change the story in any meaningful way so we decided not to.

The title is chosen because of its alliteration sounding. Sleepless in Hollywood just didn't sound right.

”Hello Miss Stone. How are you today? And why are you here alone by yourself?”

I greet when I first arrive on the set. The woman nearly drops her script and makes a run for it. I would like to see she tries.

”Hello. Mr. Maxwell. I am... I am fine. I am... please don't hypnotise me.”

Sharon responses tensely, covering half of her face with the screenplay.

She is unsure how I manage to hypnotise her. And from the morning news almost a week ago, she is more than terrified of me.

Howard Weinstein has been found dead in the desert.

What led to his death stumps everyone since he fell from a great height. There is nothing around for many miles. There is also no record of him getting onto a plane or attempting to sky dive.

A lot of people from the audition were interviewed following his death, but the testimony just create more unanswerable questions.

I chat about some random things to Sharon to get her to calm down before asking how she is feeling and why nobody is filming the movie yet.

”I don't know, Mr. Maxwell. No one tells me anything due to what happen to... Howard.”

Sharon swallows.

Everyone thinks she kills the man since she was the last person to see him. They did walk off together quite publicly after the audition. There is also rumours surrounding him and her.

The cops also question her, but she is unable to give a straight answer. She even admits to killing him since she did brutally beat him into a coma, but her testimony is not consistent with how he has actually died.

In the end, they suggest her to see a psychiatrist.

Since no one could figure how she did it logically, they stay away from her in fear that there might be something supernatural at works.

”We are still waiting for Miss Bullock, sir. We have tried to call her all morning, but it seems that her phone is off. The crew thinks Miss Stone has something to do with it. She did want the part after all.”

One of the crewmen tells me, revealing the reason why Miss Sharon Stone is all by herself.

Everyone avoid her like a plague, thinking she might have also killed Sandra Bullock with her supernatural power like she did with Howard Weinstein.

That isn't my intention, but I suppose I will make it work somehow.

”I see...”

[Accessing Shield Surveillance Network. Locating Sandra Annette Bullock, born July 26, 1964. Unable to locate subject. Subject is not found.]

”What the hell does that mean?”