The Best Movie Actor In Hollywood!

Chapter 769

When Justin Bieber emerged, his eyes were vacant and his expression blank. Ten minutes was all it took to get a flood of information from his agent—no, his former agent—and grasp the full, horrifying scope of the situation he now faced.

Though Justin Bieber was young and perhaps ignorant, he still possessed a basic measure of common sense.

His agency and record label were terminating his contract and would hold him accountable for the breach, a move that would make it nearly impossible for him to continue his career.

The money he’d earned as a singer over the past year wouldn’t even be enough to cover the contract termination fees.

And that wasn’t even the worst of it.

His ex-agent had told him that Matthew Horner was vengeful. The few men of Mexican descent who had attacked Horner back in May were soon headed for the electric chair, and now the FBI was investigating his own ties to Mexican drug dealers.

There was no real connection, of course, but he had bought drugs from Mexican dealers.

So what if they were Mexican? They couldn’t possibly treat him like a terrorist just for that, could they?

He wasn’t particularly worried about that part.

The other point his ex-agent had stressed was that the Los Angeles District Attorney's office was preparing to file criminal charges against him! The accusations involved possession and trafficking of narcotics, and given the quantity, a conviction would mean at least five years in prison, maybe more!The only thing he had going for him was his age.

That was why he’d been advised to find a good lawyer...

Justin Bieber’s mind raced. His agency and record label had washed their hands of him. Where was he supposed to find a good lawyer?

“Hah...”

Led back to a cell, Justin Bieber sighed. “What the hell.”

At least he was in a private, single-person cell with food and water. It wasn’t so bad, he thought, surprised by his own ability to adapt.

Just then, the cell door swung open, and the guard who had escorted him gave him a shove. “Don’t just stand there. Out!”

Justin snapped out of his thoughts and realized he was being led to a different cell from the one he’d been in before. He immediately cried out, “This isn’t my cell!”

The guard kept pushing him. “It is now.”

Justin Bieber saw five burly men inside the cell and quickly yelled, “No! You can’t just change my cell like this!”

The escorting guard snorted coldly. “You’re not a star anymore. No one’s looking out for you. You still think you deserve a private cell? Who do you think you are, some big Hollywood A-lister?”

Hearing this, Justin Bieber was inexplicably horrified. The purpose of his agent’s visit flashed through his mind, and like a dead weight, he was shoved into the cell.

The guard slid the iron door shut and walked away.

Justin Bieber looked around. His belongings had been dumped on an empty bunk right next to the toilet.

“Oh, you’re a pretty one, little girl,” a heavy voice rumbled.

Suddenly, another man, who was black, spoke up. “How long has it been since we had a little Snow White like this?”

“I’m first,” another rough, hoarse voice declared...

***

As October gave way to November and Thanksgiving drew nearer, The Twilight Saga: New Moon—invested in and produced by Studio 13, with Disney handling distribution—entered its intensive pre-release publicity phase.

Although Matthew was only a producer in name and had no role in the film itself, he frequently mentioned it in interviews to build momentum for the project he had invested in.

In mid-October, Matthew accepted an invitation from Warner Bros. and Zack Snyder to attend the North American premiere of Snyder’s new film, Watchmen.

The film had gone through a number of twists and turns. It was originally scheduled for release in March of that year, but due to financial issues that arose the previous year, Zack Snyder had delayed post-production, forcing Warner Bros. to push the release to October.

Matthew had worked with Zack Snyder on both Dawn of the Dead and 300, so of course he wouldn’t turn down an invitation from Snyder and Warner Bros.

Besides, he had heard from people at Warner Bros. that both the studio and DC Comics were interested in having Zack Snyder reboot the Superman franchise.

“It’s a tough one.”

Zack Snyder found Matthew at the premiere and confided, “Superman is more of a god than a man. A film like that is incredibly difficult to make.”

He spread his hands. “Warner Bros. and DC Comics also want me involved in other DC projects. Honestly, I haven’t decided whether to accept or not.”

Matthew glanced at a Watchmen poster, with its predominantly dark color palette, and suggested, “You could give Superman a similar style to this film.”

Zack Snyder considered this for a moment. “That’s true, it’s what I’m good at.” His tone suddenly shifted. “Matthew, what do you say we work together again? You could play Clark Kent. It would surely be a milestone in Superman’s history.”

Matthew shook his head without a second thought. “I’m not interested in playing a superhero.”

If he had wanted to play a superhero, Iron Man a few years back or the in-development Captain America would have been better fits for him than Superman.

Since he had no intention of taking on those roles, Superman was also out of the question.

Now that he had no shortage of films and roles, and could participate as an investor in Marvel’s superhero franchise, there was no need for him to star as a superhero himself.

Zack Snyder had only been throwing out a hopeful suggestion. Seeing Matthew reject it without hesitation, just as he had with Watchmen, Snyder didn’t press the issue.

They chatted for a little longer before Zack had to excuse himself.

Matthew glanced at the Watchmen poster in front of the theater and headed inside.

In fact, back when Watchmen was in pre-production, Zack Snyder had invited him to take on the role of Doctor Manhattan. But at that time, Matthew was in the midst of his rapid career ascent, and the disadvantages of playing a comic book superhero far outweighed the benefits, so he had declined.

This was Matthew’s first time seeing Watchmen in its entirety. Considering its budget and its superhero comic book genre, the film felt too slow, too long, and too bleak in its ending. It was more of a cult film than a commercial one.

But afterward, he heard a flood of praise from the press and fans, all saying that Zack Snyder had recreated the comic almost perfectly.

Matthew had heard of the comic’s legendary reputation. In the eyes of an older generation in Europe and the US, this masterpiece from the famous cartoonist Alan Moore, Watchmen, could be called a diamond in the rough. It was widely praised in both the comic book industry and the mainstream media, universally regarded as a classic of the medium.

In 2005, Time magazine had named it one of the “100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to the Present.” That same year, DC officially listed it as one of the “25 Classic DC Comics.” It was also the only comic book to ever win the highest honor in science fiction, the Hugo Award, and Variety had called it “the pinnacle of creativity from the world’s leading artists and a milestone in the history of graphic novels.”

Matthew had never read the original comic, but the consensus from both the media and the fans was that Zack Snyder had faithfully restored the original in its dialogue, scenes, and tone. He had even replicated the composition and panel transitions to maintain an almost identical sequence.