40 the Hard Way Page #2

Midsummer's Night IV?

They made Henry V. It won awards

for that little Scottish fellow.

- (Angie) So that's what this is about.

- Hi, Nickie!

Me, the agent that mismanaged

you all the way to No. 1.

All right. Fine, let's talk about

something that matters.

Let's talk about...

(both) $1.2 billion in

combined ticket sales.

Not to mention $7 million

pay-or-play, or 12% of the gross.

You've never been bigger. They're

bootlegging your movies to Libya.

Fabulous. I've cornered the terrorist

market. How am I doing in Iraq?

The problem is

I'm tired of playing cartoons.

You don't want me to grow up.

The studio doesn't want me to grow up.

I'm the only one

who wants me to grow up!

Let's cut through it.

It's that part, isn't it?

You still wanna play

that cop, Ray Casanova.

Casanov, Ray Casanov.

And you're damn right.

Come on, Gupta, get the kind

with the fresh ones!

Damn right I want to! You know why?

Because that's a real guy.

He worries about paying the rent...

...he bleeds when he gets shot,

pukes when he gets sick.

Nick! Spielberg's wife just had a baby.

Should I send that wine and cheese?

Yeah, and some of those muffins

and a note, something personal.

Not too personal. He forgot

to mention me in his AFI speech.

- Add my name.

- OK.

People come to see your movies

because you make them happy.

Call me crazy, but I don't see America

coming out in droves to see you puke.

Besides, they want

Mel Gibson for the role.

- Is it about asses? Is it a butt movie?

- Get up, get up.

The director'll be back in two weeks.

- They'll close the deal.

- Good afternoon, Mr Lang.

Wait a minute. Did you say two weeks?

Two weeks is perfect. Two weeks is

enough. I wanna test for the part.

Test? No, no.

- Ange, listen to me.

- You listen to me!

My mind is made up.

This means too much to me.

I'll pay for the damn test myself!

They'll try to get you

for less, a lot less.

Ange, please, hold it for one second.

Let me show you something.

Rosalie, please, can you... I got this

off the dish last night. You gotta watch it.

(TV) Four times this Party Crasher

has alerted you...

...before killing someone,

and he still got away.

- You care to comment on that?

- Tie your dick in a knot!

Freeze! Slow-mo, slow-mo.

- Isn't that incredible?

- Uh-huh.

Research, Ange.

Look at this face. Look at those eyes.

That's my character. That's my guide.

That's Ray Casanov.

That's the face of a man

who's been to the edge...

...a man who's tasted fear!

- And vomit.

I wanna go to New York tonight.

Call the studio. Get 'em to set it up.

I wanna spend two weeks with this guy.

I wanna eat, sleep, breathe John Moss.

If I can taste his world,

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