"Al and Alice Allosaurus are coming from Africa..The Rodans and Godzillas from Asia.
The Gorgos from Europe.
Gretta is pulling out all the stops on this, Bob" Grrr said.
"Well, there is more ole reptile...Gretta asked Stef for a list of ALL the Wolf Children you guys knew and she called Bruce plus the people from the movie."
"Not the producer..not in my cave! The Wolf Children are one thing, but that producer can swim in the volcano wearing a bathing suit made of C-4 before that ..that.." Grrr's eyes started to turn red and his head started swinging side to side.
Reaching into the ice chest, Bob grabbed an icy cold root beer and tossed it to him..After popping the can with his claw and tossing the can down, Grrr said "Thanks pal. Bob, most folks in Hollywood are decent.... for humans..no offense." "None taken," Bob said.
"But producers are..." Grrr's tail started to twitch "What is the story Grrr? You never told me why you never made any more movies." Asked Bob
Adjusting himself to human size, Grrr pulled up a chair and pointed his tail at the coffee and donuts..."Have a seat Bob and a drink and a donut. This is not a nice story."
"After we made JP l and ll things were going well. We had a cave in the Hills, the "A" list. Gretta was doing the ladies talk shows. Life was good. Money and offers were rolling in. So when the studio called and said that JP lll was in the works and would we be interested?" I said "Sure, Send the script over. Now Gretta, who is one smart Raptor, insisted on script approval, but the stinking producer, sneaked in a clause that said 'editing pending needs of the story line to be resolved by the producer".
Now the way our contract read, Gretta and I were to share top billing and be paid by the scene. We were to be The Stars, with I would add, a good cast of humans and dinos and very good crew".
"Well, after a few days of shooting I noticed that things were not right. Instead of going to The Island, we were shooting on the back lot and little things started to go wrong..cheap root beer, second rate polish for Gretta's raptor claw"
"Did tell you someone?" Bob asked.
"Sure" said Grrr,"It was always.."Right away Mr. Rex." but nothing got done.
An actor, worth a darn, is into his craft and both Gretta and I were pros. We focused on our parts and let the little things go. In the film world that is a major mistake.
Bob, if they started to serve decaf coffee at your school and cheese donuts, and you complained but they kept doing it. What does that tell you?.
"That the School admin is either stupid or it, does not care what I like or value me".
"Right" said Grrr, "That is what we should have seen but we were too into our craft.
"It was not until we saw the "final rushes " after the film had been cut that I knew what that %$^&*(* producer had done. In order to save money, cut production costs ...he..he had ME defeated by that lousy science fiction Sunday morning cartoon blue screen so called dinosaur!!! They left our best scenes on the cutting room floor. That Bob, is the worse thing you CAN do to an actor.!!!!!
Coward, made sure that he was not at the opening. I would have chewed him up on the spot.
We called the studio to complain..no joy..and then called our lawyers but that " editing pending needs of the story line to be resolved by the producer" clause was ironclad.
That is when we turned our back and tinsel town and went into education."
"Thanks ole reptile, I have long wondered about that" Replied Bob.
"But what about the Island and the French Castle?" asked Bob
"What?" asked Grrr.
"Stef told me that Gretta rented a castle in the south of France for the wedding and the JP Island for the honeymoon...." Bob said
"WHAT???" asked a shocked T Rex
"Stef said I had to go to the mall to "just for a quick look at some summer wear, the south of France is hot " and Grrr? GRRR!" Bob called. "Hum...learn something new every day...I did not know T-Rex could faint!"
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The Gorgos from Europe.
Gretta is pulling out all the stops on this, Bob" Grrr said.
"Well, there is more ole reptile...Gretta asked Stef for a list of ALL the Wolf Children you guys knew and she called Bruce plus the people from the movie."
"Not the producer..not in my cave! The Wolf Children are one thing, but that producer can swim in the volcano wearing a bathing suit made of C-4 before that ..that.." Grrr's eyes started to turn red and his head started swinging side to side.
Reaching into the ice chest, Bob grabbed an icy cold root beer and tossed it to him..After popping the can with his claw and tossing the can down, Grrr said "Thanks pal. Bob, most folks in Hollywood are decent.... for humans..no offense." "None taken," Bob said.
"But producers are..." Grrr's tail started to twitch "What is the story Grrr? You never told me why you never made any more movies." Asked Bob
Adjusting himself to human size, Grrr pulled up a chair and pointed his tail at the coffee and donuts..."Have a seat Bob and a drink and a donut. This is not a nice story."
"After we made JP l and ll things were going well. We had a cave in the Hills, the "A" list. Gretta was doing the ladies talk shows. Life was good. Money and offers were rolling in. So when the studio called and said that JP lll was in the works and would we be interested?" I said "Sure, Send the script over. Now Gretta, who is one smart Raptor, insisted on script approval, but the stinking producer, sneaked in a clause that said 'editing pending needs of the story line to be resolved by the producer".
Now the way our contract read, Gretta and I were to share top billing and be paid by the scene. We were to be The Stars, with I would add, a good cast of humans and dinos and very good crew".
"Well, after a few days of shooting I noticed that things were not right. Instead of going to The Island, we were shooting on the back lot and little things started to go wrong..cheap root beer, second rate polish for Gretta's raptor claw"
"Did tell you someone?" Bob asked.
"Sure" said Grrr,"It was always.."Right away Mr. Rex." but nothing got done.
An actor, worth a darn, is into his craft and both Gretta and I were pros. We focused on our parts and let the little things go. In the film world that is a major mistake.
Bob, if they started to serve decaf coffee at your school and cheese donuts, and you complained but they kept doing it. What does that tell you?.
"That the School admin is either stupid or it, does not care what I like or value me".
"Right" said Grrr, "That is what we should have seen but we were too into our craft.
"It was not until we saw the "final rushes " after the film had been cut that I knew what that %$^&*(* producer had done. In order to save money, cut production costs ...he..he had ME defeated by that lousy science fiction Sunday morning cartoon blue screen so called dinosaur!!! They left our best scenes on the cutting room floor. That Bob, is the worse thing you CAN do to an actor.!!!!!
Coward, made sure that he was not at the opening. I would have chewed him up on the spot.
We called the studio to complain..no joy..and then called our lawyers but that " editing pending needs of the story line to be resolved by the producer" clause was ironclad.
That is when we turned our back and tinsel town and went into education."
"Thanks ole reptile, I have long wondered about that" Replied Bob.
"But what about the Island and the French Castle?" asked Bob
"What?" asked Grrr.
"Stef told me that Gretta rented a castle in the south of France for the wedding and the JP Island for the honeymoon...." Bob said
"WHAT???" asked a shocked T Rex
"Stef said I had to go to the mall to "just for a quick look at some summer wear, the south of France is hot " and Grrr? GRRR!" Bob called. "Hum...learn something new every day...I did not know T-Rex could faint!"
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