Chapter 67 Negotiations

Adrian was taken aback, not knowing where he had misspoken, but he understood the issue within a few seconds. Last year's "Pretty Woman," although had made Julia Roberts a household name across America and even earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, and the other two movies she starred in that year also achieved decent box office returns, the film directed by Jo Schumacher early this year, "Dying Young," had been a catastrophic failure.

The film had mediocre reviews and abysmal box office performance, although "Dying Young" had a touching story that was somewhat similar to "Pretty Woman," for some reason, people just didn't like it—this highlighted the similarities between making movies and gambling.

In any case, the movie put Julia in an awkward position, even having some mean critics calling her "box office poison." While discussing "Jurassic Park" with Spielberg, he had heard some of the post-production staff for "Hook" secretly making cold remarks about Julia.