Hollywood 2000

***Hollywood 2000*** is 2021 Docu-Comedy Drama, written and directed by Daniel Stephen. It is Stephen's first professional film which gained him international recognition as well as gaining him an Oscar, making him the youngest director ever to win at only 20 years old.

Chris Hemsworth, Gal Gadot and Calum Kelmer star in the main roles of the film while John Boyega, Laverne Cox, Richard Madden, Jaime Foxx, Christy Kelmer and Jenna Coleman star in supporting roles.

The film follows three different faces in Hollywood, an Established Director with a severe drug problem; Mike Parker (Hemsworth), a world renown supermodel who always knows how to stay in the medias eyes; Letitia LeGrace (Gadot), and a rising star with high hopes of not falling to the curse of Hollywood; Freddie McKenna (Kelmer), as they navigate their way through a pivotal time in the Hollywood History while times change and true colours are finally being shown.

## Plot

Freddie McKenna and his best friend/manager, Alex (John Boyega) step off the bus in sunny Los Angeles, after making his TV debut at home in London then a broadway musical in the Big Apple, he is ready to move to the next phase of his career. Determined not to end up like many celebrities before him, he has several values in order to remain the same good guy he always was. Meeting up with Bower's uncle, they get ready to settle into their new life. Working his way up through Hollywood, McKenna enters a relationship with Supermodel Letitia LeGrace but when he finds her unstable he leaves her, betraying his value of helping those who need him even if they are a burden.

Letitia LeGrace is determined to do whatever she can to remain beautiful and more importantly relevant. She meets Trans-Activist and Actress Laverne Cox, befriending her. She listens to Laverne's story before coming to believe her son may be Trans. She pushes for her son to transition and eventually it causes her son to run away from her and he is hit by a car. Laverne finds out, disgusted that Letitia was trying to force her son to be something he isn't and scolding her for doing exactly what trans phobic bigots had done to trans people for years and even still do to this day. Letitia is left ruined, with her son dying and her reputation ruined, she kills herself.

Mike Parker has established an Empire, he is the most famous director in the world following his hit movie "End Days", however, while his public life has pinged, his private life is a mess. His severe drug problem has led to him having a toxic relationship with his family, eventually he and his wife fight, he ends up killing her by accident. When his daughter sees what he did, he stops her from fleeing and locks her in his basement. He covers up his wifes death by saying it was self defense and he had no other choice, he also claims he believes his wife killed his daughter and burried her somewhere. Eventually, his web of lies cave in on him when his younger brother and best friend begin to find out what happened and they piece it together. He too has them silenced and locks them away.

Eventually, Parker is offered a new job with an up and coming actor, Freddie McKenna, he prepares for his new hit. Eventually Freddie accidentally finds out and escapes Parker's wrath, he agrees to help cover up what Parker did if he does somethings for him. Months go by and eventually McKenna is all that Parker has left, one day Parker calls and leaves McKenna a voicemail while high, and panicked, to tell him his daughter is dead after he forgot to feed her. Alex hears the voice mail and confronts Freddie. Freddie agrees to prove to Alex that it was just a joke and takes him to Parker's house where he and Parker murder Alex.

Eventually, the premier night of their movie comes and it is a hit. At the after party, McKenna convinces Parker to take something for the party but then they are forced onto the stage. While giving a speech, McKenna betrays Parker and reveals everything and frames him for Alex's murder. Parker is detained and after the police search his house, he is arrested.

Months go by and McKenna gets news of Parker's death in prison. With McKenna being Parker's only friend left, everything including Parker's home, wealth and production company are left to him. With McKenna truly having won Hollywood's game of fame, he reflects on what he had to do to get to the top. He looks over Hollywood from his new billion dollar mansion, before taking a line of coke from Parker's hidden stash. It is implied this was a bad line and that McKenna died from it, reflecting on a line stated earlier by Alex's uncle about how Karma is always an ass.

## Cast and Characters

* Chris Hemsworth as Mike Parker
* Gal Gadot as Letitia LeGrace
* Calum Kelmer as Freddie McKenna
* Jaime Fox as Mike Bower
* Laverne Cox as Herself
* Jenna Coleman as Maria McKenna
* John Boyega as Alex Bower
* Richard Madden as Brendan
* Liam Hemsworth as Jamie Parker
* Christy Kelmer as Letitia's former manager
* Daniel Stephen as Randall McKenna
* Helena Kelmer as Rude Interviewer
* Mark Hamill as Himself
* Quentin Tarantino as Himself
* Oprah Winfrey as Herself

## Production

Stephen pitched his idea to Kelmer after meeting him at a film making convention in Scotland. Kelmer, who was interested in the idea, forwarded the idea to his friends in Amber Films who then agreed to produce it and distribute it, however, the production process was to be left to Kelmer and Stephen.

## Reception

### Controversy

The movie was met with criticism for the themes of Letitia encouraging her son to transition into a girl as soon as he shows the slightest sign of being interested in female stereotypes. Stephen responded to the criticism saying it was ridiculous and that her mental health doesn't deteriorate because she thinks her son is transgender but instead it deteriorates because she tried to make him something he wasn't causing her son to kill himself.