Kathryn Bigelow

The Hurt Locker (2009)

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

**Kathryn Bigelow** is a supporting character in the novel "**狩猎好莱坞**" inspired by the celebrity persona of Kathryn Bigelow.

She became the first and only female director to ever win an Oscar for Directing.

## Personality

Unlike the characters in her movies that often tend to commit murder, arson, or swear unscrupulously, Kathryn herself is very gentle, speaks softly and even acts a bit reserved in front of most people.

## Background

She studied art at Columbia University where she met Janet Johnston who soon became her best friend, despite their completely opposite personalities. After graduation, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in Hollywood.

## History

### Volume 1 (1986)

While she was on a bus back from San Francisco, she met a handsome young man who introduced himself as Simon Westeros. After he saw her reading the script for her soon-to-be debut feature film *Near Dark*, he informed her that he had also written a script called *The Butterfly Effect*. At his insistence, the two exchanged scripts and read them to pass time. After reading Simon's script, Kathryn subconsciously felt the urge to snatch her script back since she had realized that her own script was far inferior to his. After Simon finished reading the script, she asked for his feedback so he gave a few suggestions about some scenes in the script that could be altered.

After seven hours of travel, the bus finally arrived at its destination, Burbank. While she waited for Janet who was supposed to pick her up, Kathryn informed Simon that she could get him an introduction with an agent from Willam Morris Agency (W.M.A.). After he agreed, she made a call and got Simon an appointment with a Vice-President of W.M.A. named Jonathan Friedman for the following day.

Soon, Janet appeared while recklessly driving her burgundy Ford sedan with high-heels on. After noticing Simon, she introduced herself and began asking him rapid-fire questions before he replied that he had just been discharged from a mental hospital while smiling innocently. Janet was left shocked and stunned. Although she usually considered herself to be slightly crazy, she became speechless after coming face-to-face with a true lunatic. After Simon confirmed that he had been cured, Kathryn bid him farewell and looked at her uncharacteristically quiet friend with a hint of schadenfreude.

A few days later, while returning from Janet's art exhibition near Venice Beach, Kathryn saw Simon playing guitar to earn tips. She tried to turn around and walk away since she thought that a talented and prideful man like Simon would be embarrassed if his acquaintances saw his current state. However, before she could turn around, Janet rushed towards Simon. Left with no choice, she also walked over to Simon. To her surprise, she saw Janet sneakily attempt to steal the only $10 bill among the heap of tips Simon had received. Suddenly, Simon stepped on Janet's hand causing her to let out a scream. She apologized to Simon for her friend before the two began talking and Simon invited her to dinner.

Suddenly, Janet pulled out a $100 bill and asked Simon to play a song if he wanted the tip. Simon began playing *Flight of the Bumblebee* on his guitar. After playing the song multiple times at increasing speeds, the crowd gave him a long applause. Kathryn was shocked to see Simon's musical talent since she was already aware of his writing talent. That evening, the three went to a Mexican restaurant for dinner.

A few weeks later, Kathryn was talking to Janet after they returned from a party. She reminded Kathryn to stay away from James Cameron who had been courting her the whole night despite the fact that he was married. Kathryn had a decent impression of James Cameron but she had also felt that he was a bit too flirtatious. While on the topic, Kathryn asked Janet her ideal boyfriend. Janet replied that her boyfriend must be handsome, as looking at an ugly boyfriend would ruin her mood; younger than her, so that he would be willing to do exciting things; more talented than her, so that he could keep her fed; and slightly crazy, so that the two could destroy the world together. Kathryn smiled and stated that Simon Westeros fulfilled all her criteria but Janet dismissed her by stating that she didn't want someone like Simon who acted calm and mature despite his youth; and claimed to be a lunatic even though he acted like a tender boy.

Suddenly, the phone began ringing and Kathryn picked it up only to hear that Simon had been hospitalized. Janet and Kathryn rushed to UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica around midnight. After entering the hospital with the police officer in-charge, Kathryn was stunned to see that the five young men who had assaulted Simon were all lying on stretchers with each having one of their legs broken and plastered. Still, she was more concerned about Simon who was nowhere to be seen. Suddenly, a few nurses brought Simon along on a stretcher when one of the five young men's mother attempted to attack Simon before Janet pushed her back. The woman claimed that they would sue Simon for attempted murder only for Janet to counter by stating the five young men were clearly the perpetrators and that Simon would be the one to sue them for attempted murder.

After realizing that it wasn't safe to leave Simon with the others, he was shifted to a private room. Watching Simon sleep, Janet began teasing him by touching his bare-chest when suddenly Simon unconsciously grabbed her wrist and Janet began wailing in pain. Initially, Kathryn believed that Janet was just joking around but she realized that Janet was seriously being hurt when she began crying. Kathryn called the doctor for help who stated that it was just Simon's unconscious response to stress. Seeing his grip on Janet's wrist getting tighter and tighter, Kathryn slowly whispered in Simon's ears that he was now safe before he finally let go of Janet's wrist. Soon, Janet left to get some sleep at her art studio in Venice while she remained at the hospital to watch over Simon. Next morning, Janet arrived at the hospital and sent her to the studio to get some sleep.

By noon, she returned to the hospital and was glad to see Simon awake. Later, when Simon asked for $500,000 from the lawyer of the five young men that assaulted him, she found it odd but didn't say anything. However, she was shocked when Simon asked her to donate the $500,000 to a charity. When Janet asked why he had settled if he didn't want the money, Simon stated that it was to confirm his suspicions about Matthew Broderick being the mastermind behind the assault. Seeing that he planned to further continue violence, Kathryn made him promise to end this matter as she didn't wish for a genius such as Simon to assault someone and jeopardize his career just to vent his anger. She knew that anyone with the resources to come up with $500,000 at a moment's notice wasn't to be easily trifled with. Thankfully, Simon agreed.