Jon sat there as he watched Wes not just give his interpretation of Paddy, but he became Paddy right before his eyes. Jon wasn't thrilled about the camera phone angle, but the audio was crystal clear and the film was rolling. Jon was enthralled with Wes as Paddy and he knew that he found his guy. As sure as Marvel knew they had their Iron Man when Downey Jr auditioned and Nolan knew Bale was his Batman Jon knew he had has Paddy.

When he was done Jon didn't even wait he sent the video to his lawyer Harvey Kirshlight and said to Wes, "Wes you're my guy period end of discussion. I'd rather let the film go unmade than have someone else play the lead. You nailed the character in that one scene it's everything I want. This guy is focused in on his family above all. I got that from you and that is what drives him you picked up on that. This could be a film franchise for you I got no doubt about it."

Just then his phone rang and he saw it was Harv. Jon looked at Wes and said, "You can stay for this." Jon cut on the speaker to his phone and asked, "So do I get my 'you were right and I was wrong to doubt you' or is it gonna be 'You told me so and you were right'? Which one Harv?"

Harv replied, "JT what I saw was brilliant. There is no doubt that Wes has got this character down and was born to play him."

Jon smiled and nodded then Harv said, "Too bad he'll never get the chance."

Jon looked at the phone and asked, "Why?"

Harv said, "Plain and simple Warners wants Depp. They are really playing hardball on this one, and you can't say you'll go to Universal over this. It'll take another 3-6 months to reset everything, and not to mention if you play hard-ball on this project you're gonna hurt your reputation on this one. I have a deal in place for Wes but it's shoddy and full of holes. Warners is gonna force you to play ball with them their way on this one."

Jon looked at Wes for a moment and he shook his head. He pointed to Wes and mouthed "You're my guy." 

Jon turned his attention back to the phone and said, "All-right let's make a counter offer."

Harv replied, "Jon you're in a baseball game and you just told your pitcher to go strike out the side blindfolded. What do you got?"

Jon nodded and said, "If they let me have Wes and leave me alone on 'Bound by Blood' then..." Jon took a deep breath and exhaled as he looked to the ceiling and said, "They can have Aquaman. I'll let them have the sequel rights, merchandising, the whole thing they can take my name off of it. Basically I am trading that franchise for this one. I know the studio wanted more input on the sequel, so I'll give them everything on the condition they leave this one alone."

Harv exhaled deeply on the phone and said, "Jon that move will either make or break your career. You are trading a 450 million dollar franchise for a film series that hasn't even shot one frame. Are you sure about this? Because I can tell you if you are Warners will give you what you want on this one."

Jon replied with a great deal of confidence in his voice, "Make it happen Harv. Let's get the ink on the contracts oh and Wes's stipulations they are written in the contract,"

Harv said, "All right JT. I'll call the studios I'll text you later tonight when we'll meet with them. If it falls through I'll call you."

Jon replied, "All-right Harv rock it for me."

Jon ended the call and closed his eyes and shook his head for a moment. He looked at Wes and said, "I believe in you Wes. In the end I made the best deal I could to get this thing off the ground. I'm gonna get I wanted I firmly believe that and I have no regrets." 

Jon stood up and said, "Enough business for the night. Let's go have some fun and..." Just then Jon's phone vibrated he pulled it out and then smiled. He looked at Wes and said, "We meet tomorrow morning at 10 am to sign the deal." Jon gave Wes the thumbs up and said, "Let's go have some fun. Not to much though we got a meeting tomorrow morning."