Best-selling novel The Scoundrel is being turned into a TV series and lead actor Liam Moore identifies quite a lot with his on-screen alter ego. Could this be because both novel and TV scripts were written by Belle Cooper, a girl he loves to hate... or might hate to love?
Years ago, Belle and Liam spent one crazy, wonderful week together. What really happened during that week may be one of Hollywood's best kept secrets but it ended badly. Now they have to be around each other and pretend nothing happened. Could this be their second chance? or is it Karma just being a bitch?
Facts & Fun
* The over-all story was inspired by the song The Great Pretender by The Platters - there are covers, the most famous one by Queen.
* There is also a bunch of song s I kept playing when I was working on this story. They are:
+ The Great Pretender by The Platters (obviously)
+ Always by Bon Jovi (greatest power ballad ever, in my opinion)
+ Mercy and Stepping Stone by Duffy
+ Todo y Nada by Luis Miguel
+ It's about time by Lillix
* Actually, a lot couple of the chapter's titles are from the lyrics of the song.
* There was a back story that Belle and Ari's mom claimed to be able to predict the names of future Disney princesses - hence their names - but I never found a good spot to write that in
* I loved writing all the epigraphs for the story, they were so much fun. I loved writing the gossip columns (they are a guilty pleasure).
* The excerpts/manuscript pages from the Adam Bryne books (The Scoundrel, Empire and Always) were written by me as it fit the story. Some people have asked me if I'm going to write those books sometime and the truth is that I don't think so, I don't know why.
*In case it wasn't clear in the story, Liam's mom is alive. His father died when he was in his late teens. I also had this bunch of back story about the only woman his father had ever loved, but, again, I couldn't find a spot to tell it all.
* Sir Cookie, Ari's dog is a mix called Beaglerier or something like that, mix of Beagle and King Charles Cavalier and it looks like this:
* I based Ari and Belle's looks in Mandy Moore and Amy Davidson (She played the younger daughter on 8 Simple Rules, I looked her and she's roughly the same age Belle is), respectively. Particularly in the photos bellow.
* Ari's dress is a Monique Lhuillier strapless dress, in ivory with a drop waist and a draped tulle overlaid with a lace border.
* I had thought of maybe this dress for Belle, I think it's a Caroline Herrera gown.
*Been thinking of doing a story with Gwen Lambert, Belle's editor and with someone linked to another series!
So, that's if for now! :D
Years ago, Belle and Liam spent one crazy, wonderful week together. What really happened during that week may be one of Hollywood's best kept secrets but it ended badly. Now they have to be around each other and pretend nothing happened. Could this be their second chance? or is it Karma just being a bitch?
Facts & Fun
* The over-all story was inspired by the song The Great Pretender by The Platters - there are covers, the most famous one by Queen.
* There is also a bunch of song s I kept playing when I was working on this story. They are:
+ The Great Pretender by The Platters (obviously)
+ Always by Bon Jovi (greatest power ballad ever, in my opinion)
+ Mercy and Stepping Stone by Duffy
+ Todo y Nada by Luis Miguel
+ It's about time by Lillix
* Actually, a lot couple of the chapter's titles are from the lyrics of the song.
* There was a back story that Belle and Ari's mom claimed to be able to predict the names of future Disney princesses - hence their names - but I never found a good spot to write that in
* I loved writing all the epigraphs for the story, they were so much fun. I loved writing the gossip columns (they are a guilty pleasure).
* The excerpts/manuscript pages from the Adam Bryne books (The Scoundrel, Empire and Always) were written by me as it fit the story. Some people have asked me if I'm going to write those books sometime and the truth is that I don't think so, I don't know why.
*In case it wasn't clear in the story, Liam's mom is alive. His father died when he was in his late teens. I also had this bunch of back story about the only woman his father had ever loved, but, again, I couldn't find a spot to tell it all.
* Sir Cookie, Ari's dog is a mix called Beaglerier or something like that, mix of Beagle and King Charles Cavalier and it looks like this:
In the story, Ari mentions puppy-mills, I hadn't really known about them, but when I was writing the story, I was also reading a book where they were mentioned. I looked it up and I was both sad and horrified to learn what they were. And since Ari had always been a animal-rights defender in my head, I decided to mention it.
* I based Ari and Belle's looks in Mandy Moore and Amy Davidson (She played the younger daughter on 8 Simple Rules, I looked her and she's roughly the same age Belle is), respectively. Particularly in the photos bellow.
* Ari's dress is a Monique Lhuillier strapless dress, in ivory with a drop waist and a draped tulle overlaid with a lace border.
* I had thought of maybe this dress for Belle, I think it's a Caroline Herrera gown.
*Been thinking of doing a story with Gwen Lambert, Belle's editor and with someone linked to another series!
So, that's if for now! :D
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