Only three days after I left, Julian's production imploded.
The afternoon the withdrawal order arrived, the rental company drove heavy trucks onto the set. Several powerful security guards loaded every ARRI camera and high-end lighting rig. Julian had used my credit card to obtain the equipment, then displayed it as proof of his importance.
Julian tried to interfere. A guard shoved him into the mud, staining his expensive suit with filthy water.
Next, the Regent Hotel terminated its contract because his funding had collapsed. The crew was expelled from the top-floor suite, and Julian's costly belongings were boxed and dumped on the sidewalk while passersby laughed.
Sterling Pictures' withdrawal triggered a brutal chain reaction. Smaller investors that followed Sterling's lead raced to
