Courteney Cox

Courteney Cox is a minor character in the novel "狩猎好莱坞" inspired by the celebrity persona of Courteney Cox.

Background
She signed a brokerage contract with Jonathan Friedman, a Vice-President at William Morris Agency (W.M.A.).

Volume 1 (1986)
Courteney first saw Simon Westeros while he was leaving her agent's office. She learned that he had just signed a contract with him. Later, while driving, she saw him walking towards Santa Monica and gave him a lift since she also lived there. The two introduced themselves before she praised Simon for signing with a big agent like Jonathan Friedman during their first meeting, especially as a screenwriter.

A few days later, Courteney ran into Simon at a 7/11 near her apartment where he worked. The two made some small talk before Simon informed her that he was planning to make an experimental movie called Run Lola Run and jokingly invited her to play the role of the titular protagonist. She declined his offer and jokingly stated that she might already be a star by the time he earned enough money to start production of the film.

Later that evening, while she was out with her roommate Kristy Swanson, Courteney encountered Simon outside her apartment building, sketching it. When she confronted him, he showed her his notebook filled with production plans and stated that he was planning to use the building for one of the scenes in his movie. Afterwards, he went back to sketching the building when Kristy told Simon that she and Courteney were going to a party thrown by Matthew Broderick who had become a famous star thanks to his hit film Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Kristy forcefully took Simon with them since she was under the misconception that he liked Courteney.

After they got to the club, Kristy briefly introduced the two of them to Matthew Broderick who seemed indifferent to them before she sent them off and sat with one of the guys next to Broderick. Simon and Courteney decided to go the dance floor. Courteney began dancing freely when a young man appeared next to her and tried to dance with her. She moved away but he continued following her. Finally, Simon got in between them but the young man tried to pull him back to Simon pushed him back in self-defense, causing him to tumble down to the floor.

The crowd began cackling at the man on the ground when Matthew Broderick appeared and asked Simon to apologize to the young man named Mark. Simon decided to leave and looked towards her but she didn't want to be implicated in the trouble so she ignored him, however, maybe because of Simon ignoring his instructions, Matthew Broderick became angry and kicked her out, as well. Her roommate Kristy ignored her when she looked towards her, much like how she ignored Simon.

After leaving the club, Courteney became angry at Simon for ruining her plans. She had initially planned to enter Matthew Broderick's clique through Kristy but now it seemed impossible. After some time, she calmed herself and dropped Simon back to his motel before returning back to her apartment. Over the next few days, Courteney's visits to the 7/11 where Simon worked became less frequent. During one of her rare visits, she informed him that Kristy Swanson had moved out of their apartment and now she had to find a new roommate.

A few weeks later, Courteney saw an article in The Hollywood Reporter about the turmoil in W.M.A. due to a script called The Butterfly Effect which she recalled was written by Simon. Next day, Daily Variety also published scandalous details about the incident and soon many daily newspapers and media outlets, including the Los Angeles Times, also began to follow up on the topic giving it nation-wide coverage. That afternoon, she visited Simon and asked him about the articles about The Butterfly Effect. She became very surprised when he confirmed that he was, indeed, the screenwriter of the The Butterfly Effect. Just as she was about to reply, the 7/11 store's manager appeared and informed Simon that someone was looking for him.

Courteney subconsciously followed Simon and was left astounded to see Jonathan Friedman standing at the checkout counter. Despite having been his client for a few years, Courteney had barely seen him a dozen times, and never outside his office. In fact, most of the times, Jonathan's assistant, Owen Wright, dealt with her. Jonathan briefly greeted her before he took Simon, who had taken a two-hour break, to his car and drove off. She watched her agent leave and suddenly regretted declining Simon when he invited her to play the titular protagonist in his debut film.