an out-of-work and broke actor once drove to the top of a hill that overlooks hollywood.

the city of stars.

as he gazed over the movie lots, he thought back on his hard life as a teenager.

there was the time his family was forced from their home and had to live out of a camper van.

he refocused his attention into the present moment and then did something really provocative he wrote himself a checkfor ten million dollars!
on it he wrote, for services rendered as an actor and forward-dated it five years.

밑줄 그은 부분의 시제가 현재형(overlooks)인 것은 예전에도 지금도 언덕이 헐리우드를 내려다보고 있어서인가요? 그리고 이 글의 전반적인 시제가 과거이므로 overlooked도 가능한건지 궁금합니다. 고수님들의 자세한 답변 부탁드립니다.
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