Did a film director that M2 's star influenced play M1
SELECT count(*) WHERE {
?x0 a ns:film.director .
?x0 ns:film.actor.film/ns:film.performance.character M1 .
?x0 ns:influence.influence_node.influenced_by ?x1 .
?x1 ns:film.actor.film/ns:film.performance.film M2
}