Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 1118 Jealous Cindy Crawford
Richard Gere thought about it for a few days, but he still contacted Ronald through his agent and declined the invitation.

The reason relayed by the agent is of course very nice.Richard Gere doesn't have enough confidence in this role, he wants to break out of playing other types of roles, he doesn't want to repeat the roles he has played, etc.

But the substantive reason, Ronald understood through private communication with Richard Gere's agent.Because Richard Gere didn't want to be a foil for the heroine.In Ronald's "Working Girl", Harrison Ford made a male vase once.

After that movie was released, all the female characters were nominated for Oscars, even Joan Cusack, who played the supporting role of the secretary, but Harrison Ford got nothing, only a lot of female fans, for his strong body admiration.

This matter is a warning to all male stars in Hollywood.If you want to gain in acting and critic approval, steer clear of Ronald-led films with female-centric characters.

Ronald didn't expect that his successful movie would have such a negative effect. He went to Daydream to find Garry Marshall for a meeting, and the two discussed for a long time, but there was no good solution.

Richard Gere was indeed the one who had the most chemistry with Julia Roberts when he auditioned.When the two of them appear in front of the camera together, all the audience can feel the passion surging in their hearts from their mutual body movements and expressions.

This feeling is not a pure desire for the other person's body, but a subtle emotion generated under mutual understanding.From the close-up shots of the two, Ronald and director Marshall can see that both sides have expectations for each other, and there is a desire to talk about a passionate relationship, but it has not yet started.

With no other choice, Ronald Garry Marshall had to recall Julia Roberts.

"Sorry, Julia, we have to go on with the auditions..."

As soon as Roberts entered the office, Ronald stood up and broke the bad news to her.

"I don't understand. Wasn't my audition with him perfect?" Julia Roberts was a little anxious. As soon as she sat down, she bounced up and walked around the room.

"Please sit down first...", Garry Marshall was a little dizzy by the actress, and asked her to sit down.

"Daxmn it, I'm going to call him, it's not okay..."

Julia Roberts spoke explosively again, picked up the phone and called Richard Gere's agent.

Even Ronald was taken aback by the power of action and firm will.

"Hi, I'm Roberts, please ask Richard to call me back, I'll keep calling you until he calls."

Julia Roberts was so emotionally unstable that even her Southern accent was on display.

Ronald and Garry Marshall exchanged glances, if only Julia Roberts could handle Richard Gere with her own charm.That's a very good thing for movies.

Sure enough, within two hours, Richard Gere, accompanied by his agent, appeared in the film's preparatory office.

"I want to try some new roles. In the past few years, I have made movies that are full of male leads who are popular with women like this..."

Richard Gere is actually a bit stupid, he is not very good at deceit, he really wants to decline this role in his heart, and he is too embarrassed to say it.Such emotions made his face look shy.

"Richard's movie, actually..." Garry Marshall began to give Richard Gere all kinds of reasons, trying to convince him that this role is not exactly the same as the one he played before.

The simplest point is that Edward Lewis is not the kind of man who is very popular among women.On the contrary, he has a gap in how to deal with beautiful women and how to maintain an intimate relationship with them.This has a deep relationship with his father leaving home when he was a child.

"I know, I understand, I actually read the script several times, I really like this script, but my agent told me that my career needs to change..." Richard Gere couldn't help it The reason why I said it was actually because I was afraid of playing another big vase.

Garry Marshall didn't particularly understand what he was thinking, and was still talking to him about analyzing the role and trying to convince him from the perspective of acting career.

"Richard, have you ever thought that the role of Lewis can give you a new upgrade to your star image?"

Ronald turned his mind and thought of a new angle...

Richard Gere is 40 years old this year, and the roles he has played in the past ten years have often been sexy and handsome men who are full of hormones but have poor brains.Including military officers, gigolos, band musicians, or gangsters...etc.

"For example, the musician you and Diane played in the Cotton Club was actually very popular with female audiences at that time. But today, audiences prefer men who are mature, intelligent, handsome, and slightly hormonally restrained."

"Ok?"

Richard Gere raised his head and exchanged glances with his manager.What Ronald said happened to be on his mind.

At his age, it is obviously no longer suitable to play those sexy men who have nothing but enthusiasm.

Ronald proposed that Edward Lewis was a Wall Street banker with superhuman wealth and control over his life.At this age, female audiences tend to like characters like this, and it's great if they're a little stuck again in some area of ​​their lives.

Thinking of this, Richard Kilton was about to agree.But his agent gave him a gesture, reminding him that if he really wanted to break through in the acting awards and critical circles, he had to do movies that really centered on male characters.

"Actually, you almost convinced me, Ronald, but..." The desire for awards and critical recognition overwhelmed a star's plan for his future career. At this moment, in Richard Gere's mind , occupies the most important part.

"Li Cha, I actually gave you a very good chance..." Ronald said to this male star who wanted to win an award despite his own abilities.In fact, there is not much patience...

It is obvious that Richard Gere does not have much acting skills, but his face is very good-looking. If you give him more close-up shots on the screen, the audience will naturally love to watch the movies he starred in.

For someone whose status as a star is greater than that of an actor, the most important thing is to create a character that the audience can deeply understand and remember, rather than pursuing critical recognition without overestimating one's capabilities.

It is actually not difficult for such a handsome male star to be recognized by the critics. As long as he is willing to disfigure himself and play an ugly monster, the critics will recognize him.

Richard Gere still wanted to shirk, and his heart was also shaking with each other, which side of the balance was more important.For him, he can't make a good choice.

"Tear..." Julia Roberts next to him couldn't stand Richard Gere anymore.She tore off a note, quickly wrote a line of words on it with a pen, and stuffed it into Richard Gere's hand...

"Please say yes..."

Richard Gere raised his hand and saw that there were only 3 words on the note, asking him to agree to play the role.

When he raised his head, what he faced was Julia Roberts's beautiful eyes shining with eager light, small and straight nose, and sexy big mouth.

Julia Roberts just looked at him, running her hands through her hair from her ear.This fair-skinned beauty looks so fragile, so innocent, so full of childlike innocence... Like a delicate white porcelain with a thin body made in Huaguo, it needs to be cared for carefully.

"OK, I promise."

A male hormone-dominated emotion filled Richard Gere's mind and heart.I don't know why, the rational thinking that the two big directors said to him before, and the calculation of competing for awards instilled in him by the agent, are all left behind by him at this moment.

Now in his consciousness, there is only one idea, and that is to cooperate with Julia Roberts in this movie.

"Hey..." The manager shook his head and sighed. The star had talked to him so much last night about his thoughts about his acting career, but now he didn't know where he went.It has long been known that actors are generally emotional and their clients are especially emotional.

"Bye, I hope to see you in rehearsal soon..." Julia Roberts was very happy to hug Richard Gere and kiss him on the cheek.

"You too..." Richard Gere hugged Roberts happily, how light she was at the age of 22.

"Keep that feeling, do what you can, don't let these two date...or...you know," Ronald whispered into director Garry Marshall's ear, covering his mouth.

Garry Marshall also understands that this very special feeling can only be manifested in those men and women who are about to enter a relationship.In the first half of the film, these two people maintain such a strange relationship in mind.

So before halfway through filming, the two of them had better just yearn for a relationship.

"I can't stop this. Few people can withstand two love bombs like this..." Garry Marshall also replied in Ronald's ear. He couldn't control this kind of thing.

"Don't worry, you just need to be in the rehearsal space and the official shooting, and after starting, just follow the rules. I think Julia Roberts is a very smart person, and she will make full use of this condition to achieve what she wants."

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As always, after dealing with the day's affairs, Ronald returned to the hotel early and got tired of being with Diane.

Whenever this happens, Ronald is always glad that he is married and no longer has to go through the process of mutual temptation and torture.You don't have to bother to guess whether your proposal will be accepted by the other party?Or what did the other party see in order to be with him?
Dane was in the living room, flipping through a lot of scripts. She was half lying on the sofa, one foot resting on the armrest of the sofa, and she kept rising and falling.

On one side of the sofa, there were many scripts scattered on the floor, which Diane didn't like.On the other side of the sofa, there are three or four books, which she finds interesting.

"Is there any script you like?" Ronald didn't forget to promise Diane.He contacted 20th Century Fox, Disney, and Paramount to send them various scripts in stock.For Ronald and Diane to choose from.

"Hmm, there are quite a few of them here, and I find them very interesting..."

Dane handed the selected scripts to Leonard.

"Is this some kind of ghost story?"

Ronald saw a big ghost (Ghost) written on the cover of a script.Here's the script from Paramount's stock.

"Yes, it's a story about a man who was still by his wife's side after he died, and finally communicated with his wife only through a psychic to protect her from bad people."

"OK, do you like it?" Ronald knew that Hollywood didn't like ghost movies, but Diane liked it.

"Actually, I don't really like making ghost movies. I think it's weird. I like these two books more."

"Let me see……"

Ronald opened the two scripts, the first one was about a future science fiction story.The name is Total Recall. When talking about the future, people don't know whether their memories have been implanted or have been experienced by themselves.

In the end, the hero runs away from everything and pursues the trip to Mars that often appears in his dream, and finally achieves a great career.

This script has been dormant in Columbia's film library for a long time, and it has only recently been dug out.It was taken over by a medium-sized studio, Carlock, and they took a fancy to Schwarzenegger to play the heroine, and Diane had worked with Schwarzenegger in another movie Running Man before. good.If we can join hands this time, it is also a good choice.

However, the film is already in the preparation stage, and they may already have a candidate for the heroine. If Diane wants to intervene, Ronald will need to use some relationships to interfere and adjust the filming cycle of the film.

The last one was a movie called "Firebird".After Ronald opened it, he frowned after looking at it for a while.

"This seems to be..." Ronald turned his head and asked Diane.

"That's right, it's the Army version of Top Gun... Hehehe..." Diane actually envied big productions like Top Gun, and Ronald filmed the heroine McGillis so well. Sexy, and being able to play with a handsome guy like Tom Cruise, she is actually envious.

From the beginning to the end, the structure of this Firebird is actually a replica of Top Gun, except that the f-14 fighter jets are replaced by Apache attack helicopters, the navy is replaced by the army, and the enemy is replaced by the Soviet Union fighter jets in the Pacific Ocean. , replaced by the helicopters of drug lords in Central America.

Moreover, the background design of this movie actually coincides with another TV series Airwolf that is currently on the air. A very advanced armed helicopter prototype of the American Army was driven away by a person who was dissatisfied with the government. .

There are some things in this movie that are even more radical than Top Gun, and that is that the character Diane is meant for is not only an instructor in the classroom, but also an armed helicopter pilot who goes on combat missions with the hero.

This script is Disney's stock again.

"Okay, keep watching, and tell me what you like." Ronald shook his head, and Dane was also hinting that he still wanted to act in the movie directed by Ronald.

"Ring ring ring ring..."

While the two were still discussing, the phone rang.

"Hello, this is Ronald and Diane's home..." The answering machine played the phone message that Diane had recorded... It took her a long time to record it.

"Ronald, answer the phone, I'm Cindy, don't forget what you promised me..."

A sexy and magnetic female voice rang from the answering machine.

Ronald recognized that it was Cindy Crawford's voice, and quickly pressed the hands-free button. The words were a bit unclear, so don't cause Diane's misunderstanding, "Miss Crawford, it's Ronald What's the matter, what happened?"

"Ronald, I remember that I approached you through your agent, and you promised me. Now Richard told me that he has promised to act in a romance movie with Julia, that Bi...that actress, I want you to keep your promise."

"No problem, you can come to the crew to visit the set at any time, and all expenses incurred will be charged to the crew's account..."

"What's wrong? Isn't this the model? Why is she going to visit the class?" Diane stared at Ronald with both eyes and said with a smile.

"I tell you it's okay, but don't tell anyone. Cindy Clough is Richard Gere's girlfriend, very formal. Last time she approached me through my agent and asked if Richard Gere accepted If you are invited to appear in that movie, you must have the right to visit at any time."

"Poor Li Cha..." He wanted to say something, but curled his lips again.If she hadn't been pregnant, she would have been the model who was going to follow the crew this time.

(End of this chapter)