Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 1351 What is going to happen between a woman and Tom Cruise?
“Your coffee…”

After the filming resumed, Holly Hunter, still wearing the same gaudy outfit, came to serve coffee to private detective Eddie and the protagonist Mitch. Eddie and Mitch's brother Raymond, who was a cellmate in prison, was very enthusiastic about his friend's brother. The two sat face to face and talked about their needs, and Holly Hunter's secretary happened to pass between the two, and her plump figure almost touched their noses.

"I'm leaving..." Secretary Tammy twisted her body and walked back.

"Pa pa, thank you, honey." Gary Bush, who played the private detective, patted Tammy's butt twice, signaling her to hurry up.

"She is my secretary. She is very capable, but she married a crazy husband who thinks he is the reincarnation of Elvis. Guess what his name is, Elvis..."

"I'm here to ask you to check something..." Mitchell, played by Tom Cruise, had to interrupt the complicated story between two unreliable detectives and a secretary.

"Cut!"

"Bravo!" After director Ronald confirmed that the scene had been filmed, the crew began to cheer. This was Holly Hunter's last shot in Memphis, Tennessee. After the filming is completed, there will be a small party tonight... The next time there will be a shot of her will be when they go to the Cayman Islands to shoot.

"Thank you, thank you director..." Holly Hunter deliberately acted like Marilyn Monroe, came over and gave Ronald a kiss, causing everyone to scream.

Holly is still a very good actor, she always takes the movie and the role as the highest goal. Generally speaking, stars will find a double to play this kind of shot, but Holly doesn't care at all, she takes the shot herself, just to make the shot smooth and unified.

"I heard that you also played a role in Hidden Dragon?"

At the party in the evening, Ronald chatted with Gary Bush, who played Detective Eddie.

"Yeah, I play a boring villain, the deputy captain on the battleship Missouri, who is actually an insider of the terrorists..."

This actor is born with uneven eyes, a slightly crooked mouth, blond hair and thick muscles, especially the light gold of eyebrows, which is hard to tell at first glance. In the close-up, his face looks like a boxer whose facial features were damaged in the boxing ring, giving people the feeling of a beast.

"You were there at the preview that day, right? I haven't watched the rest. What do you think of the overall effect?" Ronald wanted to know about the subsequent modifications to Hidden Dragon.

"Don't even mention it. The producers didn't even give us a chance to screen the revised version. Steve Siegel was very mysterious. Hey, I felt particularly relieved that day. When I was on the crew, I wanted to punch this guy Siegel. He often bullied the staff and stuntmen. Sometimes he used some kind of fighting technique to choke a woman, but I was afraid that I couldn't beat him..."

Gary Bush is an interesting actor, rough on the surface, but actually very knowledgeable. He knew what Ronald wanted to hear, so he told him everything he knew about Qianlong Hongtian.

After independent candidate Perot dropped out of the race, Warner Bros. put the film on ice and did not schedule any previews. Siegel was no longer the guy who flirted with actresses, so he disappeared all day.

That rare incident where Ronald lost his temper on the spot made Gary Bush very fond of him. Whether it was because they admired each other or he was trying to please him, the two of them had a very good chat. Ronald also praised his wonderful acting skills and said that this movie could better showcase his characteristics and he would give him more close-ups.

Both of them were very happy and laughed heartily.

……

But soon Ronald couldn't laugh anymore. Rob Reiner, the director of "A Few Good Men," suddenly flew to Memphis and asked Ronald to borrow someone.

"Rob, what's going on?" Ronald's face fell when he heard that he wanted to borrow Tom Cruise to reshoot.

"Ronald, I'm not going to lie to you. I'm just telling you the truth. The Columbia lab ruined the shots of several courtroom debate scenes. Not only Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, Jack Nicholson, Kevin Pollak, Kevin Bacon, but everyone in that courtroom has to go back to reshoot. I've made a plan and it can be done in two days. It will only take up one day of your time."

"That's bullshit. What do you mean by wasting a day? I've wasted a lot. It takes a day to fly to Los Angeles and a day to fly back. I have to prepare for two movies. I've lost a lot. You should find another way..."

Ronald was not happy with this. It turned out to be a major drama, and it was not something that could be done by just shooting. The actors had to enter the plot state where there were few good guys, and after coming back, they had to exit the original plot and find the feeling of this sugar-coated trap again.

All in all, the actors couldn't be in 100% condition for at least four days of filming. This was absolutely unacceptable.

"I have a solution, why would I come to you for help? Ronald, if I had even a little bit of a solution, I wouldn't make such an excessive request."

"You also know that this is excessive?"

"Damn Colombia, the management of Guber is such a mess, how could such an incredible mistake happen?"

The film was overexposed due to a mistake in the developing chemicals. When Ronald first heard this, he thought it was Director Huang complaining to him about the quality problems at Xujiahui. Could such a problem occur in one of the seven major Hollywood developing factories?

"I checked the negatives carefully and there were no problems with the front and back, so it is unlikely to be caused by chemicals and temperature. The biggest suspect is that there may be quality problems with the film itself."

Rob Reiner was actually very angry. This was something that was very rare, but he encountered it. Generally speaking, for a company like Kodak, the quality consistency of the same batch can be guaranteed.

If the defect was caused by the printer, it would be difficult to explain why the previous and subsequent films were developed without any problems.

This kind of thing that has no beginning or end and cannot be found out by checking the work log is not uncommon for second- and third-rate directors. When Lea Thompson starred in "The Wonderful", the only chance to shoot a famous landmark building was damaged.

But for a director of Rob Reiner's level and a movie of this level starring Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson, such an accident has never happened.

"I can release him, but you have to wait until I finish this cycle and take a weekend off two weeks later. Then you can lend him out again. As for wanting Tom to work overtime on the weekend, you can talk to him yourself."

Seeing that Rob Reiner had been begging him pitifully for a long time, Ronald had no choice but to give in and let him pick a weekend to minimize the impact of the sugar-coated trap.

"That's great, what do you want in return?" Rob Reiner was so happy that his New Yorker's tone of being open to everyone came out again.

"Reward? What kind of reward do I want? How about you come and play a cameo role..."

"Bingo" Reiner happily agreed, and immediately turned around to negotiate with Tom Cruise and Paula.

"Tom, you're going to have a hard time." Tom Cruise then came over and said that he had agreed to reshoot the scene, and he would fly there on the next weekend, and then fly back to Memphis on Sunday night. The schedule would not affect the filming of the movie.

"Actually, I would like to. Jack Nicholson will also come to play opposite me. I will show him my new understanding of acting and see what he thinks."

"Uh, okay."

Directors are really good at selling. When Rob Reiner went to Tom Cruise, he didn't mention his own requirements first. Instead, he watched his new sample film and praised his improvement in acting. He then packaged his own reshoots as a good opportunity for Tom Cruise to test his acting improvement.

"Let's call Jack..."

Tom Cruise was like a little boy who had just got a new toy and was about to play against an old player. He excitedly called Jack Nicholson in front of Ronald.

"Great, when? Two weeks later? Weekend? Weekend is no problem, I'll go..."

On the other end of the phone, Jack Nicholson seemed very happy.

"Are you happy, Jack?" Ronald couldn't help but ask him.

"Ronald? Hey, you don't understand me. I love acting, and this kind of opportunity is rare for me. If you want to reshoot or reshoot, it's fine. Tom also said he has new ideas for performances, I'm looking forward to it."

Well, these people’s attitude towards acting is no longer a question of professionalism. They simply regard high-quality performances as their hobbies. They just enjoy the opportunity to act.

The accident was resolved through negotiation at the fastest speed. The next day, Columbia's CEO Guber personally called to express his gratitude.

"Peter, how could such a low-level mistake happen? Who is the SOB who is running your current photofinishing factory?" Ronald also invested in the movie "Four Good Men". He was a little unhappy about what happened at Columbia and did not give Gubel any face when he complained.

"Ronald, I am very grateful. Columbia is a big family. I don't want to blame anyone. I promise you that this kind of thing will never happen again in our cooperation in the future."

"You mean, this is a problem at the lab?"

"It's hard to say, Ronald. We are tracing the workflow at the time, but the waste liquid used to make the working copies has been processed, and it is difficult to find out whether there was an operational error. As for Kodak, you know, we can't argue with them..."

Ronald knew that this was a difficult matter. Kodak would never admit that there might be problems with its batch quality inspection, which could affect the stock price. Columbia also couldn't rule out its own operational problems.

After all, Gubel is the CEO of a large company, so coming here in person to apologize for this matter is already a disguised way of admitting his mistake.

"But, Ronald, now that Tom Cruise is able to come for reshoots, can we give him some more scenes? Can we have him and Demi Moore add some sex scenes?"

As expected, Guber was not a leader who would apologize for the mistakes of his subordinates. He had a new idea. The negotiation between Tom Cruise and Paramount had already spread. So he wanted to add some spice to it. If he could increase the performances of Cruise and Demi Moore, it would be equivalent to adding some marketing chips to the good guys, and it would also force the competitor Paramount to raise the negotiation conditions. Why not?

"No, and no..." Ronald gave negative answers to the two rude requests. How many days will Tom Cruise have to delay filming for this thing? A firm refusal!

"Ronald, don't you think... Hey, hey?" Guber wanted to use his eloquence, which he had used to persuade Cuban leader Fidel to give him an American license to film Cuba, to convince Ronald that adding a sex scene was a good idea, but he was hung up on the spot.

"What a temper of a big director..." Guber had no choice. His partner Jon Peterson was originally in charge of production, but he was involved in many scandals and had to be responsible for other business. Printing was his responsibility.

Ronald's questioning was actually difficult to answer. But he was not one to give up easily, so he picked up a pen and wrote a note to Ronald, asking someone to deliver it to Memphis over the weekend.

……

"Please introduce yourself."

On a weekend break, Ronald and casting director Julia Taylor were in a Memphis hotel room, auditioning for the role of a pin-up girl in a Cayman Islands drama.

The original candidate for this role happily gave up the opportunity to appear in a TV series because she received an invitation. The filming time of the TV series is relatively long, and it is impossible to spare many days to film in the Cayman Islands. Rather than playing a minor supporting role, she chose to play the leading role in the TV series.

This forced the crew to recast the characters.

"My name is Halle Berry..."

It seems that this is the black actor introduced by Denzel Washington. Ronald and Julia Taylor looked at each other.

This girl was in her twenties, and her skin was not the typical black skin color, but rather looked a bit mixed-race. When she stood side by side with a real black person, the difference in skin color was very obvious.

Moreover, her facial features are more like those of white people than black people. Her eyes are large, with double eyelids, deep eye sockets and a high nose. If it is not stated in advance, it would not be wrong to say that her skin color is formed by frequent sunbathing.

Plus, she has delicate skin, which looks great in front of the camera. More importantly, she has a very hot body. If she wears the right clothes, it would be very convincing to have a one-night stand on the beach with Mitch, the young lawyer played by Tom Cruise, without anyone knowing.

"Okay, Miss Berry, may I ask, are both your parents African American?" Ronald asked.

"Yes, but because of my skin color, most people still classify me as black, so..." The beauty didn't mind. Denzel Washington's face gave her a chance to audition with a top director, which was already very good. She also raised her hand to touch her skin and looked up at Ronald.

"Okay, Miss Berry, we'll let you know when we have news."

"Another actress hinting at the director. She won't be the first, nor the last..." Julia Taylor has been casting for many years and has seen many actresses who boldly hint at directors.

"Don't you think her seduction is interesting in front of the camera? She still understands the benefits of caution and subtlety..." Ronald felt good. This kind of traditional hint was very much like the way a young lawyer would take the bait. It was not too direct, nor too obscure.

"It's not a big problem. Her skin color and appearance are such that the audience won't be distracted by the fact that she's black."

Ronald nodded. The most important thing for this role is to be beautiful and sexy, and the audience should not be aware that Mitch is about to flirt with a black man because of her black appearance. They should just think of this as a sexy beauty, not a black sexy beauty.

"Director, your letter was specially sent by someone from Mr. Guber in Columbia."

Ronald said "oh" and took a small envelope with Gubel's signature on it. He opened the envelope and found a note with only one sentence inside.

"If Tom Cruise and Demi Moore weren't going to have sex with each other, then why was Demi Moore's character a woman?"

"Fuxck, what's going on in the minds of these executives?" Julia Taylor came over to see what Ronald had shown her, and she complained. It seemed as if women in Hollywood could only be a sex symbol, waiting for male stars to conquer them.

Ronald knew in his heart that this was not only the idea of ​​Hollywood executives, producers and other people, but also perhaps the idea of ​​many viewers, but he was determined not to "loan" Tom Cruise for any longer.

Finding a pen, Ronald wrote a reply at the bottom of the note:
"There are other things a woman can do besides have sex with Tom Cruise."

(End of this chapter)