Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 267
"Someone is peeping outside the window."

Sean Penn pointed to the window of the classroom, and indeed a burst of giggles erupted. A group of high school students, men and women who were peeking at the movie, yelled and slipped away from the door.

"Check out the window again, and find some assistants to block the intersection of the aisle." Ronald ordered the first assistant director Al.

Ronald also went out to look at the environment outside the classroom. The aisles on both sides were blocked out of the restricted area with yellow and white tape.The dean of Van Nuys High School also arranged for several security guards to help guard the stairs.

This is much higher than the sneaky treatment I got when filming "Rock High School".Big studios have these advantages, and the various logistical issues of filmmaking are bound by rules and regulations.

"Let's do it all over again" Ronald gave Al the command to prepare.

Sean Penn muttered to himself, making emotional preparations.With his wig on, he looked more like Tarzan of the Apes.Above the huge nose, there are small eyes slightly separated.Coupled with Spiccoli's non-brained style of speaking, it really makes people feel that the IQ is below the average line at first glance.

Ray Walston, who plays the teacher Mr. Hand, was born in 1914 and is already a 67-year-old actor.The hair is meticulously combed, matched with a light-colored shirt and a linen-colored jacket, and looks like a very stylish teacher.

Ronald stepped forward to apologize, explaining that he was not good at clearing the scene, so the camera was retaken.

"It's okay. This kind of accident often happens on the set. I have worked with many directors on film, and you are one of the few who can arrange everything in an orderly manner." Walston is still modest to the director, and there is no "Uncle Mars" Martin" star airs, very serious about work.

Ronald still respects this kind of old drama.They were much older than Ronald when they were filming on Hollywood studios.Let them perform in a comfortable environment, and then they will show their real acting skills, not just acting casually.

In addition to acting in television, Walston also played supporting roles in many movies.What Ronald has seen include "The Liar" starring Robert Redford, and "Peach Apartment" directed by the great director Billy Wilder.

He has a lot of film experience, and sometimes he chats with Ronald privately.His acting career fell into a trough after the role of "Uncle Mars Martin". No matter what role he played, he was recognized by the audience as Martin.

Sometimes a successful role is very well recognized by the audience.But this kind of recognition also limits the actor's way of acting, especially for a character actor like him who mainly plays supporting roles. After the TV series ended, he had to rest for more than three years and did not shoot any movies and TV shows.

"I hope this movie of yours can make the audience remember my new image again. When I was traveling in Madrid, some people put their fingers behind their heads and gestured for the image of Uncle Martian."

"Yes, Ray." Ronald saw that the staff was ready and ordered to shoot.

"Don't eat, NO EATING. E, A, T, I, N, G. Don't eat in my class." Walston took away a chocolate bar from an extra performer and put it in his pocket inside.

"You have to learn to eat in your own time. No eating in my class."

There was a knock at the door.After hearing this, Mr. Hand went to open the door.

Standing in the doorway, Spiccoli asked, "I'm registered for this class."

Mr. Hand asked, "What class?"

"History of America, I see a globe on the podium..."

"Cut!" This time it was Ray Walston's turn to stop.

"What's the matter?" Ronald signaled everyone to stop and asked.

"Director, can you tell him not to change the lines without authorization." Ray Walston complained loudly to Ronald.

Sean Penn is still immersed in the role, turning a blind eye to all this.

Ronald scratched his head, this is the difference between the two performance concepts.

The older generation of actors, after Hollywood in the era of big studios, the lines written by screenwriters at that time could not be changed.

Billy Wilder, the most famous of them all, was annoyed that the actor changed his lines.He believes that the job of an actor is to perform, and the lines should be handled by a professional screenwriter like him.

The concept of performing arts in New York was developed from Stanislavsky's theory of stage performance.Actors play a role repeatedly and say a line repeatedly, but they can't arouse natural reactions in their bodies and voices.

In the eyes of the audience, such a stylized performance lacks authenticity.There are some genres under the Stanislavsky system that respect improvisation on the spot.

They believe that only improvised lines can elicit a natural reaction from the opponent.The reaction chain of listening, understanding, and answering will make the audience feel real.

Sean Penn falls into this genre, and each time he says a different line, the meaning is generally the same.

"Si...Spicoli," Ronald called him aside, "Mr. Woolston is an old-fashioned Hollywood actor, can you accommodate him a bit."

"Spicoli is such a person, my actions are unpredictable."

Ronald scratched his head again, it didn't make sense.Looking at Sean Penn's stupid look, it was the first time that he felt that his methodical acting skills were also hated.

"Can't you accommodate me once?" Ronald was also a little annoyed.Uncle Martian doesn't know how to improvise, what's the matter?
"Director, why don't you ask me to do something before the performance?" Sean Penn said to Ronald, "I need a little stimulation so that I can perform new ideas every time I follow the lines."

"what? What?"

"You know what it is, what it is." Sean Penn pointed to his bag in the corner and said.

"Let me see it." Ronald would not allow the use of messy things in the crew.

Fortunately, a bottle of spirits.

"Don't drink too much."

Sean Penn nodded, opened the bottle cap and took two sips. After pouring down the strong vodka, his eyes were a little red.

"I'm ready."

Ronald turned to discuss with Walston, "Mr. Walston, Sean is too involved in the drama, and he himself is a bit..." Ronald pointed his finger at his head. "If he didn't say everything according to the script this time, can you continue?"

Woolston nodded, "Okay, I'll get on with it. He's a potential actor, but I've seen a lot of star performers in Hollywood get boozed up, and other addictive stuff, to get themselves crippled." .You have to talk to him."

"Okay, I will." Ronald turned his head and walked to the safe area behind the camera, signaled to the assistant director to start, then sat down on the chair to rest, thinking, "Am I talking, it's not big now During the studio days, actors were taken care of by agents and managers, so I said it was of no use.”

The next clip was filmed very smoothly. Ray Walston ignored Sean Penn's improvisation and slightly changed the lines, and continued according to the lines he recited, but instead shot a feeling that the two were out of place.

Shooting continues.

In the evening, after Ronald finished work at Van Nuys High School, he took Sean Penn to Van Nuys Avenue outside the high school.Go to the junction of Worth Street, where the road has been closed and the police are maintaining order.

"Spicoli, let's start with the driving scene of you and the football star brother."

"Okay" Sean Penn walked to the makeup trailer and started getting ready.

A Chevrolet Camaro Z28 sports car is parked in the center on the road, and in front of the sports car is hinged to a pickup truck.Above are people from the special effects photography team, and they are almost ready.

DP Matthew climbs into the bed of the pickup truck and sits behind the camera looking into the cab of the Camaro Z28.After looking at it for a long time, he said to Ronald, "It's ok."

The black actor who played the younger brother of football star Jefferson sat in the passenger seat and got ready.

"How are you?" Ronald asked him.

"No problem, director." This black actor is more reliable and was recommended by the casting director Phillips. He has a good line skills and looks very young, which meets the needs.

"Okay, let's rehearse when Spiccoli comes"

Ronald also climbed into the pickup truck, and through the viewfinder of the camera, he also took a look at the front face of the Camaro sports car. Very clean, no problem shooting.

"Where's Spiccoli? Go and urge him." Ronald sat on the truck for a while, before Sean Penn came out.

"I'm coming, I'm coming." Sean Penn's eyes were redder than before, and his walk was a little crooked.

Opening the driver's seat, Sean Penn got in, "Let's get started."

The black actor in the passenger seat could smell it right away, and Sean Penn had a strange smell as soon as he opened his mouth. He was very familiar with the smell of this plant because he often hangs around in the entertainment industry.

But he didn't say anything.Ronald motioned for rehearsal to begin.

The camera pans to the driver's seat of the car behind.The stunt crew set the gears, and the Camaro was actually being towed away by the pickup in front of it.Sean Penn's actions such as shaking the steering wheel in the driver's seat are actually performed.

"Hey, this is my brother's car. Be careful and don't scratch it."

"What are you afraid of? I am driving now, and you are the navigator. Focus on guiding the way."

"Very good, take a real shot."

This is how the interior shots of the two of them in the racing car were shot.

"Next is the stunt shot, how are you preparing?" Ronald jumped off the pickup truck and asked Debbie Evans of the stunt team.

"Fine, no problem. We've all planned, and both prime shots have been tested once in the middle of last night."

"Can't you get someone else to drive that crash scene? I always feel like..."

"What, do you discriminate against women?"

"No, I'm just worried about getting caught." Ronald didn't dare to mess with this stuntwoman, a woman who was two years older than him and a feminist.

She was the only female competitor in the motorcycle class of the Millennium CBS Stunt Competition, beating all the men.In the final, she showed off a headstand on a moving motorcycle, which shocked everyone.

She also beat all the players in the car group and won No.2.I heard that she was not convinced, and she will compete again next year, and this time she will win the championship.

"I wear a blond wig, which is about the same height as Sean, and I won't wear it." Debbie took a wig from the hair stylist, tied her hair tightly, and put it on. Long hair, "how is it?"

Ronald stepped back and looked through the director's viewfinder, but he really couldn't tell the difference.

"OK, real shot."

A long ramp made of wood has long been set up by the set department. Debbie will speed up from underneath, then drive up the ramp, and finally crash into the prepared buffer carton.

A large group of people who looked like tourists just came out of the restaurant next to them. They were very excited when they saw a camera here. There were not many opportunities for Hollywood to see real movies, so they immediately surrounded them.

"What movie are you making?"

"Who's the star? Is there Paul Newman?"

"Robert Redford, too."

Still a women's group.

Ronald grabbed the electric horn and yelled at them, "Ladies, we are shooting Tide laundry detergent commercials. If you want to be featured, sign up over there."

"Tell me earlier, what's so good about washing powder, let's go, I heard that there is Stallone's house over there to see."

Hearing that it was an advertisement for washing powder, the female tour group all dispersed.

"We only have one chance, everyone pay attention." Ronald picked up the electric horn and continued to issue instructions.

"Is the ambulance ready?"

"All right."

"Fire extinguisher?"

"The fire department is ready."

"Recording? Camera? Action!"

With an order, Debbie drove a sports car refitted from a cheap old car, rushed up the wooden ramp, and then crashed into the buffer zone that had been arranged.

A large group of people rushed up, firefighters with fire extinguishers, and doctors in white coats.A member of the stunt team opened the door and let Debbie out.

"I'm fine," Debbie called to Ronald.

Ronald looked to the director of photography.

Matthew nodded to him.

"Very good, call it a day."

Everyone clapped their hands.

Satisfied, Ronald walked to the trailer to rest, ready to get his own black tea.As soon as the door was opened, a strange smell came oncoming.

"Who the hell is smoking this thing here? I've said it many times, these things are not allowed in the crew." Everyone in the crew heard Ronald's loud curse.

(End of this chapter)