Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 333 Bringing Tom Cruise to Fill His Teeth
"You're working too hard," Ronald said to Tom Cruise, who was sitting in the co-pilot, while driving, "Others are doing boxing movements, so how can you really start punching like you. "

The scenes of the gang fight between the two gangs were filmed for two consecutive nights.Tom Cruise really gave the opposite actor a punch in order to show his authentic acting skills.

It worked out well, of course, and the opponent hit back in a rage, smashing Tom's false teeth with a blow.

"I'm sorry, I've already apologized to him. The director poured water on the sky, and my soles slipped." Tom Cruise held out his fingers to show Ronald, who injured his fingers because of the excessive force up.

Ronald shook his head. The teenage actors were so motivated by Coppola that it was raining on the first day of filming the gang fight scene.In order to ensure the continuity of the shots, Coppola had people spray water into the sky the next night.

"I just want to show my best self," Tom said.His cheap dentures were already fake, but after being punched crookedly, they look more and more like the real rotten teeth.

During filming, the ground was full of mud puddles, and it was raining heavily, so there were still a few actors who worked very hard, really playing with their hands.Coppola's name, for these young actors, is like a battle cry, urging them to perform hard.

"I heard that Coppola will let the actors he likes go to his special acting training camp. I don't know if I have a chance this time." Tom was still looking forward to his future, and he happened to grab Ronald to ask about the situation.

"You really want to make his black-and-white film?" Ronald glanced at Tom.

Coppola brought Ronald and Hinton together a week earlier, announcing Diorama's plans for another Hinton novel, "Rumble Fish."

The movie will be shot in black and white, with only two "bettas" in a fish tank, using color lenses.

Coppola first secured the copyright of Hinton's novel, and Hinton agreed to write the script of "Betta Fish" himself.

The second one he found was Ronald. "Betta" was cast by Coppola himself. In order to save costs, a person like Ronald who can do several jobs is a priority.

Ronald didn't like the tone of the novel, nor did he like the film's box office success.It's another country boy gang gang from 20 years ago, and it's still a black and white film. Anyway, I have seen some of the techniques I want to learn.So he declined on the grounds that he wanted to participate in a "fast-paced" marketing campaign.

Coppola didn't think much of it, and started looking for a suitable actor on the "Outside the World" crew to participate in the next movie.

"Yes, Coppola has taken a fancy to you and wants you to play the second male lead." Ronald told Tom Cruise, "If you agree, I will go to him as soon as your part is filmed. acting camp,
"That's great." Tom was at the age of worshiping director Coppola, and he shook his fist a few times.

The car arrived at the dentist's office in the town.

"I will ask for leave tomorrow to audition for another crew." Tom said with a smile again.

Ronald parked the car and took Cruise into the clinic, "No wonder, I saw Paula Wagner come to the crew."

"Yes, she takes good care of me. I will ask for leave tomorrow."

Tom was full of confidence, "If the audition is successful, do you think I should go there or play Coppola's next movie?"

"Color film?"

"Yes, colorful youth films."

"Then let me say, it's better to shoot in color. Few people like to watch black-and-white films now."

Ronald answered casually and sent Cruise into the dentist's office.

After a long time, the dentist filled Tom Cruise's teeth, sent him out, and asked Ronald to take a photo of them.

"Could you please take a photo of me with this actor, I want my wife to see the photo of the actor who made her favorite novel 'The Outer Worlds' movie."

"Hi, Paula." Ronald and Tom returned to the hotel, just parked the car, and saw a beautiful woman wearing sunglasses sitting at the door of the hotel, Cruise and his agent Paula Wagner.

"Ronald, thank you for sending Tom to get his teeth filled. He will audition for the leading actor in tomorrow's play, and the front teeth are not too bad."

Paula looked at Tom's new front teeth and expressed satisfaction.

"What movie are you auditioning for?" Ronald also took a look at Tom's front teeth and replaced them with new dentures. As expected, he turned from a young ruffian into a handsome guy who grew up in the city.

"Risky Business," Paula handed over a script she wanted Ronald to read.

It's a teenage exploitation flick in which Tom plays Joe, a high school student who applies to Princeton and tries to make some money while his parents are away.

During the misunderstanding, Joe met the call girl Lana. After a series of coincidences, Joe turned his home into Lana's business place. When he was opening the door for business, the interviewer from Princeton suddenly visited.

"A very good plot." Ronald handed back the outline of the plot, and several clues were drawn out in a few words, which made people very curious to read on.

"Tom, you should listen to Ronald," Paula said to Tom, who she didn't want Tom Cruise to continue to play in Coppola's black-and-white film, which featured him in "Crazy Guys."It took Paula and CAA a lot of money to get the director to agree to give Tom an audition.

"Let's take the evening flight and be back tomorrow."

……

Matt Dillon and Diane Lane were all spotted by Coppola and wanted to be included in the lineup of the next movie "Betta Fish".

Dillon likes this novel very much. He has filmed Hinton's "Texas Man" before. If he finishes "Outside the World" and then "Betta Fish", he will become a Hinton professional.

Diane was a little hesitant. On the one hand, she didn't like to act with Matt Dillon, and on the other hand, Ronald didn't support her to play Coppola's movie again.

"Are black and white films really bad?" Diane asked Ronald.

"It's a market problem. Now that children have color TVs, they don't really watch old black and white movies on TV."

"But it was directed by Coppola after all." Diane felt very lucky to be chosen by Coppola to play the leading role twice, although the role of the leading role was not many.

"Actually, 'Betta Fish' is a B-grade movie set." Ronald hit the nail on the head.

"This method of one big production, one small production, and two films can save a lot of money. Sets, equipment, personnel, and even actors can all be shared."

This is a method that my ex-boss, the exploitation film mogul Roger Corman, used very well.He often looks at other people's sets, and now he is thinking of a script, and before the other films are finished shooting and the sets are demolished, he will take the time to shoot one.

"Oh, that's it?" Diane wasn't sure whether what Ronald said would affect her acting career, so she put aside her doubts for now.

……

"Ronald, I got the protagonist who is also crazy." Soon Tom Cruise returned by plane after the audition.

Paula Wagner's vision is very accurate. After seeing Tom Cruise, the director immediately decided not to do what he thought, and asked him to play the protagonist Joe.

"I will recommend Diane to them. She is the best heroine. I hope to get your approval, Ronald." Tom was very excited. After seeing the complete script, he liked the movie even more.

"What does it mean to get my consent? You should ask her, and her father Burt's opinion."

"Hey, I know you are protecting her, and Diane also said that she was staying at your house."

"You go talk to her, I also hope she can act in color films. I'm going to doze off watching black and white films."

"Hahaha……"

Tom laughed out loud, and went to call Diane.

Seeing Tom leave, Ronald said to his agent Paula, "The producer dotes on him so much? Can you give him the right to recommend the heroine?"

"You don't know," Paula said with a relieved smile, "The director is very satisfied with Tom, saying that he is Joe in the script. His hard work and dedication to the performance of the character also made the director very happy."

After speaking, Paula pointed to the teeth, meaning that Tom would rather lose two front teeth in order to play a supporting role well. This kind of spirit made the film crew have no doubts about his professionalism.

"The heroine, Lana, is a call girl. The director believes that the chemical reaction between the heroine and Tom is a necessary condition for the success of the movie, so he asked Tom to recommend candidates."

"Oh, that's not normal, it's celebrity treatment."

"Tom is the star."

……

"I don't know. This role is a call girl. My dad won't agree." Diane hesitated after hearing Tom Cruise's invitation.

"At least let your father read the script?" Tom still didn't give up. He had seen many excellent performances by Diane. If he could play the lead actor and actress of the new movie with her, how wonderful would it be?
Before the shooting started the next morning, Bert browsed the script handed over by Diane and Tom on the set, and immediately rejected it.

"Sorry, boy. My girl will always be..." Burt said to Tom, "Look at the way my mouth looks, never play a call girl, full stop!"

"Why do you have such an idea, Diane? Instead of Coppola's heroine, go to an exploitation film?" Then he took Diane aside and asked his daughter what she thought.

"But Ronald said that Coppola's 'Betta Fish' is a B-level film, and not many people like to watch black and white films now."

"Ronald...he's a nice guy, but he doesn't know much about directing. He doesn't even know how to direct actors.

In his mind, it must be an exploitation film, because he is also directing an exploitation film.

And Coppola, after all, is Coppola..."

"It's a pity, Diane would have cooperated well with me." Tom regretted that he didn't invite Diane Lane as the leading role.His role is also over, and he is going to the airport with Paula.

"Your training schedule." Paula handed over a schedule, "You need to lose ten pounds in a week, and then gain back ten pounds in a week."

"Why are you making such a fuss?" Ronald was seeing them off when he heard the outrageous arrangement.

"Because Tom is going to play a high school student in grade 12. He is 20 years old this year and has no baby fat. So let him lose weight first, then gain weight, and regain the feeling of eating baby fat."

"Good luck." Ronald and Tom Cruise hugged goodbye.

……

In the evening, Ronald was eating with Hinton, and the two chatted while eating.

Hinton has been writing novels, and she is not very familiar with script writing, so after being invited by Coppola to be the screenwriter of the new film, she asked Ronald to find out about the situation.

"It's roughly like this. The script needs to make sure that the words you write can be shot in movies. If you can't imagine that the movie can shoot this kind of shot, then you probably need to rewrite it."

Ronald knew that Coppola asked Hinton to do the surgery, probably to save money.Coppola only paid [-]% of the adaptation fee for Hinton's "Urchin in the World".

"That's great, Ronald. I haven't touched a pen since I finished 'Texas' in '[-]."

Hinton had the urge to write, and he was very happy.

"I really like the feeling of writing with a pen on the manuscript paper, and the ideas flow through the ink and rustle onto the paper."

"Why, don't you use a typewriter?"

"I like pen and paper when I'm writing. Typewriters are for secretaries, you can't revise them, you can't move paragraphs back and forth.

I like to freely revise my novels, move this paragraph to the middle of the first two pages, or delete this paragraph and fill in other content.

You are also an author, so you must know that when creating a novel, you often need to move back and forth like this. "

"Then you should use the Word Star software. You can use the keyboard to complete all the operations of moving, copying, and duplicating. It is as convenient as a typewriter and as free as a pen and paper."

"Word Star? What's that?"

"A software for computers, a writing tool specially developed for authors like you."

"Great, a typewriter that can be modified at will? I have to go buy one."

"Ms. Hinton, this is the IBM PC you ordered, and here is the WordStar software."

A few days later, the department store in the town specially adjusted a computer and writing software for the local hero Hinton, and delivered them to her home.

After carefully reading the instructions, Hinton tried several times, but failed.

"Ronald, come and help me, help me figure out how to type." Hinton called and asked Ronald to see what went wrong.

"This is saving, this is printing, this is copying, this is copying..."

Ronald arrived at Hinton's house and explained the concept of shortcut keys to Hinton, "You have to press Ctrl first, and then press this key."

"Save, print", Xinton tried, "What is a copy?"

"Let me write you a copy." Ronald simply wrote a note of frequently used shortcut keys just like his own home, and pasted it next to the Hinton computer monitor.

"Seriously, Ronald. You really explained it well. The clerk will only endorse it according to the instructions. Only you can explain these functions to me in a language I can understand."

Hinton was very happy, typed a paragraph of text, and then pressed the print shortcut key, and a document was printed out creakingly.

"Because I'm also the author."

"Seriously, you should write a book so that a computer idiot like me can learn to type with TextStar. I'll call my publisher and you'll have to talk to them."

"Publish a book? Does anyone buy this kind of book?"

"Of course, I don't know what kind of books readers will buy..."

Hinton turned to call the editor.

(End of this chapter)