Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 452 Audition Video
Helen didn't want to play the role of "Longwei Boy", Ronald reluctantly told Weintraub that the heroine had to audition from the beginning.

"It's okay, I understand. That's fine, I'll let Susan participate in the next audition. She will be my representative on the crew. If there is someone you both like, then bring me the audition video. We Let’s do a second round of interviews together.”

Susan Eakins waited for Ronald and the audition director to leave Weintraub's mansion, and gave Weintraub a sweet kiss.She knows that it is impossible for her appearance to make a movie, but it is also a very interesting job to be able to join the crew and decide the fate of others.

"You have to pay attention to Ronald's choice. I think he is still a little younger, and he doesn't know how fierce the competition is. Hollywood is a place where dogs eat dogs. If there is a suitable candidate, please come and tell me in advance, and I will find a way to match them. Sign the contract."

"Do you want to see all the candidates?" Susan asked.

"No," Weintraub thought for a while, "You just need to pay attention to Danny, Mr. Miyagi, and Ali, the main candidates. By the way, there are also candidates for the villain Johnny and his master Chris."

Ronald, not yet aware of his credit with Weintraub, has been downgraded.He got Pat Morita to see how he's been practicing lately.

Arriving at Ronald's apartment, Pat Morita knocked on the door.When the door opened, he saw a strange figure, hiding behind a video camera with one eye covered by a viewfinder goggle, and a microphone plugged into the camera.

"Hi, Pat." The weirdo was Ronald with his new Sony BetaMax video camera.

"Come in, Morita," Ronald said to Morita while taking pictures of him with the camera, "You're welcome, just sit down. Your beard is well grown, and you will be like this in the future, don't shave, this kind of mess The beard is just right."

Pat Morita sat down and took the Coca-Cola from Ronald.

"That's it, you introduce yourself to the camera."

"The nest is called Morita. Nihao"

Morita began to speak English with a foreigner's tone.

"Very good, very good. Where did you learn karate?" Ronald was very satisfied, and Morita really focused on practicing the foreigner's English accent, which is similar to that of the dragon in "Sixteen Candles". .

"Wo, Dad, teach me."

"I heard that you were a fisherman in Ryukyu?" Seeing that Morita had entered the role, Ronald also started a conversation with him.

"Oh, in Ryukyu, all Miyagi, there are two things, fishing and karate."

The two had a question-and-answer session for about 5 minutes on some content in the script.Ronald stopped the camera, "You are doing very well. I think you will have a great chance this time. Where did you practice your broken English, which is almost like a real foreigner"

Morita regained his fluent way of speaking, "I have an uncle who is a first-generation immigrant, and he usually talks like this..." Then Morita moved closer, "Thank you very much, Ronald. Is there really a chance this time?"

"I can't promise anything, but I will at least give you a chance to audition." Ronald shook hands with him.

Pat Morita walked out of the apartment hopefully again.Ronald saw him get into a small, battered car, start it, and drive away.

"I hope he has luck and let Weintraub nod." Ronald secretly thought about referring to Coppola's method of recommending Marlon Brando, and made up his mind to surprise Weintraub if he had the opportunity.

When the actor was interviewed the next day, Weintraub did not show up.His personal secretary, Susan Eakins, represented him and sat in the audition room.

The director of the audition, Penny Dupont, is a middle-aged woman with Chinese hair. She understands Ronald's requirements very well. A stubborn man on his shoulders.

Because of this request, several well-known actors proposed by Weintraub were rejected by Ronald and Dupont.

For example, Tom Cruise, he is too handsome and handsome, and it is impossible for people to feel that he is being bullied and unable to fight back.

Another example is Nicolas Cage, who has a very stubborn face. He was bullied by Johnny, and he probably would fight back desperately.

So most of the people who came to the audition today were a little skinny.

With a budget of 750 million, it still attracted many actors, but few of them were able to compete for the leading role.

Hollywood has only just begun to pay attention to the youth market a few years ago, and there were no suitable young actors before, which led to these old faces appearing in various crews.

Susan Akins was a feast for the eyes. All handsome guys introduced themselves as required in front of her.Ronald also had her as an audition examiner, asking a few casting questions and making her feel good.

Everyone finally took a fancy to four actors.

The first is Emilio Estevez, the son of famous actor Martin Sheen.

He seemed to be in conflict with Ronald. When he first entered the audition room, he began to challenge Ronald with words.Fortunately, the young director was not moved. He just asked him to finish his self-introduction and then asked him to go back and listen to the news.

The second is Charlie Sheen, who is Emilio's younger brother.The two are brothers, but use different surnames.Charlie was noticeably less aggressive than his brother.Ronald chatted with him a few more words, and asked Susan to ask him about his acting experience.

Charlie is much thinner than his brother Emilio, which is more in line with Ronald's character traits.

Susan Eakins felt she knew better about auditions.

The third was C. Thomas Hall.He and Ronald are old acquaintances, and they are also the protagonists of Coppola's "Outside the World".

Hall has changed a lot since he played the leading role.Accompanying him is a manager who takes care of his day-to-day life.Among these people, he was the first to receive such treatment.

The fourth is the actor of "The Urchin of the World", Ralph Mazio.Play Howl, the protagonist's last friend who died.

He also has a manager, but he obviously looks Latino. After asking, his relatives are in charge. Latinos generally take care of relatives' employment.

Ronald had the longest conversation with him.

"Who do you think is more suitable among these four?" Susan Akins remembered Weintraub's entrustment and asked Ronald for his thoughts.

"I think Ralph Mazio is better," Ronald said his true thoughts, "Emilio is too fat to be the son of a poor single mother, Charlie Sheen and Thomas Hall are still not Adults need to accept the supervision of the trade union when shooting. The shooting time cannot be too long, and teachers must be equipped to learn.

And teenagers are not very easy to teach.When they perform, sometimes they have unexpected performances and bring a magical touch to the movie, but more often they are unstable.Sometimes it takes a lot of time to communicate and persuade to prepare a scene. "

Ronald remembered that when he was filming "Fast Tempo", when several underage actors filmed nudity scenes, it was a waste of time.If it wasn't necessary, he still wanted an adult actor to play Danny.

"But, isn't Ralph Mazio also underage?" Susan Akins looked at Ralph's appearance in the audition photo, "He seems to be a little younger than Charlie Sheen."

"Haha, turn it over and take a look, he is already 22 this year."

"What?" Susan turned over the audition photos. On the resume, it was written that Ralph Mazio was born in 22 and was [-] this year.

"Isn't this just nonsense?" Susan Akins couldn't believe it. Ralph looked only fifteen or sixteen years old.

"Isn't that great? He looks like a teenager you'd believe. We'll just recognize his age on his resume, and that's what he says on his Screen Actors Guild registration." Audition director Dupont chimed in, anyway, no matter if he's real or not. 22 is still fake, anyway the crew can use him as an adult actor.

"I just can't believe it," Susan pleaded, turning over the pictures of Ralph Marzio.

"You can ask him to show his driver's license next time," Ronald said.

"Hahaha……"

"I'm going to process the audition tapes of these actors, and then I will go to Mr. Weintraub's house with you and Penny to watch the audition tapes at night." Ronald got up to get the audition tapes and prepared to take them to the editing room. Clips of the four candidates cut together.

"Okay, I'll talk to Jerry."

The group arrived at Weintraub's house in the evening and sat in the huge living room with a view of Beverly Hills.Ronald put the audition video in the VCR, then took the remote control and pressed the play button.

Weintraub pressed an electric switch and drew the curtains. In the dim light, the four of them approached the TV to watch the actors.

"I recommend Ralph Mazio. He has a baby face and is an adult, so it is convenient to shoot. I have seen his acting skills in the crew of the urchin outside the world, and I can say that he is very good." Rona De watched the audition video of the four people and did not press pause. The TV was covered with snowflakes. He turned to Weintraub and talked about his thoughts.

"What do you think, Penny?" Weintraub turned to the audition director for his thoughts.

"I agree with Ronald. Ralph is indeed suitable. With his small body, it makes sense to be bullied. He is also very cute. It is normal for Ali to be attracted to him. The most important thing is that he has a stubborn energy ", Penny said her opinion to Weintraub.

"Hmm..." Weintraub was silent. Seeing that the two agreed, he didn't want to make a decision on the spot, but waited a while and asked Susan about the real situation.

"I'll send a notice to all four of them and call them back for a second round of auditions. Let them read the lines. Mr. Weintraub, come along."

"Okay," Weintraub agreed.

"Zizi... bang", the snowflakes in the video suddenly disappeared, followed by an old man of Japanese descent.His gray hair was half bald, and his beard was unkempt.

He looked at the camera and was answering Ronald's question, but he didn't respond quickly, as if he didn't speak English very well. He thought it up in Japanese first, and then spoke it in broken English, without grammar or tense. .

"That's it, you introduce yourself to the camera." It seems to be Ronald's voice in the video.

"The nest is called Morita. Nihao," the Japanese actor replied.

"Good, good. Where did you learn karate?"

"Wo, Dad, teach me."

"I heard you were a fisherman in Ryukyu?"

"Oh, in Ryukyu, all Miyagi, there are two things, fishing and karate."

"Hi, hi!" Weintraub interrupted Ronald, "Where did you find this actor, he is Mr. Miyagi, he is Mr. Miyagi." Weintraub patted Ronald excitedly Toku's shoulder, "We have to find him, he was a born Miyagi Nariyoshi. What's his name?"

"Him?" Ronald smirked, "He is Pat Morita."

(End of this chapter)