Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 588

Minahan, who made a joke, gave his subordinates a lesson.He begged Ronald to give some professional editing advice after watching the sample."Breakdance 2" without Ronald, "only received" 500 million box office after its release.

The salaries of the three protagonists have all increased by more than ten times, plus the stunt roller of the boogaloo prawn dancing on the wall that Minahan specially wanted to shoot, the production cost of Breakdance 2 is less than 300 million, and it can sell for 500. [-] million is supposed to be a rare victory.

But think of Ronald's groundbreaking "Breakdance", which cost 100 million and sold [-] million US dollars in North America.Minahan was still very dissatisfied.

Ronald patiently finished watching the filmed samples, and a feeling of discomfort rushed straight to his forehead.Minahan said that millions of dollars were spent on special effects, but Ronald felt that those special effects probably cost only two dollars and thirty-eight cents.

Could it be that he was cheated?Ronald looked at Minahan's honest and honest smile.If you think about it, Minahan may be confused about directing and finding an actress, but he and his cousin Yoram are still very cautious when it comes to money.

The matter of the heroine made Ronald worry.The vases for commercial films are not so easy to find, as soon as the boys finish their training, they can start shooting.

First of all, a female star needs to have a certain popularity, so that the audience will see her familiar image appearing in the movie, and will give her a rough positioning of the role.

But the more famous female stars are, the less willing they are to play vases.They always seem to have to make a breakthrough in acting before they consider taking on a script that doesn't make much money.

Secondly, the personal image of the best star fits well with the role. Although acting as a vase does not require high acting skills, it has high requirements for image.This kind of high-concept story does not have many twists and turns to impress the audience, so it is best for the heroine to be what they imagined.

Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer are still on the hunt, while Tom Cruise's girlfriend, Rebecca De Mornay, is becoming a priority after Katherine Turner turned her down Candidates.

But De Morny, now playing a mechanic on a train traveling through the icy wasteland of Alaska.The distance is far away, and it is not realistic for director Konchalovsky to stop working for her for a few days, and it is not realistic to let her come back to audition.

For the casting of the movie, Ronald decided to fly himself to Alaska, where he auditioned De Morny on the spot.

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"I think I need to try that air combat shot by myself. I believe that after training, I can learn that 360-degree bucket before I start it."

On the flight to Anchorage, Alaska, Ronald and Tom Cruise were the only people in the front business class.

In order to meet his girlfriend De Morne, Cruise did not participate in the next two days of flight training. These basic contents had already been taken when he signed up to learn to fly.

On the seat on the other side, there is a large bouquet of red roses, which is Tom's surprise for De Mornay.

"That fight is very difficult, and Bozo may not be able to complete it satisfactorily. Besides, this is a scene shot in a reconnaissance pod on a fighter jet. The audience has no idea whether you flew it." Ronald Just wanted to get some sleep and explain to Tom Cruise what the cut was for.

"But I always feel that the movie is only real when you can do the stunt yourself." Tom was still talking on the sidelines, hoping to let him try it himself.

"Tom, Tom..." Ronald put the seat back and put on the blindfold, "Even if you can make that action, the producer won't allow it. After you become a producer yourself in the future, think about it again." Bar."

Tom is a good friend, that is, he will tirelessly pursue what he is interested in until he convinces the other party.

"But is there really no chance this time? I think I'm very talented in learning how to fly a plane."

"Can you let me sleep for a while, and you sleep too, don't you want to surprise Rebecca?"

Ronald began to think that only his girlfriend, De Mornay, who was a few years older than him, could bear Tom's annoying energy.

The two rented a car at the airport and drove to the railroad checkpoint next to Whittier, where "Runaway Train" was filmed.

Tom Cruise waits cheerfully behind the camera.Ronald took off his sunglasses. Now the sky in Alaska is very dark and there is still light snow, which caused a lot of trouble for shooting.

"Cut!" Director Konchalovsky, wearing a Union Private dog fur hat, yelled, and the rumbling train drove out of the range of the camera.

"Rebecca", Tom rushed to hug his girlfriend when he saw that the filming was stopped.

De Morne, who was wearing a bloated cotton jacket and an electrician's hat, turned around and saw Tom Cruise, and said in surprise, "Why are you here?"

"I'm here to visit, with Ronald." Tom Cruise wiped the traces of engine oil off De Mornay's face with his hands, and the filming here was very difficult.

"Don't move, this is the make-up artist's hard work." De Money got rid of Cruise's hand and took off his hat. "Don't disturb our filming. The train scene is very difficult to shoot. If you make trouble , A day may be wasted."

"How do I... well, I'll just watch over there." Tom Cruise was robbed, but the filming was unquestionable, and he had to back off.

Ronald looked over in amazement, the atmosphere of the crew seemed to be very tense, and everyone's strings were tense.

"Let the No. [-] car drive over, and we will continue to shoot." Konchalovsky picked up the microphone and ordered loudly.

Rebecca de Mornay's hair was disheveled and her face was disheveled.

Ronald admired Konchalovsky's vision on this point, and it was true that with De Mornay dressed like this, she couldn't look a little bit beautiful.

He said before that he wanted an actress who could be beautiful or ordinary, and rejected Jodie Foster, and now it seems that it is not an excuse.Another one can't shoot De Mornay's effect.

The actor played by Jon Voight got off the locomotive that had been driven a mile ahead, and returned to the shooting location by car. When he saw Ronald coming to visit the set, he smiled at him.He had a mouth full of rotten teeth, and it looked like he was wearing dentures.

"Hey hey..." Jon Voight was still immersed in the role of the villain who escaped from the prison, grinned at Ronald and went to the lounge.

The supporting actor was played by Eric Roberts, a handsome young man also dressed as a buffoon.He jumped out of the car and said to someone who looked like an assistant, "Trejo, give me something good."

The man named Trejo was of Mexican descent, with long hair and shawls, two long beards, and acne marks on his face. He didn't look like a good person at first glance.

"I fucking almost fell off the locomotive, and I will be on the stand-in for the rest of the scenes. I will never act in the scene of climbing the train again."

Trejo took out a small paper package and gently handed it to Eric Roberts, "I told you, you actors are more desperate than our real criminals in prison. Let's take a break."

"Woo..." A whistle sounded, and the second locomotive slowly drove into the station.

The train shooting is extremely dangerous and troublesome. It takes a long time for the train to come to a complete stop, and then the train needs to be unhooked for reversing.When you get to the starting position, you have to do it all over again.

Konchalovsky found two locomotives so that he could shoot two at a time.

"Cut!"

There was another accident in this shooting. A stuntman's foot was stuck by the mechanism outside the front of the car. He almost had a big accident and had to stop to shoot.

"Have a drink," Ronald handed a whiskey jug to the director.This is the first time I had the opportunity to talk to Konchalovsky when I arrived on the set.

"I'm glad you're here, Ronald," Konchalovsky said in a Russian accent, rubbing his reddened nose, before hugging Ronald.

"Filming in this ghostly place is more troublesome than Siberia. The snow is a foot at a time, and it needs to be cleaned up every morning. Let me tell you, if you want to shoot a train scene in America, you must maintain revolutionary optimism."

"I don't want to spoil the fun, but I'm here to audition for Rebecca De Mornay. I hope you can give me a little time. After the filming is over, I want to borrow your makeup artist. The role is an instructor, and the mechanic is the same. Bipolar."

"No problem, my friend. Anyway, it gets dark early here, and we don't have much time, so I might as well leave it to you."

Konchalovsky just felt that the nerves of the actors on the scene were too tense, so he might as well take the opportunity to take a break and start new shooting after the weekend.

"Thank you!" Ronald was happy, and now De Morney had enough time to prepare for the audition.

"Hey," Jon Voight ran out of the lounge, showing his rotten teeth again, pretending to threaten Rebecca De Mornay, "We'll come back to torture you next week."

"Hehe, see you next Monday," De Morney pressed Jon Voight's chest.The eyes of the two exchanged quickly, showing a tacit understanding.

Tom Cruise saw all this from behind, quickly took out the roses that he was going to give at the hotel from the car, and rushed to the front to present to his girlfriend.

"Rebecca... I brought you from California."

"Hehe", De Mornay smiled and stroked Tom's newly shaved short hair.

"We are bored every day in this ghost place in Alaska, and we have become very good friends." Eric Roberts, who plays the supporting actor, saw the clue and came up to give Tom and Rebecca a relief.

"Please face the camera from the side..."

"Okay, you audition with Tom, and it's a scene where the two are at Charlie's house, flirting with each other."

"If you don't mind, I want to take a shower first, and I'm sweating all over my body." Tom Cruise read the lines.

"I do mind, I'm 'hungry'," Rebecca de Mornay said flirtatiously to Tom.

"Okay, let's go here." Ronald gestured to the two couples, indicating that the audition can stop here.

De Morny is still immersed in the role of the electrician in "Runaway Train", playing the confident instructor Charlie is a bit out of shape.However, as long as the producer is willing, De Morney has a great chance. Real couples acting as couples will easily have a tacit understanding.

Ronald knew that Tom had wanted to be alone with his girlfriend for a long time, so he let her go with Tom Cruise.Actors get together less and leave more, and they have to act in ambiguous scenes with other actors of the opposite sex in the crew. Ronald understands their distress very well.

"Eric, where are you from?"

Ronald went to the bar and had a drink with Eric Roberts, who played the prison boxer.

"I was born in Mississippi to both my parents. But after they divorced I lived with my dad in Atlanta. My sister lived with my mom, who was also an actress. We have an actor gene in our family."

"The first time I saw you, did you do the stunt yourself?" Ronald looked at Eric, who was easy to get along with.

"I'm actually a member of the stunt union, so I proposed to act by myself, but climbing a train in Alaska in winter is no joke. I was sweating from fear just now. If I was the one who got stuck, I might have been dumped down."

"Can Rebecca get the lead role?" Eric raised his glass and took another sip, "Don't get me wrong, we can only have fun here every day, Rebecca is a good actor, we are all friends, I hope She can get leading actresses in big productions."

"It's up to the producer to decide, but she looks very good. Rebecca is very malleable. I didn't expect her to act like a worker."

"She's very nice."

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After drinking, Ronald returned to the hotel.I opened the door of my own room, wanting to take a bath in the snowy winter.The walls of this hotel room are made of logs, which makes people feel warm.

Tom Crew has opened a large room next door to reunite with his girlfriend.

"I'm an actor, not a housewife. You'd better understand that." Rebecca's voice came from the poorly soundproofed room.

"I didn't stop you from being an actor... Rebecca."

"Then you don't have to worry about my affairs. It's my freedom to take any role."

"I'm just saying, you should act with me in Ronald's kind of movie, big production, big distribution company, successful commercial films will make the scripts you accept better and better. You should pursue commercial films first..."

"Tom, you're really annoying..."

The voice grew louder, and Ronald wondered if he wanted to go out and have a look.

"Bang!" came the sound of glass shattering.

"I'm making a movie with a very rare actor, and I hope to be nominated for an Oscar."

"Do you want to work with Jon Voight that much?"

"You...forget it, you go to sleep on the sofa." The sound of footsteps was followed by the sound of a door closing.

"Rebecca, forget it..." Tom seemed to be really sleeping on the sofa in the living room.

"Forget it..." Ronald wrapped the pillow and forced himself to sleep.

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"I just want to do this movie with her, Ronald."

On the flight back, Tom Cruise kept trying to discuss his relationship with Rebecca with Ronald.

"you……?"

"She said that we should calm each other down," Cruise patted the back of the seat in front, "Damn it!"

"He forgot the mammoth fossils he bought at the airport." Ronald said to the flight attendant who came to check.

The flight attendant seemed to recognize Cruise as the handsome guy in "Crazy Boys", but she had to back off when she saw Ronald making a stop gesture to her.

"It's good for you to calm down. After the filming is over, let's talk about it." Ronald thought to himself, it would be very troublesome for both of them to have strong thoughts about acting, and they might quarrel over how to act.

"However, it is unlikely that Rebecca De Mornay will be cast this time." Ronald pulled down his baseball cap and covered his face. The protagonist Lone Ranger and the instructor Charlie have a romantic scene, and the two have a tacit understanding The ambiguous atmosphere of attracting each other and teasing each other is difficult for Tom and Rebecca who are now quarreling.

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"Rebecca and Tom's chemical reaction is a bit problematic. You can put it aside for a while until we negotiate terms with Paramount." After watching Rebecca De Morney's audition, Don Simpson said to Luo Nader said, "There are two candidates who also have a film contract with Paramount, and we are waiting for our reply."

(End of this chapter)