Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 595 Barefoot
McGillis has a warm smile, walks swayingly, and looks good from behind.

After Ronald followed her into the room, he closed the door, "Can you take off your high heels and let me see?"

"It seems that the rumors about you are all true." McGillis approached Ronald, and a manly breath burned her face.The exhausted soul in the shooting location was illuminated by the bright lights, as if washed by hot water, it was shining again.

McGillis put his hands around Ronald's neck and looked up at him. "Do you like me being barefoot?"

She raised her left leg and rubbed it behind her right leg. "Slap", the three-inch high heels fell.

"Click", another click, and the other one also fell to the ground.

Ronald felt that McGillis seemed to be getting shorter suddenly, and felt in his heart that he was about the same height.He stretched out his hands to support McGillis's waist, pulled her up lightly, and then put her down again, which was still a little higher.

McGillis got closer and closer, and the heat from Ronald's palm on her waist made her feel her entire upper body start to heat up.

"We seem to be at the right height," McGillis stood on tiptoe to make himself a little taller, as if he was still a little shorter.She put both feet on Ronald's tiptoes and stood on tiptoe, much more comfortable now.

Hooking Ronald's neck, McGillis could see the other's deep eyes as soon as she raised her head. She raised one foot happily and slowly rubbed it on Ronald's leg.The bodies of the two were almost stuck together.

"Uh...Kelly, let me see how you look first." Ronald felt a little overwhelmed by McGillis's enthusiasm, and quickly pulled her away from his waist, "You don't need to tiptoe, just stand naturally."

"What?" McGillis didn't know why, and turned around barefoot on the spot.

"Can it be lower?" Ronald touched his chin with his hand, still comparing in his heart.

"Is that so?" McGillis thought to herself that this director has so many tricks. She turned her back to the table, supported her hands behind her back, and then leaned her upper body back slightly, looking like she was waiting to be picked.

"The height difference is almost the same now." Ronald took a step in front of her, gestured with one hand from his chin, and then stretched forward to the side of McGillis's head, feeling confident.

"What are you doing?" McGillis saw this movement, his face changed, and he pushed Ronald away, "Are you measuring my height? Are you doing it for Tom? Let me play with him barefoot?"

"It would be better if you could lean back a little bit more and lean back a little bit like you are doing now.

"Get out of here!" McGillis raised his brows and told Ronald, who didn't know how to behave, to get out.

"Listen to me, Paramount executives are coming to the crew tomorrow. They pay more attention to the height difference between Tom and you. We have to satisfy them so that the subsequent filming can go smoothly..."

"Get out!..." McGillis pointed to the door.

"I'll get out right away, you remember to keep this action tomorrow..."

……

"When you shoot the scene of Tom singing karaoke, remember to lower the camera a little bit and raise the angle a little bit." Ronald pulled over the director of photography Kimball and quietly instructed.

Early the next morning, the crew came to the bar at the Miramar Base, taking advantage of the morning light, to shoot the scene where the Lone Ranger hits up with Charlie.No one cares about Ronald in this film, so he used a lot of backlighting under the magic light moment, and the addiction of artistic photography was enough.

Last night, Ronald confirmed that McGillis could play slightly shorter than Tom Cruise.He immediately called Bruckheimer, Tom Cruise, and Paula Wagner into an overnight meeting.

Everyone's original consensus was that Charlie could appear a little taller than the Lone Ranger in the camera.

"Top Gun" is a group portrait show. There are too many tall actors in it. For example, Tim Robbins, who plays the second rear radar officer of the Lone Ranger, Master Merlin, is very tall. He sits in the F-14 The cockpit is difficult.

Therefore, Tom Cruise's height disadvantage cannot be concealed, and there is always someone in the same frame as him.Paula would have agreed, making McGillis appear slightly taller than Cruise in the movie.This does not affect Cruise's screen presence.

However, the old-fashioned idea of ​​​​the president of Paramount was detected by Don Simpson. Everyone agreed at night to overturn the previous setting and let the Lone Ranger and Charlie talk alone, trying their best to make the Lone Ranger even higher.

"Understood", the director of photography, Kimball, is well aware of these shooting tricks. Tom Cruise is closer to the camera than McGillis in this scene, and shooting at a slightly elevated angle can create an illusion of perspective. Don's close-up Cruise is even taller.

"But what is karaoke?"

"Um...that means the Lone Ranger picked up the microphone and sang. Is it Japanese, Japanese?"

"Action!"

Tom Cruise picked up the microphone in the bar and started singing old Elvis songs.

"When I kiss your lips, you never close your eyes..."

"And you didn't treat me as tenderly as before..."

Gradually, the actors in the bar, starting with the extras behind, sang this old song with Tom Cruise, giving him a pick-up assist.

McGillis' Charlie couldn't hold back his smile anymore, and asked the Lone Ranger to sit down beside her.

"I've got a date..." Charlie laughed.

"Oh, I have an appointment..." The Lone Ranger pretended to be profound.

The two chatted before Charlie's date arrived.

From Ronald's perspective on the camera, the Lone Ranger is next to Charlie, half a head taller than her.He nodded, everything was under control.

"Oh, here's my date, Perry, I'll be right over." McGillis stood up, a sigh of relief in her heart.

It is not an easy task for her to maintain this slumped posture during filming like her.

"Cut!" Ronald saw Kimball's OK gesture and announced, "This shot is developed, and we're ready for the next scene."

"OK……"

McGillis took the lead in applauding outside the camera. She stood barefoot on the floor, and when she heard Ronald's order, she immediately found a pair of flat shoes and put them on.Playing with a short lead actor is just troublesome.

"Congratulations, you did a great job."

An executive sent by Paramount CEO Frank Mancuso to inspect the show was pleased with everything on site.

"Mr. Mancuso respects the traditions of Hollywood, so he will be happy with the shooting method that highlights the leading actor."

"Hello..." Seeing the master coming, Ronald let the crew take a break and accompanied him to visit the base bar where the main location of today's scene will be filmed.

"I will report truthfully to Mr. Mancuso, everything is satisfactory."

Ronald sent him out. At the door of the bar, the executive looked at a red Ferrari and asked Ronald, "Is this the car the Lone Ranger wants to drive?"

"Yes, Ferrari GTO288", Ronald pointed to his car and introduced.

"Why not a convertible?"

"Convertible?"

"That's right. In classic Hollywood, the main character's drag bikes are all convertible, so as to reflect the handsome appearance of the main character. Moreover, Ferrari is not willing to pay sponsorship fees, but Japanese motorcycle manufacturers are willing to cooperate with us. Why don't you change to another one?" What about motorcycles?"

"This..." Ronald was at a loss for words for a moment. He was not shooting a drag racing movie. In the scene that was supposed to reflect the heroism of the Lone Ranger, he was driving an airplane.

"We will revise this part of the script. It would be even better if Paramount can give you a list of manufacturers that you are willing to cooperate with." Bruckheimer came from the side to take up the quarrel.

"Is this person here to dictate?" Ronald asked Bruckheimer angrily, why did he meet his request.

"These executive producers who sit in the office know very little about filming, so they will make some weird requests. If you don't agree to him, he will become suspicious and intervene in the crew. For the innocuous details, just follow them changed my mind.”

"Okay", Ronald thought about it, so he didn't bother with these details, and went into the bar to continue shooting.

"Peter, you just sit here and talk to McGillis about something. We won't be using your live recordings on our mics."

Ronald sat next to McGillis, said Navy adviser Pete Pettigrew.This is a little sweetness he gave to Pete. The crew still has a lot of things to do. It depends on him to communicate with the Navy. Let him make a guest appearance as the date of instructor Charlie, which can make him more Hollywood-oriented when he is between the Navy and Hollywood.

"Is it okay to just talk like this?" Pete was really happy, sitting on the table in the bar with his waist straight and very graceful.

"Yes, just chat casually, as long as you don't look at the camera." McGillis finally didn't have to slump down and wear shoes and bare feet. She happily told Pete about her experience in filming.

"Action!"

The viewfinder frame of the camera looked over, and Tom Cruise who was nearby smiled. The lone ranger he played was peeking at Pete who was dating Charlie. They were obviously not dating a couple, but discussing some professional issues.

This shows that there is still hope for the Lone Ranger to pursue Charlie.

"Cut!"

"How?" Ronald asked the director of photography in a low voice.

"No problem, I shoot from the agreed angle, the Lone Ranger definitely looks taller than Charlie."

Ronald patted Kimball and ordered another.

"Humph!"

It was Val Kilmer who snorted coldly in the corner. He heard that Paramount's high-level executives were coming to inspect, so he came out of the dressing room in advance to pretend to be cool.Sure enough, he was praised by the other party, saying that his figure is more like the protagonist of Hollywood's golden age than the protagonist Cruise.

Val Kilmer, who has been on the theater stage and mixed in movies all year round, can clearly see the tricks used by the director of photography. It seems that Tom Cruise is very concerned about his height.

McGillis was probably only an inch or two taller than Tom, but he was six feet tall, and when the two of them were in the same frame, he would never let Tom pass by.

"Even if the script, director, director of photography, and producer all highlight Cruise, so what? See how I can clearly steal the show." He was thinking about bad ideas, not without complacency.

(End of this chapter)