Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 660 Hairstyle Problems
With just one day to film the Tom Cruise-Kelly McGillis sex scene, Ronald needed to be fully prepared.

The first problem I encountered was Tom Cruise's hairstyle.

For "The Color of Money," Tom played Vincent, a snooker player and apprentice to Paul Newman's Eddie.Not only did he grow his hair long, but his hairstylist gave him relatively conservative long sideburns, in line with the image of Paul Newman in the [-] original "The Prodigal Son" and the social atmosphere in a small southern town.

But in "Top Gun," Tom Cruise's "Lone Ranger" sported a typical navy bob, with the length and sideburns of a typical military style.

There's no way to trim the hair for this problem, to shave Cruise's hair back short for Ronald's one-day reshoots, then put him in a wig on "The Color of Money," or wait a few months to grow it longer.

Ronald didn't think of any good solution for the time being, so he had to go back to Los Angeles to make a long-term plan.See what the hair experts have to offer.

The second problem is that the rhythm of the romantic story between the two needs to be reorganized.

Originally, in the story filmed by Ronald, the love story between the Lone Ranger and Charlie has an original rhythm.They got acquainted with each other in the bar and got to know each other's real identities in the airport class. Then they broke out because of Charlie's criticism of the Lone Ranger's flying style, and then chased the car and kissed.

After that, the wife of the Lone Ranger's partner Goose (starred by Meg Ryan), told the truth in the bar that the Lone Ranger was in love with Charlie, and the only doubts and barriers between the two were broken. Make love after dinner.

Finally, after the Lone Ranger shot down three MiG-28s, he chose to return to the Miramar Naval Base to be an instructor at the Top Gun School, and met Charlie again.

With a length of one hour and 47 minutes, any shot has its own rhythm.It took Ronald a lot of thinking to add the passionate scene between the two without disrupting the original rhythm.

Ronald had two options. One was to have sex after the first kiss between the two.The second is that after the accidental death of the stupid goose, Charlie came back to comfort the Lone Ranger on purpose, and the two would do good things again.

However, both inserts have their own problems.The two in front had just kissed, lacking a bit of foreshadowing, and the low mood of the partner's death in the back was a bit abrupt.

"Let's put it in the front, otherwise the psychological ups and downs of the audience will be too great. It is understandable for Charlie to comfort the Lone Ranger and feel sad about the death of his partner, but it would be too damaging to the image of the Lone Ranger if he followed the trend. Paula Wagner will definitely not let Shoot like this."

Ronald took advantage of the opportunity to look at Rick Nisita who was working on his laptop in the seat next to him on the return flight.

"What? Is there any problem that I need to solve?" Nisita noticed Ronald's gaze. He closed his notebook and asked what Ronald thought.Now in his heart, Ronald's importance ranking has faintly surpassed that of Francis Coppola.

"I'm thinking about how to add that passionate scene. It's like a seesaw. If you put it down here, other plots will float up again. It's difficult to balance the beginning and the end."

"I can't help you with that. Do you need a script doctor? I can find William Goldman for you. He has a lot of free time now."

"I don't need it for the time being." Ronald knows this name. He used to be the screenwriter of such good movies as "Tiger and Leopard Cub" and "Distant Bridge". He was also a novelist, but he faded out of Hollywood after the 80s. Now I occasionally do script consulting work.

It's fine to ask for advice if you have any difficult questions. The difficulty of intervening in a passionate scene really makes seniors laugh.

"There is one thing you can do for me." Ronald remembered one thing, and he said to Nisita, "Orson Welles once asked me one thing, the first time he returned to Hollywood in 58. The movie 'Touch of Evil' was cut by Universal.

He wants to find the original film, re-edit it according to his opinion, see if there is a chance to re-release it, or release a video tape, sell it to a TV station, and so on.In short, I want to make a movie of my own ideas back then and meet the audience.

I know that it has been nearly 30 years now, and there is little hope of finding the negatives. He once wrote a letter to the senior management of Universal, saying that he had read dozens of comments on the first-cut version. I found out, I want to buy the rights to the screenplay of Gone with the Era, and republish it with Welles' letter, at least to let film students see all of his genius. "

"No problem, I'll do it when I get back to Los Angeles."

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"Movies are like a seesaw. If you put a shot here, it will tilt up elsewhere, so add a weight here."

Ronald muttered to the wooden boards on the wall in the study, and finally he added the passionate scene to the back of the passionate kiss between the two in the racing car.

But in this way, the relationship between the two seemed to progress too quickly.Ronald arranged another reunion for the two after the Lone Ranger visited Charlie's house.

Charlie asked the Lone Ranger to go home, and the Lone Ranger gave up competing with the Iceman on beach volleyball in order to keep the appointment.But when he arrived at Charlie's house, he found that Charlie was only interested in his close contact with the MiG-28.Feeling hurt, the Lone Ranger left alone.

In order to have a smooth transition in the emotional scene, Ronald re-wrote a scene. The next day, Charlie and the Lone Ranger met in the elevator. Charlie told the Lone Ranger that although he mainly wanted to know about MiG aircraft, he usually would not invite men. Go home to discuss technical issues.

With a foreshadowing in this way, the subsequent passionate scenes will appear more logical.

Arranged the order of the script and drew a storyboard sketch.Ronald nodded with satisfaction, and now only Tom Cruise's hairstyle remained.

"Ronald, McGillis flew over from New York, you come and talk to her." The two producers, Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, called Ronald.

"Okay," Ronald put the script and sketches away, "It's just right, I've written the new scene and I'll show it to you."

"You should come first." Bruckheimer said in a bad tone on the phone.

"what happened?"

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"Don? Jerry?" Ronald went to Paramount's production office, opened the door, and saw a blonde girl inside, which was Kelly McGillis.

"What's the matter with you?" Ronald exclaimed.The two producers behind were also sitting on chairs and talking on the phone.

McGillis turned around and smiled sweetly at Ronald, "Long time no see, Ronald."

However, this smile looked terrifying in Ronald's eyes.

McGillis, who hadn't seen her in six months, had cut her curly blond hair short.

It's not very short, but it's clearly different from the light blonde, slightly curly, sexy hairstyle that I had during the filming of "Top Gun".

"Why did you cut your hair short, Kelly?"

Ronald knew where the dissatisfaction of the two producers came from.

"Why do you all say that? I didn't know that you would have to reshoot after half a year?" McGillis was a little annoyed, "I went back to New York to audition for a Broadway play, and they just needed a short haired role, so I cut it short."

"It's not too short, is it?"

McGillis leaned forward as he spoke, tilting his head to show Ronald the length of his hair.

The blond hair is a little darker than it should be, and sits neatly above the ears.Ronald looked down from above, there was still a little fluff on the neck, and the snow-white neck and collarbone moved his heart.

"Is there anything we can do?" Ronald looked away and asked Bruckheimer.

"Don has contacted the best hairstylist and special effects makeup artist he can find to see what can be done in due time.

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Soon the hair stylist came and began to use tricks around McGillis.

"I want to recover to this level, and I can't let the audience see the difference."

Ronald picked up the bust of McGillis in the crew that was taken at that time, a photo that was supposed to be used as a promotional poster, and said to the two professionals.

"Oh...OK"

The hairstylist was a effeminate male in a baseball cap and had two beautiful assistants.He was stunned for a moment when he heard the request, and then lifted McGillis's hair with his hands to compare it with the photo.

"Look at Ramsay's magic."

After more than an hour, the hair stylist and his two assistants finally finished Kelly McGillis's hair.

"Dangdang!" The hair stylist moved the mirror away for Ronald and the two producers to watch.

"Well, the degree of curl is restored very well, but it's still a little too short."

"Is there any way?" Don Simpson turned to the hairstylist.

"There are two ways, either shave it shorter or put on a wig." The hair stylist suggested.

"Hmm..." McGillis shook his head at Ronald and everyone, expressing their disapproval.

Ronald looked back at the hairstylist.

"Either find human hair with a similar color and texture, and give her strands of extension. This requires fine manipulation, and fresh human hair. We have to go to the scene to do it for her. It will take about five hours. Can last a day."

"Well, no." Now it was Ronald's turn to say no.He only had one day of filming and spent five hours doing his hair, so McGillis' condition was not guaranteed.

"Then there's nothing I can do to help. Ramsay's magic power is also limited." The hair stylist raised an orchid finger, expressing his helplessness.

Ronald looked at him, then at McGillis.This kind of half-play is not enough, the audience will always see the flaws. If they are allowed to play here, they will be distracted in the next 5 minutes, which will greatly affect the box office and word-of-mouth.

"What if you put a baseball cap on her?"

On a whim, Ronald took off the hair stylist's hat, walked up to McGillis and put it on for her.

"There's no rule that Charlie can't wear a baseball cap, right?"

McGillis was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Ronald who almost touched her nose, "Indeed, Charlie can wear a baseball cap."

"Hahahaha..., let's do this, Ronald, you are a genius." Don Simpson laughed happily. "Who is that? You go to Chicago together and fix Tom Cruise's hairstyle."

"When it comes to the passion scene, anyway, McGillis is lying on the bed, his hair is surrounded by pillows, and the camera can just explain it. The length is not easy to be found." Bruckheimer is more careful, he added.

"You are really a genius." McGillis smiled and looked at Ronald.

"This so-called genius, is it an honor to invite you to have a drink?"

Ronald was in a good mood.

"Did you come here in your Ferrari?" McGillis brushed his hair coquettishly behind his ears.

"as you wish."

(End of this chapter)