Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 698 The Taboo of Celebrities

Tom Cruise's agent, Paula, asked Ronald to talk about his role in "Moonlight".

She made Ronald a cup of coffee graciously, "Ronald, Tom has just established his status as a male star, you know, a star is not suitable for such a role.

And you are also a super-grossing director, so the script you want must be very good, and I don't want you to have surgery on the script just to accommodate Tom's star image. "

"Is it because Ronnie in the script is a disabled person, with fingers cut off by a bread machine, and a wooden hand?"

Ronald took a sip of coffee. Paula Wagner's coffee making was average, but she deliberately pleased the coffee she made, and it tasted okay.

"No, if it's a disabled character, Tom can also take it. It's just that this character is crazy, and the lines seem a little hysterical, as if there is a lot of madness and pain in his heart. Stars can be flawed, and they can play physical disabilities, but this character has flaws. The role is really not suitable.

If you want Tom to play, then this part has to be adapted a little bit.Ronnie can't hold grudges against his eldest brother, and despite being disabled, he still has hope for the future.You can't directly have sex with your eldest brother's fiancee, there must be a foreshadowing here.

He must show his affection for his brother's fiancée Loretta, and then offer to marry the woman he loves after hearing that his brother has abandoned Loretta. "

"Well, what else?" Ronald took out a small notebook and wrote down Paula's words.

"And..." Paula would continue to propose some plots and dialogues that didn't fit the stars.

"It's almost done, wife. Ronald is just kidding you." Nisita stopped the serious wife Paula beside her.

Paula looked up at Ronald, visibly dumbfounded.

"Hahaha..." Both Ronald and Nisita laughed.

When both men thought about casting Tom Cruise as Ronnie, they thought about his stardom and was not suitable for the role.

Stars don't need to have any character growth in the role, and don't have any shortcomings. Even if they have shortcomings, they are cute and don't need to be changed.

But Nisita always laughs at herself that her wife cares more about Tom Cruise than she does about herself. If Ronald reveals something, Paula will definitely come to discuss with Ronald nervously.

Ronald didn't believe it, so he called Paula, and that's how the scene where he offered coffee himself and begged to let her go.

"Actually, what you said is still very useful to me. I haven't worked with famous stars before, and Tom's status at the time of Top Gun was not as good as it is now." Ronald also asked Paula for some star participation The Taboo of Movies.

For example, celebrities will pay more attention to their own image, and some of them will ask to change their lines in order to be more in line with their star image-the image of a star is accumulated from each movie.

There are also some more difficult stars who will make all kinds of excessive demands.For example, arrange a babysitter for pets, ask a friend to chat in between filming in the trailer, arrange a schedule with an astrologer, and not be able to shoot certain scenes during certain periods of time, etc.

Of course, the most troublesome thing is that some stars will ask for the privilege of watching samples, and when they feel that they are not beautiful in certain shots, they will ask the director to retake them.

This is the most troublesome thing. Many stars actually don't understand post-editing at all. They don't know how the shots they shot are combined into the final film.Therefore, the reshoots requested in many cases are actually a waste of effort, a waste of time and money, anyway, they can't tell which part the director edited in the end.

Seeing that Ronald took his opinion very seriously, Paula let go of the annoyance of being teased.

She finally pleaded with Ronald, "If Tom gets wind of it, he's going to come and ask to work with you. He's sure to get wind of it...he's really interested in characters that show and develop his skills right now, By the time……"

"I know what to do."

Ronald smiled, Tom Cruise likes movies that can challenge his acting skills, but this kind of role, as Paula said, will definitely not be in his consideration, as long as Ronald does not strongly recommend it.

Paula was clearly delighted, and after she thanked her again, she remembered something, "I heard you wanted Cher? Don't blame me for not telling her, she's a tough one. I've been a bit frustrated with her dating Tom during this time." Enough of her being picky."

"Hey... I know." Ronald waved his hand. He had already known through insiders that Xue'er was a very easy-going person in life, but she was extremely picky about her singing and acting skills, while she There are also many requirements for life, and I must live in the best hotel, etc., and put forward a lot of requirements.

……

Sure enough, Tom Cruise found out about the content of Ronald's new film through other channels, and he immediately called to ask for a meeting.

"Are you back from Singapore?" Ronald asked Cruise, who broke into the house in a hurry.

"Ronnie, why didn't you find me? I thought we were best friends?"

"Of course we're best friends."

"Then why don't you ask me to be in your new movie? We should keep working together. Did Paula ask you to say something?"

Tom Cruise immediately thought of the crux of the problem.

"Listen to this." Ronald handed over a small tape recorder and pressed the play button.

"Why are you marrying Johnny? He's an idiot." Ronald's voice came from the tape.He has also been trained in Messner's systematic acting skills, and his breath is transmitted from the dantian, expressing an angry emotion very well.

"Where are you taking me?" Helen Slater's voice of fear and anticipation also appeared in the tape. After Ronald's prompting, she now has improved lines and is no longer the original dramatic voice. There is a way, and the tone of speech is getting closer and closer to the truth.

"Go to bed!" Ronald growled.

"Ah...God, well, I don't care, take me to bed, I don't care." Helen's voice showed an emotion of giving up self-esteem and succumbing to desire.

Tom Cruise's face was serious, "Is this the line of my character Ronnie in the script?"

"Yes, you continue to listen." Another line followed.

"I don't have a life, my brother Johnny took my life away. How can I have a life? I bake bread here every day, stinky and sweaty shoveling the dough into this oven and shoveling the bread out.

And then my brother Johnny said he was getting married?Let me go to his wedding?ah!ah! "

In the recording, Ronald's lines are very rhythmic, and at the climax, he even slapped the table.

"I don't have a life! I don't have a life! I lost my hand! I lost my hand! My fiancée ran away too! Johnny still has hands! He still has a wife! You want me to take this fake hand to his happy wedding Go away!" Ronald read to a climax.

"The beast, what a beast," said Helen's last line.

"Click," Ronald pressed the tape recorder.In this climactic scene, I still lack some ability to speak lines, so I just read it so-so.

"Do you have an idea?"

"Well, it's really not suitable for me." Tom Cruise also heard that this role has too many dark sides, and I'm afraid it's not suitable for his star status.

"But your line skills are great, can you bring me this recording? I like to think about this kind of wonderful play."

"It was meant for you," Ronald threw the small tape recorder, along with a copy of the script, to Cruise.

Tom Cruise has severe dyslexia and it is very difficult to read the script by himself, so Ronald prepared a recording for him to let him understand what the play is and why he is not suitable for this role.

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After a while, Nisita and Richard walked into Ronald's house again.

"Ned Tannin is quick to say yes, but he won't give the green light to the project until you find a female star to sign. He is more inclined to hire Diane Keaton."

“Disney and [-]th Century Fox are skeptical of scripts that clearly need stars, but both agree that if you can bring in big names, they are very willing to invest.”

Nisita reported on the results of initial contacts with several major studios.

"My side is similar. Universal is still in turmoil because of that duck. I am afraid that there is no spare energy to promote this kind of project. MGM is pushing Kim Basinger. Her 'Love You for Nine and a Half Weeks' made them I have made a lot of money, and I want to continue to win over this cash cow."

But I asked Mr. Weintraub, and he said that MGM is still suspending all film shootings to make room for him.He heard that you wanted to make a new script and said he wanted to chat with you at the premiere of 'Dragon Boy 2'. "Richard reported on the contacts of several other studios.

"Did Xue'er's agent reply?" Ronald asked about his favorite heroine candidate.

"She expressed surprise that you would ask her to make a movie, and said that she is a difficult star. If you really want to cooperate with her, you should give her some recordings of the script first."

"Oh, yes." Ronald patted his head, how could he forget that Cher and Cruise are both severely dyslexic patients, and she may not have read the scripts sent.

"Okay, here's a conversation rehearsal recorded by Helen and I, you send it to Xue'er to listen to. I'll find someone to record a more complete version later."

"Is there anything else?" Ronald seemed to have something to say when he saw Nisita.

"Francis called, and he said he wanted to talk to you about the new film." Nisita is also the manager of Coppola's director.

"He is also interested in this script?"

"No, since he filmed The Godfather, Italian gangsters have become interested in the film industry, and they will interfere with some scripts that expose too many dark sides of Italian gangsters.

Your script is a story of Italian descent. As the parent of an Italian director, he just wanted to ask you if you have any gangster content. "

"He knows how it spread, hehe." Ronald smiled, and was about to call to reassure Coppola.

"Huh? Why don't I go and meet him." Ronald thought for a second, Coppola is a very traditional Italian patriarch, why not ask him what he thinks about making this kind of romantic comedy.When I was dealing with several major studios, I always felt that I missed the point, so I just asked Coppola, who has experience in filming the two "Godfather" movies, for advice.

(End of this chapter)