Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 878
"How's Zachary?" Ronald asked Paula Wagner, who was traveling with him to New York, on the plane.

"Oh, little things are cute, aren't they?" Paula smiled when talking about her son with Nisita, and took out several photos from her bag for Ronald to look through.

"What a healthy child", Ronald looked at a few photos, and little Nisita looked very strong.

This time, Paula went to New York to sign a contract to formally meet Brooke Shields, and then sign an agent contract with her.Paula, a strong woman, has always worked very hard for her work. She entrusted the child to the nanny and her husband, so she arrived in Ronald's business jet.

Speaking of signing Brooke Shields, Paula Wagner is very active.Since she ceased to be Ronald's agent, her relationship with the husband's most important client has improved.

Paula is best at making long-term career planning for actor clients, and she is not a simple person who pushes clients to famous directors.What she needs is a famous director who is familiar with the relationship and has a good role to get the news first, and the rest can only be handed over to the professional performance of both parties.

Brooke Shields was the well-deserved No. [-] teenage idol before going to college.Four years later, most people still have an impression of her.And there is no doubt that it is much easier for you to remember an idol than to rebuild an idol.

Such a star with high IQ, good looks, and natural media and social skills, Paula is very optimistic about her potential to be a venture capital investment.

"I will use the standards of a real actor to build her, not the star she played in the past. I have seen a lot of her film and television and commercial clips. In fact, she has a very good imagination, and she has also received professional body training as a model. Training, as long as there is a solid acting coach, slowly and step by step, you will soon be able to perform a role that the audience will remember." Paula began to talk about her future plans for Brooke Shields.

Ronald seemed to agree.Paula Wagner is different from other casting agents in this era. She has a star, and she doesn't just negotiate the highest price of all the contracts an actor can get.

On the contrary, she always carefully chooses a series of roles, so that certain characteristics of the actors can be integrated with these roles.America's market is big enough, and there are many types of actors that can be remembered by the audience.

To be honest, the image of all actors in the audience's mind is not created by the actor himself, but the vivid and memorable characters he or she created.

Diane Lane, in her hands, can give several possible long-term image positioning. This time Penny Marshall's "growth" is a good opportunity for Diane.

"How was the audition for Diane and Tom Hanks?" Ronald asked about the audition results when he thought about it.

"The initial reading of the script was very good. The images of the two match very well. They are the familiar types of handsome men and beautiful women. Director Penny likes Diane's acting skills very much... Said their natural chemical reaction."

"Ah... that's a good thing." Ronald rubbed his chin. I haven't read the script yet, so there won't be any passionate scenes, right?
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The plane landed at Teterboro Airport, and the famous Italian agent who was already waiting there, Ed Limato, who was known to treat clients as family members, was waiting at the bottom of the gangway wearing a windbreaker.

"Hey, Paula, you are still so beautiful. This is a gift for little Zachary." He hugged Paula who got off the plane first, and gave Paula's son a certain woolen hat.

"Hey, Ronald, we meet again. You bothered about Nick last time."

"It's all our own, Ed," Ronald hugged him and saluted.

Several cars were prepared at the airport, and Paula, Julia Taylor and others who were traveling together were sent back to the place where they stayed.Ronald went to the loft apartment on Fifth Avenue with Richard and Limato.

"I was also surprised when you called me. This movie is rumored in the Hollywood industry, and many female stars want to play it. Why did you invite Michelle?" Limato sent Ronald I ordered some Italian ham and brandy, and asked in the car.

"Ed, you should know." Ronald glanced at him. This person is very sincere to customers, but he thought he had no future at the time, but he said a lot about himself to Michelle Pfeiffer. Bad words.

"An actress may see Tess as an opportunity, but for me, choosing the right person for Tess is more of a big challenge. All the charm of this play lies in Tess' transformation from an ugly duckling to a white woman." If the moment of the swan's revenge cannot be performed so that the audience can empathize with it, then the movie will not be successful."

"Hey, you are right. This movie is indeed not an ordinary commercial movie. I have seen the great light of traditional drama." Limato didn't dare to ask more questions, but expressed his goodwill to Ronald graciously.

In the history of filming, there are indeed precedents where not only the director chooses an actor, but also the person who sees the most suitable role, even if the other party is not a professional actor, will play hard and softly to let the other party play the role.

But now that Hollywood has reached a highly commercialized state, this kind of thing only exists in industry legends.

After a night of rest, Ronald and Julia Taylor went to Jonathan Demme's "Married into a Gangster" location in Long Island, New York.

The weather here is fine and the sun is shining brightly, so it would not be unsuitable to shoot indoor spring scenes.

After getting an access pass from the showman, Ronald and Julia Taylor entered the set, being careful not to disturb the filming process by making a sound.

Filming took place in a small hair salon.Half of the walls of the built hairdressing salon were removed to facilitate the movement of the camera.

Ronald could see that what was going to be filmed today was the interior of the hairdressing salon.On one side is a row of hair-cutting seats, on the other a rudimentary recliner, and behind it is a sink with a metal hose protruding from it for rinsing customers' hair.

Pfeiffer's blond hair, which Ronald was familiar with, was dyed into curly brown hair, giving him a more civilian look.

This hair salon, as well as the customers and hairstylists in it, have a strong black style.Angela, played by Michelle Pfeiffer, has to do her own hair and wash customers' hair herself.

So Pfeiffer is dressed as a hair-washing girl, and the long floral dress does not look cheap (her role is the widow of the gang boss), a purple long-sleeved bottoming underwear on the upper body, and a gaudy dress Short sleeve overalls in green.

She picked up the apron, wrapped it around a female customer, and then began to skillfully pick up her hair.

"Cut!" Jonathan Demme over there called to stop the shoot.When he saw Ronald coming, he announced a 10-minute break.

"Hmm..." Ronald looked at Michelle Pfeiffer who was hurrying to the lounge, and exchanged glances with Julia Taylor.

Both of them felt that it was not in vain this time.This kind of shampoo girl in the service industry at the bottom of society, Pfeiffer has a very similar temperament and actions like a real person working in a hair salon.

And in the first half of "Married into a Gangster", she plays a woman who is the boss of a gangster, well-clothed and well-fed, with an aura like a lady.

This ability to make an excellent transition between the images of two social status is the reason why the two of them invited Pfeiffer to audition. This time I came to see the actual shooting of Jonathan Demme's set, which is really extraordinary .

"Ronald," Jonathan Demme saw them both.

"I didn't bother you," Ronald greeted Demi.

"Well, you really have a good reputation among these Broadway actors. I announced that you will come today, and they are all very happy."

"Hey? Who? Do I know him?"

"Hey hey, look who's coming, Ronald."

Two Broadway actors, who had already seen Ronald, happily came over to say hello.

"Alec, Kevin? Why are you here?" Ronald hugged them both in surprise.

It turned out that after watching Alan Rickman's "Dangerous Liaisons", I met Broadway actor Alec Baldwin when I went to the bar, and Kevin Spacey, who performed a celebrity parody at the bar.

"Hahaha, he is the gangster husband who died playing the role of Michelle Pfeiffer," Demi introduced to Ronald, "Kevin is here to help me, we have dealt with each other before, his gangster in the TV series The image of the boss is very good, please ask him to play a similar gangster image."

Ronald chatted with the two male actors about the film. Their roles have already been filmed. This time, I heard that Ronald is coming, so I came here to meet him again.There were also a few actors they were familiar with, who also gathered around, wanting to strike up a conversation with Ronald.

In particular, there is an actress whose chin is a bit protruding, which is unexpectedly pleasing to the eye.

Soon, Michelle Pfeiffer rested and came out to say hello to Jonathan Demme.Ronald stepped forward, and the two embraced tightly.

It was the first time Ronald and Pfeiffer had seen each other since they went to Cher to audition for "Moonlight".Although there is very little contact, the two still have friendship with each other and have helped each other a few times.Meet and still be friends.

"I haven't had time to change my clothes yet..." Michelle Pfeiffer just took off her apron and knew that she was going to audition next, but she didn't know what kind of role she needed to dress up.

"That's good. The first half of this character is an ugly duckling, and the second half is a white swan. It seems to be the opposite of the film you are shooting now."

"Hahaha", Michelle Pfeiffer was amused, covering her mouth and laughing.

The two looked at each other, as if they both remembered the tacit understanding they had when they got along.

"I can't disturb Jonathan for too much time. Let's go first. He can continue filming other scenes." Ronald broke the embarrassment.

Speaking of which, he went to chat with Jonathan Demme for a few words, and then came back to go with Pfeiffer.

On the other side, three actors, two men and one woman, are still in contact with Julia Taylor.Taylor actually has files on all three of them and knows some of their previous roles.Except for Kevin Spacey, who is more restrained, Alec Baldwin, and the supporting actress, kept looking over and looking for Ronald.

"How was the chat?" Ronald came over to find his casting director.

"Wait for me..." Julia Taylor and the three actors ordered, and came over to whisper a few words to Ronald.

"Since you said so, let's go together, but you have to tell them that it is impossible to get a role in the new movie as an audition stand-in this time."

The so-called audition double means that when auditioning for the main character, some supporting roles are needed to take part in the play and see the overall performance.These supporting roles are called audition doubles.

Generally speaking, the leading role is determined first. When auditioning for the leading role, you don’t even know who will play it. During the audition, the actor who meets the lines of the leading actor is the audition stand-in. Usually, the casting director finds a suitable actor, which is very cheap. wages can be processed.This is also an area of ​​authority of the casting director.

However, since the lead role has not yet been decided, the audition stand-in who accompanied the prince to study will not be selected for the role in the movie.

The three of them readily agreed that they wanted to establish a relationship with Ronald more, and they also wanted to learn more about the production of Hollywood blockbusters.

Several people got into a specially adjusted Toyota van used as a nanny van.Ronald asked them to sit down, and then took out the latest version of the script revised by Kevin Wade and handed it to Michelle Pfeiffer.

Then he said to the three audition doubles sitting behind: "This is the script of the working girl, because we didn't prepare the three of you to participate, so we didn't prepare the usual role script, but Julia said that you are all trustworthy." Theater people, when you get to the audition office, I'll give you the full script, and I'll take it back after the audition."

The role script Ronald mentioned is a method often used by Hollywood to prevent leaks.Take out and rebook the script according to the parts where the characters have lines, so that other parts of the actors don’t know, and some people don’t know the complete story even after filming.

When auditioning, it is even more necessary to keep it secret.All three expressed their understanding and nodded their heads.

"By the way, sorry, can you repeat what your name is again?" Ronald asked the slightly oversized, but somewhat cute actress.

"Joan, Joan Cusack," replied the actress.

"Okay, thank you." Ronald wrote it down in his notebook, and after preparation, asked his assistant to write a check to pay the reward.

Back in the rented conference room, Ronald marked the fragments of the script that Michelle Pfeiffer needed to read aloud.Because there are three actors to help out, the audition clip can be expanded a little bit.

First up was Kevin Spacey.He plays Tess' boyfriend, Mick Duggan, a cook.

"You are so beautiful." He naturally acted out a lustful attitude.

"Come here, honey." Spacey moved aside, freeing one side of the sofa, and then patted Michelle Pfeiffer to come and do it.

"Oh, Mick, just once, can you get me a dress I can wear out there?"

Michelle Pfeiffer reads her lines with a kind of plaintive anticipation.

This passage tells that Mick gave Tess a 30th birthday gift, which was just a set of sexy underwear and garter panties.All birthday presents, boudoir fun, nothing Tess could be proud to wear.

"I wouldn't mind if you wore it out," Spacey improvised.

"Huh?" Ronald turned his eyes and glanced at Spacey.What does this guy want?Molesting Michelle Pfeiffer?Not a little courageous.

"Hi, I've done a lot of imitation shows lately, I'm a natural reaction, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Kevin Spacey felt numb when Ronald stared at him, as if he was being stared at by a beast, and quickly explained to himself .

"Puchi, hahahaha..." Michelle Pfeiffer was amused by him, because these few words were spoken by Spacey in the tone of the host Johnny Carson, which was very funny.

"Hahaha..." Everyone laughed and revealed the matter.

Joan Cusack was the second to play, as Tess' superior Catherine:

"We are a team, Tess. People's impression of me begins with my secretary, you."

"Well, yes, Miss Parker." Michelle Pfeiffer began to read this passage in a timid tone.This was the first time the two met, and Catherine set the rules for Tess.

"Your make-up and accessories need to be tidied up. If you dress poorly, people will notice your clothes. If you dress tastefully, people will notice you."

Ronald unexpectedly discovered that Joan Cusack's lines were very good, and he played the domineering look very well, except that the accent was a bit biased towards the standard Chicago accent and lacked a bit of Manhattan's high-society fluency.

"Yes, Miss Parker", Michelle Pfeiffer's line skills were superior to Cusack's, and she was reprimanded by the new boss twice when she spoke, and it was this kind of condescending criticism that came across classes that made her two The depression of each answer is different.

The first time was because Catherine might not like the way she dressed and felt that the boss was difficult to get along with and demanded a lot.

The second time was from a wealthy old money family, a graduate of an Ivy League school, and the kind of contempt that can be shown inadvertently towards the poor children's night school community college students.

In the end it was Alec Baldwin who played the lead actor, Jack Trainor.

"Why, am I not suitable to appear here?" Michelle Pfeiffer didn't apply makeup, and she was full of flair when she stroked her hair.

"No, no, I'm pretty sure you're top-notch no matter what you do, Ace." This passage was a script that Ronald himself and Demi Moore had read when they auditioned. better.

"I have a brain that can do business, and a body that is tempting to commit crimes...is there anything wrong with that?"

"Hey... I can't take it anymore." Michelle Pfeiffer, a pure-looking sexy star, uttered lines that only a gorgeous girl would say, and the lethality was definitely not light.If it is matched with makeup, clothing, and hairstyle, it will definitely be a good show.

After the audition, Ronald asked his assistant to write checks to several audition substitutes.I first sent Michelle Pfeiffer to the car and went back to the "Married into a Gangster" crew.

"How am I doing? Not as a director, but as a friend?" Michelle Pfeiffer suddenly turned to ask Ronald a question on the way to the car.

"Huh? Very good..." Ronald looked at Pfeiffer, who was still very charming without any good makeup.She is not the kind of actress who needs heavy makeup to make people look amazing. Just a purple long-sleeved top makes people feel extraordinary.

Send the other three actors to the car and send them back to the crew.Ronald came back and sat down with Julia Taylor:
"I found a serious problem..."

(End of this chapter)