Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Are you going to watch her filming tomorrow?" cousin Donna pointed at the mother and daughter of Brooke Shields who were surrounded by reporters on TV.

"Yes, the director invited me to see the scene. He thinks that I am good at directing Brooke's commercials, and going to the scene may inspire Brooke's acting skills."

"Don't talk about commercials when Diane is here. I see that she said she would not shoot commercials, but she still feels uncomfortable when she sees the popularity caused by Brooke Shields' commercials." Donna told Ronald.

"I know."

After dinner at his aunt's house, Ronald took out the cake sent by Tom Cruise as dessert.

"Well, this cake is really delicious. You should have a piece too." Donna said, cutting a piece and handing it to Ronald.

"Yes, Tom also brought a lot of small cakes to the crew, and Brooke Shields' mother also said it was delicious. But in order to control her weight, she doesn't let her daughter eat too much, and I guess Diane can't eat it either." Ronald broke a piece of cake and put it in his mouth.

"Diane is actually a good girl, but as an actress, she has to go through tough competition at such a young age. I feel sorry for her." Aunt Karen said, "She went out to party again, maybe this will make her happy."

Diane Lane's relationship with her father Bert has improved a little, and the two sometimes talk on the phone. But if they don't talk much, they will quarrel again. Now they still live with Aunt Karen.

"In fact, the popularity of Brooke's advertisement is abnormal. The TV station gives it more time than reporting the Iran-Iraq War." Ronald looked at the subtitles below the TV, which were previewing the upcoming special report on the Iran-Iraq War.

Persia has not released the hostages of America, and verbally attacked the Suweil Alliance, and now it is actually involved in a war with its neighbors.

"I'm back, Ronald, you are here too." Diane opened the door and walked in, "Oh, boring, it's war again." She said while watching the TV and hurried into her room.

Ronald and Donna looked at each other, fortunately ABC TV had switched to war reports.

Young people in America don't care much about international affairs. The Iran-Iraq War and Brooke Shields' advertisements are the biggest news hotspots now.

On one side is a hot war between two countries with a population of tens of millions, and on the other side is an advertisement for a pair of jeans in New York. The fashion represented by tight jeans is more likely to attract the attention of high school students.

"Are you going out again?" Aunt Karen now plays the role of a parent and asks about Diane's schedule.

"Yes, the next party is a school party. I'll come back to change clothes. My classmates are still coloring sneakers and go out again. "I'll call you then, Karen."

This is the agreement between Karen and Diane. She doesn't interfere with Diane's social life, but she needs to report where she is.

"Are these tight jeans popular now?" Aunt Karen asked her daughter Donna. The social aesthetic has obviously shifted. Ten years ago, the popular denim style was bell-bottoms.

"It's pretty good, but this advertisement is a little..." Aunt Karen glanced at Ronald and was a little dissatisfied with the advertisement he shot for being too explicit.

"Mom, didn't Ronnie say that the script didn't mean this, is the media misinterpreting it? "Donna defended him.

Ronald nodded. When Brooke Shields was interviewed, she still said "There is nothing between me and Calvin", which was a common saying, just to express her close relationship with Calvin.

But sometimes what the creator of a work thinks does not count. After the advertisement was broadcast, the audience obviously interpreted it as something else. It doesn't matter what Brooke thinks or what they think.

And the spread of this slogan is amazing. Before long, even many people who have never seen the advertisement know that "There is nothing between Brooke and Calvin".

"It won't be on for long. I heard that the TV station is considering banning this advertisement." Ronald told everyone a piece of news, "It is said to be indecent."

But it doesn't matter anymore. The public has firmly remembered this short and interesting advertisement. Calvin Klein's goal has been achieved.

...

"Will the TV station really ban the jeans advertisement?" Ronald, with an embarrassed face, asked Terry, who was staring at his daughter outside the studio.

"The TV station's discussion efficiency will take another month or two to produce results. Brooke has only not been on the cover of major fashion magazines in August this year, and has been on the cover of other months until now. This is all thanks to you, Ronald, for taking such a beautiful picture of Brooke. "

Terry thanked Ronald, but his eyes were still fixed on the male lead, Martin Hewitt.

This was the only shot of the male and female leads in the same frame in today's shooting, and it was a passionate scene. Ronald made small talk while watching his daughter filming a passionate scene with his mother.

"Quiet! "Director Zeffirelli gave the order. Everyone was ready, and all irrelevant people left the stage.

After a loud clapper, the camera far away from the male and female protagonists made a very slight sound, and the film reel motor started to start.

The studio was set up as a living room of a wealthy family in Long Island, and the fire in the fireplace next to it became the only light source.

The brightness of the firewood was not enough to ensure the shooting, so the lighting technician installed a light source behind the fireplace in advance, and the firelight shone through it, which not only ensured the brightness, but also gave a feeling of swaying firewood.

This is a close-up shot with a long focal length fixed focus lens. The advantage is that it is far away from the actors, which makes it easier for them to mobilize their emotions. After all, facing a large close-up shot, many actors' performance will be discounted.

The disadvantage is that the range of the shot is relatively narrow, and if the actor moves a little bit, he will be out of the frame.

However, it was called a passionate scene, but in fact, it was just Brooke lying on Martin Hewitt's shoulder and talking. There was no big movement, and Ronald felt that there was no technical problem.

The problem was with Brooke Shields.

"My eyes have a flaw, they are too close, you see..." Brooke Shields said the lines, while gesturing with her hands to indicate the distance between her eyes.

"Cut!" Another filming was stopped midway.

Zeffirelli was a little furious, he rushed up and yelled at Brooke Shields on the bed, "This is not a CK jeans advertisement, put away your showy high notes. It's a conversation between lovers, lover! Find the feeling of talking to your boyfriend.

Remember, your parents are upstairs, speak softly, and don't let them hear."

Brooke Shields was interrupted by director Zeffirelli, and her expression became sad on the spot, and her two thick flat eyebrows turned upside down and tilted towards the temples, and she showed a bitter look again.

The poor girl didn't know what she did wrong, and the voice of a 15-year-old girl was in the voice change period, and some high pitches were not something Brooke could control.

"Oh, I thought Zeffirelli was an elder and would treat Brooke like his own daughter." Terry complained, went forward to hug her daughter and comforted her gently.

Brooke Shields got rid of the embarrassing situation, felt the warmth of her mother's arms, her emotions fluctuated, and she cried.

"Oh, God. Makeup, makeup. Ten minutes of pause." Zeffirelli saw Brooke crying and knew that he had to rest and wait for her eyes to recover. After announcing the suspension of filming, he was so angry that he found a bottle of whiskey and drank it.

"Ronald, tell me, do you have any ideas?" Zeffirelli came over to complain to Ronald while drinking, "I don't know how to guide her. If I had known this, I would have insisted on using the girl who auditioned later, Meg Ryan."

"I haven't seen her. Is her performance good?" Ronald asked.

"She should be more talented. She acted beautifully without me saying much during the audition. Her imagination is first-rate. It's a pity that she was found by 'Rid Fao'. What a lucky old man Cukor."

"Rid Fao" was also one of the victims of the Screen Actors Guild strike. The original director Robert Mulligan was driven away by the two leading actresses' strike on the first day of filming. MGM had no choice but to find the 81-year-old Hollywood famous director George Cukor to take over.

Cukor is still in his prime. He fell in love with Meg Ryan at first sight and asked her to play the daughter of the heroine.

This old director who once won the Oscar for Best Director for "My Fair Lady" is very good at discovering and training beautiful actresses. In addition to Audrey Hepburn, he also directed Ingrid Bergman and won the Oscar for Best Actress with "Gaslight".

"What's the problem, Franco?"

"She can't act. I explained to her many times how to get into the role's mindset and how to use substitution to imagine Martin as her boyfriend, but she just can't act out the kind of whispering between lovers."

"The phrase 'eyes too close' is a way of acting like a spoiled child to a boyfriend, not a way for girls to pretend to belittle themselves, but actually boast about their beauty in disguise." Zeffirelli stretched out his other hand that didn't hold the bottle, put his five fingers together and pointed them upward, shaking them in front of Ronald's eyes for emphasis.

Ronald looked at Brooke Shields, who had stopped crying under the comfort of her mother. Terry was like a female beast, lovingly touching the child's hair. But she didn't say a word to men who dared to covet Brooke.

The male protagonist Martin Hewitt, who was lying on the bed, wanted to go up to comfort Brooke, but was separated by Terry's turn. She always protected her daughter very well.

When Ronald saw this scene, it seemed as if someone suddenly shot a ray of light into his mind.

"What if she doesn't have a boyfriend?"

"What did you say?" Zeffirelli asked.

"What if Brooke Shields doesn't have a boyfriend? Doesn't she have the corresponding emotional experience and doesn't know how to use her own feelings to replace it, so she can't act well."

"She's almost sixteen, right? She's never had a boyfriend?" Zeffirelli, who is of Italian descent, was a little unconvinced.

"Remember her nickname? America's Last Virgin Sweetheart." Ronald didn't really believe it either. Brooke Shields often appeared in the media with some popular male stars.

But no man could possibly succeed with Terry's close protection, right? Maybe those photos were just for news heat? Those male celebrities were just used.

The two men stood side by side and watched together as Martin Hewitt had to put on his pajamas and leave the bed where they were filming under Terry's cold eyes.

"Damn, you might be right, I'll try another way!" Zeffirelli handed the bottle to Ronald and went forward to tell Brooke about the play.

"Brooke, can you sing the latest pop song 'Romeo and Juliet'?" Zeffirelli said to Brooke who had just wiped away her tears.

"That's the song, Romeo, you make my heart beat faster? I love you like the stars in the sky forever?" Brooke Shields hummed a few lines.

"Yes, let's sing it again. This time, forget everything I told you before. Don't think about the plot, and don't try to use your own emotions. Just sing this song silently in your heart, then look into Martin's eyes and say your lines, okay?"

Under Zeffirelli's guidance, Brooke Shields glanced at her mother and nodded vigorously.

She has not received any professional acting training, and acting is like playing a big game. This kind of accurate expression of inner emotions really makes it difficult for her.

Although she has no real emotional experience, the thoughts of a girl are always poetic. In the Shakespeare course in high school, Brooke also read Romeo and Juliet, and she also had yearning and imagination for the pure love between the two.

After the break, the re-shooting went smoothly.

Brooke Shields wore an off-shoulder top and leaned on Martin Hewitt's arms. This kind of shooting with a telephoto lens only cuts off the position above the shoulders, giving people a feeling that the two are leaning on each other after the passion.

"If I get old and not beautiful anymore, you will also transfer your affection to someone else." Brooke Shields' eyes shuttled back and forth between Martin Hewitt's eyes and chest. Her loving eyes were actually asking the male protagonist David for his answer.

"No, don't say that, I will love you forever."

The lover's answer was perfect, and Jed, played by Brooke, kissed him.

"Cut!"

Zeffirelli was very happy this time. The method of using songs to guide imagination that I came up with was effective. Brooke completely forgot how to project emotions, and just used the song she hummed silently to guide a good performance.

"Print this one." After discussing with the director of photography, Director Zeffirelli made a decision, "

Then the passionate scene between the male protagonist David played by Martin Hewitt and Jed. Brooke Shields was under 16, and Terry stipulated in the contract that all scenes with partial nudity should be performed by a stand-in.

Zeffirelli was a gentleman. Although it was an ordinary stand-in, he insisted on clearing the scene. Except for the director of photography, lighting, and makeup staff, everyone else left the scene.

Ronald also walked out with Brooke and her daughter.

"Hey, Brooke. "

A handsome man with long hair came up to Brooke and spoke in a Brooklyn accent. Brooke's mother Terry also happily came forward to hug him. Her strategy of letting her daughter Brooke appear in the same occasions with various celebrities is still working well and has attracted a lot of media coverage.

Whether it is a movie star, a business tycoon, aristocratic descendant, a pop singer, or a painter, as long as Brooke always appears with them, the media will report Brooke's date in detail. Sometimes they can make up a quarter-page story with just one photo.

Ronald also knew the male star this time. It was Matt Dillon, a young New York actor who he met at Jane Fonda's party.

"Hi, Matt." Ronald came forward to say hello later.

"Hi, Ronald, I didn't expect to see you here. Long time no see. "Matt Dillon really followed through on his boast and came to visit Brooke Shields through his agent's introduction. Maybe he also wanted to try his luck and date the most popular teenage star in America.

The two chatted. Matt Dillon returned to New York this time mainly to prepare for his new movie. I heard that the new movie is an adaptation of a best-selling book that has not yet been published. The author came to New York to discuss the publishing contract with the publisher. I made an appointment with Matt Dillon to chat, which is also equivalent to an interview.

The author wants to see the protagonist before deciding whether to sell the film adaptation rights to Disney.

After a while, the double's passionate scene was shot End. Brooke Shields was called in again to shoot her solo close-up.

Although Martin Hewitt was a bartender and valet parking, they were actually part-time jobs. His main job was a Shakespearean actor. This kind of actor does not earn much, and it is a common choice to do odd jobs to supplement themselves.

With the foundation of Shakespearean performance, he and the double shot the scenes very quickly.

However, he was a little embarrassed to see Terry and Matt Dillon talking happily. Terry obviously prefers her daughter to be with Dillon, who has already become a little famous. And physically isolate him from Brooke.

"Ronald, Ronald. "Director Zeffirelli's shout interrupted Ronald and Matt Dillon's chat.

He hurried into the cleared studio. The shooting encountered difficulties again.

This time Brooke Shields was lying on her back on the bed, and the camera was focused on her face for a close-up. This was a reaction shot of a passionate scene, and a close-up was inserted into the rolling scene of Martin Hewitt and the double.

It gave the audience a very harmonious feeling of the male and female protagonists' lovemaking.

Brooke encountered the problem of not being able to get into the play again, but this time Ronald was helpless.

Brooke obviously had no experience in this area and could not grasp the facial expressions and emotions at the moment when pain and joy alternated.

Zeffirelli had tried several times and had to call Ronald in to discuss.

Ronald saw that Brooke Shields was very shy, and shooting this kind of scene did not meet the director's requirements, which made her feel a little embarrassed.

Ronald stepped forward to comfort her and was pulled aside by Zeffirelli to discuss.

"Do you have any other tricks?"

"This? ", Ronald couldn't think of a solution without relevant experience or imaginative materials, "Should I go find 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'?"

"No, I can only resort to trickery. You go squat in front of the bed and pinch Brooke's big toe." Zeffirelli instructed Ronald.

"What? Pinch the big toe?"

"Yes, the mixed feeling of pain and itchiness, reflected on the actress's face, is very similar to the expression of sexual pleasure. This is the secret of shooting Italian lead yellow movies."

"Why don't you go?" Ronald felt embarrassed.

"I'm almost 60, my waist is not good, you hurry up." Zeffirelli said.

"This?"

Ronald looked helplessly at the director of photography and the sound engineer in the studio. Everyone else was cleared out.

"Brookie, Ronald will squat here and gently pinch your big toe. You and him try the strength." Zeffirelli said to Brooke before Ronald agreed.

"Okay," Brooke's cheeks were a little red, "Let's try it first."

Zeffirelli, who was facing the viewfinder behind the camera, saw that Ronald was kneeling on the ground, holding Brooke's foot with one hand and preparing to pinch her big toe with the other hand, and the whole person did not enter the frame.

"Very good, A!"

"Ah," Brooke screamed in pain and frowned. Ronald's hand made her feel itchy again, and she wanted to laugh at the same time.

"Very good, Ronald, try harder!" Zeffirelli commanded.