Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Ronald's phone started to get busy again, whether it was in the office, the apartment he was staying in, or through his agent.

Earlier, most of the calls for help came from agents who knew him, who were the most informed. Now, some unknown agents, various past partners, parents of stars, and some impatient actresses called themselves.

Ronald had met Kelly Preston in other crews before, and her agent found Niceta to test the possibility of "solo audition" in the hope of getting a promised role.

The photographer who originally took her to audition had been fired by her and replaced by a more radical agent.

Ronald remembered his mistakes and Julia Taylor's teachings that when the crew did not have full control, he should not have any disputes with the actresses competing for the heroine, so Niceta rejected the "good intentions" of the agent and let her participate in the first round of auditions directly.

Elizabeth Shue, who had shot a gum commercial for Ronald, also found his phone number and asked for news. Sue's birthday is in October, and she will be 18 years old when the shooting starts, so there will be no problem with the shooting.

However, her parents knew about this and both called to ask Ronald not to accept her. Because Elizabeth Sue was admitted to Wellesley College, and the filming time happened to be the second month of school.

If you don't want to be a full-time actor, it's not appropriate to take a leave of absence in the first grade to act. It would be better if you take this summer vacation, or take a leave in the third or fourth grade to film.

PBS Vice President Gerald Slater called CAA's Niceta directly. After a little understanding, he decided to give up this opportunity for his daughter Helen.

Helen's birthday is in December, so she will encounter many work time restrictions when filming in a small production crew. However, Ronald privately believes that the real reason for Gerald's refusal may be that both heroines have frontal nudity shots.

At night, Ronald typed on his home Commodore computer:

"Using a nuclear explosion as a time machine that can travel back to the past is a grand setting, but it is very difficult to realize on the screen. It is recommended to use a machine around you that uses electricity, which can significantly reduce the shooting budget."

Ronald auditioned during the day and evaluated the script for Spielberg at night. The Commodore computer is quite good to use. Many children buy this kind of machine with the name of a computer and use it as a game console when they go home.

There is a card slot on the right side of the keyboard, which can be used to insert various game cartridges and connect the handle to play games. This way, it will not be disliked by parents like buying an Atari game console, and you can also learn to use a computer and use BASIC programming as an excuse.

However, Ronald's computer does not have a game plugged in. Instead, it has a CP/M operating system card plugged in, and then the floppy drive is used to plug in WordStar software to write things.

WordStar is more convenient than the Wang word processing computer produced by Wang Laboratories in the Universal Office. There are two advantages. The first is that what you see is what you get. What you see on the screen is what the printer will print out in the end.

Secondly, he has various shortcut keys, which can define a piece of text, select it and copy it, or move it to other places, which is very convenient. Just press + C, oh, no, this shortcut key is useless.

Copy is K + K + V, Ronald took out the manual and checked it again. Wait, what is the shortcut key for moving? Ronald simply took out a classification card and wrote down all the commonly used shortcut keys on the card.

Save is K + S... Ronald copied the card and stuck it next to the monitor with transparent tape.

"Ring, ring, ring..."

"Hello, this is Ronald."

"Ronnie, this is Demi, I heard that you are now the director of Universal's new film."

"Ah? Demi, I'm casting now, does your husband agree with you acting in the movie?" Ronald heard that there seemed to be other men talking on the phone.

"Demi, who are you talking to?" Freddy's voice came from the other end of the receiver.

"It's Ronald. He took my audition photos and is now a movie director."

"Ronald, this is Freddy. Demi wants to act in a movie, right? Are there any nude scenes?"

"What are you doing, Freddy? Give me the receiver..."

"Let's discuss it first. This movie has frontal nudity."

With a snap, the phone was hung up.

Ronald was startled by the voice and accidentally pressed the DEL key, deleting the large block of text he had just selected.

bsp;+ Z, bsp;+ Z, why doesn't it work? Ah..., Ronald was going crazy. He opened the manual, why is there no shortcut key to cancel the operation?

"Use a nuclear explosion as a time machine that can travel back to the past..." Ronald, who was crying but had no tears, had to type it again...bsp;+ K + S to save it to a disk first.

The next day, Ronald came to audition again. Hekelin must have received a lot of calls for favors, but she is a woman, and the real connections should be behind.

Today's actresses are mediocre. Many of them are beautiful and photogenic, but they lack basic acting skills and expression skills.

The acting industry is not fair to women. Cary Grant and Roger Moore were able to have romance scenes with young women on screen when they were over 60 years old. But there are very few female stars over 30 who can still play love scenes with young men. Jane Fonda can only play the love of middle-aged people.

A large number of young and beautiful women competed for the few roles, which resulted in a large number of low-level actresses in the audition.

Fortunately, "Fast Pace" has a large demand for female extras, and many scenes require girls to be the background. Ronald sent notices to many actresses who were on the screen, saying that if they were willing, they could come to be extras.

After several days, it was finally time for more capable actors to participate in the second round of auditions. Ronald's relationship Sean Penn also came to audition.

This round of actors not only introduced themselves, but also read some script excerpts to make better choices for directors and producers.

"After another six months of installments, this beautiful blue four-door luxury car will belong to me..."

Sean Penn held a page and read Brad Hamilton's lines.

Ronald frowned slightly, and Sean Penn was a little stunned when he read this line.

Brad is a hard-working and disciplined person, a 12th grade student whose eyes only brightened when he talked about the car he bought.

Sean Penn's reading emphasized the complacent mood, but was a bit arrogant. It seemed that he was a person who was usually flamboyant, which was not quite in line with Brad's role.

"Can you take back some of your complacent mood and do it again, Sean?" Ronald made a request

"Of course." Sean Penn adjusted his body posture and did it again.

Ronald frowned again, and then quickly relaxed. As a director, it is best not to show his expression. He looked at Heckerling, wanting to hear her opinion.

Heckerling put her hands flat under the table and shook them at him twice, indicating that it was not very appropriate.

Ronald had no choice. This kind of audition video had to be sent to two producers at Universal for review. This performance was difficult to convince them.

However, Sean Penn's performance is somewhat similar to another character, Spicoli, a silly Italian student...

"Ronald." Cameron Crowe, who had not spoken much before due to lack of experience, spoke up, "I think he is more like Spicoli."

"I think so too." Heckerling added, "If he wears a wig, he will look more like a skateboarder. Can he read Spicoli's lines?"

Ronald told Sean Penn the three people's ideas and hoped that he would try another role.

Sean Penn took Spicoli's lines, brewed for a while, and then began to read.

"Sorry, I'm late. I was confused by this new version of the course schedule."

"So, Mr. Spicoli?" Casting director Don acted as his opponent.

"Hey, man. What's wrong with you? Why did you tear up your student card?"

"You're late."

"Dick!" Sean Penn cursed in a very aggressive tone.

"Okay, that's it." Ronald called a halt to the audition. "We'll contact your agent if we have further news."

Sean Penn walked out of the room.

Hicklin said, "This person is very suitable for Spicoli. If Brad plays B, he can get an A+ for Spicoli."

Ronald looked at Cameron Crowe.

"This person really looks like the prototype of Spicoli in my book. I can't see any traces of acting. If he hadn't just read Brad's lines, I would have thought he was such a person in real life."

"We'll keep both of his auditions and decide with the producer later." Ronald set the tone, "Next."

Cameron Crowe didn't understand what he meant, or he understood it, but he was reluctant to give up letting Sean Penn play Spicoli. Such a realistic role would add a lot to the movie.

But in this case, Ronald would have one less card in his hand, and there would be one less "Ronald's person" among those vying for Brad's role.

I met a few more male actors, and the next competitive one was Judge Rehold.

"Hello, Judge," Heckerling said,

"Good morning."

Is this Judge a member of Heckerling's team?

"Please read this line to the camera," said Ronald.

"After another six months of installments, this beautiful blue four-door luxury car will belong to me..."

"Hmm?", I don't know if it's because Judge Reinhold himself has a similar temperament to Brad, or because he has excellent acting skills, anyway, he read it very well, and acted out the kind of complacent spirit after working hard to buy a luxury car.

"Brad is the best so far." Heckerling said after the actor left, and then looked at Ronald.

"He really acted very well, but he's a little older. He's 24 this year, and he doesn't look like a high school student." Cameron Crowe gave an assist at the right time.

"Let's see if there are more suitable ones in the future." Ronald said.

If Judge Reinhold wasn't "a member of Heckerling's team", he would actually be more suitable for the role of Brad.

But Crowe was right, age is indeed a problem. Although youth films often feature older actors playing younger ones, it would be a bit inappropriate if the actor who plays Stacey looked too different in age from him.

"Next"

In the afternoon, another of Ronald's connections came.

"My name is Nicholas Coppola."

"Is that the Coppola we know?" Heckerling asked in surprise.

"If you refer to director Francis Coppola, he is my uncle." Nicholas was a little impatient, "But my acting skills have nothing to do with him..."

"Of course, read us Brad's line." Ronald handed over the script.

Nicholas Coppola read the lines carefully, then closed his eyes. After a few seconds, he opened his eyes and acted out Brad showing off to his classmates without using a script.

"With another six months of installment payment, this beautiful blue four-door luxury car will be mine..."

"What do you think?" Ronald asked the three of them for feedback after he walked out.

"The acting is very good. To be honest, when I was undercover in high school, Brad's prototype speech was like that. He was proud, but he was afraid that others would know that he was proud." Crowe replied.

"He happens to be 18 years old this year, which is close to the age of the character." Casting director Tang added the actor's background information.

"Coppola's nephew... his acting skills are good. But the acting is a bit too dark." Heikelin pointed out some minor flaws.

“Let’s put him among the candidates as well.

Ronald was convinced that this role was still in his hands.

Pop out the audition videos of several candidates, transcribe them onto the tape, hand them over to the producer, and wait for a later meeting to make a decision. Nicholas said his last name in the audition video, so the producer will always sell a few copies. face.

Next, several actors were interviewed, including Mark, a nerdy student nicknamed "Rat", and his friend Mike, a ticket scalper, and several candidates were selected.

"Next is the female role." Heikelin looked at the audition list in her hand. "There are many famous actors here today."

"Yeah, a lot of acquaintances." Ronald was also looking at the list.

Except for Kelly Preston, who passed the first round of auditions. There was also Melanie Griffiths, who had previously auditioned for "Endless Love," whom Ronald remembered as the daughter of Hitchcock girl Tippi Hedlund.

Also on the list is Tatum O'Neal, who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. She has been in bad luck recently. Due to her development, she can no longer act as a child star. She hopes to transform into youth films, so she participated in many auditions for youth films.

Finally, there’s Princess Leia from Star Wars, Kelly Fisher. Although she is a little older, her acting skills are pretty good.

"Let's get started." Ronald told his assistant.

The assistant opened the door and was about to call someone in.

Ronald, Crowe, Heikelin and others who were sitting inside heard a quarrel suddenly break out outside.

"You Bichi..."

"Fxbsp;you! Do you think you are some kind of saint? Bichi..."

Ronald and everyone looked at each other.