Exploiting Hollywood 1980

On the Friday afternoon of the second week of training, Ronald came to the Debbie Reynolds dance studio. In the large practice room here, there are many mats on the floor, and the mirrors on the surrounding walls are covered with cloth. Movement director Pat Johnson is coaching the boys who play Cobra gym students in boxing.

"Hey...oh...ha...hey", several second-generation stars had cloth strips tied on their heads, put on black cobra gym uniforms, and were punching hard.

"Don't you have enough to eat? Work harder!" Martin Kove, who plays the coach, is now training the students like a real coach.

"Yes, Master!" Several students agreed loudly, and then punched harder.

Pat Johnson saw Ronald and stopped training so they could put on a show for the director.

"Pause, line up, and show your skills and strength to Mr. Ronald Lee."

"Yes, Master!" Several actors answered loudly and then moved in pieces of wood.

William Zebka, who plays the villain Johnny, picked up a board and faced the other actors with his hands raised.

"Ah...uncle"

Chad McQueen, the son of the famous star Steve McQueen, rushed forward, punched and broke a board, and then kicked and broke another. Not satisfied yet, he asked William Zebka to get some more boards for him to perform on.

After a week, these second-generation stars have been trained to be quite aggressive. .

Ronald watched for a while, a little worried that Pat Johnson had trained them to be too aggressive.

Johnson said they are completely within his control. William Zebka is particularly hard-working and has a little bit of foundation. He is the best player except coach Martin Kove.

"William, you're just a bitch." Seeing that Zebka refused to spar with him, Chad McQueen said angrily and walked to the end of the team.

"Chad, your training is very effective, but I hope you can respect other actors. Your training is for making movies, not street fighting." Ronald stopped him. This second generation star inherited his big star Father's bad temper.

"Hey, Cobra's belief is to be brave, strike first, and take no prisoners," Chad shouted, actually rushing towards Ronald to challenge him.

Ronald didn't share his common knowledge, so he turned to Pat Johnson and said, "You have to take it easy. I don't want the actor to be injured because he was too excited during the filming."

Action instructor Johnson nodded and stopped Chad, "Cobra also believes in discipline first. If the master does not give orders, the apprentice is not allowed to attack. Do you understand?"

"Understood, Master!" Chad McQueen threw a look of contempt at Ronald and retreated into the queue.

Ronald turned a blind eye to the teenager's provocation. He didn't have many lines anyway, so it didn't affect the filming. Then I went to another small practice room with Pat Johnson to watch the training progress of another group of actors.

Noriyuki Morita just came out of the small room to rest. When he saw Ronald, he quickly greeted him and several second-generation stars, and went up to welcome them into another practice room.

"This useless director, hahaha..." Chad McQueen said arrogantly. Several second-generation stars also echoed him and laughed together. Only Zebka is not a second-generation star, but he respects actor Noriyuki Morita and smiles and nods to him.

"William, William, William..." Chad McQueen and several other second-generation stars saw William Zebka's actions and went up to surround him. "Do you want to be a traitor? Huh?"

Zebka is very tired of these second-generation stars, but he is a main supporting role, not an extraneous one. "Ronald is the director, and I don't want to offend him."

"Director? Huh! The producer can replace him at any time. You are such a coward." Chad McQueen smiled, let go of Zebka, and patted his cheek, "As long as you respect me, I will I will protect you, and it will be fine if the new director comes and takes care of your role.”

Ronald, who had already arrived in another classroom, saw the protagonist Ralph Mazio lying on the ground. Noriyuki Morita, who failed to take a break, obediently began to stretch his legs with the help of his assistant.

"Ouch...ah..." The two assistants helped the two actors one-on-one and began to stretch their legs and start the routine of howling like ghosts and wolves.

Ronald stood aside and watched. Ralph Mazzio, who was still playing the role of the apprentice, was more flexible, while Noriyuki Morita, who was already middle-aged, really couldn't do some actions.

"The philosophy of Goju-ryu Karate is to strike later and stop with stillness. Today we are going to talk about the eleventh move of Sharo, which is to take the technique."

Movement instructor Pat Johnson asked the two to stand up and began to demonstrate the use of a karate move with an assistant. When the opponent punched him, Johnson slightly rotated his upper body, used his arms to externally rotate, deflected the opponent's punch, and then

"Pay attention to this approach, and you must rotate outward and use force. You will also try it later." Pat Johnson demonstrated again to his two apprentices.

Ronald saw some clues. Pat Johnson taught the two protagonists a lot of martial arts philosophy, and then had them dismantle some moves in slow motion, telling them how to use these moves to subdue the opponent, but never trained them in basic skills.

Contrary to the many teenagers outside, the hard training there starts with basic postures and horse stances in a strict manner, but the coach does not teach the principles of martial arts.

Gu Jia

The two groups of players trained in this way have completely different understandings of karate. In the minds of Morita Noriyuki and Ralph Mazzio, karate is a concept, while Chad McQueen and others think that karate is a group of techniques similar to boxing.

In this way, the actors on both sides were misled and got closer to their roles in the movie. Ronald was very satisfied. When the training was over, the audience would be able to tell the difference when the two sides took the stage in the camera.

"By the way, where is Elizabeth Shue? Why don't I see her?" Ronald remembered to arrange for Sue to observe the training and stay together every day to cultivate tacit understanding.

"I'm here..." A girl wearing a large T-shirt and long shorts ran in from another small door in the practice room, holding a large bag of chocolate biscuits in her hand.

"You are..." Ronald was a little confused by the light flashing from the small door facing the sun on the street, and he covered his forehead with his hand to look carefully.

"Oh my God..." Ronald finally saw the fat girl who came in, and it turned out to be Elizabeth Shue.

"How come you've gained so much weight in less than two weeks?" Ronald shouted angrily, "How can we film like this? How can Ali fall in love with Daniel at first sight when she's so fat?"

"I...I...I have nothing to do here, and they don't take me out to play." Elizabeth Sue was rebuked and felt a little panicked. She is a sports girl who has been practicing gymnastics since she was a child and is also a member of the school football team.

After arriving in Los Angeles, she was bored in the dance studio for two weeks and didn't know what to do. She could only watch Ralph and Morita start to train in the magical karate, but she had no one to teach her.

Every day, she was bored watching the two stretching, and she couldn't help but start eating all kinds of snacks, and finally it got out of control.

"From today on, you have to eat a healthy diet and practice karate with coach Pat Johnson." Ronald said to Sue with a stern face.

Then he turned around and said to the action director Pat Johnson, "You have to add another female apprentice. If this continues, my Ali will be fat and disliked by both Daniel and Johnson.

Pat Johnson nodded. One more person is also a lesson.

"You may have to teach her according to the standards of those outside. Sue is a sports girl. If she doesn't exercise enough, she will get fat soon."

"Okay, no problem." Pat Johnson couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"It doesn't matter, I won't fire you. But you have to stop eating snacks from now on and train well. This is your screen debut, don't mess it up." Ronald reached out and took the chocolate biscuits in Sue's hand, tore open the package and threw them into his mouth.

It's quite delicious.

"Let's take a break." Morita Noriyuki couldn't stand the amount of exercise again and asked for a break again.

Elizabeth Sue ran over and smiled at Pat Johnson, "How do we train? "She had long wanted to start practicing this magical oriental martial arts together. With Ralph Mazzio's athletic ability, she could definitely beat him if she practiced it herself.

Morita walked outside. Given his age, he was originally a comedian and had never had the habit of exercising. This high-intensity stretching was simply unbearable for him.

"Mr. Morita."

As soon as he ran outside to take a lazy break, Morita Noriyuki was stopped by William Zebka. Zebka was a little bit unable to integrate into the group of second-generation stars. He was always alone here during breaks.

"Hello, William. Don't be angry with those guys. As long as you make this movie well, you will become famous. I have a feeling that Ronald is a very good director, and he may really make you famous. "Noriyuki Morita saw that the second-generation star was a little rude to Zebka just now, and comforted him casually.

"I..." William Zebka had just turned 18 and was skeptical about this statement. "But I heard from Chad McQueen that Ronald could be replaced at any time. "

"What did he say? "Morita Noriyuki pays more attention to the gossip of the crew. He has been working in the TV circle for more than ten years and knows that sometimes gossip is often ahead of official notices.

In the small classroom, Ronald watched Elizabeth Sue take off her shoes and practice the basic postures of karate with Pat Johnson. Sure enough, this athletic girl's athletic ability is much stronger than that of the chicken Ralph Mazzio and the skinny monkey Morita Noriyuki.

"Oh, practice well." Ralph Mazzio also whistled to cheer for Sue.

"When I practice well, you will definitely not be my opponent." Elizabeth Sue also looked at him with disdain. "Ah" a kick, very standard.

"Ronald Sang, please come here. "Morita Noriyuki walked into the classroom silently and said to Ronald.

Morita Noriyuki was introduced to Weintraub by Ronald, and he absolutely did not want Ronald to be replaced. Usually everyone in the crew will be branded as "someone's man". If Ronald is replaced, the new director does not appreciate him and has a hundred reasons to propose a replacement.

"I will talk to Weintraub, you don't have to worry about it, just continue training."

Ronald thought of the senior consultant who often gave Weintraub advice. Could this person be his "spare tire"? Weintraub, a Jew, really likes to make backup plans.