Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Minahan, who made a joke, gave his subordinate a lesson. He begged Ronald to watch the samples and give him some professional editing advice. "Break Dance 2", which was not directed by Ronald, "only earned" 15 million at the box office after its release.

The salaries of the three protagonists have increased by more than ten times. In addition, Minahan specially wanted to shoot the stunt roller of Boogaloo prawns dancing on the wall. The production cost of Breakdancing 2 was less than 3 million, and it was able to sell a movie. Fifteen million is supposed to be a rare victory.

But think of Ronald's groundbreaking "Break Dance," which cost $1 million and sold for $100 million in North America. Minahan was still dissatisfied.

Ronald patiently finished watching the sample photos, and an uncomfortable feeling rushed directly to his forehead. Minahan said that millions were invested in special effects, but Ronald thought those stunts probably cost only $2.38.

Could it be that you were deceived? Ronald looked at Minahan's loyal and honest smile. I don't think so. Minahan might be confused about directing and finding actresses, but when it comes to money, he and his cousin Yoram are still very cautious.

Ronald was worried about the heroine. It's not that easy to find vases for commercial films. As soon as the boys have finished training, they can start filming.

First of all, the female star needs to have a certain degree of popularity, so that when the audience sees her familiar image appearing in the movie, they will give her a rough positioning for her role.

But the more famous a female star is, the less willing she is to play the role of a vase. They always seem to have to make a breakthrough in their acting skills before they would consider taking on a script that is not very profitable.

Secondly, the personal image of the best star is more consistent with the role. Although playing a vase does not require high acting skills, it does have high requirements for image. This kind of high-concept story does not have many twists and turns in the plot to deepen the audience's impression, so it is best for the heroine to be what they imagined.

Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer are still looking for a suitable candidate, and Tom Cruise's girlfriend Rebecca De Mornay gradually becomes a priority after Kathryn Turner turned down the offer. Candidate.

But De Mornay is now playing a mechanic on a train racing through the icy wilderness of Alaska. The journey is long, and it would be unrealistic for director Konchalovsky to stop work for her for a few days and let her come back for an audition.

In order to cast the film, Ronald decided to fly to Alaska to audition De Mornay live there.

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"I think I need to try that air combat scene myself. I believe that after training, I can learn the 360-degree fight before turning on the camera."

On a flight to Anchorage, Alaska, the only two people in the front business class cabin were Ronald and Tom Cruise.

In order to meet his girlfriend De Mornay, Cruise did not participate in the next two days of flight training. These basic contents were already taken when he signed up to learn to fly.

On the seat on the other side was a large bouquet of red roses, which was a surprise that Tom had prepared for De Mornay.

"That fight is very difficult, and the idiot (Bozo) may not be able to complete it satisfactorily. Besides, this is a shot shot in a reconnaissance cabin on a fighter jet. The audience has no idea whether you flew it or not." Ronald I just want to go to sleep quickly and explain the purpose of editing to Tom Cruise.

"But I always feel that being able to do the stunts yourself makes the movie look real." Tom was still chattering, hoping to let him try it himself.

"Tom, Tom..." Ronald put down his seat and put on his blindfold, "Even if you can make that move, the producer won't allow it. You can think about this again when you become a producer yourself in the future. Bar."

Tom is a good friend. He will pursue things that interest him tirelessly until he convinces the other person.

"But is there really no chance this time? I think I have a talent for learning to fly a plane."

"Can you let me take a nap and you take a nap too? Don't you want to give Rebecca a surprise?"

Ronald began to feel that Tom's annoying energy could only be tolerated by his girlfriend De Mornay, who was several years older than him.

The two rented a car at the airport and drove to the railroad checkpoint next to Whittier, where "Runaway Train" was filmed.

Tom Cruise waited cheerfully behind the camera. Ronald took off his sunglasses. The sky in Alaska was now very dark and it was still snowing lightly, which caused a lot of trouble for shooting.

"Cut!" Director Konchalovsky, who was wearing a Union soldier's dog-skin hat, shouted, and the rumbling train drove out of the range of the camera.

"Rebecca", Tom saw that the filming had stopped and rushed forward to hug his girlfriend.

De Mornay, who was wearing a bloated cotton coat and an electrician's hat, turned around and saw Tom Cruise, and said in surprise, "Why are you here?"

"I came to visit, and I came with Ronald." Tom Cruise wiped the traces of engine oil on De Mornay's face with his hands. The filming here was very difficult.

"Don't move. The makeup artist worked hard to do this." De Mornay got rid of Cruise's hand and took off her hat. "Don't disturb our filming. The train scene is difficult to shoot. If you make a mess, , one day may be wasted.”

"How do I...Okay, I'm watching over there." Tom Cruise was robbed for a moment, but the filming of the movie was unquestionable, so he had to step back.

Ronald looked over in surprise. The atmosphere in the crew seemed very tense, and everyone's nerves were tense.

"Let No. 2 drive over and let's continue filming." Konchalovsky picked up the microphone and ordered loudly.

Rebecca de Mornay's hair was messy and her face was gray.

Ronald admired Konchalovsky's vision in this regard. Indeed, when De Morny was dressed like this, she didn't look like a beauty at all.

He said before that he wanted an actress who could be beautiful or ordinary, and rejected Jodie Foster. Now it seems that this is not an excuse. Another one would not be able to achieve the effect of De Mornay.

The actor played by Jon Voight got off the locomotive that had driven a mile ahead and returned to the filming location. When he saw Ronald coming to visit the crew, he smiled at him. His mouth was full of rotten teeth, and it looked like he had dentures.

"Hehehehe..." Jon Voight was still immersed in the role of the evil leader who escaped from prison. He bared his teeth at Ronald and went to the lounge.

The supporting actor is played by Eric Roberts, a handsome young man who is also dressed as a clown. He jumped out of the car and said to a person who looked like an assistant, "Trejo, bring me something good."

The man named Trejo was a Mexican with long hair shawl, a long beard, and acne marks on his face. He didn't look like a good person at first glance.

"I damn near fell off the locomotive. I'll have to be a stand-in for all future scenes. I'll never do a scene where I climb on a train again."

Trejo took out a small paper bag and gently handed it to Eric Roberts. "I told you, you actors are more desperate than us criminals who are actually in prison. You should take a rest."

"Woo..." A whistle sounded, and the second locomotive slowly drove into the station.

Taking pictures of trains is extremely dangerous and troublesome. It takes a long time for the train to come to a complete stop, and then the locomotive needs to be decoupled to reverse. After returning from another branch line, the carriage is stuck at the other end and then pulled back. When you get to the starting position, you have to do it all over again.

Konchalovsky found two locomotives so that he could shoot two at a time.

"Cut!"

Another accident occurred during the filming this time. A stuntman's foot was caught by the machinery outside the front of the car. He almost had a serious accident and had to stop filming.

"Have a drink," Ronald handed a whiskey flask to the director. This was the first time I had the opportunity to talk to Konchalovsky when I arrived on the set.

"Ronald, I'm glad you're here," Konchalovsky said in a Russian accent, rubbing his red nose, and then hugged Ronald.

"Making a movie in this hellish place is more troublesome than Siberia. It snows a foot at a time and has to be cleaned up every morning. Let me tell you, if you want to shoot a train scene in America, you must maintain revolutionary optimism."

"I don't want to spoil the fun, but I'm here to audition for Rebecca De Mornay. I hope you can give me some time. After the filming is over, I want to borrow your makeup artist. That role is an instructor, and the mechanic is "Both poles."

"No problem, my friend. It gets dark very early here anyway, and we don't have much time anymore, so why not give it to you."

Konchalovsky happened to feel that the actors on set were too nervous, so he might as well take the opportunity to take a rest and start new filming after the weekend.

"Thank you!" Ronald was happy, and now De Mornay had enough time to prepare for the audition.

"Hey," Jon Voight showed his rotten teeth again, ran out of the lounge, and pretended to threaten Rebecca De Mornay, "We will torture you again next week."

"Haha, see you next Monday," De Morny pressed Jon Voight's chest. The two people's eyes quickly exchanged, and they seemed to have a tacit understanding.

Tom Cruise saw all this from behind, quickly took out the roses he was going to give at the hotel from the car, and rushed to the front to give them to his girlfriend.

"Rebecca...I brought it to you from California."

"Haha", De Moni smiled and touched Tom's newly shaved short hair.

"We were bored every day in this hellish place called Alaska, and we all became very good friends." Eric Roberts, who plays the supporting actor, saw the clues and came up to give Tom and Rebecca some cheek relief.

"Please face the camera directly and sideways..."

"Okay, you and Tom audition together. This is a scene where the two of them are attracted to and tease each other at Charlie's house."

"If you don't mind, I'd like to take a shower first and get all sweaty," Tom Cruise read.

"I do mind, I'm 'hungry,'" Rebecca de Mornay said suggestively to Tom.

"Okay, let's stop here." Ronald gestured to the two couples, indicating that the audition could end here.

De Mornay is still immersed in the role of the electrician in "Runaway Train", and playing the confident instructor Charlie is a bit out of place. However, as long as the producer is willing, De Mornay has a great chance. Real-life couples playing lovers will easily have a tacit understanding.

Ronald knew that Tom had wanted to be alone with his girlfriend for a long time, so he let her reunite with Tom Cruise. Actors spend less time together and more apart, and they have to perform ambiguous scenes with other actors of the opposite sex on the set. Ronald understands their distress very well.

"Eric, where are you from?"

Ronald goes to a bar and has a drink with Eric Roberts, who plays a prison boxer.

"I was born in Mississippi. Both my parents are actors. But after they divorced, I lived with my father in Atlanta. My sister lives with my mother, who is also an actor. There are actors in our family."

"When I saw you for the first time, did you do your own stunts?" Ronald looked at Eric, who was easy to get along with.

"I am actually a member of the Stunt Union, so I offered to act myself, but climbing a train in Alaska in winter is no joke. I was so scared just now that I broke out in a sweat. If it was me who got stuck, I might have been thrown off."

"Will Rebecca get the leading role?" Eric raised his glass and took another sip. "Don't get me wrong. We can only have fun here every day. Rebecca is a very good actor. We are all friends. I hope she can get the leading role in a big production."

"This is the producer's decision, but she looks good. Rebecca is very malleable. I didn't expect her to look so much like a worker."

"She's pretty good."

...

After drinking, Ronald returned to the hotel. He opened the door of his room and wanted to take a bath in the snowy winter. The walls of this hotel room are made of logs, which makes people feel warm.

Tom Cruise specially opened a large room next door to reunite with his girlfriend.

"I am an actor, not a housewife, you'd better understand this." Rebecca's loud voice came from the room with poor sound insulation.

"I didn't stop you from being an actor... Rebecca."

"Then don't bother me. It's my freedom to take any role."

"I just said that you should act in the kind of movie Ronald is with me, big production, big distribution company, successful commercial film will make you take better and better scripts. You should pursue commercial film first..."

"Tom, you are really annoying..."

The voice is getting louder and louder, Ronald wondered if he should go out to see.

"Bang!", a sound of broken glass came over.

"I am now shooting a movie that is very rare for actors, and there is hope to be nominated for an Oscar."

"Do you want to work with Jon Voight so much?"

"You... forget it, go sleep on the sofa." The sound of footsteps was followed by the sound of a door closing.

"Rebecca, forget it..." Tom seemed to be sleeping on the sofa in the living room.

"This... forget it", Ronald wrapped the pillow and forced himself to sleep.

...

"I just want to make this movie with her, Ronald."

On the return flight, Tom Cruise kept discussing his relationship with Rebecca with Ronald.

"You...?"

"She said we should calm down each other", Cruise patted the back of the seat in front of him, "Dan it!"

"He forgot the mammoth fossil he bought at the airport." Ronald said to the stewardess who came to check.

The stewardess seemed to recognize Cruise as the handsome guy in "Good Boys and Crazy", but when she saw Ronald made a gesture to stop her, she had to retreat.

"It's better for you to calm down. When the filming is over, we can have a good chat." Ronald thought to himself that it was very troublesome for the couple to have strong ideas about acting. Maybe they would quarrel over how to act.

"But Rebecca De Mornay is unlikely to be cast this time," Ronald pulled his baseball cap down to cover his face. The main character, the Lone Ranger, and the instructor Charlie have a romantic scene. The two of them are attracted to each other tacitly, and the ambiguous atmosphere of teasing each other is difficult to act out when Tom and Rebecca are quarreling now.

...

"Rebecca and Tom have a little problem with their chemistry. You should put it aside for now and wait for us to negotiate terms with Paramount." Don Simpson said to Ronald after watching Rebecca De Mornay's audition, "There are two candidates who also have a contract with Paramount. Wait for our response."