Exploiting Hollywood 1980

McGillis had a warm smile, and she walked gracefully. From behind, she looked very good.

After Ronald followed her into the room, he closed the door and said, "Can you take off your high heels for me to see?"

"It seems that the rumors about you are true." McGillis approached Ronald, and a breath with a manly scent burned her face. The tired soul illuminated by the overly bright lights in the shooting site seemed to be washed by hot water and shone again.

McGillis hooked her hand around Ronald's neck and looked up at him. "Do you like me barefoot?"

She raised her left leg and rubbed it behind her right leg. "Click", the three-inch high heels fell.

"Click", another click, and the other one fell to the ground.

Ronald felt that McGillis seemed to have suddenly become shorter, and felt in his heart that the height was about the same. He stretched out his hands to hold McGillis' waist, gently pulled her up, and then put her down again. This height was still a little high.

McGillis got closer and closer, and the heat from Ronald's palm on her waist made her feel that her entire upper body began to heat up.

"We seem to be at the right height this way," McGillis stood on tiptoe to make herself taller, but it seemed that she was still a little short. She put both feet on Ronald's toes and stood on tiptoe again, which made her feel much more comfortable.

Hooking Ronald's neck, McGillis could see his deep eyes as soon as she looked up. She was happy and raised one foot to slowly rub Ronald's legs. The two bodies were almost stuck together.

"Uh... Kelly, let me see what you look like first," Ronald felt a little overwhelmed by McGillis's enthusiasm, and quickly pulled her away from his waist, "You don't have to tiptoe, just stand naturally."

"What?" McGillis didn't understand, and turned around barefoot on the spot.

"Can it be lower?" Ronald touched his chin with his hand, still comparing in his heart.

"Is that so?" McGillis thought that this director had a lot of tricks. She turned her back to the table, supported herself with her hands behind her back, and then leaned back slightly, looking like she was waiting to be picked.

"Now the height difference is almost right," Ronald walked a step in front of her, used one hand to measure the height from his chin, and then stretched it forward to McGillis's head, and he had a bottom line in his heart.

"What are you doing?" McGillis saw this action, her face changed, and she pushed Ronald away, "Are you measuring my height? Are you doing this for Tom? Let me act with him barefoot?"

"If you can be like this now, lean back a little more, and tilt your waist a little more, it will be better.

"Get out of here!" McGillis raised her eyebrows and told Ronald, who didn't know how to be romantic, to get out.

"Listen to me, Paramount executives will come to the crew tomorrow. They pay more attention to the height difference between Tom and you. We have to satisfy them, so that the subsequent filming can go smoothly..."

"Get out! ..." McGillis pointed to the door.

"I'll be gone soon, remember to keep this position tomorrow..."

...

"When you shoot the scene of Tom singing karaoke, remember to lower the camera a little and tilt it up a little." Ronald pulled the director of photography Kimball over and quietly instructed him.

The next morning, the crew came to the bar at Miramar Base and took advantage of the morning light to shoot the scene of the Lone Ranger chatting up Charlie. No one cared about Ronald in this play, so he used a lot of backlighting under magic light moments to indulge in artistic photography.

Last night, Ronald confirmed that McGillis could act a little shorter than Tom Cruise. He immediately called Bruckheimer, Tom Cruise, and Paula Wagner to a meeting overnight.

The original consensus was that Charlie could appear a little taller than the Lone Ranger in the camera.

"Top Gun" is a group portrait play, and there are too many tall actors in it, such as Tim Robbins, who plays the second rear-seat radar officer of the Lone Ranger, Merlin the Wizard. He 's height is very tall, and it is difficult to sit in the cockpit of the F-14.

So Tom Cruise's height disadvantage cannot be concealed, and there are always people in the same frame with him. Paula originally agreed to make McGillis appear slightly taller than Cruise in the movie. This does not affect Cruise's screen image.

However, the old-fashioned ideas of the president of Paramount were discovered by Don Simpson, and everyone agreed at night to overturn the previous settings and make the Lone Ranger taller in the shots where the Lone Ranger and Charlie have a private conversation.

"I understand", the director of photography Kimball knows these little tricks of shooting well. Tom Cruise is closer to the camera than McGillis in this scene, and shooting at a slightly upward angle can create an illusion of perspective, and Cruise is taller when he is close to Don.

"But what is karaoke?"

"Uh... it means that the Lone Ranger picks up the microphone and sings. It's Japanese, right?"

"A! "

Tom Cruise picked up the microphone in the bar and began to sing Elvis' old song.

"When I kissed your lips, you never closed your eyes again..."

"And you were not as gentle to me as before..."

Gradually, the actors in the bar, together with the extras behind him, began to sing this old song with Tom Cruise to help him pick up girls.

Charlie, played by McGillis, could no longer hold back her smile and asked the Lone Ranger to sit down next to her.

"I have a date..." Charlie laughed.

"Oh, I have a date..." The Lone Ranger pretended to be profound.

The two started chatting before Charlie's date arrived.

Ronald looked over from the camera angle. The Lone Ranger was beside Charlie, half a head taller than her. He nodded, everything was under control.

"Oh, my date is here, Perry, I'll be there right away." McGillis stood up, letting out a sigh of relief in her heart.

It is not an easy task for her to maintain such a slumped posture during filming.

"Cut!" Ronald saw Kimball's OK gesture and announced, "This shot is developed and we are preparing for the next scene."

"OK……"

McGillis took the lead in applauding outside the camera. She stood on the floor with bare feet. After hearing Ronald's order, she immediately found a pair of flat shoes and put them on. It's very troublesome to play with a short male protagonist.

"Congratulations, it was a great shot."

An executive sent to inspect the scene by Paramount CEO Frank Mancuso was pleased with everything on site.

"Mr. Mancuso respects the traditions of Hollywood, and he will be happy to highlight the male protagonist's shooting method."

"Hello..." Ronald saw the real owner coming, and let the crew rest while he accompanied him to visit the base bar where the scene was to be filmed today.

"I will report truthfully to Mr. Mancuso and everything will be satisfactory."

Ronald sent him out. At the door of the bar, the executive looked at a red Ferrari and asked Ronald, "Is this the car the Lone Ranger wants to drive?"

"Yes, Ferrari GTO 288", Ronald pointed to his car and introduced.

"Why not a convertible?"

"Convertible?"

"Yes, in classic Hollywood, the protagonists race cars with open tops, so as to reflect the protagonist's handsome appearance. And Ferrari is not willing to pay sponsorship fees, but Japanese motorcycle manufacturers are very willing to cooperate with us, why don't you change one Where’s the motorcycle?”

"This..." Ronald was speechless for a moment. What he was shooting was not a racing movie. In the scene that was supposed to show the heroism of the Lone Ranger, he was driving a plane.

"We will revise this script. It would be better if Paramount could give you a list of manufacturers that are willing to cooperate." Bruckheimer came from the side and continued.

"Is this man just dictating what to do?" Ronald asked Bruckheimer angrily why he had to meet his request.

"These executive producers sitting in the office know very little about film shooting, so they will make some strange requests. If you don't agree to him, he will become suspicious and get more involved in the crew. Innocuous details, just follow them My mind has changed.”

"Okay." Ronald thought about it, so he stopped worrying about these details and went into the bar to continue shooting.

"Pete, just sit here and talk to McGillis about anything. Our microphones won't use your live recording."

Ronald told Navy adviser Pete Pettigrew, who was sitting next to McGillis. This is a little sweetness he gave Pete. The crew still has many things to do. He needs to communicate with the Navy and let him guest star as instructor Charlie's date. This will make him more Hollywood-oriented when he is between the Navy and Hollywood.

"Is it okay to just talk like this?" Peter was indeed very happy, sitting on the table in the bar, his waist straight and very graceful.

"Yes, let's talk casually, as long as we don't look at the camera." McGillis finally no longer had to wear shoes and bare feet, and she happily told Peter about her experience in cooperating with filming.

"a!"

Looking through the viewfinder of the camera, Tom Cruise in the distance is smiling. The Lone Ranger he plays is peeking at Pete who is dating Charlie. They are obviously not dating as a couple, but discussing some professional issues.

This shows that there is still hope for the Lone Ranger to pursue Charlie.

"cut!"

"How is it?" Ronald asked the photography director in a low voice.

"No problem, I took the photos according to the agreed angle. The Lone Ranger definitely looks taller than Charlie."

Ronald patted Kimball and ordered another.

"snort!"

The one snoring coldly in the corner was Val Kilmer. When he heard that Paramount executives were coming to inspect, he came out of the dressing room in advance to look cool. Sure enough, he received a compliment from the other party, saying that his figure was more like that of the protagonist Cruise in the golden age of Hollywood.

Val Kilmer, who has been on the theater stage and in movies all year round, clearly sees the little tricks used by the director of photography. It seems that Tom Cruise is very concerned about his height.

McGillis may be only an inch or two taller than Tom, but he is six feet tall. When they appear in the same frame, he will never let Tom get past him.

"So what if the script, director, director of photography, and producer all have to highlight Cruise? Look how I can steal the show." He was thinking of bad ideas with pride.