Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Michael Gottlieb is a "cocky" director, and this is his first directorial work. He was valued by Fox's executive producer Joseph Farrow.

The so-called executive producers refer to those who are senior executives of the studio, so unlike ordinary producers, they have an executive prefix in front of their titles. With this prefix, they are the company's senior executives.

Executive producers don't care about specific things, but they can decide all the details of the filming from casting to framing. If the filming is good, it is their credit, and if it is bad, they don't really take responsibility.

The producer is Ronald Lee, a new and popular director in Hollywood. He doesn't come to the scene very often, and most things are communicated by his agent Niceta.

Now it has become a routine for agents to intervene in production affairs. Many stars have various requirements, and it is best for their producers to represent their interests in this regard. Besides, it is CAA, an agent agency known for stuffing people into the crew.

Joseph Farrow took the male lead, and Ronald Lee took the female lead. Michael Gottlieb is left, and he has to find some connections for himself.

He gave the supporting actress, who played the male lead's ex-girlfriend, to Carol Davis, a black mixed-race actress, whom he knew well.

The supporting actor, a weird boss who always wanted to go against the male lead, was given to James Spader, who was inserted by an unknown senior executive.

After the casting, today was the first day for all the main actors to read the script.

"Ronald is here!"

An assistant hurried in and greeted everyone.

Kim Cattrall wanted to stand up and greet him reflexively, but she remembered the key point her agent had told her not to be too intimate with Ronald on the set, so she sat back in her chair and watched everyone move.

James Spader stood up first to greet Ronald.

"Hello, Ronald. We haven't seen each other for a long time."

"Ah, James, yes. It's been a long time." Ronald recognized the actor, who played Brooke Shields' brother in "Endless Love", starring Brooke Shields and Tom Cruise's debut. After that, he has been playing supporting roles. The most recent role is in John Hughes' "Pretty in Pink", playing a rich second-generation villain. He opposes the love between Andrew McCarthy and Molly Ringwald.

This is the second time in a short period of time that the two of them have played the leading and supporting roles in a movie.

He shook hands with Ronald first, and then sat down. Spader looked at the actors with some pride. In the power ranking of this movie, Ronald is undoubtedly in the top two. He can act like he is familiar with him, so that others will not bully him too much and steal his role.

"Ronald, Jim Cameron asked me to say hello to you."

Supporting actress Carol Davis came up to hug Ronald.

"Where is he now?"

"He is still promoting the second part of Alien all over the country. The box office is second only to your two movies."

This supporting actress is also very scheming. She met Cameron because she played a major female role in "Piranha 2" where Cameron was deceived and had a fever and was stranded in a foreign country.

She and Cameron were just acquaintances, and she said it in public to shock others so that they wouldn't steal the spotlight. Ronald just listened to it, and it was impossible for him to really confirm with Cameron whether he had contacted him.

"Hi, Andrew."

The male lead Andrew McCarthy was treated better, and Ronald greeted him first.

As a member of a bratpack, he is now synonymous with fashion in the minds of teenagers across the United States.

McCarthy mainly lives in New York, and he doesn't like to go to bars and pick up girls like Emilio Estevez, so he has a good relationship with Ronald. He also shot a Pepsi commercial directed by Ronald.

"Ronald, your Top Gun is a masterpiece, I have watched it five or six times in a row."

"Michael Gottlieb is a very good director, he is very talented, you should listen to him more."

Ronald didn't talk to him much, and pulled director Michael Gottlieb over to support him.

Although the director is older than himself, he met a debut director.

As a producer, Ronald's first priority is not to pick up girls, but to try to make the crew run normally. Although he doesn't have high hopes for the box office, Ronald doesn't want to shoot so badly that he can't even edit it.

Michael Gottlieb looked at Ronald gratefully. Now that he has supported the male lead, his authority in the crew is guaranteed. At least in the preparation stage, the actors will not challenge him.

"Kim, we meet again."

Ronald finally shook hands with Kim Cattrall. He sat down to watch their first meeting.

Supporting actress Carol Davis saw that the two did not hug, and she couldn't help but feel a little suspicious, as if it was not the same as the legend.

The director asked everyone to sit down and read a passage from the beginning.

Today is just a symbolic reading, mainly to allow everyone to meet and get to know each other. The real reading of the script will be held more than a month later.

The photographer sent by 20th Century Fox took a few shots of the actors around the table, and then specially took Ronald in. After all, he is the most important person in the film's promotion.

Then the main actors took photos one by one. The makeup and hairstyling staff of the crew began to make up and style each actor, and took dozens of photos in front of the camera one by one, and selected the good ones for publicity.

"Kim, wait a minute, I have found a special makeup artist, costume designer, and hairstylist."

Ronald waved his hand, and the professionals he found filed in, surrounded Kim Cattrall and started to tinker with her.

The makeup and hairstyling staff each took care of their own business, and the costume designer pushed a cart of beautiful clothes and tried them on Cattrall.

"Wow..."

Other actors discovered this unique treatment and made sounds of envy and jealousy.

Kim Cattrall was even more surprised. She was served by professionals and her hair was made into a very elegant and sexy style. She tried more than a dozen suits in rotation, making her feel like a princess.

While Cattrall was enjoying the treatment of the heroine with satisfaction, Ronald chatted with director Michael Gottlieb.

"Where are the locations for the exteriors? Have you found the key department store in the movie?"

"Yes, we are going to shoot in Philadelphia. The black mayor there welcomes us to shoot in Philadelphia. There are very few Hollywood crews shooting there, so he personally contacted the oldest department store.

We have agreed with the department store to shoot every night and restore it to the mall at six o'clock the next morning.

Anyway, the story happens at night..."

Ronald felt that Michael Gottlieb was well prepared, so he was relieved. This also reminded him of when he was shooting fast-paced, he also used department stores to shoot at night and restore them during the day.

The two of them became closer all of a sudden.

"Have you encountered any problems? I can find a way to help you solve them."

"Yes, I have to find a better sculptor for Kim. One of the keys to whether this movie can be accepted by the audience is the wooden statue of the heroine. We have to make the wooden model look like Kim, so that they will accept the story of a beautiful woman who becomes a model during the day."

"What are you doing now?"

"Move the wooden beauty up."

Ronald saw that the models that were moved out were all modified from existing clothing models. Their figures and faces were indeed far from Kim Cattrall.

"Tsk... I'll think of a way." Ronald took the job, just in time for him to have connections. He could also help his friends make some money.

"Have you finished shooting? Come with me, I'll find a sculptor to make a few models for you."

Ronald saw that Cattrall had finished taking the photos, and waved her over.

Cattrall came over hopping, and then followed behind Ronald, and the two walked out.

"Bitch" supporting actress Carol Davis cursed indignantly.

Get into Ronald's Mercedes and sit in the back seat. Kim Cattrall knocked on the front seat and asked the driver to raise the fender.

Then she hugged Ronald, got into his arms, and buried her head on Ronald's knees.

"What's wrong with you?" Ronald felt that the beauty in his arms seemed to be crying.

"This is the first time I enjoy the treatment of a heroine." Cattrall really cried. She trembled all over for a while, then raised her head and turned her back to wipe her tears.

"I mean the real heroine. When I played the heroine before, I was actually just a vassal of the hero. This is the first time I have my own hairstylist and makeup artist. It is also the first time that a costume designer brought so many beautiful clothes for me to choose slowly..."

"Don't get too excited. This is the costume in your movie. You and the hero are in a department store. There is a cross-dressing show, and you dress up as various characters." Ronald patted Cattrall on the back.

"I'm very grateful, Ronald. No one has ever specially lit me or designed an angle for me to take better photos..."

Kim Cattrall has a mole at the corner of her mouth, which shakes when she speaks. With her new hairstyle and the low-cut red dress she wears, she looks more like Monroe.

Ronald looked at Kim, who was about to cry again, and quickly hugged her, "Good girl, you will succeed."

He didn't expect that Kim Cattrall was already thirty years old, and she took good care of Diane in the last movie, but she had never played a sexy idol that really matched her characteristics. She wasted time until now.

After carefully observing her for a while, Ronald couldn't help but admire her. Thirty years old left no trace on this girl from Liverpool. Her skin was still very good, and there was no sign of sagging.

Kim Cattrall misunderstood the meaning of Ronald's gaze, and fell on Ronald's knees again, reaching out to unzip her.

"Don't do this, not here." Ronald hurriedly stopped her. It was Bud who was driving in front, and it was not good to do this.

"You've given me a little more confidence in this film. The director is very dedicated, and Kim, you take this role very seriously. When you get to the sculptor, you have to cooperate well and try to make the sculpture look like you. This is a big part of the success of the film."

Ronald hugged Cattrall, and although he didn't continue, he already felt the other party's "good intentions."

The car drove into a studio in the suburbs of Hollywood, and a woman wearing a canvas apron and plastic protective glasses came out to greet Ronald.

"Day Young, the heroine of my first Hollywood crew. Kim Cattrall, the heroine of my new film."

Ronald introduced them to each other.

Yes, this female sculptor is Dai Yang, who played the good girl in "Rock High School". She originally entered Hollywood by mistake and was asked by Roger Corman to shoot that movie. After that, she continued to perform, but her main job has shifted to professional sculpture in college.

"So, you want a doll that can move its limbs and let the audience recognize it at a glance. Is this Kim, right?"

Dai Yang came over and took a few one-time snapshots of Kim, front and back, left and right, and all directions. Then she looked at it for a long time and asked.

"I mean, how long do you think it will take?"

"If you have high requirements for similarity, then I suggest not making one, but making a doll for each pose. In this way, I can refine the details of the model in different poses, and let the lights and cameras help you..."

Dai Yang explained.

"Okay, I have only one request, that is, ordinary audiences must recognize that this is Kim at first sight."

"About four to five weeks. I see that in your script, she becomes a puppet only five or six times."

"Okay, then I will hand her over to you. You have to come every day in the future, understand? Cooperate well, so that it can look like her."

"In fact, if you want to look like her, in addition to the puppet, the actor should also start fitness." Dai Yang looked at Cattrall.

After all, she is already thirty years old, and the proportion of fat on Kim's body has inevitably increased.

"The lines of the puppet are very hard. If you can stick to fitness in these few weeks, the fat content will decrease and the muscle lines will be more obvious, so that you will look more like a puppet.

Of course, I am just giving a suggestion. Fitness is very boring and it is not easy to stick to it."

"I can do it, I will definitely do it. As long as Ronald asks, I will do it."

Kim Cattrall saw Ronald looking at her hesitantly and immediately agreed. This is a rare opportunity to stand out. At her age, there are not many times left in her destiny.

Dai Yang measured some of Cattrall's body data and wrote it down in a small notebook. "Okay, come to the studio at eight o'clock tomorrow morning."

"Where do you live? I'll take you there." Ronald asked Cattrall.

"Can I go to your place?" Kim Cattrall felt that God was very good to her, and at the age of 30, she finally stood in front of the door of opportunity.

When she arrived at Ronald's house, Kim closed the door as soon as she entered the room, and then continued what she had not finished in the car.

"Oh, Ronald, you are so strong."

"Hmm... um..."

"You are so beautiful", Ronald looked at Cattrall with messy blond hair, and couldn't hold back any longer, and threw her on the newly bought, two-meter-three-wide bed.