Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Patrick Thwaites was an actor, dancer, and roller skater, but he wanted to be a singer most of all.

In 1984, he wrote the song "She's Like the Wind"

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After that, he submitted it to other movies several times, hoping to make the song available, but was not chosen.

Sweets' singing talent is really limited, and this song has exhausted all his talent for writing lyrics and composition. It is impossible for him to put together multiple songs and release an album by himself. So Deo, who sang this song, was left to eat ashes at home on the ranch, and he also gave up on his dream of becoming a singer.

But this time Ronald still lacked a few interludes, and the boy's dream came to mind again. Sweets quickly asked his wife to come to the set with the deo and music score, and also wanted to recommend herself.

Musical actors, especially actors like Sweets who have been on Broadway and starred in the "Grease" musical, basically have dreams of becoming singers. When the right time came, that dream began to sprout again.

Sweets' wife, Lisa, rushed to the Mountain Lake Villa where the play was set as quickly as possible.

After finishing the day's filming, Sweets and his wife specially came to see Ronald and screenwriter Eleanor with the tape.

"This is a song I wrote and sang by myself. I know the crew is collecting inserts. I hope you can listen to it."

"Is this your wife Lisa? Hello?" Eleanor took the tape and started playing it. she asked Lisa, who was standing next to Sweets.

"Yes." Sweets hugged Lisa tightly and became intimate with her. "We met in the dance class held by my mother and have been married for 11 years." After saying this, he was still looking at his wife's face. A kiss.

"She is like the wind blowing through my tree

She walks through the night beside me

She leads me through the moonlight

Just to burn me with the sun

she took my heart

But she didn’t know what she did.”

A burst of Sweets singing came over. The singing is mediocre, but it is more sincere and touching.

Ronald actually doesn't dislike this song, but...

This is a bitter love song. The interludes in "Dirty Dancing" are all for dance, and they must be swing dance music in the style of the 1950s and 1960s.

"I like this song very much. Did you write it for your wife?" Screenwriter Eleanor was obviously very moved. She began to think about how Sweets was in love with his middle school sweetheart Lisa, and how he was raped by his parents. Fighting with each other, and how they broke through the obstacles and came together.

"I think this song is very good and should be used in the movie. Anyway, at the beginning of the third act before the end, Johnny is misunderstood by Baby's father, Dr. Houseman, and is the culprit who caused his dance partner Penny to become pregnant. left him.

When he and Baby parted, wasn't it very sad? Isn't it very suitable for this song? "

Eleanor liked this actor who looked like her first dance partner in her youth and always had a good word for him.

"What you said makes sense. I can buy it as an episode. However... the payment may be delayed for a while until the movie is released..."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. If my own song can appear in the movie, that's the best reward. Can I sing it myself?"

Patrick Thwaites is overjoyed that his dream of becoming a singer may actually come true.

"Of course, we will find a female singer to sing the chorus for you then." Ronald thought it wouldn't hurt to add a little background interlude. In this way, the male protagonist will be in a much better mood and will be more dedicated and hardworking.

"Yeah, I'm so happy."

Patrick Thwaites walked outside the door with his wife, couldn't help but pick her up and started spinning her around.

"Who is that woman?"

In the dark, the heroine Jennifer Gray, who has always been in love with Sweets, brought a pot of grapes to reward Sweets. Unexpectedly, she saw this scene, and the jealousy and anger in her heart were extremely real.

"She must be his wife. I heard they were sweethearts in middle school..." Jane Brooke, who played Gray's sister, added jealousy to the side.

"snort……"

Gray was so angry that he threw the grapes into Jane's arms, turned around and left.

"Well, it's quite delicious." Jane Brooke picked up a grape and put it in her mouth, "It's so easy for me." This kind of "marshmallow" grape produced in California has a yellow-green skin. Very delicious and not cheap to have in Virginia.

"A!"

The next morning, Ronald continued filming the scenes with Dr. Haussmann and his family.

At the resort, Baby and Johnny had already met, but Dr. and Mrs. Hausman did not know that their daughter had fallen in love with the poor dancer who was accompanying him.

Today is a scene where Baby and Johnny are chatting privately.

"Cut!"

Ronald felt that Jennifer Gray did not look like honey dripping from her eyes when she looked at Sweets in the scene two days ago. Instead, she had regained some sense of calm.

"Not bad, not bad, Jennifer, you did a good job."

Ronald immediately praised him. In this scene, the baby was actually communicating with Johnny in front of his parents. Of course, he had to disguise his deep affection. Unexpectedly, Gray acted very well, conveying this superficial calmness.

"Thank you," Gray thanked Ronald, "Huh..." Then she said nothing, didn't look at Sweets, and turned back to the lounge.

"Immersed in the role?" Ronald didn't expect Gray to be so into the role. This method of performance may have a bad impact on the actor over time. Ronald was about to go over and talk to her when he heard a thump from behind...

Lynn Lipton, the actress who played Baby's mother, Mrs. Houseman, fell to the ground.

She closed her eyes and fell straight down, with some white foam at the corners of her mouth.

"Lynn, what's wrong with you?" Jerry Orbach, who played Dr. Houseman, was shocked and immediately squatted down to shake her.

"Don't shake it!" Ronald rushed over and asked Lynn to put her head on the ground, then looked at her face, and there seemed to be no signs of stiffness. Her breathing was also relatively stable, but she was in a coma.

"Ask if there is a doctor in the villa, and call 911 if there is none," Ronald quickly told Eddie.

For a while, everyone was in a mess.

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“Woo woo woo…”

Half an hour later, the ambulance arrived late, lifted Lynn Lipton into the car, and then sounded the alarm and took the actor to a nearby hospital. ”

“Fortunately, all the cast and crew were insured.”

Ronald wiped the sweat from his forehead.

At noon, Ronald did not eat with everyone, but summoned Eddie, the on-site manager, Emil, the assistant director, and Eleanor, the screenwriter, to his room for a meeting. ..

“The doctor said Lynn has a serious underlying disease, and she may need to be hospitalized for a month and treated slowly. We can’t wait for her to get better before reshooting her scenes, because Mrs. Hausman has a lot of scenes to shoot at the mountain lake villa, and we only rented it for two weeks.

So, everyone think about what to do? ”

“Temporary replacement? Let the casting director come?”

Eleanor had no experience in the crew, so she first said a way.

“The cost of shooting every day is astronomical, and we can’t stop the crew to wait for new actors to arrive. "Eddie was in charge of the account book and knew that it was impossible to stop and recast.

Ronald nodded. That was indeed the case. "Fortunately, Mrs. Houseman has not filmed many scenes. We will reshoot the scenes of the Houseman family in the car on the first day. The problem now is that we can only find an actor from the crew to replace Lynne. Who do you think can do it?"

"How about Kelly Bishop?" Assistant director Emil suggested.

Bishop plays a middle-aged woman who vacations in the hotel all year round, Vivian Pressman. Her husband has a new love, and she can only find her own happiness in the resort hotel.

At the resort, she hooked up with Johnny, the dancer, and spent several nights with him.

Jewish ladies hooking up with young gigolos at the resort was also a common scene in the Catskills back then.

"Ask her to talk." Ronald put out his lit cigarette, then opened the window facing the lake to let the wind blow away the smoke.

"Will you let me take the role of Mrs. Houseman? "Kelly Bishop has red hair, which is different from the blonde hair of the original actress Lynn. She is more in tune with the brown-haired actor of her husband and the two daughters with brown hair.

"Yes, are you willing?" Ronald knew that Bishop was also a regular on Broadway. She once played the sexy dancer Silas in the legendary musical "A Chorus Line" and won the Tony Award for Best Supporting Actress.

"Of course, after all, this role is much bigger. I also like Baby, she is like me."

Kelly Bishop said an impromptu line casually, and then combed her hair, changing from big waves to a housewife's hairstyle.

"Very good, it's you. I'll ask my assistant to give you Mrs. Houseman's script later. "Ronald was very satisfied with her performance. The image of a middle-aged housewife came to life on paper.

The American entertainment industry is not short of these middle-aged men and women with great acting skills.

Think about it, a Tony Award winner can only play a small role with only two or three scenes. It is a great waste of their acting skills and experience.

But who can blame middle-aged actresses for not having many scenes?

"Who will play the slut Vivian?" Screenwriter Eleanor asked another question.

Ronald also scratched his head. It would be better if she was someone from the crew, so that too much time would not be wasted on casting.

Every day wasted here, Ronald's wealth evaporated like the banknotes I threw into the fireplace.

"What do you think of our assistant choreographer?" Eleanor suggested again.

"Who? Miranda?" Ronald shook his head. He had seen the assistant choreographer before. She was a very good choreographer and very considerate, but you said she could play a middle-aged slut with charm...

"She is really good, but she is not wearing makeup now. She will fascinate many people after she puts on makeup. "

Assistant director Emil also agreed.

Ronald looked at him, as if questioning, what do you know about women?

"Really, she's pretty good, believe me. We are all pretty accurate in judging women." Emil insisted.

Ronald thought about it and realized that there was really no other suitable person in the crew.

"Then ask the makeup artist to come and try on Miranda's makeup."

"Director, you're looking for me?" Assistant choreographer Miranda Garrison came to Ronald's room and saw that everyone was there. She thought there was something about dance.

"Have you been an actor before?" Ronald asked with a pleasant face.

"Me? I've only appeared as a dancer in Coppola's 'The Old Lover', and in 'Xanadu' with Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly."

"Oh," Ronald heard, knowing Miranda was also ambitious.

"Kelly, who played Vivian, replaced Mrs. Houseman, so we want you to try the role of Vivian. I'll ask the makeup artist to try your makeup on you."

Soon, the makeup artist put on heavy makeup for Miranda Garrison, put on a precious dress, and put on a headdress.

"Hmm..." Ronald saw that Miranda seemed to have changed into a different person, her temperament changed from elegant to sexy and mature.

Eddie whistled beside him, expressing his satisfaction.

"Okay, then you can play Vivian."

Ronald thought, it's just a small role with a few shots anyway, and there must be no one who can't act in Broadway.