Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Julia Taylor officially left the casting studio full of female actors and started her own business.

Her first business was Ronald's "Oonstruck". She worked vigorously and immediately took the audition photos of all the Broadway actors she thought were suitable, and began to figure out whose experience and acting skills were more suitable for the film.

Julia Taylor is a disciple of Marion Dorothy, who pioneered a new method of Hollywood casting. The latter is a former Paramount executive and current vice president of casting at Warner Bros.

So Julia usually pays attention to watching live performances off-Broadway, and she knows the abilities of those actors very well.

So she didn't recommend five actors at once and let Ronald choose one to play a certain role. Instead, she absorbed the ideas of Ronald and screenwriter John Patrick Shanley about the script, and then finally recommended the one she thought was the most suitable. If the audition was not good and was rejected, she would recommend the second most suitable one.

Of course, before this, Julia Taylor and Ronald first met the heroine Cher and the hero Nicolas Cage.

Cher still looked like a superstar. She wore a white embroidered shirt, big wavy black curly hair, and a pair of fashionable sunglasses.

"I really fell for your trick. I promised you to play an Italian, a middle-aged widow, and you had to make your hair gray and white..."

Cher slapped Ronald and started complaining as soon as she entered the audition room.

"Don't complain. That was at the beginning of the movie. In the second half, you will become a feminine beauty. Besides, you have already signed the contract. It's too late to regret it now."

"Oh, hahaha... So I got you stuck. It's really bad..."

Ronald and Cher were already very familiar with each other, and they joked when they met.

Screenwriter Stanley Shanley and casting director Julia Taylor, who didn't know that they were very close friends joking, also laughed.

"But seriously, is the male lead you found for me good? Is he suitable for me?" Cher just sat down, took off her sunglasses, and made jokes with Ronald.

Ronald saw that she was in a good mood, and she didn't look tired after just finishing filming "The Witches of Eastwick", but gave people a feeling of being full of energy.

So he also joked, "Of course, Nick is an actor I have known for a long time. He has good explosive power. The female lead who plays with him and can act thinks that he has a tacit understanding when working with him.

I think you and him will have a good chemistry. When he stands on the screen with you, he will be as good a match as you and Tom Cruise.

By the way, I haven't seen Tom for a long time. Is he okay?"

Cher was obviously very happy, "Oh, then I must try it. I am looking forward to falling in love with a handsome guy on the screen. I haven't played a satisfying romantic love drama in Hollywood.

As for Tom, I think he should be good. After all, I haven't seen him for a long time."

After that, she put on her sunglasses again. She took out a bottle of expensive imported mineral water from her bag and began to drink it in small sips.

"You and Tom...?" Ronald found that her tone was wrong and asked tentatively in her ear.

"We broke up. I feel that his agent, Paula, is like his nanny. I suspect that she is constantly trying to ruin our dates.

I am still very happy with Tom, but..." Cher made a helpless expression.

Actors are like this. When they are in love, they are more passionate than ordinary people, but their lifestyle of being together less and apart more makes them more likely to break up.

Especially when the star status of both parties has a dramatic reversal.

Tom Cruise is getting more and more popular now, and Cher's singing career seems to have reached a dead end. She became famous in the 1960s, and her new songs don't seem to be as attractive to the current audience as before.

Ronald looked at Cher. Her current high-spirited mental state may be because she has entered a fighting state again after the breakup. In addition, after just finishing filming "The Witches of Eastwick", she still has some of the state of that magic drama.

Cher, a woman, is actually quite self-reliant and is a model of American women's freedom struggle.

Her father is a gambling truck driver and her mother is a retired model. Her parents divorced when she was very young, and her mother remarried and had biological children with her stepfather. Cher became independent very early, working as a waitress while trying to learn acting and singing.

At the age of 16, she simply dropped out of high school and began her singing career. She met producer Sonny Bono and became famous with his help.

Later, she became Sonny Bono's girlfriend. Originally, Sonny wanted to make Cher a solo singer, but Cher had severe dyslexia and fear of the stage, so she dragged Sonny to form the Sonny and Cher group.

Then, the "Sonny and Cher" group became popular, and their famous song "igotyoubabe" once became the first choice song for weddings across the country.

In the 1970s, the couple entered the television industry and performed "Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour" together, and won the Golden Globe Award.

After Sonny had an affair and Cher divorced him, Cher's singing career encountered a new wave of popularity and she gradually turned to her original interest, film acting.

After her divorce, she had many famous and high-profile boyfriends.

There is a male model who is many years younger than her, British pop singer David Bowie, and record company owner David Geffen, who was originally a man but fell in love with Cher at first sight.

David Geffen once had a very ugly breakup with her. As deep as his love was, so was his hatred. This Jewish man was very disgraceful and sent a lawyer's letter demanding the return of all the jewelry and gifts he gave to Cher during their relationship.

Cher fully demonstrated that she is an independent woman who grew up in the hippie era. She threw the jewelry back to David Geffen without a care and even called him a miser in the media.

Despite such a dramatic breakup, Cher remained unfazed. In the 1980s, she continued to hunt young male stars in Hollywood.

Perhaps her unique charm is too attractive to young people who are just starting out. She hooked up with three fresh minds in Hollywood, Val Kilmer, Eric Stoltz, and Tom Cruise.

All of them are handsome guys that make American girls scream. Unexpectedly, none of them can escape the charm of Xue'er, who can be their aunt.

Maybe this time after breaking up with Tom Cruise, Cher found this hippie spirit again, bursting out with strong fighting power. With a little dressing up, she exuded endless charm.

Ronald admired in his heart that this kind of mental state was perfect for playing the transformed heroine Loretta.

Now as long as she can be guided to perform the state of the unlucky widow before, the movie will become very convincing.

"It doesn't matter, our leading actor is enough to make you forget about Tom." Ronald gave Cher a sense of expectation. Nicolas Cage will also come to audition soon. It is very important for Cher to have a good impression of him. .

Ronald called Cage in advance and asked him to use all his skills to make Cher look forward to the filming.

"Hi Ronald. Hi Cher, I'm your fan."

Just as I was thinking about it, a young man with messy hair, wearing a leather jacket and jeans, walked in from the door and greeted everyone present.

When Ronald saw it, his face turned red with anger.

I saw that Nicolas Cage's hair was divided into three pieces, with each piece standing straight up. Coupled with his exaggerated way of speaking, he looked like a homeless man who abused drugs and had mental problems. He just got out of the trash. I found some leftover cakes in the bucket and presented them to the great beauty Xueer.

"What the hell happened?" Ronald clearly remembered that he asked Cage to take out everything, which impressed Cher.

"Ah ha ha ha ha ha……"

When Cher saw Cage's appearance, she burst into earth-shattering laughter. A professional singer whose laughter also had vocal skills, it penetrated the distance and went directly into Ronald's ears.

Ronald was upset for a while after listening to it, and a stream of blood flowed through his ears and went straight to his brain. He felt a buzzing in his ears, which seemed to announce that the "Moonlight Sultry" crew had suffered a serious failure.

"What the hell is this?" Ronald's ears were red and he yelled at Cage.

"How about it? Do I want to do what you said and come up with all my plans?" Cage was still speaking in the exaggerated German Expressionist way. He tilted his head and widened his eyes, as if Still waiting proudly for Ronald's praise.

"Hahaha...it's really good. It's really a complete package," Cher chimed in. She actually admired Cage.

"I had someone read through the script for me, and in my mind, Ronnie was this bakery owner full of pent-up passion. That's who he was."

"I'm telling you, Ronald. Cher will definitely like the way I perform, hahahaha, I'm so happy. Finally, a female star appreciates my acting skills. Hahaha..."

The two actually hit it off and began to discuss their understanding of the characters.

Ronald immediately lost his temper. Sometimes the aura of actors is really strange. Two people who are both a bit crazy can actually be very harmonious when they are together.

This is really Shen Jing Bing’s aunt opening the door for Shen Jing Bing. Shen Jing Bing is home...

"Do you know why I insisted on Cage playing Ronnie?" Ronald talked to Cher about his casting experience.

"Because the character Ronnie was originally a bit crazy. Because his brother came to see me working in the bakery and accidentally cut off his palm while talking. I have always hated my brother Johnny since then.

When Johnny asked Loretta to inform him of his wedding, he wanted to take revenge on his brother for getting the girl of his dreams, so he had a relationship with Loretta.

When Loretta wanted to forget all this and live a good life with Johnny, Ronnie invited her to the opera again, which awakened the spark of female love in this woman's heart that had not yet been extinguished.

Finally, when his brother Johnny wanted to break off his engagement with Loretta, a widow who was unlucky in Italian culture, because his mother had recovered from a terminal illness, he proposed to Loretta again.

All kinds of plots make the character Ronnie look very crazy. What I want is an actor who can act with crazy energy and be accepted by the audience. And Nick is my first choice, so glad you like him too. "

"Of course, I feel very comfortable co-starring with him." Cher put on her sunglasses again and began to look up and down at Cage, who was looking up and down.

"I'm so happy. In the last movie, I was so miserable to act with a conventional actress like Kathleen Turner."

The two began to perform some scenes together.

The audition was of course a happy ending. Julia Taylor said to Ronald, "It seems that what you learned in the casting studio has been well applied. You are born to be in this kind of drama, Ronald.

These two actors set a good tone for the movie, and I started to add other "materials" on this basis."

"You are really great, Ronald. When I wrote the script, the heroine in my mind was Sally Field, but now it seems that Cher's effect is even better than I thought." Screenwriter Shanley also particularly agreed with Ronald's casting.

"Ah...hahaha..."

Ronald laughed. If he hadn't dreamed of these two actors in his dream, he might not have thought of them, right? They were still so crazy, who knew that the chemical reaction was so good.

"This is Julie Boisseau, a Broadway and film actress, a very good actress. And she happens to be an Italian from Brooklyn, and I plan to let her play Loretta's aunt Rita."

Julia Taylor, the first supporting role introduced to Ronald, is the aunt.

"Please take photos from the front and side, and then turn around in front of the camera." Ronald politely asked Julie Boisseau to do a regular audition.

Her waist is a little thick, and her eyes are a little bulging, but at first glance, she is the kind of good aunt who is very caring for the younger generation in the family and smiles when she speaks. It seems that every family in America has such an aunt.

"Thank you," Ronald asked the other party to sit down and talk in detail.

"I heard your accent, which is a very authentic Brooklyn Italian accent. All the Italians I have met are like this. The Brooklyn accent that Marty Scorsese reveals when he speaks is not as authentic as yours. How did you do it?"

Ronald talked to her about her background and role for a while, but he was particularly interested in her accent.

"Ha, it's actually very simple. The key point of Brooklyn accent is that special rhythm. They have a lot of connected words, and the stress is different from other places in New York. And the most interesting thing is that they are not ashamed of this accent, but proud to show their origins.

Isn't there a saying? You can take a boy out of Brooklyn, but you can't take Brooklyn out of him.

As for Italians, it is mainly because Italian ends with vowels, so the Italian accent emphasizes the vowels at the end of each sentence and adds stress skillfully.

The combination of these two methods is the famous Brooklyn Italian accent."

Julie Boisseau showed Ronald several different ethnic accents in Brooklyn. For this veteran actor who has been immersed in Broadway for decades, it is very interesting to have a chance to show his language talent.

"Julie, I have an idea. In addition to asking you to play Aunt Rita, I want to give you a salary to teach and correct the accents of other non-Italian actors in the crew. I need them to speak like you."

"Ha, that's fine. But I will be on the crew from beginning to end. Is it the actor's salary?"

"Of course, I will ask them to negotiate a contract with your agent. Your actor's salary will be paid according to the time you are on the crew."

"Ha ha ha, of course there is no problem." Julie Boisseau was very happy.

Broadway actors are not like Hollywood. Except for the protagonists of a few famous plays, other actors like her who often play major supporting roles are not paid high. They came to act in movies mainly because Julia Taylor recommended that this movie was unusual, and the director was always victorious at the box office and would not be stingy with the salary.

The last time she participated in a movie and got a big paycheck was in "Dancing with the Dragon" starring John Travolta. In the previous film "Saturday Night Fever", she played Travolta's mother, so that the sequel could also offer a good price.

The supporting roles of middle-aged and elderly women are so distressing. No matter how well you act, it won't bring you much increase in salary.

Ronald's ability to give double salary this time is already a pleasant surprise.

"In addition, you have to sign a confidentiality agreement, and we will also give you a confidentiality allowance."

Ronald continued.

"What confidentiality?" Julie Boisseau asked Ronald with two eyes.

After Julie Boisseau signed the contract, Ronald said, "Because the protagonist Cher has dyslexia, we need someone to read the lines once, and then let her learn from the tape. Otherwise, she can't remember so many lines.

Since you can be her accent coach, I would like you to read all her lines with a standard Brooklyn Italian accent."

"Oh, poor guy, I have seen such people when I was in the experimental theater. He has very good acting skills and is a talented actor, but it's a pity that he gets dizzy when reading the script. He needs to read a line of words for a minute to figure out what it means.

So he can't play the protagonist with many lines at all, which is very regrettable.

Don't worry, I will do my best."

Julie Boisseau recorded all the lines of Loretta played by Cher overnight.

Ronald was very satisfied after listening to it and gave it to Cher.

No matter what Cher did next, she always wore headphones on her Walkman and learned Julie Boisseau's accent at the same time.

She sang in the imitation time and memorized all the lines naturally.

"You are such a language genius."

After three days, Cher could perform Loretta's lines in large sections in front of Ronald. And the lines she spoke were perfect in Brooklyn Italian accent. Ronald looked at her in amazement and kept saying it was amazing.

"It's not difficult. I'm a singer. The way to pronounce the lyrics requires a lot of rhythm, pauses, and stress techniques. I treat it as a song and can master it quickly."

"Very good, we can start rehearsing after we find supporting roles."

"When? Next weekend? I have to take a leave, Ronald. I have to go on David Letterman's Late Show. I have to memorize the lines for the show in those two days. You know, dyslexia..."

"No problem, we can start after you finish. I still have several supporting roles that have not been confirmed. You just need to set aside time after the show."

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Thanks to "苍海一生喵1" for the reward from the Silver Alliance. Thank you for the encouragement!

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