Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Are you going to watch her film tomorrow?" Cousin Donna asked, pointing to Brooke Shields and her daughter who were surrounded by reporters on the TV.

"Yes, the director invited me to go and watch the show. He thought I was good at directing Brooke's commercial, and going to the scene might inspire Brooke's acting skills."

"Don't talk about commercials when Diane is here. I see she said she won't do commercials, but she still feels uncomfortable seeing the heat caused by Brooke Shields' commercials." Donna warned Ronald.

"I see."

After dinner at his aunt's house, Ronald took out the cake sent by Tom Cruise for dessert.

"Well, this cake is really delicious. You can have a piece, too." Donna said, cutting off a piece and handing it to Ronald.

"It's good. Tom also brought a lot of small cakes to the crew. Brooke Shields' mother also said they were delicious. But in order to control her weight, she didn't let her daughter eat more. I guess Diane can't eat it either." Ronald broke off a piece Cake in mouth.

"Actually, Diane is a good girl, but she has experienced harsh competition as an actress at such a young age. I feel sorry for her." Aunt Karen said, "She went out to party again. Maybe this can make her happy."

Diane Lane's relationship with her father, Bert, had improved somewhat, and the two sometimes spoke on the phone. But if you don’t say much, you’ll get into a fight again, and now I’m still staying at Aunt Karen’s place.

"Actually, the popularity of Brooke's commercial is abnormal. The TV station gave it more time than reporting on the Iran-Iraq war." Ronald looked at the subtitles at the bottom of the TV to preview the upcoming special report on the Iran-Iraq war.

Persia has not yet released the American hostages, and has verbally attacked the Soviet Union. Now it is actually involved in a war with its neighbors.

"I'm back. Hey, you're here too, Ronald." Diane opened the door and walked in. "Oh, boring, it's war again." She said while looking at the TV and hurried into her room.

Ronald and Donna looked at each other. Fortunately, ABC TV station had switched to war coverage.

Young people in America don't care much about international affairs. The Iran-Iraq War and Brooke Shields' ads are the biggest news hot spots right now.

On the one hand, there is a hot war between two countries with a population of 10 million, and on the other hand, there is an advertisement for a pair of jeans in New York. It is the fashion represented by tight jeans that can attract the attention of high school students.

"Are you still going out?" Aunt Karen now assumed the role of a parent, asking about Diane's schedule.

"yes,

The next party was a school party. I came back to change clothes, and my classmates were still waiting below. "Diane put on a white T-shirt, tight jeans and white sneakers, and walked out again, "I'll call you then, Karen. "

This is the agreement between Karen and Diane. She will not interfere with Diane's social life, but she needs to report her whereabouts.

"Are these skinny jeans fashionable now?" Aunt Karen asked her daughter Donna. Social aesthetics have obviously changed. Ten years ago, the most popular denim style was bell-bottoms.

"It's pretty good, but this advertisement is a bit..." Aunt Karen said and glanced at Ronald, a little dissatisfied with the advertisement he shot for being too explicit.

"Mom, didn't Ronnie say that the script was not what it meant and that the media was interpreting it randomly?" Donna defended him.

Ronald nodded. When Brooke Shields was being interviewed, she still said, "There is nothing between me and Calvin." It was a common statement, indicating a close relationship with Calvin.

But sometimes what the creator of a work thinks doesn’t count. After this advertisement was aired, the audience obviously interpreted it to mean something else. It doesn't matter what Brooke thinks or what they think.

Moreover, the spread of this slogan was amazing. Before long, even many people who had never seen the advertisement knew that "there is nothing between Brooke and Calvin."

"It won't be running for a long time. I heard that the TV station is considering banning this advertisement." Ronald told everyone the news, "It is said to be indecent."

But this is no longer important. The public has firmly remembered this short and interesting advertising slogan. Calvin Klein's goals have been achieved.

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"Will TV stations really ban jeans ads?" Ronald, who looked embarrassed, asked Terry, who was staring at his daughter outside the set.

"The discussion efficiency of the TV station will take another month or two to come out. Brooke has not been on the cover of major fashion magazines only in August this year, and she has been on the cover of the other months till now. It's all thanks to you, Ronald, for taking the photo of Brooke. It’s beautiful.”

Terry thanked Ronald, but his eyes were still staring at the actor Martin Hewitt.

This is the only shot in today's shooting session where the male and female protagonists are in the same frame. It is a passionate scene. Watching his daughter film a passionate scene with his mother, Ronald was at a loss for words.

"Quiet!" Director Zeffirelli ordered. Everyone be prepared, all irrelevant personnel will leave.

After the plate clicked loudly, the camera far away from the hero and heroine made a very slight sound, and the film winding motor started to run.

The studio was set up as the living room of a wealthy Long Island family, and the fire in the nearby fireplace became the only source of light.

The brightness of the firewood was not enough to ensure shooting, so the lighting engineer installed a light source behind the fireplace in advance, which shined through the firelight, which not only ensured the brightness, but also gave a feeling of swaying firewood.

This is a close-up shot with a fixed lens with a long focal length. The advantage is that it is far away from the actors, making it easier for them to mobilize their emotions. After all, the performance of many actors will be compromised when facing a big close-up.

The disadvantage is that the range captured is relatively narrow, and if the actor moves slightly, it will go out of the frame.

But it's called the passion scene, but it's actually just Brooke talking on Martin Hewitt's shoulder. There were no big moves, and Ronald felt there were no technical problems.

The problem is Brooke Shields.

"My eyes have a flaw, they are too close together, you see..." Brooke Shields said the line while gesturing the distance between her eyes with her hand.

"Cut!" Another shooting was stopped midway.

Zeffirelli was already a little furious. He rushed up and shouted to Brooke Shields on the bed, "This is not a CK jeans advertisement. Put away your showy high-pitched voice. A conversation between lovers, lover! Find something to say to your boyfriend." a feeling of.

Remember, your parents are upstairs, whisper quietly, don't let them hear. "

Brooke Shields was robbed of the spot by director Zeffirelli, and her expression turned sad on the spot. Her two thick flat eyebrows turned upside down and tilted toward her temples, giving her a grimace.

The poor girl didn't know what she had done wrong, and the 15-year-old girl's voice was in the stage of voice change, and some of the high pitched sounds were beyond her control.

"Oh, I thought Zeffirelli was an elder and would treat Brooke like his own daughter." Terry left his complaint behind and stepped forward to hug his daughter and comfort her gently.

Brooke Shields escaped from the embarrassing situation and felt the warmth of her mother's arms. Her emotions fluctuated up and down, and she cried.

"Oh, God. Make up, put on make up. Pause for ten minutes." Seeing Brooke crying, Zeffirelli knew that he had to rest and wait for her eyes to recover. After announcing the suspension of filming, he was so angry that he found a bottle of whiskey and drank it. stand up.

"Ronald, tell me, what can you do?" Zeffirelli drank wine and came over to complain to Ronald, "I don't know how to coach her. If I had known this, I would have insisted on using the method for later auditions. That girl, Meg Ryan’s.”

"I haven't seen her. Does she perform well?" Ronald asked.

"She is much more spiritual. During the audition, I didn't need to say anything. She could act very beautifully and have first-rate imagination. It's a pity that she was found by 'The Rich and Famous'. How lucky is Cook?" old man."

"Old Dreams" was also one of the victims of the Screen Actors Guild strike. The original director, Robert Mulligan, was angry when two leading actresses went on strike on the first day of filming. MGM had no choice but to find 81-year-old Hollywood director George Cukor (; cukor) to take over.

Cook, who was still young, fell in love with Meg Ryan and asked her to play the heroine's daughter.

This old director who once won the Oscar for Best Director for "My Fair Lady" is very good at discovering and training beautiful actresses. In addition to Audrey Hepburn, he also directed Ingrid Bergman, who won the Oscar for "Gaslight" Oscar winner.

"What's the problem? Franco?"

"She can't act. I explained to him many times how to assume the character's mentality, how to use substitution methods, and imagine Martin as her boyfriend, but she just can't act out the whispering state between lovers. .”

"The words that are too close to the eyes are coquettishness to the boyfriend. It is not a pretense between girls to demean themselves. It is actually a disguised form of boasting about their beauty." Zeffirelli stretched out the other hand that was not holding the wine bottle, put his fingers together and raised his hand. Nader's eyes flickered to emphasize.

Ronald looked at Brooke Shields, who had stopped crying under the comfort of her mother. Terry was like a female beast, stroking the child's hair lovingly. But there are no excuses for men who dare to covet Brooke.

The actor Martin Hewitt, who was lying on the bed, wanted to go up to comfort Brooke, but Terry turned around and separated him. She always protected her daughter very well.

When Ronald saw this scene, it seemed as if someone suddenly had a light in his mind.

"What if she doesn't have a boyfriend?"

"What did you say?" Zeffirelli asked.

"I said, what if Brooke Shields doesn't have a boyfriend? Doesn't she have the corresponding emotional experience and doesn't know how to replace it with her own feelings, so she can't act well."

"She's almost sixteen, right? She's never had a boyfriend?" Zeffirelli, who is Italian, was a little unconvinced.

"Remember her nickname? America's Last Virgin Sweetheart." Ronald actually didn't believe it. Brooke Shields often appeared in the media with some popular male stars.

But with the strength of Terry's personal protection, no man could possibly succeed, right? Maybe those photos were just for news? Those male celebrities are just being taken advantage of.

The two men stood side by side and watched together. Under Terry's cold eyes, Martin Hewitt had to put on his pajamas and leave the bed where the filming was taking place.

"Damn it, you're probably right, let me try another way!" Zeffirelli handed the bottle to Ronald's hand, and stepped forward to tell Porky again.

"Porgy, can you sing the recent popular song 'Romeo and Juliet'?" Zeffirelli said to Brooke who had just wiped away her tears.

"That's it, Romeo, you make my heart beat faster? I love you like the stars in the sky forever?" Brooke Shields hummed.

"Yes, let's do it again. This time you have forgotten everything I told you before. Don't think about the plot, and don't try to use your own emotions. Just sing this song silently in your heart, and then look at Martin's Eyes, say your lines, okay?”

Under Zeffirelli's persuasion, Brooke Shields glanced at her mother, and then nodded vigorously.

Since she has not received professional acting training, acting is like playing a big game. This kind of precise expression of inner emotions really embarrasses her.

Although she has no real relationship experience, poetry is always on the girl's mind. In the Shakespeare course in high school, Brooke also read Romeo and Juliet, and she also had yearning and imagination for the pure love between the two.

After the break, the resumption of filming went smoothly.

Brooke Shields wears an off-the-shoulder top as she leans on Martin Hewitt's arms. This way of shooting with a long focal length lens only captures the position above the shoulders, giving people the feeling of two people clinging to each other after the passion.

"If I get old and lose my beauty, you will fall in love with me." Brooke Shields's eyes wandered back and forth between Martin Hewitt's eyes and chest. Her loving eyes were actually asking the man The protagonist David’s answer.

"No, don't say that, I will always love you."

The lover's answer was perfect, and Jed, played by Brooke, kissed him.

"cut!"

This time Zeffirelli was delighted. I figured out that using songs to guide imagination is effective. Poky completely forgot how to project emotions, and just used silently humming songs to lead a good performance.

"This is a print." After discussing with the director of photography, Director Zeffirelli made the decision, "Let's clear the scene. We're going to shoot the passionate scene. The stand-in, where's the stand-in?"

Then there is the passionate scene between the male protagonists David and Jed, played by actor Martin Hewitt. Brooke Shields was under 16, and Terry stipulated in the contract that all scenes where part of the body was exposed would be performed by a stunt double.

Zeffirelli was a gentlemanly man. Although he was an ordinary stand-in, he still insisted on clearing the scene. Except for the director of photography, lighting, and makeup staff, everyone else left the scene.

Ronald also walked out with Brooke and her daughter.

"Yo, Brooke."

A handsome guy with shawl long hair and a Brooklyn accent came up and greeted Brooke. Brooke's mother Terry also happily stepped forward to hug him. Her strategy of having her daughter Brooke appear on the same occasion as various celebrities is still working well and has attracted a lot of media coverage.

Whether they are movie stars, business tycoons, descendants of aristocrats, pop singers, or painters, as long as Brooke and them always appear together, the media will report Brooke's date in detail. Sometimes they can compile four stories based on just one photo. A one-page story.

Ronald also knew the male star this time. It was Matt Dillon, a young actor from New York whom he met at a Jane Fonda party.

"Hi, Matt." Ronald came up to say hello afterward.

"Hi, Ronald, I didn't expect to see you here, long time no see." Matt Dillon followed the boast and came to visit Brooke Shields through the introduction of his agent. Maybe he also wants to try his luck and date America's biggest teenage star.

The two chatted. Matt Dillon returned to New York this time mainly to prepare for his new movie. I heard that the new movie is an unpublished best-selling adaptation. The author came to New York to negotiate a publishing contract with the publisher. I made an appointment to chat with Matt Dillon, which was also a kind of interview.

The author wants to see the lead role before deciding whether to sell the film adaptation rights to Disney.

After a while, the stand-in's passionate scene was finished. Brooke Shields was called in again for her solo close-up.

Although Martin Hewitt started out as a bartender and valet, he actually worked part-time. His main job was as a Shakespearean actor. This kind of actor's income is not high, so it is a common choice to work part-time to support themselves.

With his Shakespeare acting skills, the scenes between him and his stunt double were shot very quickly.

But seeing Terry chatting happily with Matt Dillon made him a little embarrassed. Terry obviously prefers his daughter to be with the already famous Dillon. And physically separate him from Poji.

"Ronald, Ronald." Director Zeffirelli shouted, interrupting the chat between Ronald and Matt Dillon.

He hurriedly ran into the cleared studio. Filming encountered difficulties again.

This time Brooke Shields is lying on her back on the bed, with the camera focusing on her face for a close-up. This is a reaction shot of a passionate scene, a close-up inserted into the tumble of Martin Hewitt and his stunt double.

It gives the audience a very harmonious feeling of love between the male and female protagonists.

Brooke is once again stuck in the drama, but this time Ronald is helpless.

Brooke obviously has no experience in this area and cannot grasp the proportion of facial expressions and emotions at the moment when pain and joy alternate.

Zeffirelli had tried several times and had no choice but to call Ronald in to discuss.

Ronald was very shy when it came to Brooke Shields. She felt a little embarrassed when filming this kind of scene and not meeting the director's requirements.

Ronald stepped forward to offer a few words of comfort, but was pulled aside by Zeffirelli for discussion.

"Do you have any other tricks?"

"This?" With no relevant experience and no material to imagine, Ronald couldn't think of a way. "Should I go find 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'?"

"No way, we have to resort to other means. You squat in front of the bed and pinch Brooke's big toe." Zeffirelli ordered Ronald.

"What? Pinch your big toe?"

"Yes, the mixed feeling of pain and itching is reflected on the actress's face, which is very similar to the expression of love. This is the secret of Italian pornographic movies."

"Why don't you go?" Ronald felt embarrassed.

"I'm almost 60 and my waist is not good, so hurry up." Zeffirelli said.

"this?"

Helpless, Ronald looked at the director of photography and sound engineer in the studio, who was taking the shots himself. Everyone else had been cleared.

"Porky, Ronald will squat here and pinch your big toe gently. You try the strength with him." Zeffirelli said to Porky first without waiting for Ronald to agree.

"Okay", Brooke's cheeks were a little blushing, "let's try it first."

Zeffirelli, who was behind the camera and looking into the viewfinder, saw Ronald kneeling on the ground, holding Brooke Shields' foot with one hand, and preparing to pinch it off with the other hand on her big toe, without ever entering. Viewfinder.

"very good,!"

"Ah", Poky cried out in pain from being pinched, and frowned. Ronald's hand made her feel itchy again, and she wanted to laugh at the same time.

"Very well, Ronald, use a little more force!" Zeffirelli commanded.

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