Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Hearing Clint Eastwood's words, Ronald had an inexplicable feeling of "really awesome". Big stars can threaten producers face to face like this, and after they have achieved a certain status in Hollywood and become a box office guarantee for certain types of films, they can act according to their own wishes.

"Huh..." Weintraub, as a concert producer who had handled big-name singers like Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra, didn't take this level of threat to heart at all.

"I think Danny should be played by a professional actor. Susan, you go and draft a list of young actors who have become famous in recent years. We will come one by one. John, now you can take your time and choose all of them. Everyone is looked after by you.”

"Susan, call Steve McQueen's widow and ask his son to audition for those supporting villain roles in Cobra Dojo."

Weintraub arranged the next audition in a matter of seconds. He has completely turned a corner. The second generation of these stars can only play supporting roles, and the main roles must be professionally selected based on the circumstances of the role.

In this way, the celebrities' fame can be used to attract media interviews without ruining the development of the entire story.

Ronald returned home and took a hot shower. All aspects of this movie are on track, and I can start thinking about my next directing project.

Ronald, who was wiping his hair, wanted to call Niceta to make an appointment to talk about the new film. He helped screen several youth films from invitations from various companies, including many mid-level productions from major studios.

The message red light on the phone turned on again, indicating that someone had left a message, and Ronald pressed the play button.

"drop……

Ronald, this is Marlene, Marlene Jahan. do you remember me? The material you helped me write to prove my performance as a stand-in in "Flashdance" helped me get a formal acting contract, and I played a supporting role on the set of "Streets of Rage." I wanted to call you and thank you.

Well, then, your friend Diane Lane is also here. The filming here is very slow and everyone is a little bored. If you have time, you might as well come and visit. Yes, it is like that. "

Ronald scratched his head. The filming of 'Streets of Rage' has probably started. It doesn't sound like the filming went very smoothly. Dai An also worked hard and went to visit the class to see how her new film performed.

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"Did you forget to ask Ronald to call him yesterday to confirm the time for the visit?" Diane Lane was wearing a T-shirt and jeans, sitting and letting the hairstylist do her hair.

Next to her is Malin Jahan, who plays a supporting role as a bar dancer in the film.

"You care about him so much, why don't you just call him?" As a Chinese, Ma Lin didn't understand Diane's mentality. "Is this the custom that you American girls can't call boys?"

Diane waved her hand and the hairstylist left knowingly.

"No, you don't understand. Ronald is a very special person. Not like other people."

"Others? Like Michael Pare?" Marlene laughed. Parr, who plays the male lead in the film, has recently become obsessed with Diane and sends him flowers every day. Parr is also of Chinese origin, and Ma Lin thinks he is handsome.

"Uh... vomit..." Diane made a gesture of vomiting, "This guy is very annoying. He makes a squeaking noise with his folding knife every day."

"Hahaha", Ma Lin laughed with her. This former chef relied on women to rise to his position, but he is actually a very shallow person.

Hair, makeup, focus, and then a long wait for the lighting to be completed.

Diane sat in the lounge and listened to music, using the Sony Walkman that Ronald gave him.

Today is the first day of filming the concert scene. Director Walter Hill hopes that the leading actors can concentrate on rehearsing their moves and lip-syncing. He decided to use a special lighting method to shoot this concert scene with an unparalleled sense of explosion.

In addition to special arrangements for lighting, he also hired a fashion design master to design a sexy rock singer costume for Ellen, the heroine played by Diane.

Of course, neither of these are in place today. The main thing is to let Diane, the male protagonist Michael Pare, and the villain Willem Dafoe rehearse. This kind of live singing and dancing performance on the stage has not been seen since the golden age of musicals. After that, no one took pictures of it for many years.

He would rather spend a little more time to let the actors become familiar with the stage movements instead of adjusting while filming. Most of the technical staff who were good at making musicals have retired, and the new team also needs rehearsals to get used to it.

"Diane, please come here, we can start rehearsing." Director Walter Hill took out the microphone and asked Diane to come to the stage in front of the studio and start rehearsing.

Sitting in a corner of the stage is the film’s musical director, Jim Steinman. He took the single that his band had recorded in advance and put the tape into the recorder.

A blast of drums kicks in, then keyboards, and finally an electric guitar solo.

"Ahhh..." the harmony singer's voice remembered.

"Now!" Director Walter Hill gestured, and Diane walked up from the side of the stage.

"Lying in your bed on a Saturday night

You're sweaty and not even hot.

But your brain already got the message

it's sending it out

to every nerve and muscle in you”

A deep and passionate female voice began to sing the opening interlude of the movie.

Diane held an old-fashioned stage microphone, frowned, and pretended to be lip-synching.

"Very good. It seems that you have memorized the lyrics." The director said with satisfaction and motioned to Jim Steinman to turn off the recording.

Just as Walter Hill was about to continue to give Diane guidance, the leading actor Michael Pare was playing with his butterfly knife in one hand and holding a large bouquet of flowers in the other. He ran up from the other side of the stage and said, "Diane, you sang today." Very good."

Diane gave him a look, then took the bouquet and threw it into the trash can nearby.

"Pfft." Marlene Jahan couldn't help but laugh, "Hey, brother, don't waste this bouquet of flowers."

"Move your butt to the auditorium." Director Walter Hill cursed at Parr angrily and helplessly.

"Okay." Michael Pare looked decadent. He was actually not afraid of the director. His lover was the executive producer of the film. As long as it didn't go too far, the director couldn't do anything to him.

"Oh, here we go again." Willem Dafoe, who played the supporting role of the villain, covered his face. He also had a scene here. After the song was sung, he rushed up from the stage and kidnapped Ellen Ann, played by Diane. Carry it on your shoulders and snatch it away.

And Parr, who plays the male protagonist Cody, originally had no role today. But he was like a bull in heat on the set, and he had already attracted several actresses on the set. Only the heroine Diane was polite to him, but this aroused his interest and came over every day to attack.

This kind of behavior also caused the actresses he picked up to become jealous of Diane, and then other admirers of these actresses were also very dissatisfied. The entire crew was a bit chaotic, and everyone was fighting openly and secretly.

"Hey, Walter, I didn't bother you, did I?" Ronald and his agent Richard saw that the crew had finished rehearsing, so they walked in from the outside, holding a bouquet of flowers in their hands, and handed it to Diane.

"Wish you good luck with the shooting." Ronald hugged Diane. Today she was still wearing a T-shirt and jeans, not looking like a female rock star.

"What, your costume hasn't arrived yet? When can you dress like a rock singer?" Ronald and Diane joked.

"The designer has already let me try it on. He said that the dress still needs some adjustments. It looks very good on me." Diane quietly took Ronald's arm and said with a smile.

"Oh, there is already a bouquet of flowers here?" Ronald found the big flowers in the trash can, which were much bigger than the ones he gave.

"I just like what you gave me." Diane was happy and turned around to take the flowers from Ronald into the lounge.

"Would you like me to order another one for you? Like the one you gave to Helen?" Agent Richard reminded from the side.

"Humph!" Diane put away the bouquet. When she heard about Ronald sending flowers to Helen, she felt irritated.

Diane hid in the lounge, closed the door, threw the bouquet on the table, and then began to pack her cosmetic bag. Lipstick, powder, mirror, walkman...thrown them into the bag one by one.

Seeing the Walkman, Diane poked the bag on the table again and banged the table twice in a vented voice.

A feeling of grievance welled up in his heart. Diane buried his head deeply in his arms and lay on the table for a while.

Then she stood up, tidied her hair again, and the stubbornness of a New York taxi driver's daughter occupied Diane's chest again.

Diane was surrounded by a group of outstanding actors on the set of "Outdoor Naughty", the set of "Betta", and even now on the set of "Streets of Rage", and she was the queen that everyone wanted to pursue but couldn't.

"It's time to wake up." Diane looked at her youthful face in the mirror, then ran to the stage and said to director Walter Hill, "You can start doing it again."

Walter Hill was exchanging some shooting techniques for musicals with Ronald. He knew that there were similar song and dance scenes in the movies made by Ronald, and Ronald had also written the script for a musical like "Grease 2". The two chatted about how to run the camera.

After hearing Diane's "order", director Hill had some slight differences, and then snapped his fingers at music director Jim Steinman.

"You have so many dreams

You don't know where to put them

So you better let some of them out

There's a feeling in your body that it's starting to rust

You better make it work and use it.”

Diane sang into the microphone, and a slightly hoarse female voice came out of the speaker very powerfully.

Ronald was very surprised by the singing, as if it was sung by someone live. The singing had a three-dimensional and penetrating feel, making him feel like he was actually there. He couldn't help but look at Diane, trying to see if it was Diane singing live.

When we re-filmed "The Amazing Dirt Band" for her, it seemed like she didn't know how to sing?

Ronald looked carefully again and made sure that Diane was not singing it live. Although her brows were tightened and she grasped the old-fashioned floor microphone with both hands, her core and abdomen were loose. Her singing did not use the power of her Dantian, and she would definitely not be able to sing such a powerful voice.

"What do you think?" Walter Hill waited for Diane to finish lip-synching, and then asked Ronald next to him.

"What a good song." Ronald looked at the music director Jim Steinman next to him, and the other person responded with a smile.

"I was asking about Diane's performance," director Hill said.

"Uh," Ronald thought for a while and then said it bluntly. He also hoped that Diane could improve her acting skills and act like whoever she plays.

"I think it's very good, but there is still some room for improvement. Her singing posture is still a bit lacking compared to Sissy Spacek, who won the Oscar for Best Actress two years ago.

"How much do you know about singers?" Diane choked after hearing what Ronald said.

Then Diane quickly walked to the music director, took a guitar from behind and handed it to Ronald, "Don't you know how a singer should perform? Come on, show me!"

Ronald looked at the angry Diane and felt a little regretful. After all, she was a girl who had just turned eighteen. The tone of his words might not be very good, which hurt Diane's self-esteem.

"I actually don't understand..."

"I think you know a lot about it. If there's anything wrong with it, just say it."

Ronald's heart skipped a beat, knowing that Diane had an opinion about him. He had no choice but to take the guitar and put the belt on his shoulder.

I strummed the strings casually and everything was in good pitch.

Then Ronald covered the strings to stop the sound. Then he strummed the strings and began to sing the guitar playing taught by John Fogerty himself, "Who'll Stop the Rain?" ; the rain)”

“It has been raining for as long as I can remember.

Mysterious clouds pour down on the ground, confusing people.

Good people throughout the ages have been trying to find the sun

I wondered, I still wonder, who can stop the rain? "

"Bravo!" Music Director Jim Steinman was the first to applaud. This song is indeed as good as the original singer Fogerty.

"Bravo!" Director Hill, villain actor Willem Dafoe, Malin Jahan and others all applauded.

Diane looked at Ronald's eyes angrily, and slowly began to soften, with a slight smile on the corner of her mouth.

"Actually, your performance is already very good. I'm just telling you a small detail from a singer's perspective." Seeing that Diane had returned to normal, Ronald continued,

"Have you seen Sissy Spacek's 'Coal Miner's Daughter'? She actually sang in the movie. You can check it out. When she sings, her voice is relaxed, but her lower abdomen is They are all very tight, which is a common characteristic of professional singers, abdominal breathing and exerting force in the Dantian."

"Is this so?" Diane began to figure it out and learn.

"Yes, a little further down." Ronald looked at Diane's posture and said a few words.

"Any more? Any other suggestions?" Diane looked up at Ronald, her eyes sparkling.

"Also? Let me think about it, Sissi plays a country singer, and you play a rock singer. The rock style should have a sense of anger, and it can't be as relaxed as country."

Ronald searched his brain for some suggestions and saw Diane still touching his abdomen, as if he couldn't find the right position. Diane raised her head and looked at Ronald, as if asking for help.

"This is it." Ronald held Diane's hand and gently placed it on his lower abdomen.

"Snap!" Diane slapped Ronald hard on the arm.

"Ouch," Ronald exclaimed softly, touched his arm with his hand, and asked, "What's wrong? Am I right?"

"Didn't you say you should be more angry?" Diane hit Ronald hard on the arm a few more times.

"Uh..., yes, that's it." Ronald felt that Diane had found the feeling and quickly avoided it. Her father, Bert, didn't know what kind of acting school he was in. Hitting people with such force was really effective in creating a feeling of anger.

"Humph", Diane walked to the center of the stage again and motioned to Jim Steinman to play the recording again.

The moment the prelude started playing, Diane looked back at Ronald, "Will you come to see me tomorrow? Tomorrow I will put on the costume and officially shoot this scene."

"Uh... OK, I'll come." Ronald touched his arm. It seemed that this was Diane's big show. She was still a little unsure, so she should come and cheer for her.

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