Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Helen was unwilling to play the role of "The Dragon King", and Ronald reluctantly told Weintraub that the heroine would have to audition from scratch.

"It's okay, I understand. That's good. I'll ask Susan to participate in the next audition. She will be my representative on the crew. If there is a candidate that both of you like, bring me the audition video and we will Let’s do the second round of interviews together.”

After Susan Akins waited for Ronald and the audition director to leave Weintraub's mansion, she gave Weintraub a sweet kiss. She knew that her appearance made it impossible to make a movie, but it was an interesting job to be able to join the crew and decide the fate of other people.

"You have to pay attention to Ronald's choice. I think he is still a bit young and does not know how fierce the competition is. Hollywood is a dog-eat-dog place. If there is a suitable candidate, you can tell me in advance and I will find a way to negotiate with them. Signed the contract."

"Do you want to see all the candidates?" Susan asked.

"No," Weintraub thought for a while, "You just need to pay attention to the main candidates Danny, Master Miyagi, and Ali, and by the way, there are also the candidates for the villain Johnny and his master Chris."

Ronald did not yet know that his credibility with Weintraub had been downgraded. He called in Pat Morita to see how he was doing lately.

Arriving at Ronald's apartment, Pat Morita knocked on the door. . After the door opened, he saw a strange man hiding behind a camera, with one eye covered by a viewfinder blindfold, and a microphone plugged into the camera.

"Hi, Pat." The weirdo was Ronald holding the newly purchased Sony betamax camera.

"Come in, Morita." Ronald spoke to Morita while filming him with a camera. "You're welcome, sit down wherever you want. You have a nice beard, and you will keep it like this in the future. Don't shave, it's such a mess." The beard is just right.”

Pat Morita sat down and took the Coca-Cola from Ronald.

"That's it, you introduce yourself to the camera."

"The nest calls Morita. Ni howls."

Morita began to speak English in a foreigner's tone.

"Very good, very good. Where did you learn karate?" Ronald was very satisfied. As expected, Morita focused on practicing the foreigner's English accent, which is similar to the dragon dragon in "Sixteen Candles" .

"nest,

Dad, taught me. "

"I heard that you were a fisherman in Ryukyu?" Ronald saw Morita entering the role and started talking to him.

"Oh, in Ryukyu, all Miyagi can do two things, fishing and karate."

The two did a Q\u0026A for about five minutes on some content in the script. Ronald stopped the camera, "You did very well. I think you will have a great chance this time. Where did you improve your broken English? It's almost like a real foreigner."

Morita returned to speaking fluently, "I have an uncle who is a first-generation immigrant. He usually talks like this..." Then Morita leaned closer and said, "Thank you very much, Ronald. Do you really have a chance this time?"

"I can't promise anything, but I will at least give you a chance to audition." Ronald shook hands with him.

Pat Morita walked out of the apartment full of hope again. Ronald saw him get into a small, battered car, start it and drive away.

"I hope he will have luck and let Weintraub nod." Ronald secretly thought about his own reference to Coppola's method of recommending Marlon Brando, and determined to surprise Weintraub if he had the chance.

When the actor was interviewed the next day, Weintraub did not show up. His personal secretary, Susan Akins, sat in the audition room on his behalf.

Audition director Penny Dupont is a middle-aged woman of Chinese descent. She understands Ronald's requirements very well. The protagonist Danny Weber must be the kind of person who looks like he comes from the bottom, and then has a way to put his chips on it. A man with stubbornness on his shoulders.

Because of this requirement, several well-known actors proposed by Weintraub were jointly rejected by Ronald and Dupont.

For example, Tom Cruise is too handsome and handsome to give people the impression that he is being bullied and unable to fight back.

Another example is Nicolas Cage. He has a very stubborn face. If Johnny bullies him, he will probably fight back with all his strength.

So most of the people who came to the audition today were a bit skinny.

With a budget of 7.5 million, it still attracted many actors, but few were able to compete for the leading role.

Hollywood has just begun to pay attention to the youth market in the past few years, and there were no suitable teenage actors before, which resulted in such old faces appearing in various crews.

Susan Aikins was in awe, as all the handsome guys introduced themselves in front of her as required. Ronald also asked her to be the audition examiner and asked a few actor questions to make her feel good.

Everyone finally settled on four male actors.

The first is Emilio Estevez, the son of famous actor Martin Sheen.

He seemed to have some conflicts with Ronald. When he first entered the audition room, he started to challenge Ronald with words. Fortunately, the young director was not moved. He just let him finish introducing himself and asked him to go back and hear the news.

The second is Charlie Sheen, Emilio's younger brother. The two are brothers, but have different surnames. Charlie is noticeably less aggressive than his brother. Ronald chatted with him for a while and asked Susan to ask him about his acting experience.

Charlie is much thinner than his brother Emilio, which is more in line with the character characteristics of the character mentioned by Ronald.

Susan Akins feels like she understands auditioning better.

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The third place is C. Thomas Hall. He and Ronald are old acquaintances and are also the protagonists of Coppola's "The Kid."

Hauer has changed a lot since playing the lead role. He was accompanied by a manager who was responsible for his daily life. Among these people, he was the first to receive such treatment.

The fourth one is the actor of "The Kid", Ralph Mazio. Played the role of Hall, the protagonist's friend who died in the end.

He also has a manager, but he is obviously Latino. When asked, he is a relative of his. Latinos generally take care of their relatives' employment.

Ronald chatted with him the longest.

"Who do you think is more suitable among these four?" Susan Akins remembered Weintraub's instructions and asked Ronald for his thoughts.

"I think Ralph Mazio is better," Ronald said his true thoughts, "Emilio is too fat and doesn't want to be the son of a poor single mother. Charlie Sheen and Thomas Hall are still underage. People need to be supervised by the labor union during filming. The filming time cannot be too long, and teachers must be provided to learn.

And teenagers are not easy to teach. When they perform, sometimes they perform unexpectedly and bring a magical touch to the movie, but more often than not, they are unstable. Sometimes when preparing for a scene, it takes a lot of time to communicate and persuade. "

Ronald recalled that when he was filming "Fast Times", several underage actors were wasting time filming nude scenes. If not necessary, he still hopes to have an adult actor play Danny.

"But isn't Ralph Mazzio also a minor?" Susan Akins looked at Ralph's appearance in the audition photo, "He seems to be a little younger than Charlie Sheen."

"Haha, turn it over and take a look. He is already twenty-two this year."

"What?" Susan turned over the audition photo. The resume said that Ralph Mazio was born in 1961, making him twenty-two years old.

"Isn't this just nonsense?" Susan Aikins didn't believe it. Ralph looked like he was only fifteen or sixteen years old.

"Isn't this great? He looks so good that even you would believe he is a teenager. We only recognize his age on his resume, and that's what he said in the Screen Actors Guild registration information." Audition director Dupont helped, regardless of whether he was real or not. He is still a fake twenty-two. In short, the crew can use him as an adult actor.

"I just can't believe it," Susan defended, turning over the photo of Ralph Mazzio.

"You can ask him to show his driver's license next time," Ronald said.

"Hahaha……"

"I'm going to process the audition tapes of these actors, and then I'll go to Mr. Weintraub's house with you and Penny to watch the audition tapes tonight." Ronald got up and went to get the audition tapes, preparing to take them to the editing room. Clips of the four candidates were cut together.

"Okay, I'll talk to Jerry."

The group arrived at Weintraub's home in the evening and sat in his huge living room with a view of Beverly Hills. Ronald put the audition video in the VCR, then took the remote control and pressed the play button.

Weintraub pressed an electric switch and drew the curtains. In the dim light, the four of them approached the TV to watch the actors.

"I would recommend Ralph Mazzio. He has a baby face and is an adult, so it is easy to shoot. I have seen his acting skills on the set of Naughty Boys, and I can say that he is very good." Rona After watching the audition videos of the four people, De did not press pause. Snowflakes appeared on the TV. He turned to Weintraub and expressed his thoughts.

"What do you think, Penny?" Weintraub turned to the audition director for his thoughts.

"I agree with Ronald. Ralph is indeed suitable. With his small body, it makes sense for him to be bullied. He is also very cute. It is normal for Ali to be attracted to him. Most importantly, he has a stubborn spirit. ", Penny said her opinion to Weintraub.

"Well..." Weintraub was silent. Seeing that the two of them were in agreement, he didn't want to decide on the spot, so he decided to wait a while and ask Susan about the real situation.

"I will send a notice to all four of them to recall them for a second round of auditions and have them read their lines. Mr. Weintraub, you come along too."

"Okay," Weintraub agreed.

"Zizzi... bang", the snowflakes in the video tape suddenly disappeared, and an old Japanese man jumped out from behind. His gray hair is half bald and he has a messy beard.

He looked at the camera and answered Ronald's question, but he didn't respond quickly. He didn't seem to speak English very well. He thought about it in Japanese first, and then said it in broken English without speaking grammar or tense. .

"That's it, you introduce yourself to the camera." It seemed to be Ronald's voice in the videotape.

"My name is Morita. Nihao," the Japanese actor replied.

"Good, good. Where did you learn karate?"

"Dad, I taught you."

"I heard you were a fisherman in Ryukyu?"

"Oh, in Ryukyu, all Miyagi can do two things, fishing and karate."

"Hey!" Weintraub interrupted Ronald, "Where did you find this actor? He is Mr. Miyagi, he is Mr. Miyagi." Weintraub patted Ronald with his hand excitedly De's shoulder, "We have to find him, he is the born Miyagi Seiyoshi. What's his name?"

"He?" Ronald said with a bad smile, "He is Pat Morita."

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