Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Tom Cruise's agent Paula specially asked Ronald to talk about the role of "Moonlight".

She courteously made a cup of coffee for Ronald, "Ronald, Tom has just established his status as a male star. You know, stars are not suitable for such roles.

And since you are also a super-hit director, the script you like must be very good. I don’t want you to perform surgery on the script just to accommodate Tom’s star image. "

"Is it because Ronnie in the script is a disabled person, the fingers of one hand were cut off by a bread machine, and he uses a wooden prosthetic hand?"

Ronald took a sip of coffee. Paula Wagner's ability to brew coffee was average, but she went out of her way to please herself for the coffee she brewed. It tasted okay.

"No, if it is a disabled role, Tom can also take it. It's just that this role is relatively crazy, and the lines are a bit hysterical, as if there is a lot of madness and pain in the heart. Stars can have flaws and can play physically disabled people, but this kind of character has flaws. The role is really not suitable.

If you wanted Tom to be in it, the part would have to be adapted a little bit. Ronnie cannot hold grudge against his eldest brother, but he still has hope for the future despite his disability. You can't have sex directly with your eldest brother's fiancée. There must be a foreshadowing here.

He must reveal his affection for his brother's fiancée Loretta, and then after hearing that his brother has abandoned Loretta, offer to marry the woman he loves. "

"Well, what else?" Ronald took out a small notebook and wrote down Paula's words.

"And..." Paula continued to propose some plots and dialogues that were not in line with the stars.

"That's it, wife. Ronald is teasing you." Niceta stopped the serious wife Paula at the side.

Paula looked up at Ronald, visibly stunned.

"Hahaha..." Ronald and Niceta both laughed.

When these two men thought about casting Tom Cruise as Ronnie, they both thought that because of his star status, he was not suitable for this role.

Celebrities don't need to have any character growth in the role, nor do they need to have any flaws. Even if they have flaws, they are cute and don't need to be changed.

However, Niceta always laughed at herself that her wife cared more about Tom Cruise than herself. If Ronald showed any intention, Paula would definitely come to discuss it with Ronald nervously.

Ronald didn’t believe it;

I still called Paula, and this was the scene where I personally offered coffee to beg for mercy.

"Actually, what you said is very useful to me. I have never worked with famous stars before, and Tom's status at the time of Top Gun was not as good as it is now." Ronald also asked Paula for some advice on the stars participating in the show. Movie taboo.

For example, stars will pay more attention to their own image, and some of them will ask to change their lines to be more in line with their own star image - the star's image is accumulated with each movie.

There are also some celebrities who are more difficult to deal with and will make all kinds of excessive demands. For example, you need to arrange a nanny for your pet, ask a friend to be in the trailer to chat between scenes, arrange a schedule with an astrologer, and not be able to shoot certain shots at certain times, etc.

Of course, the most troublesome thing is that some stars will ask for the privilege of seeing the samples. When they feel that they are not beautiful in certain shots, they will ask the director to reshoot them.

This is the most troublesome thing. Many celebrities actually don’t understand post-editing at all. They don’t know how the shots they shot are combined into the final film. Therefore, many times the reshoots requested are actually a waste of time and money. They can't tell which section the director edited in the end.

Seeing that Ronald attached great importance to her opinions, Paula also put aside her annoyance at being teased.

She finally pleaded with Ronald, "If Tom gets wind of it, he will definitely come and ask to work with you. He will definitely get wind of it... He is now very interested in roles that can show and develop his acting skills, By the time……"

"I know what to do."

Ronald smiled, Tom Cruise liked movies that challenged his acting skills, but this kind of role, as Paula said, would never be in his consideration, as long as Ronald didn't highly recommend it.

Paula was obviously very happy. After she thanked her again, she thought of something again, "I heard that you want Cher? Don't blame me for not saying it. She is very difficult to deal with. During this time, she was dating Tom. Enough of her pickiness.”

"Hey...I know." Ronald waved his hand. He had long known through insiders that Xueer was an easy person to get along with in life, but she was extremely picky in her singing and acting professions, and she I also have a lot of requirements for life. I must stay in the best hotel, etc., and put forward a lot of requirements.

…

Sure enough, Tom Cruise found out about the content of Ronald's new film through other channels, and he immediately called and asked for a meeting.

"Are you back from Singapore?" Ronald asked Cruise who broke into the house in a dusty state.

"Ronnie, why didn't you come to me? I thought we were best friends?"

"Of course we're best friends."

"Then why don't you ask me to star in your new movie? We should continue to cooperate. Did Paula tell you something?"

Tom Cruise immediately thought of the crux of the matter.

"Listen to this." Ronald handed over a small tape recorder and pressed the play button.

"Why did you marry Johnny? He's a fool." Ronald's voice came from the tape. He also received Messner's systematic acting training. His breath came from his Dantian, and he could express an angry emotion very well.

"Where are you taking me?" Helen Slater's fearful and expectant voice also appeared on the tape. After Ronald's prompting, her line skills have improved and she is no longer the same dramatic tone as before. The way he spoke was getting closer and closer to the truth.

"Go to bed!" Ronald growled.

"Ah... God, okay, I don't care. Take me to bed, I don't care." Helen's voice showed an emotion of giving up self-esteem and succumbing to desire.

Tom Cruise looked solemn, "Is this the line my character Ronnie has in the script?"

"Yes, please listen further." Another line came next.

"I don't have a life. My brother Johnny took that away from me. What kind of life do I have? I bake bread here every day, shoveling the dough into this oven all covered in sweat, and shoveling the bread out.

And then my brother Johnny said he was getting married? Want me to attend his wedding? ah! ah! "

Ronald's lines in the recording were very rhythmic, and at the climax, the table was banged.

"I have no life! I have no life! My hand fell off! My hand fell off! My fiancée ran away too! Johnny still has a hand! He still has a wife! You want me to take this prosthetic hand to attend his happy wedding ?Get out!" Ronald read to the climax.

"The beast, what a beast," Helen says the last line.

"Click," Ronald pressed the recorder. In this climactic scene, I still lacked some line skills, so I read it carelessly.

"Do you have an idea?"

"Well, it's really not suitable for me." Tom Cruise also heard that this character has too many dark sides and may not be suitable for his star status.

"But your line skills are great. Can you bring me this recording? I like to think about this kind of wonderful drama."

"It was just for you," Ronald said, throwing the small tape recorder and a copy of the script to Cruise.

Tom Cruise has severe dyslexia and it would be very difficult for him to read the script by himself, so Ronald prepared a recording for him to make it easier for him to understand what the play was and why he was not suitable for the role.

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After a while, two agents, Niceta and Richard, walked into Ronald's house again.

"Ned Tanning is quick to say yes, but he won't give the green light to the project until you find a female star to sign. He prefers to hire Diane Keaton."

"Disney and 20th Century Fox were wary of scripts that clearly needed stars, but both agreed that if you could get big-name stars, they'd be more than willing to invest."

Niceta reported the results of preliminary contacts with several major studios.

"It's the same on my side. Universal is still in turmoil because of that duck, and I'm afraid they don't have the energy to promote this kind of project for a while. MGM strongly promotes Kim Basinger, and her '9 and a half weeks' made them I have made a lot of money, and I want to continue to win over this cash cow."

However, I asked Mr. Weintraub and he said that MGM has suspended all film shooting to make room for him to take over. He heard that you wanted to film a new script and said that he wanted to chat with you at the premiere of 'The Dragon King 2'. "Richard reported on the contacts from several other studios.

"Has there been any reply from Cher's agent?" Ronald asked about his favorite candidate for the heroine.

"She expressed that she was surprised that you would ask her to make a movie. She also said that she is a difficult star. If you really want to cooperate with her, you should first give her some recordings of the script to listen to."

"Oh, yes." Ronald patted his head. How could he have forgotten that Cher, like Cruise, is a severe dyslexic patient, so she may not have read much of the script he was sent.

"Okay, here is a conversation rehearsal recorded by Helen and I. You can send it to Xueer first. Then I will find someone to record a more complete version."

"Is there anything else?" Ronald seemed to have something to say when he saw Niceta.

"Francis called and said he wanted to talk to you about the new film." Niceta is also director Coppola's agent.

"Is he also interested in this script?"

"No, since he made The Godfather, Italian gangsters have become interested in the film industry and will interfere with some scripts that reveal too many dark sides of Italian gangsters.

Your script is an Italian story. As the parent of an Italian director, he wanted to ask you if there is any gangster content. "

"How come he already knows about it, hehe." Ronald smiled and was about to call Coppola to reassure him.

"Huh? How about I go meet him." Ronald then thought about it. Coppola is a very traditional Italian parent, so why not ask him what he thinks about filming this kind of romantic comedy. When I was dealing with several major studios, I always felt that I was missing the point, so I just asked Coppola, who had experience in filming "The Godfather" two-parter, for advice.

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