Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Michael Gottlieb is the director of "Swagger," his first directorial feature. Got the attention of Fox executive producer Joseph Farrow.

The so-called executive producers mean that they are senior executives of the studio, so unlike ordinary producers, they have the prefix "executive" in front of their names. With this prefix comes the executive level of the company.

Executive producers don't care about specific things, but they can decide all the details of a movie, from casting to framing. It's their credit if the film goes well, but they actually don't take much responsibility if the film goes bad.

The producer is Hollywood's new hot director Ronald Lee. He rarely comes to the scene, and most things are communicated by his agent Niceta.

Nowadays, it has become a common practice for agents to intervene in production affairs. Many stars have various requirements, and it is best for their producers to represent these interests. Besides, it's CAA, a talent agency that's famous for recruiting people to film crews.

Joseph Farrow took the male lead and Ronald Lee the female lead. Michael Gottlieb is left, and he has to find some connections for himself.

The supporting female role, the one who played the male protagonist's ex-girlfriend, was given to Carol Davis, a black mixed-race actress whom he knew well.

The supporting actor, an eccentric boss who is always at odds with the hero, was given to James Spader, who was inserted into the film by someone high-ranking.

After going through the casting process, today is the first day for all the main actors to do a script reading.

"Ronald is here!"

An assistant hurried in and greeted everyone.

Kim Cattrall had a conditioned reflex to stand up to greet him, but after thinking about the key points explained by her agent, she would never be too intimate with Ronald on the set, so she sat back in her chair and watched everyone move.

James Spader stood up first to greet Ronald.

"Hello, Ronald. We haven't seen each other for a long time."

"Ah, James, yes. Long time no see." Ronald recognized the actor. He played Brooke Shields' brother in "Endless Love," starring Brooke Shields and starring Tom Cruise. Since then, he has been wasting his time in supporting roles. His most recent role was as a rich second-generation villain in John Hughes's "Pretty in Pink." Against the love of Andrew McCarthy and Molly Ringwald.

This is the second time in a short period of time that they have played leading and supporting roles in a movie.

He shook hands with Ronald first and then sat down. Spade looked at the actors with pride. Ronald is undoubtedly the top two in this movie's power rankings. If you can act like you are familiar with him, others will not bully you too much and steal your show.

"Ronald, Jim Cameron asked me to say hello to you."

Supporting actress Carol Davis came up to hug Ronald.

"Where is he now?"

"We are also promoting the second part of Alien across the country. The box office is second only to your two movies."

The supporting actress is also very scheming. She met Cameron because she played a major female role in "Piranha 2", in which Cameron was deceived and had a fever and was living in a foreign country.

She and Cameron only knew each other, so saying it in public would shock others into not stealing the show. Anyway, Ronald only heard about it and it was impossible to actually confirm with Cameron whether he had contacted him.

"Hi, Andrew."

Actor Andrew McCarthy was treated better, and Ronald greeted him first.

As a member of the brat pack, it is now synonymous with fashion in the minds of teenagers across the United States.

McCarthy mainly lives in New York and usually doesn't like clubbing, picking up girls, etc. like Emilio Estevez, so his relationship with Ronald is pretty good. He also filmed a Pepsi commercial directed by Ronald.

"Ronald, your Top Gun is such a masterpiece. I've watched it five or six times in a row."

"Michael Gottlieb is a very good director, he is very talented, you have to listen to him more."

Ronald didn't talk to him anymore and pulled director Michael Gottlieb to support him.

Although the director is older than himself, the director, who is making his debut, met the following actors, who are all older actors. The youngest one also has five or six years of film experience.

As a producer, Ronald's first priority is not to pick up girls, but to try to keep the crew running normally. Although he doesn’t have high hopes for the box office, Ronald also doesn’t want the filming to be so bad that the editing can’t cut it out.

Michael Gottlieb looked at Ronald gratefully. Now that he stood up in front of the male protagonist, his authority on the crew was guaranteed. At least in the preparation stage, the actors would not challenge him.

"Jin, we meet again."

Ronald shook hands with Kim Cattrall at the end. Sit back and watch their first meeting.

Supporting actress Carol Davis saw that the two did not hug, and she couldn't help but feel a little suspicious, as it seemed different from the legend.

The director asked everyone to sit down and read the opening scene.

Today is just a symbolic reading. The main purpose is to allow everyone to meet and get familiar with each other. The actual script reading will be officially held in more than a month.

The photographer sent by 20th Century Fox captured several shots of the actors gathered around the table, and then specially included Ronald in the picture. After all, he is the most important person in promoting the film.

The next step is to take photos of the main actors one by one. The crew began to put makeup and hair on each actor, take dozens of photos in front of the camera, and select the ones for publicity.

"Jin, wait a minute. I've hired a special makeup artist, costume artist, and hairstylist."

Ronald waved his hand, and the professionals he hired filed in, and started tinkering around Kim Cattrall.

Makeup and hair were taken care of by each other, while the costume designer slowly rolled out a cart of beautiful clothes and started gesticulating on Cattrall's body.

"Oh..."

The other actors discovered this unique treatment and made sounds of envy and jealousy.

Kim Cattrall was even more surprised. She was treated well by professionals, and her hair was made into a very elegant and sexy style. She tried on more than a dozen suits in rotation, making her feel like a princess.

While Cattrall was contentedly enjoying the treatment of a leading lady, Ronald chatted with director Michael Gottlieb.

"Where are the location preparations? Have you found the key department store in the movie?"

"We found it, and we are going to film in Philadelphia. The black mayor there welcomes us to film in Philadelphia. There are few Hollywood crews there to film, so he personally selected the oldest department store to contact.

We made an agreement with the department store to shoot every night and return it to the mall for use at 6 a.m. the next day.

Anyway, the story happened at night..."

Ronald felt that Michael Gottlieb was well prepared, so he relaxed a little. This also reminded him of when he was shooting fast-paced scenes, he would shoot in department stores at night and restore them during the day.

All of a sudden the two of them got very close.

"Have you encountered any problems? I can find a way to help you solve it."

"Yes, I have to find a better sculptor for Jin. One of the keys to whether this movie can be accepted by the audience is the wooden statue of the heroine. We have to make the wooden model look like Jin. , so that they would accept the story of a beautiful woman who becomes a model during the day.”

"What are you doing now?"

"Bring up the wooden beauty."

Ronald saw that several of the models moved out were all modified from existing clothing models. Their bodies and faces were indeed very different from Kim Cattrall's.

"Tsk... let me think of a solution." Ronald took over the matter, as he happened to have the connections. You can also help your friends make some money.

"Have you finished taking the photo? Come with me. I'll find a sculptor to make some models for you."

Seeing that Catterall had taken the photo, Ronald waved her over.

Cattrall came bounding over, followed behind Ronald, and the two of them walked out.

"Bitch" supporting actress Carol Davis cursed angrily.

Got into Ronald's Mercedes and sat in the back seat. Kim Cattrall took the initiative and knocked on the front seat, asking the driver to raise the fender.

Then she hugged Ronald, got into his arms, and buried her head in Ronald's knees.

"What's wrong with you?" Ronald felt that the beauty in his arms seemed to be crying.

"This is the first time I have enjoyed the treatment of a heroine." Cattrall really cried. She shook her whole body for a while, then raised her head and turned her back to wipe her tears.

"I mean the real heroine. In the past, when I played the heroine, she was actually just a vassal of the male protagonist. This is the first time I have my own hairstylist and makeup artist, and it is also the first time I have a costume designer with so many beautiful things. clothes, let me choose slowly..."

"Don't get too excited. These are the costumes from your movie. You and the hero are having a drag show in the department store, dressing up as various characters." Ronald patted Cattrall on the back.

"I'm very grateful, Ronald. No one has ever given me special lighting or specially designed angles to make my photos look better..."

Kim Cattrall has a mole on the corner of her mouth that moves when she speaks. With her new hairstyle and the low-cut red dress she is wearing, she looks more like Monroe.

Ronald looked at Jin who was about to cry again and quickly hugged her, "Good girl, you will succeed."

He didn't expect that Kim Cattrall was already thirty years old and had taken care of Diane a lot in the last movie, but she had yet to play a sexy idol that truly matched her characteristics. It's been a long time.

After looking at her carefully for a while, Ronald couldn't help but admire her. Thirty years has left no trace on this Liverpool girl. The skin is still very good and does not look saggy.

Kim Cattrall misunderstood the meaning of Ronald's gaze, and lay on Ronald's knees again, reaching out to unzip the zipper.

"Don't do this, don't stay here." Ronald quickly stopped him. Little Bud was driving in front of him, so it wasn't good to do this.

"You gave me a little more confidence in the movie. The director is very dedicated, and you, Jin, value this role very much. When you get to the sculptor, you have to cooperate well and try to make the sculpture resemble you. This is the success of the movie. It’s a big advantage.”

Holding Cattrall in his arms, although he didn't continue, Ronald already felt the other person's "kindness".

The car pulled into a studio in a Hollywood suburb, and a woman wearing a canvas apron and plastic safety glasses came out to greet Ronald.

"Dae Young, the leading lady in my first Hollywood job. Kim Cattrall, the leading lady in my new movie."

Ronald introduced the two of them to each other.

Yes, this female sculptor is Dai Yang who plays the good girl in "Rock and Roll High School". Originally she entered Hollywood by mistake and was approached by Roger Corman to make that movie. After that, she also continued to engage in performance, but her main job has shifted to professional sculpture at the university.

"So, you want a puppet that can move its limbs and allow the audience to recognize it as Jin at a glance, right?"

Dai Yang came over and took several one-time imaging snapshots of Jin, including front, back, left, and right, and all directions. Then she looked at it for a long time and asked.

"That's what you mean, how long do you think it will take?"

"If you have high requirements for similarity, then I suggest not making one, but making a puppet for each pose. This way I can refine the details of the model in different poses, and let the lighting and camera help you... …”

Dai Yang explained.

"Okay, I only have one request, that is, ordinary viewers can recognize it at first sight. This is Jin."

"About four to five weeks. I see that in your script, she becomes a puppet only five or six times."

"Okay, then I'll hand her over to you. You'll have to come here every day from now on, you know? Cooperate well so that she can look like her."

"Actually, if you want to look like him, in addition to the puppets, the actors should also start exercising." Dai Yang looked at Cattrall.

After all, he is already thirty years old, and the proportion of fat on Jin's body has inevitably increased.

"Puppets have very hard lines. If you can keep exercising during these weeks, the fat content will be reduced and the muscle lines will be more obvious, so that you will look more like a puppet.

Of course, I am just a suggestion. Fitness is very boring and it is not easy to stick to it. "

"I can do it, I can definitely get it. As long as Ronald asks, I will do it."

Seeing Ronald looking at her hesitation, Kim Cattrall immediately agreed. This is a rare opportunity to stand out. At my age, I don’t have much left in my destiny.

Dai Yang measured some of Cattrall's physical data and wrote it down in a small notebook. "Okay, come to the studio at eight o'clock tomorrow morning."

"Where do you live? I'll take you there." Ronald asked Cattrall.

"Can I go to your place?" Kim Cattrall felt that God was very kind to her, and at the age of thirty, she finally stood in front of the door of opportunity.

When they arrived at Ronald's house, Jin entered the room and closed the door, then continued what he had not finished in the car.

"Oh, Ronald, you are so strong."

"Well...well..."

"You are so beautiful." Ronald looked at Cattrall with messy blond hair and couldn't hold it in any longer. He threw her on the newly bought two-meter-three-meter wide bed.

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