Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"It's also a small production, but your conditions are much better than mine."

Ronald came to the "Adventures of Nanny" preparation office that day to see how Chris Columbus was doing.

Columbus wasn't too comfortable with Ronald's tongue-in-cheek way of speaking. He reported his work to Ronald just like he did to his superiors.

"Touchstone helped me a lot. I bought the rights to the song that opens the film, 'Then He Kissed Me.'"

"It seems that your conditions are really better than mine." Ronald now really understood the difficulties of independent production. His music director, Danny Goldberg, has yet to secure the copyright for a single song.

"With Disney as your backing, your small production is actually almost the same as other companies' medium-sized productions." Ronald lamented that the efficiency of spending money is higher than that of his own "Dirty Dancing" crew.

"It's still very difficult. 'Adventures in Babysitting' has decided not to shoot on location in Chicago. I will go back to Toronto, Canada next week to check out the scenes. I heard that the climate and house and street scenes on both sides are somewhat similar."

"Oh..." Ronald turned to the two female producers, "The Screen Actors Guild in Chicago is also very strong?"

"There are a lot of theatrical performances there, but they're just not as famous as Broadway."

The Actors Guild's strikes over the years have increased actors' wages each time, protected their working hours and environment, and guaranteed their residual rights to share after their films are broadcast by television stations or recorded on video tapes.

But this kind of rigid rules also makes Hollywood more and more like London's Pinewood Studios on the other side of the Atlantic.

When the time comes, I have to get off work and leave, no matter if it is just the right shot or not, there are more and more things to shoot.

All group performances must use union-registered actors as much as possible. Films shot on location in big cities like Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago have gradually become synonymous with large-scale productions.

Small productions have no choice but to go to remote and backward states like Virginia to avoid union candid photography, or to shoot in places with a lot of preferential conditions such as Canada and Australia, pretending that the location is New York or Chicago.

"Your heroine auditions are based on daily rent, right? After you use up, I will continue to use your time, don't object."

"Dirty Dancing" from Ronald's side,

Director Adrian Lyne, who they had worked with on "Flashdance," was somewhat interested in Ronald's project. However, his agent wanted him to film "Fatal Attraction" starring Michael Douglas first.

Knowing that it is the remuneration that I can give, the attraction is not fatal enough. Ronald started saving money everywhere.

"No problem, if you don't mind, we can give it to you tonight." The two female producers agreed.

…

"Tatum O'Neal, Jodie Foster, Michelle Pfeiffer, you have eliminated so many candidates."

When it was time for the audition, Ronald also sat in the audition room rented by the "Adventures in Babysitting" crew. Looking at the heroine candidates who had been eliminated in the previous rounds, he felt that this was a very popular project.

"Some of them were eliminated by us, such as Tatum. Her condition was very bad. After marrying the tennis star McEnroe, her... abuse became more serious." Female producer Deborah Hill explained .

"Some of us were eliminated, like Michelle Pfeiffer, who said she was too thin for the role. She actually had other projects.

Jodie Foster was really too thin. When she auditioned, she couldn't be convincing as a nanny who could protect children from gangsters. When she found out, she said she had other offers and gave up. "

"Now the remaining three are Elizabeth Shue, Justin Bateman, and Valerie Bertinelli."

"Isn't Justin Bateman playing Michael J. Fox in the TV series 'Ties'? Can her producer let her play?" Ronald recalled that when filming "Back to the Future", the producer The filmmakers refused to release Fox and had to sleep in the car during the transition.

"So she has little hope." Director Chris Columbus knew that Su was Ronald's wife, and among all the actresses, he also liked Su the most. Her character and temperament, which was not afraid of anything, fit the role best. good.

The audience is also fond of her role as Ali in "The Kid", and they can transfer this good impression to the new character nanny Chris Parker.

"This Valerie Bertinelli looks strange to me. Has she acted in any movies?"

"A bunch of TV movies..." Female producer Deborah Hill turned over her audition photos and showed them to Ronald.

"So you haven't made any movies?" Ronald turned back the audition photo, and there was an indescribable rustic look on Valerie's face.

The chin is wide and the top and bottom are short. This face shape is actually not suitable for the protagonist.

"So Sue is basically your first choice?"

"The same goes for Valerie. It's most likely to choose between them."

"Huh?" Ronald made a strange sound. Is it still possible to look like this?

"She is Eddie Van Halen's wife." Deborah Hill whispered in Ronald's ear.

"Oh." Ronald had met the leader of the "Van Halen" band on the set of "Back to the Future." The band was so popular that in Ronald's first movie, "Up," there was a joke about the expensive tickets to Van Halen's concerts.

"She has athletic ability, girl-next-door temperament, blond hair, and the audience can accept that she can confront gangsters..."

Ronald facepalmed.

Unexpectedly, this Valerie met all the conditions that were circled for Elizabeth Su. It seems that she used all her husband's connections and influence in this role.

The two main candidates came in one after another and performed some of the lines selected by the producer and director.

"Valerie and Elizabeth are both doing well."

Ronald glanced at the producer who was speaking, and it seemed that someone behind her was also putting pressure on her. Valerie's face doesn't look very good on camera.

"Are you going to organize a third round of auditions?" Representatives of the Screen Actors Guild were observing the situation at the scene. They usually have no say. They will only report to the union if there is too obvious bias or secret operation.

"In our next round, let's try the opening dance." Ronald thought for a while, Valerie's performance was quite immature, and was quite different from Elizabeth Sue's acting skills. But in this kind of movie, the acting skills are too different, and there may be gossip, so Ronald came up with a scene that would leave everyone speechless for the audition.

"Ronald", after the audition, Elizabeth Sue was waiting outside.

“There was also a third round of auditions, which was a dance to the music of ‘then he kissed me’. It expresses the mood of a girl waiting at home for her boyfriend to take her to the dance for the first time..."

Ronald told Elizabeth.

"I...I plan to drop out of Harvard and become a full-time actor if I succeed this time." Elizabeth Su looked at Ronald and spoke her mind.

"Relax, prepare well, I have confidence in your performance."

"Where are you going next, can I accompany you?"

Elizabeth Sue is in her final year at Harvard, and she compares the prospects of actresses with those of classmates who graduated from the same major.

Her family is not very rich and she cannot go home and be a rich girl. So be sure to seize the opportunity this time.

Ali in "Longwei Boy" is just a supporting role to set off Daniel. In this "Adventures of Nanny", the entire story is centered on Chris Parker.

She knew the difference very well. In order to ensure that she got the heroine of this movie, Su did not care.

"Come on, we are old acquaintances. You are the actress I discovered, and I will definitely speak for you. You just need to concentrate on preparing for the role, and don't think about anything else. I won't go there later. Got to audition for another movie.”

"Ah, then I, I'll go back first..." Elizabeth Su failed to take the initiative, and she didn't know whether she was happy or worried.

…

Looking at the producer on the other side who told Valerie the same thing, Ronald smiled at her and went back to the audition room.

"Dirty Dancing" screenwriter Eleanor was already waiting for him inside.

"Is this a casting pool for male leads?"

"Yes." Ronald asked the audition assistant and nodded yes.

"You promised me, Ronald. I want to see the leading actor." Eleanor held the pile of photos of handsome guys in her arms and looked at Ronald innocently.

"Of course, but we also have to consider other factors. For example, Tom Cruise wants to play." Ronald joked with the screenwriter, who was quite young and girlish.

"Actually, Cruise is not my type. The guy in my dream is the kind of guy with black hair, full of masculine charm, small eyes, and single eyelids."

"Hehe..." Ronald chuckled to himself. Eleanor never admitted that she wrote the heroine Baby based on herself.

The him in the dream now is so specific, it's really self-inflicted.

"I like him, he is the man in the dream."

Eleanor flipped through it for a while, pulled out a photo, and handed it to Ronald, very happy.

"Patrick Thwaites", Ronald checked and saw that he was indeed the hero in his dream.

"Sure enough, he has single eyelids and black hair. He has small eyes and looks very handsome at first sight." Ronald smiled and put the photo on the table.

"You don't mind." The union representative took the photo over. It was really that the female screenwriter's behavior was too disgusting. She was pretending to be a little girl even though she was so old.

"He can't dance. If you insist on choosing him, I will write a report to the union." The union representative smiled slightly, as if he had taken advantage of Eleanor.

"Can't dance?" Ronald exclaimed, how could he not be able to dance? In Dreams, Switz danced very professionally, and it was impossible to learn it on the spur of the moment.

"See for yourself, he wrote it on his resume."

Ronald took the audition photo and turned it to the back. Above is Patrick Schwytz's resume. Sure enough, there is a line with only two words written on it.

“no dancing”

"Is there something wrong?" Ronald was confused.

"Oh, what a pity, I think he is the Johnny that best fits my imagination." The screenwriter Eleanor didn't insist, which made the union representative a little disappointed.

"That one looks good too, Billy Zane."

"Well, he's been called the Marlon Brando of the new era." The union representative knew the actor.

Ronald also leaned over to take a look.

"What's the resemblance? The eyes are dull, maybe they just look a little alike."

Patrick Sweets was more suitable, and Ronald made up his mind to ask why Sweets' resume said he couldn't dance.

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