Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Patrick Thwaites is an actor, dancer, and roller skater, but he wants to be a singer most of all.

In 1984, he wrote the song “she’s like the wind”. I originally planned to contribute to another movie starring myself, "Grandview, .a.?", but it was not adopted.

After that, he submitted it to other movies several times, hoping to make the song available, but was not chosen.

Sweets' singing talent is really limited, and this song has exhausted all his talent for writing lyrics and composition. It is impossible for him to put together multiple songs and release an album by himself. So the demo tape of this song was left to eat ashes at home on the ranch, and he also gave up on his dream of becoming a singer.

But this time Ronald still lacked a few interludes, and the boy's dream came to mind again. Sweets quickly asked his wife to come to the set with a demo and music score, and also wanted to recommend herself.

Musical actors, especially actors like Sweets who have been on Broadway and appeared in the "Grease" musical, basically have their own dreams of becoming singers. When the right time came, that dream began to sprout again.

Sweets' wife, Lisa, rushed to the Mountain Lake Villa where the play was set as quickly as possible.

After finishing the day's filming, Sweets and his wife specially came to see Ronald and screenwriter Eleanor with the tape.

"This is a song I wrote and sang by myself. I know the crew is soliciting inserts. I hope you can listen to it."

"Is this your wife Lisa? Hello?" Eleanor took the tape and started playing it. she asked Lisa, who was standing next to Sweets.

"Yes." Sweets hugged Lisa tightly and became intimate with her. "We met in a dance class held by my mother and have been married for 11 years." After saying this, he was still looking at his wife's face. A kiss.

"She is like the wind blowing through my tree

She walks through the night beside me

She leads me through the moonlight

Just to burn me with the sun

she took my heart

But she didn’t know what she did.”

A burst of Sweets singing came over.

The singing is mediocre, but it is more sincere and touching.

Ronald actually doesn't dislike this song, but...

This is a bitter love song. The interludes in "Dirty Dancing" are all for dance, and they must be swing dance music in the style of the 1950s and 1960s.

"I like this song very much. Did you write it for your wife?" Screenwriter Eleanor was obviously very moved. She began to think about how Sweets was in love with his middle school sweetheart Lisa and how he was raped by his parents. Fighting mandarin ducks, and then how to overcome obstacles and come together.

"I think this song is very good and should be used in the movie. Anyway, at the beginning of the third act before the end, Johnny is misunderstood by the baby's father, Dr. Houseman, and is the culprit who caused his dance partner Penny to become pregnant. left him.

When he parted with the baby, wasn't it very sad? Isn't it perfect for this song? "

Eleanor liked the actor who looked like her first dance partner in her youth and always had a good word for him.

"What you said makes sense. I can buy it as an episode. However... the payment may be delayed for a while until the movie is released..."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. If my own song can appear in the movie, that's the best reward. Can I sing it myself?"

Patrick Swayze is overjoyed that his dream of becoming a singer may actually come true.

"Of course, we will find a female singer to sing the chorus for you then." Ronald thought it wouldn't hurt to add some background music. In this way, the male protagonist will be in a much better mood and will be more dedicated and hardworking.

"Yeah, I'm so happy."

Patrick Thwaites walked outside the door with his wife, couldn't help but pick her up and started spinning her around.

"Who is that woman?"

In the dark, the heroine Jennifer Gray, who has always been in love with Sweets, brought a pot of grapes to reward Sweets. Unexpectedly, she saw this scene, and the jealousy and anger in her heart were extremely real.

"She must be his wife. I heard they were sweethearts in middle school..." Jane Brooke, who played Gray's sister, added jealousy.

"snort……"

Gray was so angry that he threw the grapes into Jane's arms, turned around and left.

"Well, it's quite delicious." Jane Brooke picked up a grape and put it in her mouth, "It's so easy for me." This kind of "marshmallow" grape produced in California has a yellowish-green skin. Very delicious and not cheap to have in Virginia.

"!"

The next morning, Ronald continued filming the scene with Dr. Haussmann and his family.

At the resort, the baby and Johnny had already met, but Dr. and Mrs. Hausman did not know that their daughter had fallen in love with the poor dancer who was accompanying him.

Today is a scene where baby and Johnny are chatting privately.

"cut!"

Ronald felt that Jennifer Gray did not look like honey dripping from her eyes when she looked at Sweets in the scene two days ago. Instead, she had regained some sense of calm.

"Not bad, not bad, Jennifer, you did a good job."

Ronald immediately praised him. In this scene, the baby actually communicated with Johnny in front of his parents. Of course, he had to disguise his affection. Unexpectedly, Gray acted very well. He controlled this passionate person under such a calm surface. Emotions are very layered.

"Thank you," Gray thanked Ronald, "Humph..." Then she turned back to the lounge without saying a word or looking at Sweets.

"Are you immersed in the role?" Ronald didn't expect Gray to be so into the role. This kind of method performance may have a bad impact on the actor over time. Ronald was about to go over and have a chat with her when he heard a thud from behind...

Actress Lynne Lipton, who played the baby's mother, Mrs. Houseman, fell to the ground.

She closed her eyes tightly and fell straight down, with some foam at the corners of her mouth.

"Lynn, what's wrong with you?" Jerry Orbach, who played Dr. Houseman, was startled and immediately squatted down to shake her.

"Don't shake!" Ronald rushed over and asked Lynn to put her head on the ground, and then looked at her face. There seemed to be no sign of stiffness. Breathing is also relatively stable, even if the person is in a coma.

"Ask if there is a doctor at the villa. If not, call 911," Ronald quickly told Eddie.

Everyone was in a hurry for a while.

…

"Woooooooo..."

Half an hour later, the belated ambulance loaded Lynne Lipton into the car, then sounded the alarm and took the actor to a nearby hospital. "

"Fortunately, all the cast and crew are insured."

Ronald wiped the sweat from his brow.

At noon, Ronald did not have dinner with everyone. Instead, he summoned the on-site manager Eddie, the assistant director Emil, and the screenwriter Eleanor to have a meeting in his room.

"The doctor said that Lynn has a serious underlying disease, and she may need to be hospitalized for a month for treatment. We can't wait for her to get better before reshooting her scenes, because Mrs. Houseman has a lot of scenes to do in the mountains. Shooting at Lake Villa, we only rented here for two weeks.

So, everyone thinks about it, what should we do? "

"Change the role temporarily? Let the casting director come?"

Eleanor had no experience in the crew, so she suggested a solution first.

"The expenses for each day of filming are astronomical, and we can't stop the crew to wait for new actors to arrive." Eddie was in charge of the ledger, knowing that it was impossible to stop and re-cast.

Ronald nodded, that was indeed the case. "Fortunately, Mrs. Houseman has not filmed many scenes. We re-shot the scene on the first day with the Houseman family in the car. The problem now is that we obviously can only find an actor from the crew to replace Lynn , who do you think can do it?"

"What about Kelly Bishop?" Assistant Director Emile suggested.

Bishop plays Vivian Pressman, a middle-aged woman who vacations in a hotel all year round. Her husband has a new love, and she can only find her own happiness in the resort hotel.

At the resort, she hooked up with Johnny, her backup dancer, and spent several nights with him.

Jewish ladies seducing young gigolos at resorts was a common scene in the Catskills back then.

"Invite her to come and talk." Ronald put out the cigarette he lit, then opened the window facing the lake to let the wind blow away the smell of smoke.

"Shall I take over the role of Mrs. Houseman?" Kelly Bishop has red hair, which is different from the blond hair of the original actress, Lynne. On the contrary, she is more in tune with the brown-haired husband actor and the two fair-haired daughters.

"Yes, will you?" Ronald knew that Bishop was also a regular on Broadway. She once played the sexy dancer Sierra in the legendary musical "A Chorus Line" and won the Tony Award for Best Supporting Actress.

"Of course, after all, this role is much bigger. I also like the baby very much, and she will follow me."

Kelly Bishop dropped an ad-libbed line and then combed her hair, switching from wavy waves to a housewife style.

"Very good, it's you. Wait a minute and I'll ask the assistant to give you Mrs. Hausman's script." Ronald was very satisfied with her performance, and the image of a middle-aged housewife appeared on the page.

America's entertainment industry is most indispensable for these middle-aged men and women who are very talented in acting.

Think about it, it turns out that a Tony Award winner can only play a small role with only two or three scenes. It's simply a huge waste of their acting skills and experience.

But who says middle-aged actresses don’t have many roles?

"Who will play the slut Vivian?" screenwriter Eleanor asked another question.

Ronald also scratched his head. It would be better for her to be a member of the crew, so that too much time would not be wasted on casting.

With every day wasted here, Ronald's fortune evaporates like the notes I throw into the fireplace.

"What do you think of our assistant choreographer?" Eleanor offered another idea.

"Who? Miranda?" Ronald shook his head. He had seen the assistant choreographer before. She was a good choreographer and very considerate, but you said she could play a middle-aged slut who still retains her charm...

"She's really good, but she's not wearing makeup now. She will be stunning to many people when she puts on makeup."

Assistant director Emil echoed this.

Ronald looked at him as if asking, what do you know about women?

"Really, she is very good, believe me. We are pretty good at judging women." Emil insisted.

Ronald thought about it, and there really was no other suitable person in the crew.

"Then ask the makeup artist to come and try on Miranda's makeup."

"Director, are you looking for me?" Assistant choreographer Miranda Garrison came to Ronald's room and saw that everyone was there. She thought there was something dance-related.

"Have you ever been an actor before?" Ronald asked pleasantly.

"Me? I've only appeared as an extra in Coppola's 'Love Is Old', with Olivia Newton-John, and in 'Celestia' with Gene Kelly."

"Oh," Ronald heard and knew that Miranda was also ambitious.

"It turns out that Kelly, who plays Vivian, has replaced Mrs. Houseman, so we want you to try out the role of Vivian. I'll let the makeup artist try it on you."

Soon, the makeup artist put heavy makeup on Miranda Garrison, put on an expensive dress and a headdress.

"Well..." Ronald seemed to have changed when he saw Miranda, her temperament changed from elegant to sexy and mature.

Eddie whistled beside him to express his satisfaction.

"Okay, then come to Vivian."

Ronald thought to himself, it was just a small role for a few scenes anyway, and there must be no one who can't act on Broadway.

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