Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Ah...ah...!"

"Ah...you Bichi."

Ronald and the three of them heard the sound outside getting louder and louder, and quickly got up and walked out of the room to see what happened.

I saw two women scolding each other in the rest area.

One of them was Melanie Griffiths, who was auditioned for "Endless Love" by Ronald. She hasn't seen her for a year. She is not as baby fat as she used to be, but a little thinner, with fair skin. very conspicuous.

"You little Bitchi, who seduced my father, came to my house with your mother Bitchi at the age of 20 and refused to leave." Another girl pointed at Melanie's nose and scolded away.

"You rotten bitch who is dating Nigger." Melanie was not to be outdone, she pretended to be a child to imitate the other party, "M...J..., when are you coming to my house, I have something good for you to see. ."

"How old were you then, eh? 16?"

"You bitch, you actually overheard me and MJ talking at my house."

"Ah... I'm going to kill you." Another girl rushed over, grabbed Melanie's hair, and pulled it down.

Melanie was in pain from being pulled by him, her head lowered, and the girl took the opportunity to scratch her face with one hand.

Melanie's face was scratched by her, and she cried out "Ah...", which was the biggest damage to the actress. Relying on being taller than the other party, she also grabbed the other party's hair with one hand, and then slapped her with the other hand.

"Snapped!"

A slap in the face was crisp.

"what……"

The other party shouted, and then with a force, Melanie's hair was pulled down a lot.

"what……"

Melanie Griffith let out a shrill scream, rushed up and pushed the opponent down, mounted her on top of her and raised her hands, slapped her twice, and slapped her on both sides.

"Oh oh... oh..." Ronald hurried forward, grabbed one with casting director Don Phillips, and parted.

The two were hugged and tried to take off and kick each other. Ronald had to separate them and reassure the people who accompanied them to the audition.

Ronald was holding the girl Melanie had quarreled with, and he found out that she was auditioning with the famous singer Cher, who used to be on Staten Island and often saw her and ex-husband Sonny Bono Performed the male and female duet "IGotYouBabe" on TV.

"Is this your daughter, Ms. Cher?" Ronald asked.

"Oh no, this is Ryan O'Neal's daughter, Tatum. She lives in my house." Cher replied, "Thank you just now, are you?"

"I'm director Ronald Lee." Ronald thought to himself, it turns out that this girl is the little girl in the movie "Paper Moon" directed by Bogdanovich. With this role, she won over her father. Ryan, won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

How does someone's daughter live in your house? It seems that the relationship is quite complicated.

Ronald looked at Tatum O'Neal and saw that she was nothing serious except that her face was a little red and swollen. I asked them to sit down and rest first, and asked her if she needed an ice pack and whether she should go to the hospital for a checkup.

When Tatum heard that Ronald was the director, he straightened his hair and tried to smile, but unfortunately he grabbed the injured cheek, and a burst of pain made her grin.

"None of you are suitable for audition today, I will let the casting director choose another time,

Let you stagger auditions. "Ronald first made a promise to reassure the little girl.

Cher comforted Tatum, took the ice pack handed by the assistant, and asked her to put it on.

Cher and Ronald took the opportunity to quickly talk about the whole story.

It turns out that Tatum O'Neal and Melanie Griffith have a personal grudge. Melanie lived at the O'Neal's for some time in the seventies, having an affair with her father.

I saw it at the audition site today, I don't know who provokes the other first, and it developed into two people exposing each other's bottom line, scolding each other's privacy, and finally becoming a fight.

"Then why did you send her here today?" Ronald asked.

"Her father moved in two years ago to live with Farrah Fawcett. She was left alone at home and had to take care of her brother. We used to be on TV and she would come to me when something happened."

Ronald was speechless, he had to let them go first and then make an appointment to audition.

"Will there be anyone here..." Cher asked while holding Tatum O'Neal.

"They are all employees of Universal and know the rules." Ronald knew that she was asking if anyone would speak out. The news media doesn't. Everyone here knows the importance, but it is inevitable to spread the word in private.

Go back and see Melanie Griffiths. Her injuries were more serious, with a few strands of hair falling out and a few scratches on her face, but fortunately there was no disfigurement.

Melanie and her boyfriend were also persuaded away, and Ronald went back to continue the audition. The actress tearing up is no worse than the average girl fighting. I heard that Melanie Griffiths lived with a lion when she was a child, and this wild power is still more powerful.

The next audition for Kelly Preston is still an old problem. His appearance is beyond the standard, but his acting skills are not enough, and he can't act the yearning and fear of an innocent girl facing love. Ronald had to let her go back and wait for news.

Before leaving, Preston made a phone call gesture to her, causing Heckling to look over.

What is this? Didn't eat it and caused gossip?

Ronald mentally sentenced the beautiful actress of low IQ to the death penalty for audition.

"Princess Leia" Kelly Fisher is still as beautiful as ever. The lines and acting skills are also sufficient.

However, Ronald was a little unsure. On the one hand, her age has grown irrevocably. Born in 1956, she is already 25 years old, and the gap between her and high school students is too big.

On the other hand, she will also participate in the subsequent Star Wars, and she may not be able to accept nudity scenes, and may have to let George Lucas decide. Although there are certain marketing benefits, she can play her brand, but the constraints on this scale may in turn force the crew to change the script.

"What do you think?" Ronald asked the three of them for their opinion

"Have you ever thought that the audience has too much memory of her image of Princess Leia?" Don Phillips whispered.

"You're right, Don." Ronald understood, an image that was too impressive for the audience often limited the actor's performance.

If the audience yelled at Princess Leia as soon as they saw Stacey on screen, the movie wouldn't go on.

Ronald had to cross out Fisher too. In this way, there are no suitable candidates for the roles of Stacey and Linda.

"Do we have anything else to audition for?" Ronald asked.

"Paramount's big production 'The Officer and the Gentleman' happened to be auditioning too. Many actresses went there to try their luck first, and it was a women's play, we are a girl's play. 18-22 actress, In fact, it is more inclined to 'officers and gentlemen', after all, if you become famous in one fell swoop, you can continue to play until the age of 35 without changing your way of acting."

"Who are the candidates?" Ronald asked.

“Debra Winger, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca De Mornay ()…”

Don Phillips gave a list of actresses' names.

"Okay, send them audition invitations."

The fact that the actresses tore each other at the audition site was known to the senior management of Universal. The next day President Tom Mount, and the two producers, called Ronald and Heckleyn to a meeting.

"You are behind schedule, and you have to step up the audition for the heroine." Tom Mount came up and pressured Ronald.

"Mr. Mount, we still have some scheduled auditions for actors in the next few days. I believe we can find suitable candidates." Ronald handed over the prepared key list.

"Your information is not well-informed, Ronald." Tom Mount flipped the page. "Jennifer Jason Lee is likely to win the heroine of 'The Officer and the Gentleman', you have to find another one."

"Okay, we'll speed up the process." Ronald didn't know what Mount's hidden plans were. He always felt that he had another purpose in calling him. , it's normal for an audition actress to have other options.

"Why don't we jump out of this box and think of a different solution?"

"Come on, come on," Ronald thought to himself, before answering Mount, "don't know what the solution looks like?"

"How about we try actresses the same age as the 12th graders? Like Brooke Shields?"

"We can't afford her pay, and her mother Terry wouldn't agree to a frontal nudity scene if she was in it."

Ronald replied. Then I thought to myself, Bo Ji's acting skills must not be able to play the two heroines. In addition, if she participates in the show, she must abide by the 6-hour working time that cannot be overtime every day, which will further drag down the shooting progress.

"I think it can be considered. After all, she is a popular star, and it is not impossible for us to modify the script for her." Hecklin is a little excited. If a popular star participates, the scale and budget of the film will be expanded accordingly.

Ronald looked at Hecklin and thought to himself, "Then the script has to be revised, and the schedule has to be postponed. Of course, I may not be able to be the director of this big production, and maybe you won't be able to either." What are you thinking. This kind of production hell, he didn't want to do it again.

"I can consider an additional $1 million, as long as Brooke Shields can be hired. The script can also be revised. Isn't she also in Blue Coral Reef, and Endless Love? We can do the same with a stand-in."

"I will contact Brooke's mother Terry." Ronald agreed, he knew that Terry was very greedy, and the price offered here would not satisfy her. But Brooke may just be an interlude, what is Tom Mount really thinking?

"Now let's discuss the choice of the male lead."

"It turns out that the real purpose is still the male protagonist." Ronald thought to himself.

Auditions of several candidates were shown on television.

"I think this Judge Reinhold is pretty good." Heckling commented.

Judge Reinhold is the boyfriend of her best best friend, a secret no one on the set knows. Originally, she wanted to recommend her best friend who works at the Academy of Film (AFI) as a casting director.

Although now being held by the producer Lin Sen's friend, she still wants to recommend someone of her own to be the male lead, so that she can use her own abilities to squeeze out Ronald, the related household after the game is turned on.

A screenwriter just over 20 who sold Jane Fonda a script by luck. How can a director's professional knowledge compare to himself, a top student with a bachelor's degree in New York University and a master's degree in AFI? He has also made documentaries and an excellent graduation short film, which is how he got Mount's appreciation.

"He's good at acting, but he's a little older, why don't we try Nicholas Coppola?" Ronald said Nicholas' surname, suggesting that he could sell a face to director Francis Coppola

Tom Mount smiled. This kid has a good idea. If it wasn't for Coppola's new film "Old Love, New Love", which was seen by Paramount executives and canceled the October internal preview, this face could also be sold to he.

Internally, Paramount was dissatisfied with Coppola's daily dailies and was ready to give up on releasing Coppola's new film.

Coppola is carrying a high debt of tens of millions of Chase Bank. If the new film cannot sell well, it is likely to go bankrupt. Now the high-level circles are guessing whether Coppola has run out of money.

Producers who still have confidence in him don't want to reach out to rescue him. It is better to wait for him to go bankrupt and sign his multiple film contracts at a cheap price to get a bargain.

"No, we can't use him."

"Why? Because his performance is too 'dark'?" Ronald was shocked. This was Mount's direct rejection of his candidate. Enter Brad, both of his candidates failed?

"Because he's underage."

"But his audition papers say he's 18?" Ronald remembered Nicholas Coppola's profile, obviously an adult.

"He made a fake, we have confirmed with Francis. He admitted that Nicholas was only 17 years old and could only shoot six hours a day."

"But Brooke..." As soon as Ronald said it, he knew he was wrong, and he shouldn't have agreed to ask Brooke.

"Yes, Bo Ji is a star. If she wants to come, we can revise the script for her, and then see if an actor with the same acting status as her will be invited to cooperate."

If Bo Ji is willing to come, the budget will be added, and the actor will also need to change to a big name. If Brooke does not come, there is a high probability that he will not come, then Nicholas is not old enough for this small production movie.

"Um..." Ronald was sulking, looking at Hecklen and Mount, how should he deal with this casting problem?