Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"bye!" After Helen had enough sleep, she left Ronald's apartment and went to her mother's place. She had to tell her mother the good news first.

Instead of rushing to tell Helen that she should play Supergirl, Ronald first approached Richard of CAA to inquire about the "super girl" project.

Soon Richard's boss Nisita called Ronald's house.

"I think I reminded you, Ronald. All the favors for pretty girls should be told to me, and we'd better handle them for you."

Nisita is afraid that Ronald promises the benefits of an actress's appearance without authorization, and it is easy to have problems without being dealt with by an agent.

"Not an ordinary pretty girl, but my girlfriend..."

"Oh, it's already the girlfriend stage?" Nisita loosened her tie, then tore it off and threw it on the desk. The most potential screenwriter and director under the banner was captured by the beautiful girl like this?

"Helen, Helen Slater. The name should be familiar to you, her father is..."

"Gerald from pbs?" Nisita sighed and sat on the chair with a sigh of relief. He was deeply afraid that Ronald would be fascinated by some young actor and promised something he shouldn't have.

A client's peach scandal is a very troublesome thing. Not to mention a lot of resources and energy involved, it will make the client lose its competitiveness in front of the studio.

"Then what else are you asking? Gerald will be considerate for his daughter."

"The agent her father chose for her helped her get an audition invitation for a supporting role, but I think her appearance should be more suitable for the lead role..." Ronald explained the situation again, "I don't know very well either. There is a relationship here, so I want to ask you about it, you are the most professional."

"Of course, Ronald, you've done a great job." Nisita appreciates this way of thinking with her agent in advance.

The contract situation of the Superman series of movies is relatively well known. This is a thing that Warner Bros. regrets quite a bit.

After the Serkinds bought Superman for $3 million, it sold for $300 million at the worldwide box office. Warner Bros. regretted selling the rights down from day one.

Using the terms in the distribution contract, they began to constantly find fault with the Serkind and his son. The Serkind and his son are also veterans in the industry. The two sides are constantly working on director candidates and plot development.

Choose between you and me with the supporting cast, and stuff yourself with all kinds of private goods.

Originally, Supergirl was scheduled to appear in the third part of Superman, but after Richard Pryor, a black movie star, had no plot space left for Supergirl, she had to ask Superman to appear in the first part. Bring out the story of his cousin on Krypton.

Producers Serkind and his son want to make the casting of Supergirl, just like the casting of Superman back then, a gimmick that was publicized and warmed up before the film started, and is now starting an audition tour across the country.

"Then you can ask me and see if there are any competitive candidates. Don't worry, I'm just helping Helen find an audition opportunity." Ronald hung up the phone.

The effect of the dream last night was good, it seems that tennis can indeed trigger the dream, and Ronald set off to the tennis court again.

"They shot Lynn Stamaster, the casting director of Superman, who's a veteran casting director who's seen a circle of actresses in Los Angeles and is going to New York for the primary."

Soon Nisita of caa got more accurate information. Ronald has long known that the so-called auditions are not really among ordinary girls, but girls who have experience in acting.

"I see, I'll handle it."

Ronald knew who to call, Julia Taylor of the casting studio, who must have known the Superman casting director. Asking her to add an audition name is not a big problem.

"Helen Slater? Who's her agent?" Julia really knew the casting director, and she asked Ronald to report the name of her agent. This line of casting must be contacted through the agent. In order to prevent various unspoken rules, the Actors Guild has made special regulations on this.

Ronald thought for a while, then called Helen and asked her to give the name of the agent her mother had given her.

"Really? You have a way to get them to audition for Supergirl for me?" Helen was really happy.

"Don't get too excited, it's just an audition," Ronald replied over the phone.

"Yeah, Mom, Ronald gave me a chance to audition for Supergirl." Helen turned around and told her mother about getting the audition opportunity.

"It's a good thing." Helen's mother asked her daughter's audition for the role. After Helen went out, she called her ex-husband, "Did you do it? I smelled you from Helen's story, don't interfere. The daughter's freedom, she can be a superwoman if she wants to."

"What do you know about the show business?" Gerald was a little anxious. "How did she get the audition for Supergirl? I asked the agent to change it to the supporting role of Lucy Lane."

"It was her boyfriend who found it for her."

Gerald hung up immediately and dialed Ronald.

"Ronald, come to my office, right now! Right now!"

Ronald, who received the call, knew he had guessed correctly. He did not neglect and rushed to Gerald's office immediately.

"Why did you get Helen to audition for Supergirl?" Gerald asked right away.

"Because I think she's more suitable for Supergirl than the supporting role," Ronald replied.

"I thought you were already a mature director, so I acquiesced in your relationship with my daughter." Gerald pointed to Ronald's head and said:

"Where's your common sense? Helen is just a high school student in a deduction school. Supergirl is a superhero, and the supporting roles are all veteran actors. Their targets are Jane Fonda and Dolly Parton. Helen is in them If you can't get a play around you, you will be criticized by the critics."

Ronald suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Gerald was looking for a supporting role for Helen. Playing a supporting role in a big production was an easy ladder to step into the Hollywood showbiz. Not only the exposure, but also the trouble of being placed in the center by film critics.

However, Ronald also has his own considerations, "Mr. Slater, of course you are right. But the Superman movies are different."

"Oh?" Seeing Ronald coming soon, Gerald was relieved, after all, he was contributing to his daughter's acting career.

"Superman's audience, many lost the stunt of watching flying, acting is not so important. Christopher Reeve had no movie shooting experience before playing Superman, which does not prevent him from becoming a star."

"Besides, even if Helen's acting skills are not good, it is still too early to leave the filming. If she is selected, it is not too late to find a suitable acting teacher for her."

Gerald took a bottle of brandy from the drawer and poured a glass for both himself and Ronald.

"You're still naive, Reeve is Katherine Hepburn, and she recommends that Reeve be a superman." He took two sips of wine.

Ronald unintentionally listened to a big gossip. The two are more than forty years apart in age, right? "Are they that kind of grandma and grandson relationship?"

Gerald ignored Ronald's question, but glanced at Ronald, "But what you said makes sense, bad acting can be remedied. Go and inform Helen that he is going to audition for Supergirl, I agree. "

"Helen, tell me, do you really want to be in this movie?" Gerald called his daughter after Ronald left.

"Of course, being an actor is my dream."

"Well, you can try it."

"Oh, I'm so happy. Ronnie, thank you." Helen was overjoyed when she heard the news that her father had agreed to audition, and hurried to tell Ronald the good news.

"No wonder the agent he chose asked me to audition for the supporting role of Lucy Lane." Helen kissed Ronald, reacted, and then laughed.

"What should I do to prepare, Ronnie?"

"Just be yourself, the movie casting is not so particular."

Helen didn't listen to Ronald, she picked up the Supergirl comics she bought and started to study it.

"For the people of the earth, wake up."

The superwoman in the comics, after arriving on Earth, found that Superman had forgotten her identity and lost her superpowers. She used various methods to wake up Superman and finally found herself.

Helen tied a red headband on her head and read lines from the comics to Ronald.

Straight-forward, a typical American high school student learned drama in the drama club.

"Oh..." Ronald covered his eyes with his hands, not auditioning for a movie role like this.

"What's the matter? My lines aren't good enough?"

"No, what you said is okay." Ronald felt he had to explain to her, "A movie audition is mainly to see if your appearance is suitable for the role, and the film is shot with close-ups, close-ups, those on the comedy stage. The method of lines is unnecessary in a lot of movies."

"Oh, is that so? But my high school teacher said that the key to expressing the character's character is the lines." Helen was a little puzzled. If Ronnie hadn't directed a blockbuster movie, she wouldn't have believed it.

That's true, but...

Ronald pointed to the TV opposite and said, "You think of the TV as a stage for a drama, with actors performing in it."

"If the actors use normal people's way of speaking, the audience in the back row may not be able to hear clearly. And they are far away, and they can't see the facial expressions of the actors on the stage. This is why students who study drama must first Contact the body. The body can hear it even when sitting in the last row of the theater.

"Then let's see it as a TV," Ronald said, and turned on the TV, which was a replay of the TV series "Grievance and Grievance".

"Television is like film, you can use different focal lengths to capture the facial expressions of the actors," Ronald said to Helen, pointing to the characters on the TV. "There are also recordings to capture the voices of the actors, so that the audience can appreciate It's a more lifelike performance."

"But there are also a lot of actors in the movie who act in Shakespeare? Like Lawrence Oliver in the UK."

This involves the issue of different performance genres, and Ronald actually didn't quite figure it out himself.

"You may be right, but when auditioning, you must first see if your appearance meets the requirements of the role."

"Then am I going to dye a blond hair?" Helen suddenly thought.

"Don't worry, the superwoman's Earthling identity, Linda Lee, also has dark brown hair. Wait for you to choose..."

Seeing Helen's big eyes looking at him, full of longing for audition, Ronald turned and said, "Buy a golden wig and try it on first, then let's talk about what kind of blonde they need to dye."

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

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