Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Spielberg called Zemeckis, Ronald, and the crew to watch the dailies. This was the first time he saw "Back to the Future" film.

Stoltz's on-screen performance weighed heavily on him. Halfway through, Spielberg took off his glasses, wiped the hem of his cotton T-shirt, and said, "Stop."

Zemeckis looked at Spielberg's next sentence with his glasses on.

"Robert, Ronald is right, you're going to lose most of the box office this way."

Zemeckis, a little frustrated, whispered in Spielberg's ear, and the two quietly discussed changing the male lead.

Spielberg was not persuaded by Zemeckis, and he made a decision on the spot to replace Eric and Stoltz with Michael J and Fox.

"I can't find Michael," said Fox, his agent and 'Family Bonds' producer Gary Goldberg, who wore a pair of pants to prevent me from speaking directly to Fox. ' Zemeckis said in dismay.

The TV series "Family Bonds", in which Fox played the eldest son Alex and Keaton, unexpectedly became the audience's favorite character. Producer Goldberg didn't want Fox to tread on two boats, and has already released words, The Back to the Future team was not allowed to have any contact with him.

"Find him," Spielberg said flatly. "As soon as possible."

Ronald saw Zemeckis' distress and went over to comfort him, "I know John, Candy, he and Fox are Canadians and can speak through him

"thanks

, Zemeckis said gratefully.

"I have seen the script you brought with Tocandi. I heard that Universal is making a big sci-fi production. Are you the director?" Michael, J, Fox, called Ronald the next day.

"It's not me, it's Robert, Zemeckis. Listen, they were going to ask you to star, but Mr. Goldberg stopped him. He said the script was good, and you're going to blame him for not letting it go. You acted, so I didn't let you see it at all."

"Hey, I think he's right. I do really want to play Marty, McFly. I had a deal with Goldberg to only do it during the summer break from 'Family Bonds'. This year I've already played 'The Wolf of Eighteen' and I've used up my quota, but I really want to do 'Back to the Future'.'

"Then I will contact Mr. Spielberg and Zemeckis and let them have a showdown with Goldberg." Ronald confirmed Fox's willingness to play and told the crew

"You guys are robbery!" Goldberg, a Jew, was furious in front of several cast members who came to negotiate Fox's schedule.

"Come on, Gary. We can share Fox's time." Spielberg bargained.

"How to share 'Family Bonds' He's the top-grossing character and plays here five days a week."

"We could shoot him in the evenings and only do daytime scenes two days a week," Zemeckis said of the way they came up with sharing Fox's schedule.

"You can't extend the shooting every night and prevent him from coming back the next day. If the 'family bond' works within an hour of overtime a day, it must be satisfied first."

"make a deal.'

Both sides met each other's time requirements, anyway, "Back to the Future" most of Marty's scenes are indoors and evenings, so long as Zemeckis goes home and re-shoots the shooting plan, it will be fine to accommodate Fox's schedule.

Both parties tacitly did not mention the issue of Fox's rest, anyway, he is an actor, and he asked to appear in "Back to the future, let him be in two shifts.

"Uh. Can you add an apple box?"

Ronald visits Fox and Helen, Slater for another audition after the two sides have negotiated a schedule.

Michael. j, Fox and Helen have a height difference of four inches, the two stand together, Helen is half a head taller than him, and the close-up needs to be adjusted in height,

Let Fox stand on the apple crate to barely fit together

"Marty and Jennifer have a lot of long-range sports shots." Zemeckis reminded by the side that since Stoltz has been replaced by Fox, his girlfriends Jennifer and Parker will also be replaced from Helen to Claudia and Wells.

Ronald gave himself a slap, isn't this self-inflicted. Whether Zemeckis's movie is good or not has nothing to do with him, and he also loses Helen's role. You have to find another way.

"Ronald," Spielberg looked at, motioning for him to come out and chat.

"I owe you this time, thanks to your reminder, otherwise Amberlin will lose more money." Spielberg patted Ronald on the shoulder.

"The quality of Zemeckis' shots is okay, not too bad, not to lose money."

"Don't say that, we all know that if it weren't for you, Zemeckis would continue to shoot, and I would still propose a substitution after seeing the samples."

Spielberg pointed it out, "Back to the Future" is a high-concept movie. It didn't win by the storyline, but relied on the brain hole of time and space travel, and the various prophets brought to the protagonist Marty by the chaos of time and space. Intuition, attract the audience.

"A high-concept sci-fi film, if you put the deep acting skills that a drama film has, it will be a disaster. You may have saved millions for my Amberlin and the distributor Universal, and also saved Zemeckis' reputation. disaster."

"But he doesn't necessarily thank me," Ronald thought to himself.

"I know Helen, Slater is your woman, this thing started because of our mistakes, and I'll recommend her the heroine of another movie. It doesn't count in the favor I owe you. She likes what kind of role'

Ronald was overjoyed, "Well, she likes roles that require acting skills. She studied with the London Shakespeare actors in London before, but her own acting skills have yet to be tested.

"I see, can Helen sing?"

"Yes, her father has always raised her, she is a good jazz pianist and jazz singer."

"The famous screenwriter Neil Simon of Broadway and Hollywood is preparing his new film. The heroine is a singer. I will call him to recommend Helen."

The two walked back, and the crew began to call the actors, recalling them to announce their decision to replace the male lead.

And Eric, Stoltz, was put aside until he was done to notify his agent. When this happens, damage to the reputation of Stoltz's actor is inevitable. But for better box office results, this kind of thing is always put in the last consideration.

"Hey, I'm the 'Back to the Future' crew, I have something important to look for, Thompson." Ronald was also assigned a place to call, and he called Thompson's agent.

"Uh, it's not convenient for Miss Thompson to answer the phone." The agent didn't know what he was thinking.

"The crew has a major decision, and you will be at your own risk if you don't contact her." Ronald decided to scare the agent who didn't know the situation

"Hee hee hee..." Helen listened to Ronald talking on the phone next to him, and smiled with both hands on Ronald's shoulders. She learned that she had an opportunity to audition for a new heroine, and she was not so disappointed in losing a vase role.

"Hey, who's looking for me, I'm Li." After a while, Li, Thompson called anxiously. Taking advantage of the crew's holiday, she sneaked to Germany to meet her lover. When she heard the crew's major decision, she was frightened to death, and hurriedly called to ask. "It's me, Ronald. I don't care where you are, get back to Los Angeles, the crew has a big decision.

"Is it about me?" Li, Thompson was even more frightened when he heard that it was Ronald. Could it be because of his poor acting skills that he should be fired from the crew?

"Don't think about it, since I informed you, it has nothing to do with you, come back soon."

"Hey honey, I just got back, where are you going?" His boyfriend Dennis, Quaid, hugged Li from the back, Thompson "Don't go, I'm already in a hurry here."

The uncomfortable Thompson, who was slapped by Quaid, slapped him open, "Don't make trouble, honey, there is a big problem with the crew, I'm afraid I'll be fired if I'm late." Li, Thompson vaguely guessed it was about the male lead

She immediately put the clothes in the suitcase indiscriminately, then turned around and left to go to the airport to buy a ticket.

When I went out, I saw my boyfriend with a stern face, and came back and kissed him in his arms, "Don't be like this, I really have a very urgent matter, I will make up for you when you come back, bye bye.

"Oh, all of them." Dennis, Quaid lay down on the bed in frustration, reaching for a small bag of "good stuff" from his bag.

"Ah...Ah.

The next day Ronald took Helen to Neil, and Simon served as the screenwriter of the "baseball player's wife (theslugger'swife)" crew. Neil Simon is one of the rare amphibious screenwriters, his screenplay has won the highest honor in theater, a Tony Award, an Oscar for film, and an Emmy nomination for best screenplay in television.

This happens to be Helen, Slater's favorite type of work that requires acting skills. She studied drama in New York some time ago, and may be appreciated by Neil and Simon.

"Ronald, what are you doing here"

Outside the audition room, Ronald accidentally sees Tom Cruise.

"I accompanied a friend to audition for the lead actress."

"It wouldn't be so coincidental, I'll accompany Rebecca to the audition." Tom was stunned.

"No way." Ronald looked at Cruise. Could it be that his girlfriend Rebecca, De, and Monnie are also Helen's competitors. At times like this, actresses always need a man by their side to be at ease.'

"Ah, yes." Ronald thought that was too much of a coincidence.

"Remember, you were outside the audition room, calling me by my name, or I wouldn't have gotten my first role and I wouldn't have met Paula."

"That's your own talent and hard work, Tom. I remember you knocking out all your dentures on purpose when you played 'The World's Urchin' to be realistic."

Now Cruise has already found the best dentist, and his teeth are very white.

"Thanks to my good luck, I met you and found a good agent like Paula." Tom, Cruise was very emotional, he must be lucky in this industry, "She is my career. The career has been very well planned, the actor does not have to find a role that can play an acting role, the overall effect of the film is what the actor should consider."

"Yeah" Ronald heard the complaint inside, so he pouted inside.

"Rebecca has her own considerations. She comes from an acting family, so she has a natural reaction to the role of her since she was a child. I have told her several times that she would also be signed to caa, but every time we will be because of this. Quarrel, she always thinks I'm too wordy.

"Hey, you're not alone." Ronald patted him. The actress has many ideas and big ideas. It's really troublesome. The two chatted for a while, Helen and Slater came out first.

"Goodbye then, I'll chat with Helen first." Ronald gave Tom a wink.

Tom understood and waited for his girlfriend Rebecca to come out.

The two actresses can be said to be direct competitors. If they meet for dinner or something, everyone will feel uncomfortable.

"I think Mr. Simon might pick me," Helen chirped at the audition over dinner, "He asked me about my off-Broadway performances and talked a lot about the 'baseball player's wife' role. inner grasp.”

Ronald looked at Helen so happy, and let go of his distraction.

"I think that Helen is my biggest competitor." Rebecca, De, and Monie were in another restaurant, and they were also complaining to Tom and Cruise.

"Don't be like this, you have a lot of opportunities. After we acted "Good Boys Are Crazy", you should also plan your career. You don't just focus on acting and you can get ahead in Hollywood.

"Okay, I get it", Rebecca looked bored, Tom was fine with everything, he just liked to sell his philosophy of success, and it was endless.

"Have you heard that the actor of the company's 'Back to the Future' has been replaced." Universal's producer Ned, Taning, was chatting with his subordinates.

"I heard that my friend was working as an assistant producer in that crew. I heard that it was Ronald, Lee's proposal, which was approved by Spielberg. His vision is as good as ever."

"What's going on with our shooting in Chicago, John, Hughes will just say it's fine, it's going well. I'm always a little worried." I began to worry about the "Breakfast Club" filmed in Chicago, and these directors can't blindly believe their own words.

"Or we'll send someone to take a look too" the subordinate's acting skills.

"It's useless," Ned, Taning took a sip of coffee, "The director is a very professional type of work, and if you are a layman, you can't understand the quality of the filming. If it is so simple, how can there be a 'Heaven's Gate'? catastrophe'

"Otherwise, let's ask Ronald for a trip. He is an expert and has a good relationship with Hughes, so that we can get accurate information without causing John Hughes director's disgust."

"It's good, but how can I invite Ronald? I'm not like Spielberg, who was a big favor to him back then."

"According to my friend, it turned out that the heroine was recommended by Ronald to join the crew. This time, the actor named Helen and Slater lost the role because of the height match. If you can provide a heroine's Chance'

"The heroine." Ned, Tanin thought about whether it would be worthwhile to release a heroine for this matter.

"Do you remember the project for the single adaptation of the black singer that was in Guber's hands. He's still worrying about directing and starring."

"It's yours," Tanin called Guber with a smile

The two chatted for a while, and Ned and Tanin called Ronald again.

"Ronald, it's me, Ned."

"Hello, Mr. Taning." Ronald was watching the TV broadcast in his apartment, and the Huaguo women's volleyball team won the Dongying team 3-0 and successfully entered the knockout round.

"That's it, I heard Helen, Slater is your man, and now I have a movie project, it's a modern version of Joan of Arc. The producer is Peter, Guber, he remembers you, says you In the 'Endless Love' crew, helped a lot.

I remembered that Helen was the actress who played Supergirl. This is a good opportunity. Back then, Ingrid and Bergman played Joan of Arc and won praise from critics. "

"Hey," Ronald thought to himself, how could he have so much influence, are the characters chasing him now?

"That's it, Guber is still looking for a director for that movie, and if you're interested, you can do it with Helen."

Just as Ronald was about to refuse, his heart moved. "The Baseball Player's Wife" hasn't finalized the candidate yet, so it's not necessarily a bad thing for Helen to audition.

"Okay, but whether I will accept it or not, I have to read the script before deciding."

"Of course, Helen's audition is not tied to your being a director."

"Well, then I thank you very much, Mr. Tanin.

"Call me Ned," Tanin smiled on the other end of the phone. "I have something I want to trouble you too. Can you spare two days and help me run a trip to Chicago?"

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