Exploiting Hollywood 1980

With only one day left, Ronald needed to be fully prepared for the Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis sex scene.

The first problem I encountered was Tom Cruise's hairstyle.

In order to film "The Color of Money", Tom played the role of Vincent, a pool player and Eddie's apprentice played by Paul Newman. Not only did he grow his hair long, but the stylist gave him conservative long sideburns, in line with the image of Paul Newman in the original 1961 film "The Prodigal Son" and the popular social atmosphere in a small southern town.

But in "Top Gun," Tom Cruise's "Lone Ranger" has a typical short navy haircut with typical military length and sideburns.

There's no way to get a haircut on this issue, no way to make up for Ronald's day, shave Cruise's hair back short, then put him on a wig in "The Color of Money," or wait a few more months to grow it back.

Ronald didn't think of a good solution for the time being, so he had to go back to Los Angeles to make a long-term plan. See what a hair expert can do.

The second problem is that the rhythm of the romantic story between the two needs to be reorganized.

Originally, in Ronald's story, the love story between Lone Ranger and Charlie had its original rhythm. They got to know each other in a bar, got to know each other's true identities in an airport class, and then broke out because of Charlie's criticism of the Lone Ranger's flying style, and then chased after the car and kissed.

After that, the Lone Ranger partner Dumb Goose's wife (starring Meg Ryan), in a bar, revealed that the Lone Ranger had a real love for Charlie, and the only remaining doubts and estrangement between the two were broken. Make a deal after dinner.

Finally, after the Lone Ranger shot down three MiG-28s, he chose to return to Miramar Naval Base as an instructor at the topgun school, and met Charlie again.

An hour and forty-seven minutes in length, any shot has its own rhythm. To add the passionate scene of the two without breaking the original rhythm, Ronald was very brainy.

Ronald has two options, one is to roll the bed after the first kiss. The second is that after the accidental death of Goose, Charlie came back to comfort the Lone Ranger, and the two of them would do good deeds.

However, both insertions have their own problems. The two people in front just kissed, and there was a lack of foreshadowing, and the emotional low point of the dead partner in the back was a bit abrupt.

"Let's put it in the front, otherwise the psychological ups and downs of the audience will be too great. It is understandable for Charlie to comfort the Lone Ranger with his partner's death, but taking advantage of the situation will damage the image of the Lone Ranger too much. Paula Wagner will definitely not let Shoot like this."

Ronald took advantage of the situation to look at Rick Nisita, who was working with his notebook in the next seat on the return plane.

"What? Is there any problem that I need to solve?" Nisita noticed Ronald's gaze. He closed the notebook and asked Ronald's thoughts. Now in his heart, Ronald's priority has faintly surpassed that of Francis Coppola.

"I'm thinking about how to add that passionate scene. It's like a seesaw. If you put it down here, other plots will float up. It's hard to do both."

"I can't help you with that. Do you need any script doctor? I can find William Goldman for you. He has a lot of free time now."

"not needed for now\

,"Ronald knows the name of this guy. He used to be the screenwriter of "Tiger and Leopard", "Distant Bridge" and other good movies. He is also a novelist, but he faded out of Hollywood after the 1980s. Now he occasionally picks up Live script consulting.

If you have any difficult questions to ask for advice, that's fine. The difficulty of interfering in passionate scenes really makes seniors laugh.

"There is one thing you can do for me." Ronald remembered one thing, he said to Nisita, "Orson Welles once asked me for one thing, he returned to Hollywood in 1958. The number one The movie 'touchofevil' was cut by Universal.

He wanted to find the original film, re-edit it according to his opinion, and see if there was a chance to re-release it, or release a tape, sell it to a TV station, etc. In short, I want to make a movie with my ideas back then and meet the audience.

I know that nearly 30 years have passed, and there is little hope of finding the negatives. He once wrote a letter to the senior management of Universal, saying that he had read dozens of opinions in the first-cut version. I found the original, and I want to buy the rights to the screenplay of Gone with the Wind and republish it with Wells' letter, at least so that film students can see all his genius. "

"No problem, I'll do it when I get back to Los Angeles."

...

"Films are like a seesaw, you put a shot in here, and the rest of it pops up, so there's a weight here."

Ronald murmured to the planks on the wall in the study, and finally he added the passion scene to the back of the passionate kiss between the two of them in a race car chase.

But in this way, the relationship between the two seems to be progressing too fast. Ronald arranges another reunion for the two after the Lone Ranger's visit to Charlie's house.

Charlie asks the Lone Ranger to go home, and the Lone Ranger gives up the beach volleyball competition with the Iceman in order to make the appointment. But at Charlie's house, it turns out that Charlie is only interested in him getting up close and personal with the MiG-28. Feeling hurt, the Lone Ranger leaves alone.

In order to smooth the transition of the emotional scene, Ronald re-wrote another scene. The next day, Charlie and the Lone Ranger met in the elevator. Charlie told the Lone Ranger that although he mainly wanted to know about the MiG, he would not invite men. Go home and discuss technical issues.

In this way, there is a foreshadowing, which makes the subsequent passionate scenes appear more logical.

The script sequence was arranged and the storyboard was drawn. Ronald nods in satisfaction, now only Tom Cruise's hairstyle remains.

"Ronald, McGillis flew in from New York, come and talk to her." The two producers, Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, called Ronald.

"Okay," Ronald put the script and sketches away, "Just right, I've written the new scene for you to see."

"You better come first." Bruckheimer said badly on the phone.

"What's wrong?"

...

"Don? Jerry?" Ronald went to Paramount's production office, opened the door, and saw a blonde inside first, it was Kelly McGillis.

"What's the matter with you?" Ronald exclaimed. The two producers in the back were also sitting in chairs talking on the phone.

I saw McGillis turned around and smiled sweetly at Ronald, "Ronald, long time no see."

However, this smile seemed very terrifying in Ronald's eyes.

McGillis had not seen him for six months, and cut his curly blond hair short.

It's not terribly short, but it's clearly different from the light blonde, slightly curly, and sexy hairstyle during the filming of "Top Gun".

"Why did you cut your hair short, Kelly?"

Ronald knew where the grievances of the two producers came from.

"Why do you all say that? I didn't know you were going to reshoot after half a year?" McGillis was a little displeased, "I went back to New York to audition for a Broadway play, and it happened that they needed a role with short hair, so I cut it. short."

"It's not too short, is it?"

McGillis leaned forward as he spoke, tilting his head to show Ronald the length of his hair.

The blond hair was a little darker than before, resting neatly above the ears. Ronald looked down from above, there was still a little bit of fluff on his neck, and the snow-white neck and collarbone made his heart move.

"Is there anything we can do?" Ronald asked Bruckheimer, looking away.

"Don has contacted the best hair stylist and special effects make-up artist he can find to see what remedies are available.

...

Soon the hair stylist came and started to use his tactics around McGillis.

"I'm going to recover to the point where I can't let the audience see the difference."

Ronald picked up a photo of the bust of McGillis on the set, which was supposed to be used as a promotional poster, and told the two professionals.

"Oh...ok"

The hairstylist was a somewhat sissy male, wearing a baseball cap, and two beauty assistants. He froze for a moment at the request, then raised McGillis' hair with his hand to compare it with the photo.

"Look at Ramsay's magic."

After more than an hour, the hair stylist and his two assistants were finally busy with Kelly McGillis' hair.

"Dangdang!" The stylist moved the mirror away for Ronald and the two producers to watch.

"Well, the degree of curling is restored well, but it is still too short."

"Is there any way?" Don Simpson turned to the stylist.

"Two ways, either shave shorter and wear a wig," suggested the hairstylist.

"Hmm..." McGillis shook his head at Ronald everyone, expressing his objection.

Ronald looked back at the hair stylist.

"Either go find human hair of a similar color and texture, and give her strands of extension. It requires careful manipulation, and fresh human hair. We have to go to the site to do it for her, it will take about five hours, and it will only be finished. for a day."

"Well, no." Now it was Ronald's turn to say no. He only had one day to shoot and five hours to get his hair done, and McGillis was not guaranteed.

"Then I can't help it. Ramsay's magic is limited."

Ronald looked at him, then at McGillis. It's not good to be half-hearted like this. The audience will always see the flaws. If they are allowed to play here, they will be distracted in the next five minutes, which will greatly affect the box office and reputation.

"What if you put a baseball cap on for her?"

On a whim, Ronald took off the stylist's hat and went to McGillis to put it on.

"No one says Charlie can't wear a baseball cap, right?"

McGillis was startled, then looked at Ronald, who almost touched her nose, "Yes, Charlie can wear a baseball cap."

"Hahahaha..., just do it like this, Ronald, you are a genius." Don Simpson laughed happily. "Who's that? You go to Chicago together and fix Tom Cruise's hair too."

"When the time comes for the passion scene, McGillis is lying on the bed with his hair surrounded by pillows, and the camera will explain it. The length is not easy to find." Bruckheimer is more careful, he added.

"You are really a genius." McGillis smiled, looking at Ronald.

"This so-called genius, is it an honor to invite you to have a drink?"

Ronald is in a good mood.

"Did you come here in your Ferrari?" McGillis tugged his hair in style and brushed it behind his ears.

"as you wish."