Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"It's also a small production, and your conditions are much better than mine."

Ronald came to the preparatory office of "The Adventures of the Nanny" today to see the situation of Chris Columbus.

Columbus wasn't quite open to Ronald's half-joking way of speaking. Reported to Ronald like a superior.

"The touchstone has helped a lot, the opening scene in the movie 'then he kissed me' has bought the rights."

"It seems that your conditions are really better than mine." Ronald is really comparing the difficulty of independent production. His music director, Danny Goldberg, has yet to secure the copyright of a song.

"With Disney as your backing, your small productions are actually about the same as other companies' medium productions." Ronald sighed that the efficiency of spending money was higher than his own "Spicy Dance" crew.

"It's still difficult. 'Nanny Adventures' has decided not to shoot live in Chicago. I'll go back to Toronto, Canada next week to see the scene. I heard that the climate and street scenes on both sides are similar."

"Oh..." Ronald turned to the two female producers, "The SAG is also very strong in Chicago?"

"There's a lot of theatrical performances there too, but it's just not as famous as Broadway."

The strikes by the Actors Guild over the years have raised the wages of actors each time, guaranteed their working hours and environment, and guaranteed their remaining rights to share after their films were broadcast on TV stations or recorded on videotapes.

But these rigid regulations also make Hollywood more and more like the London Pinewood studio across the Atlantic.

When the time comes, I have to get off work and leave, no matter if there is just one shot and a few more things to shoot.

all the group performances,

Try to use union-registered actors as much as possible. Films shot on location in big cities like Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago have gradually become synonymous with big productions.

Small productions had to go to a remote and backward state like Virginia to avoid the secret filming of the union, or go to Canada or Australia to shoot in places with a lot of preferential conditions, pretending that the location was New York or Chicago.

"Your heroine's audition is on a daily rent basis, right? If you run out, I'll take your time. I don't object."

Ronald's "Spicy Dance", who filmed "Lightning Dance" together with director Adrian Lane, is a little interested in Ronald's project. However, his agent wanted him to still film "fatal" starring Michael Douglas first.

Knowing that it is the salary that you can give, the attraction is not fatal enough. Ronald started saving money everywhere.

"No problem, if you don't mind, we can give it to you tonight." The two female producers agreed.

...

"Tatum O'Neal, Jodie Foster, Michelle Pfeiffer, you have a lot of candidates to eliminate."

When it was time for the audition, Ronald also sat in the audition room rented by the "Nanny Adventures" crew and looked at the heroine candidates who were eliminated in the previous rounds, making him feel as if this was a very sought-after project.

"Some of them were eliminated by us, such as Tatum. She was in poor condition. After marrying tennis star McEnroe, her...abuse became more serious." Female producer Deborah Hill explained .

"Some were knocking us out, like Michelle Pfeiffer, who said she was too skinny for the role. There were actually other projects.

Jodie Foster is really too skinny, and when she auditioned, she couldn't be a persuasive nanny who could protect children from gangsters. After she knew it, she said that she had other invitations and gave up. "

"All that's left now are Elizabeth Shue, Justin Bateman, and Valerie Bertinelli."

"Isn't Justin Bateman Michael J. Fox in 'Family Bond'? Can her producer put her in the role?" Ronald recalled the filming of Back to the Future The filmmakers didn't let Fox go, and finally had to sleep in the car in the transition.

"So she doesn't have much hope." Director Chris Columbus knew that Sue was from Ronald, and among all the actresses, he also liked Sue the most, the kind of character that is not afraid of anything, and fits the role the most it is good.

The audience is also obsessed with her role as Ali in "Dragon Power Kid", which is just a good time to transfer this favor to the new role nanny Chris Parker.

"This Valerie Bertinelli looks at her, has she acted in any movies?"

"A bunch of TV movies..." Female producer Deborah Hill turned over her audition and showed Ronald.

"That means no movie has been made?" Ronald turned over the audition again, and this Valerie's face had an indescribably rustic look.

The chin is wide and the top and bottom are short. This face shape is actually not suitable for being the protagonist.

"So Su is basically your first choice?"

"Valerie too, most likely to choose between them."

"Huh?" Ronald made a strange sound. It looks like this, is it possible?

"She's Eddie Van Halen's wife," Deborah Hill whispered in Ronald's ear.

"Oh," Ronald saw the "Van Halen" boss on the set of "Back to the Future." This band is very popular. In Ronald's first film "Fast Tempo", there are jokes about the expensive tickets of Van Halen's concert.

"Athletic, girl-next-door, blonde, and the audience can accept that she can face off against gangsters..."

Ronald covered his face.

I didn't expect this Valerie to meet all of the conditions that Elizabeth Sue had circled. It seems that she used all her husband's relationship and influence in this role.

Two main candidates came in one after another and performed some of the lines selected by the producer and director.

"Valerie and Elizabeth are doing well."

Ronald glanced at the talking producer, and it seemed that someone behind her was also pressuring her. Valerie's face really doesn't look good on camera.

"Are you going to organize the third round of auditions?" The representatives of the Actors Guild observed the situation on the spot. They usually had no right to speak. They only reported to the union if there were too obvious biases and black box operations.

"Let's try the opening dance in the next round." Ronald thought about it, Valerie's performance was quite immature, and it was quite different from Elizabeth Sue's. But this kind of film insists that the acting skills are too different, and there may be gossip, so Ronald thought of a scene that would make everyone speechless to audition.

"Ronald," after the audition, Elizabeth Shue waited outside.

"And a third round of auditions, a dance to the 'then he kissed me' soundtrack. Shows the mood of a girl at home waiting for her boyfriend to take her to the dance for the first time..."

Ronald explained to Elizabeth.

"I... I plan to drop out of Harvard if I can do it this time and become a full-time actor." Elizabeth Sue looked at Ronald and said what she said in her heart.

"Relax, you prepare well, I have confidence in your performance."

"Where are you going next, can I accompany you?"

Elisabeth Shue, who is in her final year at Harvard, compares the prospects of actresses with those of her classmates who have graduated from the same major.

Her family was not very rich and could not go home to be a rich girl. So make sure to seize the opportunity this time.

Ali in "Longwei Kid" is just a supporting role to set off Daniel. And this "Nanny Adventures", the whole story is centered on Chris Parker.

She understands the difference well. In order to secure the heroine of the movie, Su didn't care.

"come on, we've known each other for a long time. You're an actress I discovered, and I'll definitely talk to you. You just need to concentrate on preparing the role, don't think about other things. I won't go there later, and To audition for another movie."

"Ah, then me, then I'll go back first..." Elizabeth Su couldn't take the initiative, and she didn't know whether she was happy or worried.

...

Looking at the producer on the other side who told Valerie the same thing, Ronald smiled at her and went back to the audition room.

Eleanor, the screenwriter of "Dancing Hot", was already waiting for him inside.

"Is this the casting pool for the male lead?"

"Yes." Ronald asked the audition assistant and nodded yes.

"You promised me, Ronald. I want to see the male lead." Eleanor held the pile of handsome photos in her arms and looked at Ronald innocently.

"Of course, but we also have to consider other factors. For example, Tom Cruise wants to play." Ronald joked with the screenwriter of a very old girl's heart.

"Actually, Cruise is not my type. The one in my dream is the kind of black-haired, masculine-charming guy with small eyes and single eyelids."

"Hey..." Ronald chuckled inwardly. Eleanor has never admitted that she wrote the heroine baby based on herself.

The him in the dream now is so specific, he really doesn't make a fool of himself.

"I like him, he is the man in the dream."

Eleanor flipped through it for a while, pulled out a photo, and handed it to Ronald, very happy.

"Patrick Swaytz", Ronald had a look, and it really was the hero in his dream.

"Sure enough, it has a single eyelid and black hair. With small eyes, it looks very handsome." Ronald smiled and put the photo on the table.

"I don't mind." The representative of the trade union took this photo. It was really disgusting that the female screenwriter behaved like a little girl.

"He can't dance. If you insist on electing him, I will write a report to the union." The union representative smiled slightly, as if taking Eleanor's handle.

"Can't dance?" Ronald exclaimed, how could he not dance? Dancing in Monriswitz is very professional, it can never be learned temporarily.

"You see for yourself, he wrote it on his resume."

Ronald took the audition and flipped to the back. Above is the resume of Patrick Schwytz, and there is indeed a line with only two words written on it.

"no dancing"

"Did something go wrong?" Ronald wondered for a while.

"Oh, what a pity, I think he is the Johnny I imagine the most." The screenwriter Eleanor didn't insist, which disappointed the union representatives.

"Then this one looks good too, Billy Zane."

"Well, he's been called the Marlon Brando of the new age." The union representative knew the actor.

Ronald also leaned in to look.

"Where's the resemblance? The eyes are dull, maybe they just look a little like them."

Or Patrick Swayze, Ronald made up his mind to ask why Swayze couldn't dance on his resume.