Exploiting Hollywood 1980

With Gene's business done, Ronald went back to the casting studio to update them on the cast's audition shots. There are many actors who have files with the casting director, but they have never filmed any major roles and are still struggling with food and clothing.

The income of many actors is very unstable. When they have roles, they can earn thousands of dollars, but they may not receive any roles for up to a year. They also have to pay for various acting training courses, makeup artists, and hair stylists.

The annual audition photo update is not a small burden for them. Commercial photographers generally charge them $100-200 for a set.

Here at the casting studio, shoot an audition set for just $50. If you need more copies, just take the negatives yourself and go to a Kodak laboratory to develop a few copies.

This is an additional service for Julia and the others, which can update the audition photos, so that the actors and the photos are not too different and the audition fails. It also makes the actors willing to have more contacts with the casting studio and better cooperation in the future. It is a win-win business strategy.

Of course, the other winner is Ronald. I can shoot several times a week, and I can shoot more than 10 at most. The income of 40 US dollars is really good.

After the photo was taken, Ronald Lai stayed in the studio. The studio has accumulated a lot of scripts over the years. Ronald asked for some and flipped through them casually.

"Hi, young photographer, we meet again."

"Why are you here?" Ronald heard the voice and saw that it was the brain gate taxi driver he met twice at the airport, "Oh, by the way, you are still the teacher of the acting training class, are you here to teach? ?"

"No no, let me see who the lucky boy my daughter and I are playing opposite."

It turns out that his daughter is also an actress.

"I haven't formally introduced myself yet, Ronald Lee."

"Call me Burt, that's my daughter Diane Lane." Brain Gate pointed in the direction of the audition room.

When Ronald looked, there was a long-haired girl standing outside the audition room, chatting with a middle-aged man. It is the heroine of the movie "Love at Sunset Bridge" that I saw last time in Los Angeles. The little girl hailed by Lawrence Oliver as the new Grace Kelly.

"So he's the new Grace Kelly's father. No wonder he laughed so much last time."

The middle-aged man opposite Di An had a director's viewfinder hanging around his neck, which seemed to be the director of the movie.

"Is Diane going to play against an actor?"

"No, the director is auditioning for male actors. Today, several candidates will come and shoot a film with Diane to see who matches her on the screen better."

So Bert's daughter Diane has been confirmed as the heroine candidate, and now it is time to choose an actor to match her. The new Grace Kelly is still extraordinary.

"Time Magazine is also coming to interview Diane, and she will be the cover of August." Burt said of his daughter's full pride.

"Time Magazine?" Ronald had seen this magazine, and the people who could be on the cover of Time Magazine were generally big figures in the political and business circles.

"Dad, Dad, the director said he wants the whole film... Come here." Diane shouted to this side.

"Let's talk later, Ronald." Burt walked over and chatted with the director.

Ronald saw that they couldn't talk for a second, and Burt quarreled with the director-like man. Burt was very excited, rejected the director with a firm attitude, took his daughter's hand and left.

Before leaving, the little girl made a face at the director, Ronald couldn't help but smile.

"God, they are going to Fiji in the South Pacific in a few days. Now change the heroine?" Julia began to lose her temper after learning about Diane Lane's rejection of the heroine.

"That crazy director, Randall Kleiser, wanted the hero and heroine to be completely naked. Diane was 14, he must be crazy.

' Margery replied.

"The previous heroine, Jennifer Jason Leigh, also resigned because of this. She is 17 years old and can't accept full frontal nudity."

"Jennifer's father is the actor Vic Morrow, and she has no shortage of opportunities," Julia said. "The producer must be driven crazy. Who else does he have?"

"Look for Terry, she can do anything for her daughter to act in a movie, and when she is 12 years old, she can play the prostitute in 'The Legend of Yanwa'."

"Broke Shields? She's a good fit, 5-foot-10 (1.77 meters), so it's not like a 14-year-old actor who has to be tall. Try Jodie Foss Jodie Foster, she's 17 and she's played a teenage prostitute, so maybe she's okay with that kind of big-scale play."

"Anyway, as soon as possible, it's best to make a decision today, so as not to delay the filming in Fiji."

Julia called Terry, Brooke Stoudemire's mother and manager:

"...Okay, okay, no problem, the director can agree to this request."

"Terry agreed to her daughter's role in 'The Blue Lagoon', but asked for a full frontal nudity to be played by a stand-in."

"The director agreed?"

"Does he have a choice?"

"If I had agreed earlier, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Diane Lane could actually talk."

"Don't think about that, this lunatic may not fully keep his promises. We still have hundreds of male actors to watch. The previous one with Diane Lane is invalid, and the height difference between the two is too much."

"Ronald, Ronald, you have to help us, there are hundreds of information on male actors to move."

Ronald brought in several large and small boxes of videotapes and audition resumes.

"The big one is VHS, the small one is BetaMax. You are also in charge of a video recorder and help us find a male lead." Margery arranged for Ronald.

"What do you need?" Ronald asked.

"First of all, he has to be tall enough. Brooke Stoudemire is 5 feet 10 inches (1.77 meters), so the male actor needs to be around 6 feet. Then he has to be like a savage who has left human society since he was a child and lived alone."

"Like Tarzan?"

"Yes, like Tarzan."

"Ah...hey" Ronald yawned a lot and watched a lot of videotapes, but none of them met the requirements. Either the height is not enough, or the wildness is not enough. "

"Crack", will there be any surprises when looking at the tapes newly put into the VCR.

A man with a very wild temperament appeared on the screen, full of wildness, the lines on his face were like sculptures, and his eyes and nose looked slightly retarded.

"He's a nice guy. He looks like a savage." Ronald took out the tape and walked over to Julia. "Look at this, Julia."

Julia's eyes also lit up, "It's really good, what's the name?"

Ronald picks up the attached resume, "Sean Penn"

Margery took it over and looked at it, "Unfortunately, he is only 5 feet 8 (1.73 meters), so he can't catch up with Brooke Stoudemire."

"Isn't it based on character traits? I think his traits are very outstanding." Ronald did not understand. When Gene was selected, both Julia and Margery supported him.

"This time is different. This is a movie about boys and girls who are stranded on a deserted island on the sea, living a primitive life, and having children after being married. There is no profound drama, and the movie is about to start shooting in Fiji. Type fit is the most important thing.”

Ronald nodded, and it seems that not every movie casting pays attention to personality fit. Think about it too, what is the character of the actor's character in "Rock High School"? As long as it is cheap enough and looks good enough.

"How about this?" Margery picked another one, and a handsome guy appeared on the screen.

Christopher Atkins, 5-foot-11, is tall enough. New York actor, model, this is his surfboard commercial.

"It's very handsome, and it doesn't seem wild enough." Ronald picked up the problem.

"It's okay, let him curl his hair, just like Tarzan." Julia made a final decision and went to discuss with the director.

Ronald and Margery sat at the table, eating cookies that Julia had stocked up for overtime, and drinking coffee.

"Actually, you're tall enough to have your hair curled, Ronald. Do you want to go to Fiji and shoot with Brooke Stoudemire?" Margaery was joking.

"I've promised David Da Silva to watch Gene while filming Hot Lunch."

"Then you may have missed an opportunity to become famous."

"Okay, am I really talented in acting?"

Ronald and Margery laughed together.

But the name of this "Hot Lunch" really needs to be changed. Ever since I knew about that china-touching movie, it's weird to say this word every time.