Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 252 Please ask

   Ronald's phone was busy again, whether it was in the office, in the apartment he was living in, or through an agent.

   The earlier calls were mainly to get to know your agents, who are the most well-informed people. Now, some unknown agents, various past partners, celebrity parents, and some impatient actresses are calling themselves.

  Kelly Preston, whom Ronald had previously auditioned for on other crews, had her agent approach Nisita to test out the possibility of a "single audition", hoping to get a promised role.

   The photographer who took her around for auditions has been fired by her and replaced with a more aggressive agent.

Ronald firmly remembers his mistakes when filming "Famous", and Julia Taylor's teaching, when there is no complete control of the crew, not to have entanglements with the actresses who are competing for the heroine, so that Nisita refused the agent People's "kindness" directly let her participate in the first round of auditions.

   Elizabeth Sue, who filmed a chewing gum commercial for Ronald, also found her phone and asked for news. Su's birthday is October, and she will be 18 when the shooting starts, so there is no problem with the shooting.

   But her parents knew about it, and they both called to ask Ronald not to audition for her. Because Elizabeth Shue was admitted to Wesleyan Women's College, the shooting time happened to be the second month of school.

  If you don’t want to be a full-time actor, it’s really not appropriate to take a break from school in the first year to participate in the acting. If you take this summer vacation, or take a leave of absence to film during the third or fourth grade, it will be better.

  PBS Vice President Gerald Slater called Nisita of CAA directly. After a little understanding, he decided to give up this opportunity for his daughter Helen.

  Helen's birthday is in December, so she will encounter a lot of work time constraints when shooting in a small production crew. However, Ronald privately believes that the real reason for Gerrard's refusal may be that both heroines have frontal **** shots.

   In the evening, Ronald was typing on the Commod computer at home:

   "Using a nuclear explosion as a time machine that can travel back to the past has a grand setting, but it is very difficult to realize it on the screen. It is recommended to use a nearby machine and use electricity, which can significantly reduce the shooting budget."

   Ronald auditioned during the day and evaluated the script for Spielberg at night. Commod computer is not bad to use, this kind of machine with the name of the computer, many children buy it home and use it as a game console.

  There is a bayonet slot on the right side of the keyboard, you can insert various game cartridges and play games with the handle. In this way, parents will not be disliked by parents like buying an Atari game console, and you can also learn to use a computer and use BASIC programming as an excuse.

   But Ronald's computer didn't have games plugged in, he plugged in a CP/M operating system card, and then plugged WordStar software into a floppy drive to write things.

  WordStar is more convenient than the Wang word processing computer produced by Wang An Company in the Universal Office. There are two advantages. First, what you see is what you get. What you see on the screen is what the printer will print out at the end.

  Secondly, he has various shortcut keys, you can define a piece of text, select it and copy it, or move it to other places, which is very convenient. As long as Ctrl+C, hey, no, this shortcut key is useless.

  Copy is Ctrl+K+C, Ctrl+K+V, Ronald took out the manual and checked it again. Wait a minute, what's the shortcut key for moving? Ronald simply took out a classification card and copied all the frequently used shortcut keys on the card.

  Save is Ctrl+K+S...Ronald copies the card and sticks it next to the monitor with scotch tape.

   "Bell bell bell..."

   "Hello, I'm Ronald."

   "Ronnie, I'm Demi, I heard that you are now the director of Universal's new film."

   "Huh? Demi, I'm casting right now, does your husband agree to you in the movie?" Ronald heard what seemed to be other men talking on the phone.

   "Demi, who are you calling?" Freddie's voice came from the receiver.

   "It's Ronald, who took the audition for me and is now a film director."

   "Ronald, I'm Freddie, Demi wants to be in a movie, right? Is there a **** scene?"

   "What are you doing, Freddie, give me the receiver..."

   "Let's discuss it first, this scene has frontal nudity."

With a    snap, the phone was hung up.

   Ronald was startled by the sound, and accidentally pressed his hand on the DEL key, deleting the large block of text he just selected.

  Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+Z, why is it useless? Ah... Ronald is going crazy. Open the manual, how come there is no shortcut key to cancel the operation?

   "Use the nuclear explosion as a time machine that can travel back to the past..." Ronald, who wanted to cry without tears, had to hit again... Ctrl+K+S to save to a disk first.

   The next day, Ronald came back to audition. Hecklin must have also received a lot of calls, but she is a woman, and the real relationship should still be behind.

   Today's actresses are lackluster, and there are many beautiful and photogenic, but they lack basic acting skills and expression skills.

  The acting industry is inherently unfair to women. Cary Grant, Roger Moore, and young women in their 60s can still have **** on the screen. But few actresses over the age of 30 still act in love scenes with younger men. Jane Fonda can only play middle-aged love.

  A large number of young and beautiful young women compete for roles that are not many, resulting in a lot of low-level actresses in auditions.

Fortunately, "fast pace" has a large demand for female group performances. Many scenes require girls to be in the background. Ronald has sent notices to many actresses who are on camera. If they want, they can come to do group performances. .

   Several days passed, and finally it was time for more powerful actors to participate in the second round of auditions. Ronald's relationship, Sean Penn, also auditioned.

   This round of actors is not only about self-introduction, but also to read some script fragments, so that directors and producers can make better choices.

   "Another six-month installment, this beautiful blue four-door limousine, is mine..."

   Sean Penn held a page and read this Brad Hamilton line.

   Ronald frowned slightly, this line Sean Penn was a little stunned to read.

  Brad is a hard-working, disciplined, 12th grader who only has a bright eye when it comes to the car he bought.

   Sean Penn's reading emphasizes that complacent mood, but it's a bit arrogant. It seems that he is a person who is usually flamboyant, and does not fit the role of Brad.

   "Can you take back some of your smugness, and do it again? Sean." Ronald asked

   "Of course." Sean Pan adjusted his body posture and did it again.

  Ronald frowned again, and then released it quickly. As a director, it is best not to show his expression. He looked at Hecklen, wanting to hear what she had to say.

  Hecklin laid her hand flat under the table and shook him twice, indicating that it was not very appropriate.

   Ronald had no choice. This kind of audition video had to be sent to the two producers at Universal for a review. This kind of performance was difficult to convince them.

   However, Sean Penn's performance is a bit like another character, the stunned Italian student Spiccoli...

   "Ronald." Cameron Crowe, who had not spoken much because of his inexperience, said, "I think he is more like Spiccoli."

   "I think so too." Heckling added, "If he wears a wig, he's more like a skateboarder. Can he read Spiccoli's lines?"

   Ronald told Sean Penn about the idea of ​​​​the three, hoping that he would try another role.

   Sean Penn took Spiccoli's line, mulled it over for a while, and began to read it.

   "Sorry, I'm late, I'm confused about this new version of the timetable."

   "So, Mr. Spiccoli?" Casting director Don, acted as his opponent.

   "Hi, man. What's wrong with you, why did you tear up my student card?"

"you are late."

   "You Dick!" Sean Pan cursed out in a very aggressive tone.

   "Okay, here we go." Ronald stopped the audition, "We will contact your agent with further news."

   Sean Penn walked out of the room.

  Hecklin said, "This guy is a good fit for Spiccoli. If Brad plays B, he can get A+ for Spiccoli."

   Ronald looked at Cameron Crowe.

"This guy is really similar to the original character in my book, Respicoli, and I can't see any traces of acting. If he hadn't just read Brad's lines, I would have thought he was such a person in his life. "

   "We'll keep both of his auditions, and then we'll have a meeting with the producer to decide." Ronald set his tone, "Next."

  Cameron Crowe didn't understand what he meant, or he understood it, but he was reluctant to give up Sean Penn to play Spiccoli. Such a role with a strong sense of reality will add a lot to the movie.

   But in this case, Ronald will have one less card in his hand, and among those who compete for the role of Brad, there will be one less "Ronald's man".

   Met a few more male actors, the next one was a competitive one named Judge Reinhold.

   "Hello, Judge," Heckling said,

"Good morning."

   This Judge is from Hecklen?

   "Please read this line into the camera," Ronald said.

   "Another six-month installment, this beautiful blue four-door limousine, is mine..."

"Huh?" I don't know if it's because Judge Reinhold himself has a similar temperament to Brad, or because of his excellent acting skills. In short, he read it very well. The momentum show came.

   "Best Brad so far." Heckling said after the cast went out, then looked at Ronald.

   "It's really good, just a little older. I'm 24 this year, not like a high school student." Cameron Crowe delivered an assist at the right time.

   "Let's see if there are more suitable ones in the future," Ronald said.

   If this Judge Reinhold is not "Hecklin's person", it is actually more suitable for the role of Brad.

   But Crow is right, age does matter. Although youth films often play big and small, it would be inappropriate if Stacey's actor looked too different in age from him.

"Next"

   In the afternoon, another of Ronald's affiliates came.

   "My name is Nicholas Coppola."

   "Is that the Coppola we know?" Heckling asked in surprise.

   "If you refer to the director Francis Coppola, he is my uncle." Nicholas was a little impatient, "but my acting has nothing to do with him..."

   "Sure, you read us Brad's line." Ronald handed over the script.

  Nicholas Coppola looked at the lines carefully, then closed his eyes. After a few seconds, he opened his eyes, and without using the script, he acted Brad to show off to his classmates.

   "Another six-month installment, this beautiful blue four-door limousine, is mine..."

   "What do you think?" Ronald asked the three for feedback after he went out.

   "Acting skills are very good. To be honest, when I was undercover in high school, Brad's prototype speech was like that, smug, but he was afraid that others would know that he was smug." Crow replied.

   "He is just 18 years old this year, close to the age of the character." Casting director Tang added the background information of the actor.

   "Coppola's nephew... The acting is good. But it's a bit dark." Hecklin picked up a little fault.

   "Let's put him in the candidates too.

   Ronald was certain in his heart that this role was still in his own hands.

Jumped out the audition videos of several candidates, transcribed them onto the tapes, handed them over to the producer, and waited for a later meeting to make a decision. Nicholas said his last name in the audition video, so that the producer would always sell a few copies face.

   Next, he interviewed a few nerdy student Mark, nicknamed "Rat", and an actor who was his friend, the scalper Mike, and also picked out a few candidates.

   "Next is the female role", Hecklin looked at the audition list in her hand, "There are a lot of famous actors here today."

   "Yeah, a lot of acquaintances." Ronald was also looking at the list.

   Except for Kelly Preston, who passed the first round of auditions. And Melanie Griffiths, who previously auditioned for "Endless Love," Ronald remembers as the daughter of Hitchcock girl Tippy Hedren.

   Also on the list is Tatum O'Neal, who has won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. She has had a bad star luck recently. Because she can't play a child actress anymore because of her development, she hopes to transform in a youth film, so she has participated in a lot of youth film auditions.

   And finally, Princess Leia from Star Wars, Kelly Fisher. Apart from being a little older, her acting skills are not bad.

   "Let's start." Ronald ordered his assistant.

The assistant    opened the door and was about to call someone in.

   Ronald, Crow, Hecklin and the others who were sitting inside heard a sudden quarrel outside.

   "You bitch..."

   "Fxckyou! Do you think you are a saint? Bitchi..."

   Ronald and everyone looked at each other.

   (end of this chapter)