Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 377 Great Cold

   It was a light winter rain in Los Angeles that day, Ronald hid in his apartment to modify the script, and the raindrops hit the windows. Ronald turned a blind eye and only focused on revising the script. He wanted to delete all the special effects of the comet hitting the earth from the script.

  Cousin Donna once said that the tails of some comets can sweep across the earth without humans feeling it. So Ronald added this concept in, a comet that came to the earth tens of millions of years ago, when the comet tail sweeps over the earth, it will cause biological extinction.

   All creatures that see the red light of the comet's tail will turn into dust. Only creatures that hid in caves and were not exposed to radiation from the comet's tail survived. That's how dinosaurs went extinct, while human ancestors lived in caves, escaped doom, and gained an edge in evolution.

   Now the comet is back, and only those who are hiding in basements, or behind thick walls, are spared. To make matters worse, some fell short of the lethal dose of radiation and turned into zombies, attacking the surviving living in the city.

  It was mid-January, and Ronald modified a lot of special effects scenes according to Cameron's plan. The limited funds are diverted to several special effects scenes that can convince the audience.

   This is the low-cost production secret passed down by Roger Coleman. The budget of the movie should be concentrated in a few important scenes, and a few scenes that seem to cost several times the cost to be shot. This way the audience will remember the scenes and ignore the rough scenes that are underfunded. .

  The time is close to the coldest one of the twenty-four solar terms that the Chinese call it, Dahan. Contrary to the snowstorm in New York, the temperature in Los Angeles is relatively comfortable. It is close to the West Coast and the climate is much more suitable for human habitation.

   "Ring Ling Ling Ling..." Ronald, who was flying with his fingers in front of the keyboard, was suddenly interrupted by the ringing of the phone.

   "Hey!" He picked up the phone angrily.

   "Ronald, this is Phoebe."

   "Oh, Phoebe, hello. Long time no see, how are you doing, what's the new movie?" Ronald heard that it was Phoebe Cates, the bikini beauty in "Fast Tempo". He hasn't had any more contact with the actors since his film marketing tour ended.

   "Ronald, Jennifer is by my side, we want to invite you to a party. Yes, a party, yes..."

   "Sorry, Phoebe, Jennifer," Ronald heard Jennifer Jason Lee also on the phone, "I'm busy with my next movie right now, and I'm afraid I don't have time to party."

"Ronald, I heard from the agent that you are looking for a male lead, why don't you come and see, we went to a party where we went to a successful trial screening of a movie, and there were a lot of handsome actors in it." Jennifer Jason Lee grabbed it The microphone, persuade Ronald to come out.

   "Yeah? Well, where are you? I'll go."

   Hearing that there was an actor, Ronald archived the script file he was writing, then turned off the computer, and got in the car and drove to Jennifer's reported address.

   "Hi, Jennifer, it's me, Ronald." Ronald unexpectedly found that the apartment Jennifer lived in was very high-end, and the doorman's dress and call system were better than the one he lived in.

  "Ronald", Jennifer warmly greeted the director who made her popular at the door of the apartment, and welcomed Ronald into the apartment. Inside the apartment is a very large living room, and her best best friend Phoebe Cates is sitting on the sofa.

  The two actresses became close friends after being "fast-paced". When Phoebe came to Los Angeles to audition, she stayed at Jennifer's house.

  "Phoebe", Ronald beckoned to Phoebe, he found a man on the sofa, sitting with Phoebe.

  "Ronald", Phoebe jumped up, "I'll introduce you, this is my friend, Kevin. Kevin, this is Ronald."

   "Hi, hello Ronald, I often hear Phoebe talk about you, and I'll work with you once I get a chance."

   "Hi Kevin, I love your scene with Mel Streep." Ronald and Phoebe and her boyfriend both hugged.

   He didn't expect that Phoebe's friend was actually Kevin Kline, the hero of the movie "Sophie's Choice" which was just released. It seemed that he was pursuing her.

   Could Phoebe recommend Kevin Kline for the protagonist?

   "Kevin invited us to the screening party for the movie he just finished, and Jennifer remembered that you were also in Los Angeles. We were missing a male companion, and it just so happened that we hadn't seen you for a long time, so I asked you out." Phoebe explained.

   "My pleasure, don't know what movie the party is?"

"The Big Chill, like fast-paced, is a group drama with four male protagonists and four female protagonists. Maybe you can find the male protagonist of your next movie." Phoebe said eagerly. out the answer.

   "My next movie is a small production, and maybe even you can't afford it," Ronald smiled, maybe Phoebe was well-intentioned, or he wanted to find a reliable man to accompany him to the party.

   However, in a movie starring a male star of Kevin Klein's level, the remuneration of the other male characters in it, I guess I can't afford it. Just go and relax.

   "Let's go, the party is next to Beverly Hills."

   Ronald got Jennifer into his car, followed Kevin and Phoebe to the party venue.

   "Your house is nice." Ronald and Jennifer chatted on the road.

   "My father's civil lawsuit was settled out of court. They paid me a large amount of compensation, and my sister and I were one and a half."

   Ronald raised his eyebrows. Spielberg and John Landis were sued by several victims of the helicopter beheading accident. Only Jennifer was the first to settle here.

   The settlement amount was not disclosed, but judging from Jennifer’s residence, it appeared to be a lot of money. Now she won't be filming for the rest of her life, and she can spend her life worrying about food and clothing.

   "Whose house are we going to party?" Ronald knew that there were usually mansions next to Beverly Hills, and that such parties were usually held at the house of an actor, director, or producer.

   "The heroine's home, I heard that her husband is a producer."

   Soon the car drove to the party venue, a big three-story house. Ronald walked in with Phoebe, Jennifer, and Kevin.

   "This is Jeff Goldblum (Jeff Goldblum), William Hurt (William Hurt), Tom Berenger (Tom Berenger)." Kevin Klein introduced Ronald to the "Big Chill" three male leads.

   Ronald hugged and said hello to them. Several of them were accomplished male movie stars. They had also heard Ronald's name and said hello to each other.

   "Kevin, won't you introduce us to your little friend?"

   is one of the heroines of "Great Cold", Glenn Close, she and two other heroines play the roles of college classmates, wives, lovers and other roles of the three male protagonists.

   Several college classmates reunited for the first time after graduating from college to attend the funeral of their old classmate Alex Marshall after his suicide.

This is a story based on drama and conflict. It unfolds slowly from flashbacks many years later, showing the life experiences, regrets of the past, and future expectations of six college friends, and slowly uncovering the mystery of Alex Marshall's suicide .

  Ronald knew that this kind of film was very dependent on the acting skills of the actors, and all the young and middle-aged actors were the best, so he cheered up and got to know them.

   Jeff Goldblum wears a pair of glasses, and he's relatively unknown among the four male leads, so chats with Ronald a little more speculatively. The two were drinking cocktails and talking in a corner.

   "You know what? Kevin seems to be moved. He dumped Sally Field for Phoebe."

   "Oh yeah?" Ronald didn't expect Jeff Goldblum to be so direct, and he came up to gossip about Kevin Klein.

  He saw that Kevin was standing with Phoebe and looked over here. I knew in my heart that maybe Goldblum was here to listen and leak the news.

   "I know Jennifer and Phoebe are great friends."

   "Glenn is taking her to meet people." Goldblum gestured to actress Glenn Close to chat with Jennifer.

   "You seem to have a good relationship?" Ronald smiled.

   "The Great Cold is a rare group drama, and we really enjoyed it. The skill of the director Lawrence Kasdan is extraordinary."

   "Um..." Ronald knew the director who turned out to be a screenwriter. He was the chief writer of the two summer blockbuster movies "Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back" and "Indiana Jones - The Lost Ark of the Covenant".

   He also wrote and directed an **** thriller "BodyHeat" the year before last, which made the heroine Kathleen Turner famous.

   "So this is director Kasdan's home?" Ronald asked.

   "No, this is the home of one of the heroines, and her husband is also a famous producer, so we can borrow her house."

   "Oh, who is that?" Ronald looked at the three heroines in the party. If a female star finds a big-name producer to marry, it means that she will play the leading role in a series of movies.

"It wasn't them, it was Chloe, the young girlfriend of Alex Marshall who died in the movie. Interestingly, Phoebe actually came to audition for the role of Chloe at the time, although she lost to the hostess in the end, but Kevin used to say he was lucky enough to meet Phoebe who auditioned."

   "So it is." Ronald nodded. The age gap between these guys and Phoebe in the movie is not small, and Kevin Klein also has a large age gap with Phoebe in life. It seems that Kevin really takes Phoebe seriously and invites all her friends to the party.

   "The mistress is down." Jeff Goldblum poked Ronald, a young actress, walking down the second floor.

   "Kevin, Glenn..." The hostess was very young, with black hair, and seemed a little immature as a hostess, but she still fulfilled her role as a hostess to welcome guests.

   "Thank you for coming to this screening party, Director Kasdan said that the screening went well..."

  Ronald squinted his eyes, it was really a rare encounter in his life. This hostess is her ex-girlfriend Meg Tilly, so this mansion belongs to her husband Kinneman?

   "Oh, Ronald, why are you here." Meg Tilly blurted out seeing Ronald among the guests.

   For a moment, everyone's eyes were focused on himself.

   "I came with Kevin..." Ronald replied with a smile.

   "Oh, well, who's this?" Meg Tilly continued to greet the guests, but she became a little nervous and walked a little stiffly.

   "You two knew each other before?" Glenn Close leaned forward and asked Ronald, who was the most sensitive of the actresses.

"Yeah, Ellen Parker's 'Famous Around the World,' and I was doing errands on the set. Instead of Meg, another girl was cast. It was a group show, too. Hello, Glenn." Ronald and her Say hello, then ask her about Dahan.

   Meg Tilly turned around, and after greeting everyone, ordered the waiter to start serving snacks and more champagne.

   Seeing that Ronald didn't do anything, she put down half of her worries and started chatting and laughing loudly with the guests.

"Isn't this a college movie? Why is there an actress who is obviously many years younger playing the role of the girlfriend of the deceased?" Ronald asked Jeff Goldblum and Glenn Close, who were next to him. .

   "This is the setting of the script. Unlike all these classmates, Alexis is more real to face his heart, so he has a childish girlfriend who is many years younger."

   Ronald figured out the plot. It turned out that the plot is a number of experienced good actors, coupled with a young actress.

   No wonder there are so many people vying for this position, Chloe is a childish girlfriend in the plot, so the actor's own acting flaws will not be magnified. But she can perform on the same stage with seven or eight good actors, which is indeed a good opportunity to become famous.

   It seems that Kinneyman has more energy, shoving Meg Tilly into the crew.

   "Kevin, here you are." Another actor was late, and the hostess Meg Tilly greeted him.

   This actor, also called Kevin, came late and didn't look very good. After greeting Meg, he squeezed a smile and chatted with the actors present.

   "He played the role of Alex Marshall who committed suicide. Unfortunately, all the final scenes were deleted by director Kasdan, and none of them remained."

   Ronald looked at Goldblum in surprise, how miserable?

   Meg was still talking to this newcomer Kevin, "You're so miserable, Kevin. I heard Director Kasdan will give you a promise? You'll be in the next movie."

  Kevin smiled helplessly and took a sip of wine, he didn't want to mention his tragedy any more.

   Several actors did not let him go, and began to tease his misfortune, "Really there is not a single shot? I didn't look carefully, maybe there is a vision?"

   "No, not a single face-showing shot. I searched for a long time, only the shot of me lying in the coffin showed one foot. It seems Kasdan doesn't like my face." Kevin joked to himself.

   "Kevin, you shouldn't say that. Director Kasdan must have his intentions in handling it this way." Meg was still talking stupidly.

   "Maybe Kasdan thinks your feet are good, hahaha."

   One of the leading actors, Tom Berenger, drank too much and made inappropriate jokes.

   "Tom," Glenn Gross tugged at him and told him to stop.

   "I have a present from the director here, one for each person." Meg Tilly also began to smooth things out. She took out a large box with a lot of cashmere scarves in it, and distributed one to each of the participating actors.

   "Oh, Kevin, it just happened to be gone, sorry." Meg was assigned to the new Kevin, just in time for the scarf.

  "Tsk", Ronald pouted, Meg Tilly is still so naive when married, there is obviously a better way to deal with Kevin's dissatisfaction on this occasion.

   To humiliate others face to face like this is a great hatred for young actors. Who knows if he will become a superstar in the future and block your way in turn?

  The new Kevin was very embarrassed, but he adjusted quickly, gulped down the champagne, and gave a smile, "Hey, you bastards, you know? I'm going to be better than you all in the future."

   His tone of voice was very good, half joking and half serious, everyone burst into laughter, and this embarrassing scene was fooled.

   Then this Kevin stayed for a while, taking advantage of everyone's distraction, he put away his smile, turned back and walked out of the party.

"Jennifer, talk to Phoebe, I have something to do first." Ronald has been following him. Seeing that he is leaving, he quickly stepped forward and grabbed Jennifer Jason Lee. After saying a word, he ran after him. .

   "Interesting." Jeff Goldblum said to himself, seeing all Ronald's actions.

   "Dear, did you greet these VIPs for me? Huh?"

   With a sharp and somewhat offensive voice, the owner of the mansion, Meg Tilly's husband, Tim Kinneman, came down the stairs.

   "Of course, Tim, of course." Meg Tilly suddenly became cautious, pressed the hem of her dress, and tried to act like a mistress, holding Kinneman's hand.

"You still have a lot to learn as a hostess. Don't let anyone feel left out," Tim Kinneman began to greet guests, "and, more importantly, don't spend time with single male guests. Very secret."

   "I know, Tim. I'm trying." Meg Tilly echoed in a low voice, almost staggering at the last sentence.

   "Kevin, Kevin." Ronald hurried out of the party and loudly stopped the actors in front.

   "Ronald?" The lonely actor turned back in the drizzle ahead, "I mean, Director Li, hello."

   "Kevin Costner. I have a small production here. Would you like to play the male lead?"

   Ronald finally caught up with the other party and pointed to his car, "If you're interested, get in the car and we'll talk slowly."

   (end of this chapter)