Exploiting Hollywood 1980

  Chapter 308 Brooke Xiaosi's Evening Show

   "Bo Ji, Bo Ji?"

   "Here I am, Mom." Brooke put on makeup backstage on NBC's Late Show.

   "Oh, that's great. Where are we?" Brooke's mother, Terry, became more and more addicted to alcohol.

   "I'm about to be on The Late Show with David Letterman on NBC."

   "Isn't it Johnny Carson's Tonight Show?"

   "Because I made a cameo in 'Fast-Paced Richmond High School', and the host Letterman also made a cameo in that movie, and this time he invited me to come on the show with the crew."

   "Oh, who is the director?"

   "It's Ronald."

   "Okay, you gotta be careful, the host might ask about your **** scene with David's Hewitt, Barbara Waters is sly."

   Brooke frowned, Terry was so drunk that he had confused a few movies and a few talk shows.

   "Dick, you help me watch her." Brooke called her driver and asked him to take care of her mother Terry.

   "Miss Brooke Xiaosi, it's your turn to play." The assistant came to urge to leave.

   "Just come."

   Glancing at her mother who was drunk on the sofa, Brooke Shields put on a white suit jacket over her black bottoming shirt and went on stage.

   "Hi, Brooke. You'll play from here when the time comes. Just like we did on set." David Letterman warmly welcomed Brooke Shields.

   The cover of "Time" magazine published a photo of Brooke Shields again, and gave her the title of "The New Look of the 1980s", which is now the most beautiful girl in America and the world. Letterman now invites Brooke Shields on his own show, and it belongs to him.

  Under normal circumstances, Brooke Shields should have gone to the "Tonight Show" hosted by Johnny Carson an hour ago.

   But who made him and Brooke make a cameo appearance on the West Coast recently, and in the minds of teenage audiences, the "fast-paced" of "ET Alien" can't hold the limelight?

  David Letterman was very proud of his decisive role, and Brooke Shields appeared, which was a big boost to the ratings of his show.

   "You'll take the first seat near the table, and then I'll bring in Sean Penn, who plays with you. He'll take the outer seat."

   "Isn't Ronald here?" Brooke asked.

   "Directors don't usually appear on my talk shows, they usually go to Dick Cavett's" show, which is a long talk show and has a tradition of inviting film directors as guests. "

   Letterman explained to Brooke that his talk show is mainly based on current affairs, celebrities, lighthearted and funny, and the duration is not long. The average interview time for a guest is about ten minutes.

   "But he's here tonight, and now he's in the audience talking to the actors."

   "Ronald, Brooke is here, she wants you... come up" Letterman rolled his hands into a megaphone and shouted down.

   Several staff members whistled when they heard his funny remarks. The band who was debugging the equipment also had a live soundtrack.

   "Hi, Brooke, long time no see. Thank you this time."

  The temporary media roadshow arranged by Universal was too tight and couldn’t find too many TV appearance opportunities at once. But they worked very hard to make up for their previous work mistakes.

   After learning that Brooke Shields and Letterman made a cameo in the movie, he intends to mobilize resources immediately after a real episode on the evening show, which facilitated the arrangement of Brooke's show in the shortest time possible.

   "It's okay." Brooke Shields hugged Ronald and said hello, taking the opportunity to say in his ear, "Wait a minute I'm looking for you, I'll ask the driver to pick you up at the door?"

"I'm going to take the night flight to the Dallas Roadshow in Texas, why don't you talk to me later in Letterman's office?" Ronald had a tight schedule and didn't have time to accompany Brooke to other places to talk .

   "Okay, wait for me there later, I have something to ask you."

   "Ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome America's most beautiful girl, the new look of the '80s, the high school boy's dream girl, Brooke... Silly!"

   In the soundtrack of "Dang Dang Dang Dang", Brooke Shields walked out of the backstage and walked onto the stage of the talk show. After hugging Letterman, she sat down on the sofa.

   "I just forgot to introduce an identity of Brooke, who is the female lead opposite me in the 'Fast-Paced Richmond High School' I recently starred in."

   "We are guest stars, David." Brooke Shields corrected with a smile.

   "Aha, is it a cameo? Why do I think my acting is so good?"

   "Hahaha..." The audience laughed under the command of the live director.

   After a while of the band's drums, Letterman continued to ask questions.

   "Would you be friends with a guy like Spiccoli in real life?"

   "If he saves me, of course he will. In fact, my fans sent me an email asking for an autographed photo, and I signed the reply myself."

   "Let's welcome Sean Penn, who played Lispiccoli in the movie!"

   "Hi, Sean. Long time no see."

  According to the rehearsed routine, the two said hello to each other, and then shared some interesting anecdotes during the shooting.

   "Oh, our director was really strict and let me go surfing in winter..." Sean Penn pretended to complain.

   "Me? I don't have to go into the water. The scene where the podium fell off the podium was shot in the studio. I just fell on the mat." Brooke made a happy expression.

  …

   "Borgy, America's audience, I really want to know when we can see your next movie." Finally, the topic returned to Brooke Shields.

   "I'm not sure yet, maybe next year?"

  The ten minutes passed quickly, and Letterman heard the band's time reminder tune, "Okay, let's thank Brooke Shields! Remember to go to the cinema and watch the movie 'Fast-Paced Richmond High School' that I co-produced with Brooke."

   Brooke Xiaosi walked off the stage. She rejected the autograph requests from several fans, saying that she still had something to do and asked them to wait for her to sign for them after she came out.

   "Let's welcome Jennifer Jason Lee, and her friend Phoebe Cates." Letterman's welcome came from behind, and Brooke followed the assistant to lead the way into the backstage Letterman's exclusive office.

   There she met Ronald who had been waiting in advance.

   "Ronald, I got another invitation from Director Coppola. He wants me to be the heroine of his next movie."

   "Is this a good thing?" Ronald replied, "Is that what you want to ask me about?"

   Brooke nodded, "Yes. My mom is drunk again, and I don't have anyone to discuss. I don't talk much about my actor work with my dad."

   "My opinion is still the same as the last time 'The Outer Boy'. If you want to be an actor as a career, Coppola's project is a good ladder. He can make an actor quickly learn to act."

  Coppola's ability to train actors is very good. During Ronald's filming of "The Outer Boy" in Oklahoma, he saw Diane Lane's acting skills growing at a visible rate every day.

   "I don't know, I love being an actress and I love modeling. But college is what I want most. I want to experience what a normal American girl does.

   I often fantasize about studying in a prestigious Ivy League school, where the school building has ancient mottled walls covered with ivy.

   On the road under the wall, there are well-dressed teachers and students with books in their hands. "

   "You think too much about college, don't you?" Ronald laughed. Brooke's vision for college seemed to be a fleeting scene in Hollywood movies.

"But my SAT has just passed 1,000 points, I'm afraid I won't be able to get into Princeton." Brooke was a little distressed, "I'll probably go to Vassar College or Brown University, where admissions are based on overall quality, not SAT. Lord. I can add a lot to my extracurricular activities."

   "If you really want to go to Princeton, why don't you try it? Just like whether you go to Coppola's crew in the end, you have to follow your own heart in the end."

   Ronald felt that Brooke, the most beautiful girl in America, might not be a very happy person in life. There are a lot of people who put too many ideas on her, all trying to use her fame for their own purposes.

   But, if you say that, do you have a side of using Brooke too?

   At least he didn't instill any values ​​in her.

   "Can I really try?" Brooke seemed surprised that someone supported her.

   "I asked a lot of my friends and they all said that Princeton is not for me, it's a place where people with high IQs are concentrated."

   "Why? I think you are a very smart girl."

   "I don't know, they all say I'm...just pretty."

   "It has nothing to do with it. Are beauty and wisdom given by God a constant? Anyway, I don't think you are an idiot." Ronald laughed.

"If you don't have an answer, ask your heart." Ronald pointed to Brooke's chest. "See what decision makes you feel comfortable. If you really want to go to Princeton, why not try it. ? At most it was rejected."

   "Thanks, I'll try it."

   "I can't give you too much advice on acting, the same is true, you ask your heart and see what decision makes you feel happy and at ease."

   "Yeah." Brooke nodded vigorously. I have been photographed as a model all the year round, posing according to other people's instructions, and filming is just trying to pose beautifully. In fact, Brooke rarely has the opportunity to follow her heart and do something she likes.

   "I'll go to Princeton first, then Brown University, and JFK Jr. invited me to go. Are you at New York University? I want to see it too." Brooke decided to go to a few universities before making a decision.

   "It's New York University, but you'll be disappointed, there are no old ivy houses, not even walls."

   "Ronald, it's time for us to go." The staff outside the door knocked.

   "I'm flying to Dallas, then Chicago, and New York."

   Ronald and Brooke walked out of the office together.

  Ronald reunited with the two heroines, while Brooke was surrounded by fans and had to sign autographs for them.

   "I'll go to New York too, and I'll contact you in New York then." Brooke said to Ronald, waving to him.

   "Borgy, I have your phone number." Dick the driver came over and handed her an extension.

   "Hello? Brooke. I'm Michael, I just saw you on the Late Show, you're gorgeous. I'll be releasing a new album in New York at the end of the year..."

   "Michael, it's nice to receive your call, thank you for your compliment." Brooke regained her social veteran side.

   "Director, do you and Bo Ji Xiaosi know each other? I think you guys are familiar?" Several people from the crew caught up with the plane.

   Phoebe Cates, who was on the roadshow with the plane, sat next to Ronald and asked Ronald enviously.

   "I did one of her commercials, you should have seen it." Ronald pointed to his jeans.

   "Oh, I know, CK jeans. Between me and Kelvin..."

  Phoebe's first time participating in the roadshow promotion of a movie, and she was very excited in the middle of the night. Jennifer Jason Lee has been busy lately and has fallen asleep in the back seat.

   "If only I could have as many fans as she does."

   "That's a little bit. Bo Ji has only got so many fans after making several blockbuster movies. But you are also very fast, and it is estimated that you will be recognized by fans on the street just like her, and you need to sign autographs."

   (end of this chapter)