Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 321 Two Audition Invitations

   "Bye!" After Helen had slept enough, she left Ronald's apartment first and went to her mother's house. She had to tell her mother the good news first.

   did not rashly tell Helen that she should play Supergirl, Ronald first approached Richard of CAA to inquire about the "SuperGirl" project.

   Soon Richard's boss Nisita called Ronald's house.

   "I think I reminded you, Ronald. All the favors for pretty girls should be told to me, and we'd better handle them for you."

  Nisita is afraid that Ronald promises the benefits of an actress's appearance without authorization, and it is easy to have problems without being dealt with by an agent.

   "Not an ordinary pretty girl, but my girlfriend..."

   "Oh, already at the girlfriend stage?" Nisita loosened his tie, then tore it off and threw it on the desk. The most potential screenwriter and director under the banner was captured by the beautiful girl like this?

   "Helen, Helen Slater. This name should be familiar to you, her father is..."

   "Gerald of PBS?" Nisita sighed and sat down in the chair with a sigh of relief. He was deeply afraid that Ronald would be fascinated by some young actor and promised something he shouldn't have.

  A client's peach scandal is a very troublesome thing. Not to mention involving a lot of resources and energy, it will make the client lose competitiveness in front of the studio.

   "Then what else are you inquiring about? Gerald will be considerate for his daughter."

"The agent her father chose for her helped her get an audition invitation for a supporting role, but I think her appearance should be more suitable for the lead role..." Ronald explained the situation again, "I don't know very well either. There is a relationship here, so I want to ask you about it, you are the most professional."

   "Of course, Ronald, you've done a great job." Nisita appreciates this way of thinking with her agent in advance.

   The contract situation of the Superman series of movies is relatively well known. This is a thing that Warner Bros. regrets quite a lot that the old people in the circle know.

After   Selkind and his son bought Superman for $3 million, it sold for $300 million at the worldwide box office. Warner Bros. regretted selling the rights down from day one.

Using the terms in the distribution contract, they began to constantly find fault with the Serkind and his son. The Serkind and his son are also veterans in the industry. The two sides are constantly discussing director candidates, plot development, and supporting role candidates. Stuff your own personal belongings.

Originally, Supergirl was scheduled to appear in the third part of Superman, but after Richard Pryor, a black movie star, had no plot space left for Supergirl, she had to ask Superman to appear in the first part. Bring out the story of his cousin on Krypton.

  Producers Serkind and his son want to make the casting of Supergirl just like the casting of Superman back then. It will become a stunt for publicity and warm-up before the movie starts, and they are starting an audition tour across the country.

   "Then you help me ask and see if there are any competitive candidates. Don't worry, I'm just helping Helen find an audition opportunity." Ronald hung up the phone.

   The effect of dreaming last night was good. It seems that tennis can indeed trigger dreams. Ronald set off to the tennis court again.

   "They sent Superman casting director Lynn Stamaster. This is a veteran casting director. He has seen a circle of actresses in Los Angeles and is going to New York for the primary."

   Soon Nisita of CAA got more accurate information. Ronald has long known that the so-called auditions are not really among ordinary girls, but girls who have experience in acting.

   "I see, I'll handle it."

  Ronald knows who he is looking for, Julia Taylor of the casting studio, must know the superman casting director. Asking her to add an audition name is not a big problem.

   "Helen Slater? Who is her agent?" Julia really knew the casting director, and she asked Ronald to report the name of the agent, and this line of casting must be contacted through the agent. In order to prevent various unspoken rules, the Actors Guild has made special regulations on this.

   Ronald thought about it, called Helen, and asked her to report the name of the agent her mother had found for her.

   "Really? You have a way to get them to audition for Supergirl for me?" Helen was really happy.

   "Don't get too excited, it's just an audition," Ronald answered over the phone.

   "Yeah, Mom, Ronald gave me a chance to audition for Supergirl." Helen turned around and told her mother about getting the audition opportunity.

"It's a good thing." Helen's mother asked her daughter's audition for the role. After Helen went out, she called her ex-husband, "Did you do it? I smelled you from Helen's story, don't interfere. The daughter's freedom, she can be a superwoman if she wants to."

   "What do you know about the show business?" Gerald was a little anxious, "How did she get the audition for Supergirl? I asked the agent to be the supporting role Lucy Lane."

   "Her boyfriend found it for her."

  Gerald hung up immediately and dialed Ronald.

   "Ronald, come to my office, right now! Right now!"

   Ronald, who received the call, knew he had guessed correctly. He did not neglect and rushed to Gerald's office immediately.

   "Why did you get Helen to audition for Supergirl?" Gerald asked right away.

   "Because I think she's more suitable for Supergirl than the supporting role," Ronald replied.

   "I thought you were already a mature director, so I acquiesced in your relationship with my daughter." Gerald pointed to Ronald's head and said:

"Where's your common sense? Helen is just a high school student in a deduction school. Supergirl is a superhero, and the supporting roles are all veteran actors. Their targets are Jane Fonda and Dolly Parton. Helen is in them If you can't get a play around you, you will be criticized by the critics."

   Ronald suddenly, no wonder Gerald found a supporting role for Helen. Playing a supporting role in a big production is an easy ladder to step into the Hollywood showbiz. Not only the exposure, but also the trouble of being placed in the center by film critics.

   But Ronald also has his own considerations, "Mr. Slater, of course you are right. But the Superman movies are different."

   "Oh?" Seeing that Ronald came quickly, Gerald was relieved, after all, he was contributing to his daughter's acting career.

   "Many of Superman's audience go to see flying stunts, and acting skills are not that important. Christopher Reeve had no movie shooting experience before playing Superman, which does not prevent him from becoming a star."

   "Besides, even if Helen's acting skills are not good, it is still too early to leave the filming. If she is selected, it is not too late to find a suitable acting teacher for her."

  Gerald took a bottle of brandy from the drawer and poured a glass for both himself and Ronald.

   "You're still naive, Reeve is Katherine Hepburn, and she recommended that Reeve be a Superman." He took two sips of wine.

  Ronald accidentally overheard a big gossip. The two people are more than forty years apart in age, right? "Are they the kind of grandma and grandson relationship?"

Gerald ignored Ronald's question, but glanced at Ronald, "But what you said makes sense, bad acting can be remedied. Go and inform Helen that he is going to audition for Supergirl, I agree. "

   "Helen, tell me, do you really want to do this movie?" Gerald called his daughter after Ronald left.

   "Of course, being an actor is my dream."

   "Well then, you can try it."

   "Oh, I'm so happy. Ronnie, thank you." Helen was overjoyed when she heard the news that her father had agreed to audition for her, and hurried over to tell Ronald the good news.

   "No wonder the agent he chose asked me to audition for the supporting role Lucy Lane." Helen kissed Ronald, reacted, and then laughed.

   "What should I do to prepare, Ronnie?"

   "Just be yourself, the movie casting is not so particular."

  Helen didn't listen to Ronald, she picked up the Supergirl comics she bought and started to study it.

   "For the people of Earth, wake up."

  The superwoman in the comics, after arriving on Earth, found that Superman had forgotten her identity and lost her superpowers. She used various methods to wake up Superman and finally found herself.

  Helen tied a red headband on her head and read the lines from the comics to Ronald.

   One-of-a-kind, typical American high school students learned drama in the drama club.

   "Oh..." Ronald covered his eyes with his hands, not going to audition for a movie role like this.

   "What's the matter? Are my lines bad?"

"No, what you said is okay." Ronald felt that he had to explain to her, "A movie audition is mainly to see if your appearance is suitable for the role, and the film is shot with close-ups, close-ups, those on theatrical stage. The method of lines is unnecessary in a lot of movies."

   "Oh, is that so? But my teacher in the high school of acting said that lines are the key to expressing a character's character." Helen was a little puzzled. If Ronnie hadn't directed a blockbuster movie, she wouldn't have believed it.

   That's true, but...

   Ronald pointed to the TV opposite and said, "You think of the TV as a stage for a drama, with actors performing in it."

"If the actors use normal people's speech, the audience in the back row may not be able to hear clearly. And they are far away, and they can't see the facial expressions of the actors on the stage. This is why students studying drama, first Practice your form. The form can be heard even if you are sitting in the last row of the theater.

   "Then let's see it as a TV," Ronald said, and turned on the TV, which was a replay of the TV series "Grievance of the Giants".

"Television, like film, can use different focal lengths to capture the facial expressions of the actors," Ronald said to Helen, pointing to the characters on the TV. "There are also recordings to capture the voices of the actors, so that the audience can appreciate It's a more lifelike performance."

   "But there are also many actors in the movie who act in Shakespearean style? For example, Lawrence Oliver in the UK is."

  This involves the issue of different performance genres, and Ronald himself didn't really figure it out.

   "You may be right, but when auditioning, you must first see if your appearance meets the requirements of the role."

   "Am I going to dye a blonde?" Helen suddenly thought.

   "Don't worry, the superwoman's Earthling identity, Linda Lee, also has dark brown hair. Wait for you to choose..."

   Looking at Helen's big eyes looking at him, full of longing for audition, Ronald turned and said, "First buy a golden wig and try it on, then let's talk about what kind of blonde they need to dye."

   "Okay, I'll listen to you."

   (end of this chapter)