Exploiting Hollywood 1980

  Chapter 333 Tooth Filling with Tom Cruise

"You're working too hard," Ronald said to Tom Cruise, who was sitting in the co-pilot, while driving the car, "Everyone else is doing a boxing move, and it's not like you really do it. "

   The scene of the gang fight between the two gangs was filmed for two consecutive nights. Tom Cruise really gave the opposite actor a punch in order to show the authenticity of his understanding.

   The result was of course very good. The opponent returned angrily and broke Tom's dentures with one punch.

"I'm sorry, I've already apologized to him. The director poured water into the sky, and the soles of my feet slipped." Tom Cruise held out his fingers to Ronald, who injured his own fingers because of the force. .

   Ronald shook his head. The teenage actors, inspired by Coppola, worked so hard that it was raining on the first day of filming the gang fight scene. In order to ensure the continuity of the footage, Coppola even had people spray water into the sky the next night.

   "I just want to be the best I can be," Tom said. His cheap dentures looked fake in the first place, but after being punched crookedly, the more they looked, the more they looked like the real rotten teeth.

   During the filming, the ground was full of mud pits, and it was raining heavily. In this way, there were a few actors who worked very hard and really started to fight. Coppola's name, for these young actors, is like a battle horn, urging them to perform hard.

   "I heard that Coppola will let the actor he likes go to his acting training camp. I don't know if I have a chance this time." Tom was still looking forward to his future, and he happened to grab Ronald to ask about the situation.

   "Are you really willing to make that black and white film of him?" Ronald glanced at Tom.

  Coppola got Ronald and Hinton together a week ago and announced plans for Diorama to make another Hinton novel, RumbleFish.

  This film will be shot in black and white, with only two "Betta fish" in the fish tank in the whole film, using color lenses.

  Coppola first secured the copyright of Hinton's novel, and Hinton agreed to write the script himself to write the movie script of "Betta Fish".

   The second one he found was Ronald. Coppola shot "Betta Fish" himself. In order to save costs, a person like Ronald could do several kinds of work, and it was a priority.

   Ronald didn't like the tone of the novel, nor was he optimistic about the film's box office. It's a country boy gang gang from 20 years ago, and it's still a black and white movie. Anyway, I've seen some of the techniques I want to learn. So he pushed back on the grounds that he wanted to participate in a "fast-paced" marketing campaign.

  Coppola didn't take it seriously, and then began to look for suitable actors in the "Out of the World" crew to participate in the next movie.

"Yes, Coppola has a crush on you and wants you to play the second male lead." Ronald told Tom Cruise, "If you agree, as soon as your part is finished, you will go to his place. acting training camp,

   "That's great." Tom was at the age of admiring director Coppola, so he threw a few fists upon hearing this.

   The car went to the dentist's office in town.

   "I will take leave tomorrow to audition for another cast." Tom smiled again.

  Ronald parked the car and took Cruise into the clinic, "No wonder I saw Paula Wagner on set."

   "Yes, she takes good care of me, I will ask for leave tomorrow."

  Tom was full of confidence, "If the audition is successful, do you think I should go there, or do Coppola's next movie?"

   "Color film?"

   "Yes, colorful teen films."

   "Then let me tell you, shoot in color. Few people like to watch black and white anymore."

   Ronald replied casually and sent Cruise into the dentist's office.

After a long time, the dentist filled Tom Cruise's teeth, sent him out, and asked Ronald to take a photo of the two of them.

   "Please help me take a photo with this actor, I want my wife to see the photo of the actor who made her favorite novel 'The Outer Boy' movie."

   "Hi, Paula." Ronald and Tom returned to the hotel, just parked the car, and saw a beautiful woman wearing sunglasses sitting at the entrance of the hotel, Cruise and his manager Paula Wagner.

   "Ronald, thank you for sending Tom to fill his teeth. He auditioned for the male lead in tomorrow's play, and his front teeth are more or less the same."

   Paula looked at Tom's newly filled front teeth and expressed her satisfaction.

   "What movie did you audition for?" Ronald also looked at Tom's front teeth and put on new dentures. Sure enough, he turned from a little ruffian into a handsome guy who grew up in the city.

   "Risky Business", Paula handed over an outline of the script, which she wanted Ronald to see.

   This is a youth exploitation film. Joe, a high school student played by Tom, applies to Princeton University and wants to make some money while his parents are out.

  In the misunderstanding, Joe met the call girl Lana. After a series of coincidences, Joe turned the house into Lana's business office. While opening the door to do business, the interviewer from Princeton suddenly visited.

   "Very good plot." Ronald returned the plot synopsis, and a few words led to several clues, which also made people very curious to read.

   "Tom, you should listen to Ronald." Paula said to Tom, she didn't want Tom Cruise to continue to play in Coppola's black and white movie, he is the protagonist in this "Good Boys Are Crazy". It took Paula and CAA a lot of money to get the director to agree to give Tom an audition.

   "We'll take the late flight and come back tomorrow."

  …

  Matt Dillon and Diane Lane were all spotted by Coppola and wanted to be included in the lineup of the next movie "Betta Fish".

   Dillon likes this novel very much. He has filmed Hinton's "Texas Guy" before. If he finishes the filming of "The Outer Boy" and then makes another "Betta", he will become a Hinton professional.

  Diane was a little hesitant. On the one hand, she didn't like to play with Matt Dillon, and on the other hand, Ronald didn't support her acting in Coppola's movie again.

   "Is black and white really bad?" Diane asked Ronald.

   "It's a market problem. Now that children have color TVs, they don't watch much old black and white movies on TV."

   "But it was directed by Coppola after all." Dai An felt very fortunate that Coppola took a fancy to playing the heroine twice, although this heroine did not have many roles.

   "Actually, 'Betta Fish' is a B-level film." Ronald hit the nail on the head.

   "This method of one big production, one small production, and two films can save a lot of money. Sets, equipment, personnel, and even actors can all be shared."

   This method, my former boss, exploitative film mogul Roger Coleman, is very good at it. He often looks at other people's sets, and now thinks of a script, before the other movies are finished and demolished, he will seize the time to make a set.

   "Oh, is that so?" Diane wasn't sure whether what Ronald said would affect his acting career, so let go of the doubts for now.

  …

   "Ronald, I got the protagonist who is crazy and good boy." Soon Tom Cruise finished the audition and returned by plane.

   Paula Wagner's vision is very accurate. After the director met Tom Cruise, he immediately decided not to do what he wanted, and asked him to play the protagonist Joe.

   "I would recommend Diane to them, she is the best heroine. Hope to get your approval, Ronald." Tom was so excited that he liked the movie even more after seeing the full script.

   "What is my consent? You should ask her and her father Burt's opinion."

   "Hey, I know you are protecting her, and Diane also said that she was staying at your house."

   "Go talk to her, I also hope she can act in color. I'm dozing off watching black and white."

"Hahaha……"

  Tom was amused and went to call Diane.

  Ronald saw Tom leave and said to his agent Paula, "The producers dote on him so much? Can he give him the power to recommend heroines for himself?"

   "You don't know," Paula said with a relieved smile. "The director is very satisfied with Tom, saying that he is the Joe in the script. His hard work and dedication to the character's performance also makes the director very happy."

   After finishing speaking, Paula pointed to his teeth, meaning that Tom would rather lose two front teeth in order to play a supporting role. This spirit made the filmmakers no longer doubt his professionalism.

   "The heroine Rana is a call girl. The director believes that the chemical reaction between the heroine and Tom is a necessary condition for the success of the film, so let Tom recommend the candidate himself."

   "Oh, that's not ordinary, it's star treatment."

   "Tom is a star."

  …

   "I don't know, this character is a call girl, my dad won't agree." Diane was a little hesitant after hearing Tom Cruise's invitation.

   "At least let your father read the script?" Tom still doesn't give up. He has seen many excellent performances by Diane. How good would it be if he could play the hero and heroine of the new film with her?

  Before shooting started the next morning, Burt browsed the script handed over by Diane and Tom on the set, and immediately rejected it.

   "Sorry, kid. My girl will always..." Burt said to Tom, "Look at my mouth, never be a call girl, period!"

   "Why do you think like that, Diane? Coppola's heroine isn't playing an exploitative film?" Then he took Diane aside and asked his daughter's thoughts.

   "But Ronald said that Coppola's 'Betta Fish' was a B-level film, and not many people like to watch black and white films anymore."

   "Ronald...he's a nice guy, but he knows too little about directors. He doesn't even direct actors very well.

  In his mind, exploitation films must be good, because what he directed is also an exploitation film.

   And Coppola, after all, Coppola..."

   "What a pity, Diane would have cooperated well with me." Tom regretted not having Diane Lane as the protagonist. His role has also ended, and he is going to the airport with Paula.

   "Your training schedule." Paula handed over a schedule, "You need to lose ten pounds in one week, and then eat ten pounds back in one week."

   "Why bother?" Ronald was sending them off when he heard this outrageous arrangement.

   "Because Tom is going to play a twelfth grade high school student. He's twenty years old this year, and he has no baby fat. So let him lose weight first, then gain weight, and eat the baby fat again."

   "Good luck." Ronald and Tom Cruise hugged goodbye.

  …

  In the evening, Ronald was eating with Hinton, and the two chatted while eating.

  Hinton has been writing novels. She is not very familiar with script writing, so after being invited by Coppola to be the screenwriter of a new film, she asked Ronald to find out about the situation.

   "It's basically like this. The script needs to make sure that the words you write can be made in film. If you can't imagine that the film can make such a scene, then it probably needs to be rewritten."

   Ronald knew that Coppola asked Hinton to do the surgery, probably to save money. Coppola only paid 10% of the adaptation fee for Hinton's "Ultra World".

   "That's great, Ronald. I haven't touched a pen since I finished 'Texas' in '79."

  Hinton had the urge to write, and he was very happy.

   "I like the feeling of writing on manuscript paper with a pen. Ideas flow through the ink and rustle onto the paper."

   "Why, don't you use a typewriter?"

   "I like pen and paper when writing. Typewriters are used by secretaries and cannot be revised or moved forward or backward.

  I like to revise my novel freely, move this paragraph to the middle of the first two pages, or delete this paragraph and fill in other content.

  You are also an author, you must know that when you create a long story, you often need to move back and forth like this. "

   "Then you should use the Word Star software. You can use the keyboard to complete all the operations of moving, copying and duplicating. It is as convenient as a typewriter and as free as pen and paper."

   "The word star? What is that?"

   "A software for a computer, a writing tool specially developed for authors like you."

   "Amazing, modifiable typewriter? I have to buy one."

   "Ms. Hinton, this is the IBM PC you ordered, and here is the WordStar software."

   A few days later, the town's department store specially adjusted a computer and writing software for the local hero Hinton and sent it to her home.

  After reading the manual carefully, Hinton tried several times, but failed.

   "Ronald, come and help me, help me figure out how to type." Hinton called and asked Ronald to come and see what went wrong.

   "This is saving, this is printing, this is copying, this is copying..."

   Ronald went to Hinton's house and explained the concept of shortcut keys to Hinton, "You have to press Ctrl first, and then press this key."

   "Save to disk, print", Hindun tried, "What is a copy?"

   "I'll write you a copy." Ronald simply wrote a note of frequently used shortcut keys like he did at home, and posted it beside the monitor of Hinton's computer.

   "Seriously, Ronald. You really explained it well, the clerk will only endorse it according to the instructions, and only you will explain these functions to me in a language I can understand."

  Hinton was very happy, typed a paragraph of text, and then pressed the print shortcut key, and a document was printed squeakly.

   "Because I'm also the author."

   "Seriously, you should write a book so computer idiots like me can learn to type with Wordstars. I'll call my publishing house, and you'll have to talk to them."

   "Publish a book? Does anyone buy this kind of book?"

   "Of course, what kind of book readers will buy, I can't know better..."

   Hinton turned to call the editor.

   (end of this chapter)