Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 465 Potted Plants and Motorcycles

In addition to the chemistry between Elisabeth Shue and Ralph Mazio, Mazio's secretly practiced football skills can be saved, the chemistry between the other characters is very good, good casting, let the rehearsal progress Very smooth.

  Ronald deliberately prevented Ralph Mazio from revealing his football level in advance, so that during the official shooting, Elizabeth Sue suddenly discovered that he could take advantage of this surprise to stimulate a chemical reaction between the two.

   As for several action actors, they are in surprisingly good condition. Martin Cove used cold words to convince Chad McQueen and others. And William Zebka, who worked hard in the biography of the character he wrote, really admired Chris played by Martin Cove as a false father.

   Weintraub still visits the crew from time to time. That day he also found an associate producer for Ronald, Charles Okun.

  Charles Okun is an old man in his 60s who has been rolling around in various Hollywood crews since the 1970s. It is a senior person specially recruited by Weintraub, and I hope he can handle the problems on the spot by virtue of his experience.

  Ronald knew that Weintraub was not at ease with his youth, and specially arranged for an experienced one. So I also showed respect to Okun.

  Charles Okun doesn't talk much, he often finds a chair by the side of the scene, and if he looks carefully, it is a whole day.

   It was almost the end of the rehearsal. This day, Morita Noriyuki also came to Ronald, and he had his own views on some details in the script.

   "I think Master Miyagi is a philosophical person, so when Daniel first went to the repairman's office to find him, he should not be sorting out repair tools, but should do something philosophical."

   "Oh, what did you think of?" Ronald is always open to the actors' ideas, let them say it directly, and finally decide for themselves whether to adopt it later.

   "I want him to trim the onboard inside."

   "Onboard?" Ronald had seen many old war movies and knew that onboard was a slogan shouted by Eastern Ying soldiers when they charged, but it was actually a variant of Chinese "long live".

"Bonzai, not onboard." Morita Noriyuki took out a small pot of bonsai, "How about having Miyagi trim the bonsai? This can make some sense, and immediately let both the audience and Daniel know. , he's not a simple repairman."

   Ronald thought it was good, "Okay, you can tell the props, I'll ask him to find some bonsai."

"There are also Daniel's competition uniforms, karate dojos and genres, all of which have their own logos, such as Chris's Cobra Dojo, which is the head of a cobra. Miyagi and Daniel's representatives of Gojo-ryu must also have a logo, you How about just using this bonsai?"

   "Bonsai", Ronald wanted to say that he could use Taijitu, but he thought about the character of Miyagi again. He doesn't care about fame, he just uses his own hobbies and makes a logo that suits his character.

   "Okay, just put a potted plant as a sign. You go to the costume and say that I agree."

   "No, my wife can help sew this sign. Her sewing skills are top notch. She can also make a headband for Daniel by the way."

   "Is it also a sign of a potted plant?" Ronald knows that the headband of karate is usually sewn with the logo of the dojo.

   "The pattern of the potted plant is too small to see clearly, I plan to put the symbol of the East, the cherry blossom." Morita Noriyuki smiled happily.

   "Sakura?" Ronald nodded, the cherry blossom is a good sign, so people can tell at a glance.

   Morita Noriyuki also discussed with him what Japanese nursery rhymes should be sung when Miyagi was drunk and remembered his wife and children who died in the concentration camp. He is a second-generation immigrant, and he listened to his parents sing a lot when he was a child.

   Having such an actor with similar experience and role, Ronald saved a lot of things in the Eastern Ying culture that he was not familiar with.

   "Boom...Boom..."

   On the other side, several students of the Cobra Dojo began to practice the action scenes. The action part in charge of Pat Johnson has been fine-tuned for the characteristics of several people.

   When a few people were practicing, it was not the kind of move that looked fake in Star Wars where two people slashed at one place with a lightsaber. Instead, one person greets the other party's key points, and the other party waits in the middle to crack it.

   This way, whether it is a layman or an expert, it still looks like that. That is, each action needs to be specially designed and then practiced repeatedly to prevent accidents.

"Except for the part where they jumped over the barbed wire to beat Daniel on Halloween night, the rest of the practice was good. That part was difficult to film, do you need to find time to repeat it?" Pat Johnson sees Ronald After reading the part of my rehearsal and expressing satisfaction, I put forward my own ideas.

"Finan Demura and his disciples haven't joined the group yet. Let's see when they come. Jump off such a high barbed wire fence and complete some series of actions. I don't know if Mr. Demura can complete it, or wait for him to come. We'll watch it later, it's less than ten seconds anyway," Ronald replied.

   "Okay, you're the boss." Pat Johnson agreed.

   On the last day of rehearsal, Ronald asked Susan to find a couple of Honda XL600R motorcycles, the same as his own.

   He asked Chad McQueen, Ron Thomas, Rob Garrison, the three stars of the second generation, and William Zebka to ride a windy motorcycle and try to drive a section on the outdoor dirt road.

   "Boom...Boom..." Several young people started their motorcycles and rode around excitedly.

   "You don't have a motorcycle license, right?" Ronald looked at the way they were riding, like a girl who was riding a motorcycle for the first time, and his heart was full of anger. But when choosing them, Weintraub guaranteed that these second-generation stars are motorcycle masters.

   "Hello, Debbie?" Ronald hurriedly called Debbie Evans, the co-ed champion of the CBS Motorcycle Stunt Grand Prix who had collaborated in "Night of the Comet", to come to the rescue.

"These four little **** don't know how to ride a motorcycle. They are here to make trouble for the protagonist who is riding a bicycle on the road. You teach them." Ronald introduced the four students to Debbie who came on a motorcycle and deliberately stood tall in front of them. said.

   "Hey, hot girl, are you trying to 'teach' me to ride a motorcycle?" Chad McQueen, the most arrogant of the four, couldn't help but jumped out.

"Boy, let's make a bet. I will do an action, and you will do it. If you can do it, I will leave. If you can't do it, then... hum hum... Be obedient to me." Debbie Evans has seen countless men who underestimate her.

   "Boom...Boom..." Debbie started the motorcycle, then let go of both hands, stood on the motorcycle, and let the motorcycle run by itself.

   "Uh..." The four boys were completely speechless, but they immediately became very excited. With such a master as a teacher, they can show off their driving skills in front of their companions in the future.

   "Daniel-san, take two steps and I'll take a look." Morita Noriyuki brought the sewed uniform and put it on Ralph Mazio. Then I looked back and forth and admired my wife's skills.

   "It's really good." Ronald saw the potted plant pattern on the chest of Ralph's Taoist uniform, and the cherry blossoms on the headband, which had a little Oriental flavor.

   "Have you thought about the minor key for your children's song?"

"I figured it out." Morita Noriyuki began to sing a nursery rhyme in Japanese, and turned around quietly. Although Ronald couldn't understand it, and Morita's voice was not very accurate, everyone at the scene felt the sadness. felt it.

   "Clap clap clap..." Susan applauded from the side.

   "What do you think? What's your name?" Ronald asked everyone and Morita.

   "It's called life in the backstreet." Morita bowed to everyone and showed his skills as a comedian.

   "Very good, Ronald Sand." Associate producer Charles Okun also echoed everyone's applause and praised Ronald for the first time.

"Actually it should be Li Sang. Sang means Mr. (Mr.) and is used to show respect. You add my name to it, it's a joke. It's like Miyagi calls Daniel in the movie, calling him Daniel San, is actually making fun of him for thinking he's experienced at a young age."

  Ronald was a little disgusted by the ignorant Okun. Seeing that he called himself the ironic Ronald Sand, he put aside the source of Daniel Sand's name in the script.

   "My question, I thought it was a good name." Charles Okun smiled a little asymmetrically, as if he was joking about the newcomers with his seniors.

Ronald didn't care, turned around and told Debbie Evans, the stuntwoman, that you've been training them hard these days and all weekend, next Monday I'm going to see a few like Hell's Angels rider.

   "Leave it to me." Debbie turned to the four teenagers on the motorcycle and said, "Follow me, do whatever I do, you do whatever you want."

   "Boom...Boom..." A group of people slammed the accelerator a few times with their hands, and in the noise and exhaust, they shouted and walked away.

   In the evening, Weintraub was in his Beverly Hills mansion and talked with Ronald and several other creators about the arrangements after the rehearsal.

   "I'll take Ralph Mazio and Randy Heller, who plays his mom, to New Jersey, Arizona, and New Jersey. Shooting the two of them from New Jersey, driving all the way, and moving to Los Angeles."

   "Travel across the continent, eh?" Susan Atkins asked happily, this is the dream of every American youth.

"It was very hard. I drove from New York after graduating from high school. It took me 48 hours to drive, and I had to calculate the fuel consumption and accommodation." Ronald recalled that he drove along New Jersey, Nevada, Arizona, all the way to Memories of Los Angeles.

   "So this time the framing is mainly focused on the starting point of New Jersey, Daniel's home, Princeton, and then several famous attractions in Arizona, such as the Big Rock, giving the audience an obvious geographical change."

   "Very good, you go with the photography team and bring some more people. When you come back next week, the motorcycles of the boys can also be trained, and we can officially start filming."

  Susan Atkins wrote down all the staffing arrangements, she will take care of everything in order.

  Ronald took his ticket and check, went to the airport tomorrow to meet up with the army, and then he could fly to New York Airport. Ronald also arranged for Eddie over there to prepare an RV for the shoot in New Jersey.

   As soon as Ronald left, Weintraub asked associate producer Charles Okun, "How is it, what do you think of Ronald's performance?"

"I think he is an imaginative director, but he has flaws in the selection of actors and the direction of acting. And he has little experience in shooting big Hollywood projects. I think he directed 'Long Wei Kid', and there is a high possibility that he will meet to difficulty."

   "Okay, here we go, I'll go to the studio next week to see for myself." Weintraub looked at Susan who was returning, and raised his hand to stop Charles Okun's comment.

   Okun also said goodbye and left.

"How can he say that about Ronald? In my opinion, Ronald is a very conscientious, responsible and experienced director. I have learned a lot from him." Susan Atkins informed tomorrow after calling Several actors who set out heard a few words when they came back.

Weintraub stopped Susan's retort, "I believe you darling, Ronald makes me feel, he knows exactly what he's talking about. But business has to have a back-up plan, and I'll go in person after filming starts. On the set, we will know whether he is a qualified and good director at that time."

"Well, I just don't think Okun and his partner are much better than Ronald, and they haven't made a few movies. The total box office is not as high as Ronald's." Susan sat softly on the warm Traub Wylie said.

   (end of this chapter)