Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 588 Shooting the Train

   Minahan, who made a joke, gave his subordinates a lesson. He begged Ronald to see the dailies and give him some professional editing advice. "Breakdance 2", which was not performed by Ronald, "only harvested" 15 million at the box office after its release.

The salaries of the three protagonists have increased by more than ten times, plus the stunt roller of the bougainvillea prawn dancing on the wall that Minahan specially wanted to shoot, the production cost of Break Dance 2 is less than 3 million, and it can be sold for one. Fifteen million is a rare victory.

   But think of Ronald's groundbreaking "Break Dance," which sold for $100 million in North America at a cost of $1 million. Minahan is still very dissatisfied.

  Ronald patiently watched the footage, and an uncomfortable feeling shot straight to his forehead. Minahan said he spent millions on special effects, but Ronald thought those special effects cost only two bucks and thirty cents.

   Wasn't he deceived? Ronald looked at Meinahan's honest smile. Thinking about it, Minahan might be confused about directing and finding actresses, but when it comes to money, he and his cousin Yoram are still very cautious.

  The heroine thing makes Ronald worry. Commercial film vases are not so easy to find. After the boys have finished training, they can start shooting.

   First of all, the female star needs to have a certain reputation, so that the audience will see her familiar image appearing in the movie, and then they will give a general position to her character.

   But the more famous female stars are, the less willing they are to play vases. They always seem to have to make a breakthrough in acting before they consider taking on the next script that doesn't make much money.

   Secondly, the personal image and role of the best star are more suitable. Although acting as a vase does not require high acting skills, it has high requirements for image. This kind of high-concept story does not have many twists and turns to impress the audience, so it is best for the heroine to be the way they imagined.

Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer are still looking for the right person, while Tom Cruise's girlfriend Rebecca De Mornay has gradually become a priority after Kathleen Turner refused candidate.

   But De Mornay is now playing a mechanic on a train galloping across the icy wastes of Alaska. It's a long way off, and it's not realistic to have director Konchalovsky stop work for her for a few days and let her come back to audition.

   For the movie casting, Ronald decided to fly to Alaska himself, where he auditioned for De Mornay live.

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   "I think I need to try that aerial combat shot myself. I believe that after training, I can learn the 360-degree fight before turning it on."

  On the flight to Anchorage Airport, Alaska, there were only Ronald and Tom Cruise in the front business class.

   In order to meet his girlfriend De Mornay, Cruise did not participate in the next two days of flight training. These basic contents were already covered when he signed up to learn to fly.

   On the seat on the other side, there was a big bouquet of red roses, which was a surprise that Tom prepared for De Mornay.

"That fight is very difficult, and the fool (Bozo) may not be able to complete it satisfactorily. Besides, this is a shot taken in a reconnaissance silo on a fighter jet. The audience didn't feel it at all." Ronald Just wanted to get some sleep and explained to Tom Cruise the usefulness of clips.

   "But I always feel that the movies are real when you can do the stunts yourself." Tom was still chattering, hoping to let him try it himself.

"Tom, Tom..." Ronald put the seat down and pulled on the blindfold, "Even if you could make that move, the producer wouldn't allow it, and consider these things when you become a producer yourself. Bar."

  Tom is a good friend, that is, he will tirelessly pursue what he is interested in until he persuades the other party.

   "But is there really no chance this time? I think I have a talent for learning to fly."

   "Can you let me sleep for a while, and you sleep too, don't you want to surprise Rebecca?"

  Ronald began to think that Tom's annoying energy could only be tolerated by his girlfriend, De Mornay, who was a few years older than him.

  The two rented a car at the airport and drove to the railway checkpoint next to Whittier City, where the "Race Train" was filmed.

  Tom Cruise happily waits behind the camera. Ronald took off his sunglasses. The sky in Alaska was very dark and it was still snowing, which caused a lot of trouble for the shooting.

   "Cut!" shouted Konchalovsky, the director wearing the Union Private Dogskin hat, as the train that Rumble drove out of the camera's range.

   "Rebecca", Tom saw that the filming was stopped and rushed to hug his girlfriend.

  De Mornay, wearing a bloated padded jacket and an electrician's hat, turned around and saw Tom Cruise, and said in surprise, "Why are you here?"

   "I came to visit with Ronald." Tom Cruise wiped the oil marks from De Mornay's face with his hands. The shooting here was very difficult.

"Don't move, this is what the makeup artist managed to do." De Mornay got rid of Cruise's hand and took off his hat, "Don't disturb our filming, the train scene is difficult to film, if you make trouble , one day may be in vain."

   "How do I... well, I'll watch it over there." Tom Cruise was robbed, but the filming was unquestionable, so he had to step back.

  Ronald looked over in amazement. The atmosphere in the crew seemed to be very tense, and everyone's strings were tense.

   "Let the second car come over and we'll shoot." Konchalovsky picked up the microphone and commanded loudly.

  Rebecca De Mornay's hair was messy and disheveled.

  Ronald admired Konchalovsky's vision on this point. Indeed, De Mornay was dressed like this, and he couldn't see any beauty at all.

   He said before that he wanted an actress who could be beautiful or ordinary, and he rejected Jodie Foster, which now doesn't seem to be an excuse. You can't get the effect of De Mornay with another one.

  The male protagonist played by Jon Voight got off the locomotive that had gone a mile ahead, and returned to the filming location in the car. When he saw Ronald coming to visit the class, he smiled at him. His mouth is a mouth of rotten teeth, and it looks like he has dentures.

   "Hehehe..." Jon Voight was still immersed in the role of the wicked leader who escaped from the prison, grinned at Ronald's side, and went to the lounge.

The    supporting actor is played by Eric Roberts, a handsome lad who is also dressed as a harlequin. He jumped out of the car and said to a man who looked like an assistant, "Trejo, get me something good."

  The man named Trejo was of Mexican descent, with long hair in a shawl, two long beards, and acne marks all over his face. At first glance, he was not a good person.

   "I almost fell off the locomotive. I'll be the substitute for the rest of the scene. I'll never do the scene of climbing a train again."

  Trejo took out a small paper bag and gently handed it to Eric Roberts, "I told you, you actors are more deadly than our real prison criminals. Let's take a break."

  "Woo..." A whistle sounded, and the second locomotive slowly drove into the station.

  Train shooting is extremely dangerous and troublesome. It takes a long time for the outgoing train to stop completely, and then the locomotive needs to be decoupled when reversing. When you get to the starting point, you have to do it all over again.

   Konchalovsky found two locomotives so that he could shoot two at a time.

   "Cut!"

   Another accident happened this time. A stuntman's foot was caught by the machinery outside the front of the car. He almost had a big accident and had to stop filming.

   "Have a drink", Ronald handed the director a whiskey jug. This was the first time I had the chance to speak to Konchalovsky on set.

   "I'm glad you're here, Ronald," Konchalovsky said in a Russian accent, rubbing his red nose, before hugging Ronald.

   "This ghost place is more troublesome than Siberia to make a movie. It takes a foot of snow and it has to be cleaned up every morning. I tell you, you have to maintain revolutionary optimism when you want to shoot a train scene in America."

"I don't want to spoil the show, but I'm here to audition for Rebecca De Mornay, and I hope you'll give me a little time. After filming is over, I'm going to borrow your makeup artist, who's an instructor and a mechanic. bipolar."

   "No problem, my friend. It's getting dark early here anyway, and we don't have much time, so let's give it to you."

   Konchalovsky just felt that the nerves of the actors on the scene were too tense, so it is better to take the opportunity to rest and start a new shooting after the weekend.

   "Thank you!" Ronald was delighted, and now De Mornay has enough time to prepare for the audition.

   "Hey", Jon Voight ran out of the lounge with rotten teeth again, and pretended to threaten Rebecca De Mornay, "We'll torture you again next week."

   "Hehe, see you next week", De Mornay pressed Jon Voight's chest. The eyes of the two exchanged quickly, and they seemed to have a tacit understanding.

  Tom Cruise saw all this in the back, quickly took out the rose that was going to be offered at the hotel from the car, and rushed to the front to offer it to his girlfriend.

   "Rebecca...I brought it to you from California."

   "Haha", De Mornay smiled and stroked Tom's newly shaved short hair.

   "We were bored every day in Alaska, and we became very good friends." Eric Roberts, who played the supporting actor, saw the clue and came up to soften his cheeks for Tom and Rebecca.

   "Please face the camera from the side..."

   "Okay, you and Tom audition together. It's a scene where the two of you are at Charlie's house, attracting and teasing each other."

   "If you don't mind, I want to take a shower first, I'm sweating all over." Tom Cruise read the lines.

   "I do mind, I'm 'hungry,'" Rebecca De Mornay said teasingly to Tom.

   "Okay, let's go here." Ronald gestured to the two couples, indicating that the audition can come here.

  De Mornay is still immersed in the role of the electrician in "Runaway Train", and playing this confident instructor Charlie is a bit out of place. However, as long as the producer is willing, De Mornay has a great chance, and it is easy for a real couple to have a tacit understanding.

  Ronald knew that Tom had wanted to be alone with his girlfriend for a long time, so he let her go with Tom Cruise. Actors gather less and leave more, and they have to play ambiguous scenes with other actors of the opposite **** in the crew. Ronald understands their distress very well.

   "Eric, where are you from?"

   Ronald went to the bar and had a drink with Eric Roberts, who played prison boxer.

   "I was born in Mississippi, and my parents were actors. But after they divorced, I lived with my father in Atlanta. My sister lived with my mother, who is also an actor. We have actor genes in our family."

   "When I saw you the first time, did you do the stunt yourself?" Ronald looked at Eric, who was easy to get along with.

"I'm actually a member of the stunt union, so I proposed to do it myself, but climbing the train in Alaska in winter is not a joke. I was sweating from fright just now. If it was me who got stuck, I might have been dumped. down."

"Can Rebecca get that lead role?" Eric raised his glass and took another sip, "Don't get me wrong, we can only have fun every day here, Rebecca is a good actor, we are all friends, I hope She can get big-budget heroines."

   "It's the producer's decision, but her acting is very good, Rebecca is very malleable, I didn't expect her to play a worker like this."

   "She's very nice."

  …

  After drinking, Ronald returned to the hotel. He opened the door of his room and wanted to take a bath in the snowy winter. The walls of this hotel room are made of logs, which makes people feel warm.

  Tom Crews made a big room next door to reunite with his girlfriend.

   "I'm an actor, not a housewife, you better understand this." Rebecca's high voice came from the room with poor sound insulation.

   "I didn't stop you from being an actor... Rebecca."

   "Then don't worry about my affairs. It's my freedom to play any drama."

   "I just said, you should work with me in movies like Ronald, big productions, big distribution companies, and successful commercial films will make your script better and better. You should pursue commercial films first..."

   "Tom, you're really annoying..."

The    sounded louder and louder, and Ronald wondered if he was going out to see.

   "Bang!" A sound of glass breaking came.

   "I'm currently making a movie with a very rare actor, and it has the potential to be nominated for an Oscar."

   "Do you want to work with Jon Voight that much?"

   "You... Forget it, you go to sleep on the sofa." The sound of footsteps was followed by the sound of the door closing.

   "Rebecca, forget it..." Tom seemed to be really sleeping on the sofa in the living room.

  "This...forget it", Ronald wrapped the pillow and forced himself to sleep.

  …

   "I just wanted to do this movie with her, Ronald."

   On the return plane, Tom Cruise kept talking to Ronald about his relationship with Rebecca.

"you……?"

   "She said she wanted us to calm down with each other." Cruise patted the back of the seat in front, "Damnit!"

   "He left the mammoth fossil he bought at the airport." Ronald said to the flight attendant who came to check.

   The stewardess seemed to recognize Cruise as the handsome guy in "The Good Guys Are Crazy", but she had to step back when Ronald made a stop gesture to her.

   "You can calm down a bit. After the filming is over, let's have a good chat." Ronald thought, it would be troublesome for the two of them to have strong thoughts on acting, and maybe they would fight over how to act.

"But it's unlikely that Rebecca De Mornay will be casting this time." Ronald pulled the baseball cap down and covered his face. The protagonist Lone Ranger and instructor Charlie had a romantic scene, and the two had a tacit understanding The ambiguous atmosphere of mutual attraction and teasing is difficult for Tom and Rebecca who are quarreling now.

  …

"There is something wrong with the chemistry between Rebecca and Tom. You can put it aside for a while until we negotiate the terms with Paramount." Don Simpson, after watching Rebecca De Mornay's audition, told Luo Nader said, "There are two candidates, who also have a film contract with Paramount, waiting for our response."

   (end of this chapter)