Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 595 Barefoot

   McGillis has a warm smile, walks swayingly, and looks good from the back.

   Ronald closed the door after entering the room with her, "Can you take off your high heels and let me see?"

   "It seems that the rumors about you are true." McGillis approached Ronald, and a manly breath burned her face. In the shooting venue, the exhausted soul illuminated by the excessively bright light seemed to have been washed with hot water and re-shined.

   McGillis wrapped his hand around Ronald's neck and looked up at him. "Do you like my bare feet?"

   She raised her left leg and rubbed the back of her right leg. "Clap", the three-inch heels dropped.

   "slap", another one, and the other one also fell to the ground.

  Ronald felt that McGillis suddenly became shorter, and he felt it in his heart, the height was about the same. He stretched out his hands to support McGillis' waist, pulled her up slightly, and then put her down again, the height was still a little higher.

   McGillis got closer and closer, and the heat from Ronald's palm on her waist made her feel that her entire upper body began to heat up.

  "We seem to be the right height like this", McGillis stood on tiptoe and made himself a little taller, as if he was still a little short. She put both feet on Ronald's toes and stood on tiptoe, which was much more comfortable.

   hooked Ronald's neck, McGillis could see the other person's deep eyes as soon as he looked up, she was happy and raised one foot and slowly rubbed it on Ronald's leg. The bodies of the two were almost pressed together.

   "Uh... Kelly, let me see what you look like first." Ronald felt a little overwhelmed by McGillis' enthusiasm, and quickly pulled her away from his waist, "You don't need to stand on tiptoe, just stand naturally."

   "What?" McGillis didn't know what to do, so he turned around barefoot in place.

   "Can you go any lower?" Ronald touched his chin with his hand, still comparing.

   "Is that so?" McGillis thought to himself that the director had a lot of tricks. She turned her back to the table, supported her hands behind her back, and then leaned back slightly, as if waiting for picking.

   "This time the height difference is almost the same." Ronald took a step in front of her, gestured for the height from his chin with one hand, and then reached forward to McGillis's head, feeling confident.

   "What are you doing?" McGillis saw this action, his face changed, and he pushed Ronald away, "Are you measuring my height? Are you doing it for Tom? Let me play with him barefoot?"

   "It would be better if you could lean back a little more and lean your waist over a little bit like you are now.

   "Get out of here!" McGillis raised his eyebrows, telling Ronald, who is ignorant of style, to get out.

   "Listen to me, the top management of Paramount will come to the crew tomorrow. They pay more attention to the height difference between Tom and you. We have to satisfy them so that the subsequent shooting can go smoothly..."

   "Go away!..." McGillis pointed to the door.

   "I'll get out right away, you remember to keep this action tomorrow..."

  …

   "When you shoot the scene where Tom sings karaoke, remember to lower the camera a little bit and bring a little elevation angle." Ronald pulled over the director of photography Kimball and quietly instructed.

   The next morning, the crew came to the bar at the Miramar base and took advantage of the morning light to shoot the scene where the Lone Ranger picks up Charlie. No one cares about Ronald in this play, so he uses a lot of backlighting under the magic light moment, and has enough of the addiction of artistic photography.

  Last night, Ronald confirmed that McGillis could act a little bit shorter than Tom Cruise. He immediately called Bruckheimer, Tom Cruise, and Paula Wagner for an overnight meeting.

  The original consensus of everyone is that Charlie can be a little taller than the Lone Ranger in the camera.

"Top Gun" is a group scene, and there are too many tall actors in it. For example, Tim Robbins, who played the second back seat radar officer of the Lone Ranger, Merlin Mage, is very tall and sits in an F-14. The cockpit is difficult.

  So Tom Cruise's height disadvantage cannot be concealed, and there are always people in the same frame as him. Paula originally agreed, making McGillis appear slightly taller than Cruise in the movie. This does not affect Cruise's screen image.

   But the old-fashioned idea of ​​the president of Paramount was discovered by Don Simpson, and everyone still agreed at night to overturn the previous setting and let the Lone Ranger and Charlie talk alone.

"Got it," DP Kimball knew all about the tricks of the shoot. Tom Cruise was closer to the camera than McGillis in this scene, and shooting at a slight elevation created an illusion of perspective. Don's closer Cruise is even taller.

   "But what is karaoke?"

   "Uh...that means the Lone Ranger picks up the microphone and sings. It's Japanese, Japanese, right?"

   "Action!"

  Tom Cruise picked up the microphone in the bar and started singing old Elvis songs.

   "When I kiss your lips, you never close your eyes again..."

   "And you haven't been as gentle to me as you used to..."

   Gradually, the actors in the bar, together with the group behind, sang this old song with Tom Cruise and helped him pick up girls.

   Charlie, played by McGillis, couldn't help laughing any longer, and asked the Lone Ranger to sit down beside her.

   "I made an appointment..." Charlie laughed.

   "Oh, I have an appointment..." The Lone Ranger pretended to be profound.

   The two chatted while Charlie's date hadn't arrived yet.

  Ronald looked over from the camera, and the Lone Ranger was beside Charlie, half a head taller than her. He nodded, everything under control.

   "Oh, my date is here, Perry, I'll go right over." McGillis stood up, and she let out a sigh of relief.

   It is not an easy task to maintain this slumped posture during the filming like her.

   "Cut!" Ronald saw the OK gesture given by Kimball and announced, "This shot is developed, we are preparing for the next scene."

"OK……"

   McGillis took the lead in applauding outside the camera. She stood barefoot on the floor, and after hearing Ronald's order, she immediately found a pair of flat shoes and put them on. It's a hassle to play with a dwarf male lead.

   "Congratulations, you shot very well."

   An executive sent to inspect by Paramount CEO Frank Mancuso was satisfied with everything on site.

   "Mr. Mancuso respects the traditions of Hollywood, so he will be happy to highlight the shooting method of the male lead."

   "Hello..." Ronald saw that the main character was coming, let the crew rest by the way, and accompanied him to visit the main base bar where the scene was filmed today.

   "I will report truthfully to Mr. Mancuso, and everything is satisfactory."

   Ronald sent him out, and at the entrance of the bar, the executive looked at a red Ferrari and asked Ronald, "Is this the car the Lone Ranger is driving?"

   "Yes, Ferrari GTO288", Ronald pointed to the introduction of his car.

   "Why not convertible?"

   "Open top?"

"Yes, in classic Hollywood, the protagonist's racing car is open-top, so as to reflect the handsome appearance of the protagonist. And Ferrari is not willing to pay sponsorship fees, but the motorcycle manufacturers in Dongying are very willing to cooperate with us, why don't you change one? What about motorcycles?"

   "This..." Ronald was at a loss for words. He was not filming a drag racing movie. In the picture that was supposed to reflect the heroic spirit of the Lone Ranger, he drove a plane.

   "We will revise this script. It would be better if Paramount could give you a list of manufacturers that are willing to cooperate." Bruckheimer came over to continue.

   "Is this person just pointing fingers?" Ronald angrily asked Bruckheimer why he had to meet his request.

"These executive producers who sit in the office know very little about filming, so they will make some strange requests. If you don't agree to him, he will become suspicious and intervene in the crew even more. For the innocuous details, just follow them. I've changed my mind."

   "Okay", Ronald thought about it too, so he didn't bother with these details and went into the bar to continue shooting.

   "Sit here, Pete, and have a casual chat with McGillis. Our microphones won't use your live recordings."

  Ronald sat next to McGillis, Navy advisor Pete Pettigrew explained. This is a little sweetness he gave to Pete. The crew still has a lot of things to do. It is up to him to communicate with the Navy. Let him make a cameo appearance on the date of the instructor Charlie, which can make him more inclined to Hollywood when he is between the Navy and Hollywood.

   "Just talk like this?" Pete was really happy, sitting on the table at the bar, with a straight waist and great demeanor.

   "Yes, just chat, as long as you don't look at the camera." McGillis finally didn't have to slump and wear shoes and bare feet. She was very happy to tell Pete about her experience with filming.

   "Action!"

   Looking at the frame of the camera, Tom Cruise in the vicinity smiled, and the lone ranger he played was peeking at Pete, who was dating Charlie. They were obviously not dating a couple, but were discussing some professional issues.

   This shows that the Mavericks are still very hopeful in their pursuit of Charlie.

   "Cut!"

   "How?" Ronald asked the director of photography in a low voice.

   "No problem, I shot them from the agreed angle. Lone Ranger definitely looks taller than Charlie."

   Ronald patted Kimball and ordered another one.

"Humph!"

   The one who snorted coldly in the corner was Fang Kilmer. He heard that Paramount's executives came to inspect, so he came out of the dressing room in advance to act cool. Sure enough, he got a compliment from the other party, saying that his figure is more like the protagonist of the golden age of Hollywood than the protagonist Cruise.

  Val Kilmer, who has been on the theater stage all the year round and has been in the movies, sees the little tricks used by the director of photography clearly. It seems that Tom Cruise is very concerned about his height.

   McGillis may be only an inch or two taller than Tom, but he is six feet tall, and when they appear in the same frame, he will never let Tom pass.

   "What if the script, the director, the director of photography, the producer, all have to highlight Cruise? Look how I can steal the trick." He was thinking of bad ideas with pride.

   (end of this chapter)