Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 732 Determine the heroine

  Patrick Switz's agent received news from Ronald, and he immediately arranged for his unpopular client to meet Ronald.

   "Patrick, you are thirty-three years old. It's hard to have a movie with a single male lead. It's still a blockbuster director like Ronald calling. Don't give up your chance."

   "I didn't give up the opportunity, I just didn't want to dance. I didn't want to limit my career to dance-related roles."

   "Patrick, your idea is good, but the premise of such a good idea is to have a career first."

   "Why didn't I..."

"I know, I know, you played Coppola's 'Occult Boy' and you played John Milius' 'Red Dawn', not to mention that those two films didn't do well at the box office, and there was no particular review respected by the world.

   Even if these two films are extremely successful, don't forget that you are only one of four or five leading actors.

  Don't hesitate, go ahead, use your strengths and become a big star first..."

  The agent pointed out Swayze's weaknesses in a few words, and it seemed that he had some masterpieces, and some people in the industry appreciated his acting skills, but the audience still couldn't recognize him when they saw him, let alone call him by his name.

   "Patrick, long time no see, how are you now?"

  Ronald saw Swayze and happily hugged and greeted him.

"My wife, Lisa, and I now buy a five-acre lot on the edge of the Los Angeles National Forest, with a house, a paddock, and a couple of dogs to live with. It was my paycheck and Lisa's record earnings. .not very big."

   "Oh, I didn't expect you to be married."

   "It's been many years, I've known her since I was eighteen." Switz said of the sweetness on his wife's face.

   "High school sweetheart? Huh?"

   "She was a student in my mother's ballet class when he was fourteen."

   "Oh? So why do you say on your resume that you can't dance?" Ronald asked. I think Switz is also ready to give himself an explanation.

   "Long story. I hurt my ankle so I can't be a professional dancer anymore..."

   "Besides, is there any other reason?" Ronald didn't believe this reason, and Swayze was an old actor who had acted in several movies. He didn't know that when the movie was filmed, there was a lot of time to rest, and he wouldn't continuously do moves that challenged the ankle injury.

   "Well, you know, I grew up in Texas when I was a kid. So it wasn't so friendly for ballet boys there."

   "Ah...then what do you do?"

   "What else can I do, just fight. When they come to laugh at me, I will laugh at me back, and if they do, I will fight back. I also learned to wrestle in order to win."

   "Interesting, I joined the wrestling team in high school for the same reason."

   "Oh, we have a chance to play together..."

  Patrick Thwaites laughed.

  Ronald understands the real reason Thwaites doesn't want to dance in the movie is that he doesn't want to evoke memories of being a ballerina sissy in Texas when his high school classmates made fun of him.

   But at this point, Swayze has also seen the general plot in the script, and he has no reason to refuse this job.

   "Great, you'll be fascinated by girls in their teens and early twenties." After Ronald asked Swayze to do a few moves, he immediately confirmed that he was a professional.

   "But before that, I have to show you the screenwriter, and I promise Eleanor I'll show her before deciding who to choose."

   "Ronald, where did you get this single-eyed shovel, didn't you say he can't dance?"

   "I wanted to find him, but it was very easy. He said that he used to dance ballet, and he didn't play dance roles because of an ankle injury. I don't believe it, you go and try him?"

   "Hello, Patrick. I'm Eleanor, the screenwriter." Eleanor, a middle-aged woman, actually showed a little shy expression on her face.

   "Dirty Dancing was what we said at that time. In fact, it was a general term for many Latin dance movements, many knee and crotch movements, combined with many Mambo movements."

   "Ma'am, I know what it means to dance hot." Thwaites remained polite, knowing that it was Ronald who had already started auditioning.

   "Let me explain to you, maybe the jewish dance is different from yours..."

Eleanor stepped forward and hugged Swayze, then wrapped his arms around her waist, and then pressed her body tightly against Swayze, "I'll turn around like this, you turn over there, then pick up Man The dance steps of the wave..."

   "That's it, that's it, that's what I did when I was sixteen in the basement with those dance partners, let's do it again, this time with a change..."

   "Oh, you dance so well, my feeling is really right, the man with single eyelid and black hair is really the most handsome, the most masculine..."

   "Alright, alright, let go of Patrick, he's been dancing with you for fifteen minutes."

   Observed the performance of Patrick Schwytz, who Eleanor took the opportunity to cheer for a long time. So far, everything is good.

  The male protagonist in the script is a man who is very confident in dancing, while the female protagonist Baby is a female client who is not very good at dancing but has great potential. That's how Johnny treats Baby, with contempt for her dancing ability, to teach her, and respect for the resort's clients, for fear of annoying her and losing her job.

  Ronald deliberately said Eleanor's power in casting is very big. This scene happens to be similar to Johnny's mood in the script. So far, Patrick's performance is very good.

   He saw that Eleanor didn't want to get off of Swayze, feeling that it was almost there, so he called off the interview.

   "Patrick, I saw your photo at first sight. You said you couldn't dance, but it made me sad for a long time. You have to compensate me."

   "Oh Darling, you flatter me." Patrick gave her a kiss on the cheek and quickly separated from Eleanor.

"Are you satisfied? Eleanor, now it's time to choose the heroine and the second female lead." Ronald said to Swayze, "You have to cooperate, I want to see you and the heroine Baby. The chemistry, and the feeling of being with the dance partner, to be in tune with the dance, and then you'll have a long rehearsal."

   "OK, I'll be there on time."

  …

   In the last round of the heroine audition, Ronald still went to the venue of "Nanny's Adventures". It is also beneficial for the two crews to audition together.

   "Spicy Dance" has more characters than "Nanny Adventures". The Nanny's Adventures is actually just a family's adventure from 6:00 pm to midnight, and there are more than ten people in each scene.

   In addition to several large-scale dances, there are also many group scenes in resorts in "Spicy Dance", which involve many supporting roles. Ronald picked up several supporting roles among the actors who were eliminated from the touchstone.

  The audition room was carpeted, a bed was moved in, and several hangers were added. This is the opening scene of "Nanny's Adventures", moved to the audition room.

   "ThenHeKissedMe" piercing singing sounded. Valerie Bertinelli started the show first.

   She was wearing a red T-shirt, and began to lip-synch this song about a girl looking forward to her boyfriend.

  Ronald looked funny, she had a strong figure and a big chin. If there's one thing that fits with the movie character Chris, it's that he definitely dares to fight gangsters.

   But the movie is not reality, this chin detracts too much from her, and lacks a lot of feminine soft lines. However, if he and Eddie Van Halen had a son, he would definitely inherit the chin. Put it on a boy, that's the foundation of a handsome guy.

   "What do you think?" The female producer looked over and asked Ronald's opinion.

   "Good singing and dancing, what do you think, Chris." Ronald handed over the questioning power to director Columbus.

"Uh, Valerie, your character is a girl next door, she has no concert or live training, so she's just imitating Madonna, using the bedboard at home as a stage, the bedpost as a microphone, and the curtains as a wedding dress just a little girl.

   You are acting like a professional rock singer, you know what I mean? "

   "Oh, I see", Valerie Bertinelli looked at the female producer with eyes wide.

   "Do you want to do it all over again?" Ronald simply said to her that this Valerie's understanding was not very good, and it would not affect Elizabeth Sue if she did it all over again.

   "Thank you, I don't have to rest."

  Valerie settled down and started all over again. It was an improvement from the first time, but the audience couldn't feel that they immediately fell in love with her. This is where the opening scene plays an important role.

   "We will notify your agent if there is any news, next one." Chris Columbus decisively called Elizabeth Sue in.

   "Please Start" The producer went to rewind the tape again and replayed the episode.

   "He came up to me and asked me if I wanted to dance?

   He looked okay so I said I could try it.

   He hugs me tightly when he dances

   All the stars were shining when he sent me home that night

   Then he kissed me. "

   When Elizabeth Shue played the girl next door, she was very charming. Dancing at home looks crazier than Tom Cruise's "Crazy Boys" parody.

   She jumped on the bed board and held the bedpost as if she was imitating a singer at a concert. When she jumped down with a curtained wedding dress and a photo of a man on the table, the rhythm of her movements was also in place.

   Viewers will definitely think she is Chris Parker, a pretty girl from the neighbor's house who comes to work as a babysitter.

   "What do you think?" Ronald glanced at Sue after the music stopped, then asked the female producer Deborah Hill.

   "Performance says it all."

"yeah?"

   Elizabeth Sue seemed to understand what the producer meant, but she still didn't believe it.

   "Go back and wait for the manager's call." Ronald smiled and gave her a wink.

  Su jumped out and went out.

   "Aren't you really going to have a cameo role in the movie?" Producer Deborah put a photo of Ronald on the dresser just now as a photo of her boyfriend. Think about it, if Ronald can come to guest-star as the heroine's ex-boyfriend, a bad guy named Pedal and Two Boats, it will definitely add a lot of topics to the movie.

"No, I still have two projects in progress. 'Dancing Hot Body' is the project I invested in. Now it's very difficult to find a director. Maybe I have to direct it myself, maybe I don't have time." Ronald shied away. cameo invitation.

  Adrian Lane really liked this script. He said that this is not an ordinary musical, but a movie that reflects the general trend of the times, and it is also very cutting-edge today.

   But when it comes to remuneration, Adrian Lane can't be accommodating. Under the high remuneration given by the "Fatal Attraction" crew, he can't come to pick up "Spicy Dance".

   What's more, Ronald's proposal to reduce the salary and give him a director's share is a bit of a liar on this movie project that has not been released by the seven majors.

"Our big company's process will be relatively long. You may have finished your film, and we have just started it. Come and see, maybe we will be able to make a cameo role." Producer Deborah is still working hard , I can't play a scumbag boyfriend, I can play someone else.

   "Okay, I'm going back to Toronto to visit the class. Then Columbus, you have to relax a little bit with me. I'm still a novice in acting."

   "Nanny's Adventures" has determined the heroine, and the next step is the long preparatory work, including determining the set, and the stunt plan.

   After they went out, Ronald hurriedly called to greet his staff to come in.

   Packed up the bed and hangers, moved in a few large mirrors by the way, and arranged the audition venue into a dance classroom.

   Although "Spicy Dance" is a small project, the heroine is actually chosen without worrying about not having an actor to audition.

  As a Jewish story, the heroine Ronald can no longer let other ethnic groups play Jews.

   On the one hand, they didn't have that typical Jewish nose, and on the other hand, Ronald was afraid that the Jewish gang would gossip.

   In the Hollywood entertainment industry, many Jewish girls, who are obviously ordinary and full of self-confidence, feel that they can try to enter the entertainment industry under the care of Jews.

   So many girls with big noses came.

  Many people have a good foundation in dance, and many of them have also appeared in Broadway musicals.

   But Ronald wasn't here to pick the next Barbra Streisand. What he wants is not Barbara, who can sing and dance, but a boy who is not very good at dancing and has a good family education, but is very interested in dancing the kind of "hot dance" that only teenagers who are "bad" in the eyes of their father. girl.

"Next person."

  Ronald sighed, and then sent off a girl with a big nose while the trade union representatives watched.

   "You go in, it's fine."

   "I'm a little nervous, Daddy. I think they can dance very well, but I can't dance, and you didn't teach me when I was a kid."

   "Go, you are my daughter, you must be talented in dancing. I don't teach you because dancing is too hard, and I don't want my daughter to go my way again.

   And I know through the relationship that the protagonist of this movie is not a master dancer, maybe you are just right. "

   "Okay, then I'll go."

   "The next one?" Screenwriter Eleanor looked at the audition list, "The next one is Jennifer Gray."

   "Come..." Jennifer Gray said goodbye to her father, pushed the door and walked in.

   "She's Baby," screenwriter Eleanor whispered in Ronald's ear.

   "Why?" Ronald was puzzled. He had dreamed of the clip played by Gray. How could Eleanor seem more certain than him.

   "The Baby I wrote is my father's good daughter. She was sent by her father outside the door just now, and she glanced at her father when she entered the door, which is very similar to the character's mood."

   "Hello, Jennifer." Ronald greeted Gray.

   "Hello, Ronald... No, I'm talking about Mr. Li." Jennifer Gray also raised her hand to beckon Ronald, feeling inappropriate and put it down.

   "Very good, very similar to Baby's character." Eleanor began to whisper again.

   Ronald asked Gray to take a few pictures, and then said to her,

   "Okay, we'll be here today, we'll let you know when we have news."

   "What, don't you like her? She's really suitable." Eleanor is still pushing hard.

   "Actually, I have been persuaded by you to select her for the second round, mainly to see the chemistry between her and the male lead."

   "The second round is to audition with the male lead? Who are the candidates?" The union representative came over and asked Ronald.

   "Patrick Thwaites, and Billy Zane. I understand the rules." Ronald tapped the union representative on the shoulder.

   Ronald's next round of auditions, the first choice for the male lead, Swayze, and the substitute Zane, the rules of the union still have to pretend to abide by.

   (end of this chapter)