"Aren't you going to sleep? Is this script so good?"
Diane wore silk pajamas, sprayed on the perfume sold by Cher Company, and came to Ronald with her waist and hips swaying.
"Well, it's really good. It's a work that reflects reality..." Ronald kept flipping through the script on the table in the living room with his uninjured left hand, twisting his body a little uncomfortable. He adjusted his sitting posture.
The weird name of this script "3000" actually does not refer to the era commonly used in science fiction films, but it means three thousand dollars. The script tells the story of Edward Lewis, a tycoon engaged in corporate mergers and acquisitions in Los Angeles, who accidentally met a man on the street one day.
Street girl Vivian Ward.
Vivian Ward is a red-haired beauty from the South. Her biggest wish is to go to Disneyland. But she has no money to save due to drug addiction.
The two reached an agreement, Edward Lewis paid three thousand dollars to hire her for a week, and Vivian Ward would not use drugs during this period.
The two got along happily, and their personalities complemented each other. But at the end of the week, life showed a cruel side to two less moral people.
The money Edward Lewis used for mergers and acquisitions was mainly raised from the issuance of junk bonds on Wall Street. It happened to encounter interest rate hikes and the stock market crash, and he was facing business failure and bankruptcy. In an irritated mood, he discovered that Vivian was still secretly using
Unable to tolerate the drugs, she drove her to the bus stop going to Disneyland, and then kicked her out of the car.
At the end, Edward's sports car drove away. Vivian trimmed her hair, sat down and waited for the bus to the paradise, and smiled.
"Hey..." Ronald sighed and closed the script. The screenwriter is called J.F. Lawton, and I have to say that he is quite talented. This is a story about the destruction of America's dream. He did not make any points in the script.
The destiny of man, but anyone who understands American society can read the subtext.
Taking advantage of loopholes in the rules, financing with junk bonds, acquiring industries, and then splitting them up and selling them off, many billionaires were created in the 1980s. However, as the 1990s approached, most of these people were swallowed up by the dog-eat-dog forces of the financial industry.
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There are such victims in Hollywood, and Israeli Minahan Golan is one. The interest on junk bonds is very high, new bonds cannot be issued, and the tycoon Edward happens to be acquiring the largest shipyard on the West Coast. His end may be
It is even more miserable than Minahan, and it is impossible for an individual to escape unscathed.
And Vivian Ward is a representative of another type of people. With the fanatical urbanization in the 1980s, a large number of young people from small towns came to big cities to pursue their dreams. But if they don’t do well, the rent and cost of living will swallow them up.
Dream, if they get involved in drugs again, many people will be forced to take the path of betraying themselves like Vivian.
The two poor people got close to each other at a certain moment by chance, but were soon separated by the cold wave of reality. The most tragic thing is that neither of them knew that they had embarked on the road of no return and were still in reality.
In my psychedelic state, I thought I might be able to escape from the whirlpool...
Diane was very happy to see Ronald's eyes staring at her waist and hips, and slowly sat in Ronald's arms.
"Oh..." The warm body temperature of the man's body made Diane feel very comfortable. "Does your hand still hurt?" She gently touched Ronald's bandage.
"As long as you turn a little this way, I won't feel any pain..."
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Ronald's injury still reduced his energy. An hour later, before ten o'clock in the evening, he fell asleep on the sofa. Diane brought a blanket from the bedroom and gave him a gentle massage.
He closed it, then picked up the script and started reading it.
Early the next morning, when the two of them were having breakfast, Diane still couldn't stop reading the script.
"Ring, ring, ring..." The phone rang. Diane picked it up and handed it to Ronald.
"Ah, detective...what, have you found the suspect? Oh, that's great. Have you also found the one who attacked the jogging lady and the man on the bicycle? Do you want me to go back and identify him? That's no problem, but you
You have to wait a few days, OK. Is that lady okay? What..."
"What's wrong with you, Ronnie?" Diane saw a sudden change in Ronald's expression. His whole face turned very pale, and he was still sweating. He hurriedly took the orange juice and let him take a sip.
"That lady may not be able to be saved. The detective said that even if she is saved, she may still be in a vegetative state... I'm very scared..." Ronald held Diane, trembling a little. If he hadn't been so alert at the time, he wouldn't have been able to save her.
To be good yourself, you have to..."
The two hugged each other and chatted for a while. Ronald alternately ate a sandwich and drank orange juice with one hand before slowly returning to normal. Fortunately, he hired a bodyguard. He didn't want this to happen again.
"Why are you still reading this script?" Ronald then realized that Diane was still holding the "3000" script in her hand.
"What do you think of this script?" Diane asked.
"It's a good script, but it's not suitable for the current market." Ronald didn't pay attention and said his true thoughts.
This kind of script that exposes the dark side of society and has some exquisite designs might have been nominated for an Oscar for Best Screenplay in the 1967s. A script that explores the relationship between men and women at their extremes is also a strong contender for the acting award.
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But now, the film industry has begun to attract a large number of young audiences. If you want to be famous, you must change it to a bright ending.
"Oh..." Diane listened to Ronald's analysis and began to read the script again.
"You're not...this script is not suitable for you..." Ronald suddenly understood that this was the script that Diane had chosen and wanted to be nominated for an Oscar? He reached out and wanted to take the script back.
"Why..." Diane put the script into her arms and turned her back to protect it, preventing Ronald from taking it away.
"Huh? This is a story about a street girl. You can't act in it..." Ronald was a little anxious. Is he really interested in this? Not to mention that even if Diane acted in this script, it would be difficult to win an award nowadays. Even if
So what if I win a prize?
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! This kind of movie will inevitably have some sex scenes, and it will also damage the image. If the acting is good and well received by film critics, Diane will be stereotyped in the future
Now that she has become this type of actor, the audience will think of her masterpieces when they talk about it in the future. How bad is this...
"Why don't you let me act? Do you want someone else to act?" Diane's eyes widened. An actress would not flinch when faced with this.
"No...", Ronald was so anxious that he broke out in sweat, "I'm not... what... by the way... didn't your father say he won't let you play this kind of role?"
"What are you afraid of? Haven't I acted in the TV series Lone Dove?" Diane ignored Ronald and continued to follow the script.
"That's different, it's a western, and it's mainly an emotional drama..." Ronald tried to explain that the scale of the TV series was very small. Although the character was also a bar girl, many viewers didn't notice it.
I thought Diane was playing the girlfriend of Robert Duvall's character.
"I don't care, I'll go find Paula..."
"No..." Ronald tried to grab the script back by scratching his itch, but his injured hand couldn't break through the defense of Diane's arms.
"Forget it, let's settle things with Niceta and let his wife find a way to dispel Diane's idea..."
It’s time to get some good scripts for Diane and Helen to act. Although many directors’ girlfriends are not very lucky, there are always a few that are different.
Ronald understood that in the final analysis, Diane was an actress, not one of those beautiful girls who broke into the industry because of fame and fortune.
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"Ding dong..." The doorbell rang, and Diane took the script and went to the intercom to open the door. She really took a fancy to this role and wanted to play it. Ronald's status was getting higher and higher, and the gap between herself and him was getting bigger and bigger.
The bigger the relationship, and after so many years, Ronald has not publicly confirmed his relationship with her, which makes Diane feel very unsafe.
What if I can act in this script and win an Oscar, or even be nominated? Or become a first-line female star, and my relative status with Ronald will be more equal in the future.
"Kevin, it's you..." Diane heard Kevin Costner's voice on the intercom. After confirming with Ronald, she let him up.
"I saw this morning's ABC morning news, it seems like the thug who attacked you has been caught?" Kevin Costner made a special trip to visit the injured Ronald.
"Yeah, yes, the NYPD called me. They arrested twenty suspects. I don't know if any of them include those who attacked me. They invited me to New York for identification. The most pity is that poor lady.
I heard the detective said that she was identified as a secretary working for Salomon Brothers. Her skull was shattered and she had lost three-quarters of her blood. She probably wouldn't make it through.
As soon as I heard this, I was very scared. If I had done something wrong at that time, maybe that person was me, or..."
After Ronald listened to the phone call in the morning, he was so scared that he felt psychological shadow. When he saw Costner, the first friend in the industry who came to see him, he wished he could be regarded as a psychiatrist...
"Ronnie...ahem..." Diane saw that he was still talking. Costner obviously had something else to do, so he reminded him.
"Ah..." Ronald realized that he couldn't talk about Helen in front of Diane, and immediately shut up, "Kevin, I'm glad you came to see me, what else do you want to do with your visit?"
Then he secretly glanced at Diane, as if he owed him something in his heart.
"Forget it, let's do it if she wants to. I asked Paula to negotiate and change the script of that movie. Replace all the inappropriate sex scenes and dark plots... Just keep the parts that can show your acting skills.
Already..."
Costner was, of course, here to discuss "Dances with Wolves". After discussing it with screenwriter friend Michael Black, he was willing to make some concessions for Ronald.
They wanted Ronald to find a more professional director to direct the film, and Costner to step back and concentrate on being the leading actor. They were also willing to let Ronald's people join the crew, become on-site production directors, and control the budget.
Of course, what they expected from such a concession was Ronald's permission for the length of the film, which should be at least three hours.
To be honest, Ronald also hopes to see the great hunting scene in his dream be filmed. Without this majestic scene of the galloping buffalo, Hollywood would be missing a classic scene.
But it was not easy to shoot this scene. Now that the North American bison are on the verge of extinction, we have to go to the bison breeders in the south to discuss it. Shooting there on location would require a much higher budget than in Mexico.
Ronald finally decided to agree to Costner's idea of setting up a big scene while sending staff and auditors. He made two additional requirements. The first was to continue to improve the script and limit the scenes to three
Hours.
The plot of the original novel is too rich to be filmed in one movie, so Costner needs to make a choice. The ending must also give people hope so that the audience will not leave the theater in sadness.
The second requirement is to use unknown actors as much as possible. Most of the money for this movie will have to be spent on live shooting. Ronald has this estimate, including horses, bison, and many extras.
If you look for a celebrity, the budget will definitely exceed the budget, and the star's schedule is difficult to determine.
In the end, Ronald personally served as the producer, and paid one million US dollars in advance as advance expenses for Costner to find bison, horses, actors with Indian faces, and Sioux language coaches.
This was one of Daydream's largest investments in 1989. Ronald specifically asked David Simkins, the writing supervisor, to be the executive producer on site. On the one hand, he wanted to try to transform, and on the other hand, he
Nader also wants to cultivate heroes.
"Ding dong..."
After Costner left, another old friend came to see him.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Tom..." Diane has not co-starred in a movie with Tom Cruise since filming "The Kid". The two greeted each other and served him
Come over for a cup of coffee.
"Well..." Cruise took a sip and found that it was instant. He knew that Diane was not very good at taking care of people. However, he continued to drink it without caring, and then chatted with Ronald about the accident.
Ronald was feeling expressive again, bragging about how he calmly used his coat to block the opponent's dagger despite being frightened.
"You know what? If I had made a mistake or reacted just one second slower, I could have been knocked down like that poor lady and then dragged on the ground like a wild dog and thrown into the ditch.
My companions are hardly spared...
Ahem, Diane..."
Ronald started talking and saw Diane looking at him, so he quickly changed the subject, "Tom, thank you for coming to see me. It feels much better when I see my friends... Do you have anything else to do with me?"
"Hey, I'm relieved to see you're fine. What else... I have something to ask you..."
Tom Cruise rarely showed an embarrassed expression, "I want to start learning how to be a screenwriter, so I want to ask you, how should I start?"
"Huh?" Ronald was embarrassed to ask. You are a dyslexic patient and you still want to be a screenwriter?
But maybe his wife Mimi’s use of Scientology to help him treat his dyslexia has some effect?
"The most important thing is not to write out the entire content at once. Writing a script is more like writing each scene one by one, and then assembling it like a car. I now dictate a lot of the time with a tape recorder, and then
Let the secretary organize what I said."
"Yeah, I'm using it like this now..." Tom Cruise said, taking out a small tape recorder and pressing the red recording button to record the key points that Ronald just said, "Paula will
Help me sort it out..."
"When I finish writing the first draft, we will get together with Paula and Niceta and have a party. Then I will ask you to give me some feedback on my first script..."
Cruise seemed to be serious and set a time to meet again when Ronald came back.
"Of course, no problem..." Ronald noticed that Cruise did not mention his wife Mimi Rogers, but mentioned Paula Wagner, but seeing that Cruise's expression was not strange, he had to let it go.
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"Among the many male actors who were naughty boys in the world, I really didn't expect that he would have the best development..." Diane began to think of the past.
In that Coppola film, the leading actor, C. Thomas Hall, was unknown. Ralph Marzio became famous with The Kid, but other films were also unsuccessful.
Matt Dillon, who was the most promising actor in Hollywood at the time, could only play the leading role in B-movies due to changes in audience aesthetics.
After Emilio Estevez and Demi Moore broke up, his ex-girlfriend took him to court and paid him two million in alimony. He is now on the verge of bankruptcy.
Because of the video scandal, Rob Lowe's previously unimpressive acting career was completely shut down. Now he is still raising money to fight the video lawsuit. If convicted, he could be sentenced to up to twenty years in prison.
Only two stars, Tom Cruise and Patrick Schwytz, who were the most inconspicuous at the time, are now very popular. This is because they played the movie of Ronnie Brother in front of them.
Thinking of this, Diane hugged Ronald's arm tightly and wouldn't let go. Such a man must be caught.