Nora Ephron happened to have a strong idea of becoming a director. After she worked on "When Harry Met Sally", another screenwriter's movie "Biscuit" was also put into filming. Watching this female director Su on the set
Compared with Ronald, Shan Sedelman's guidance of actors is like a directing student who has not graduated.
This gave her the idea "I can also be a director". After meeting Ronald and Helen Slater, she expressed a strong interest in directing "Happy Together". Of course, one of the prerequisites was that she
The script needs to be revised, the original script is really terrible.
Helen originally felt okay about the script, but after hearing Efron's professional comments, she immediately supported her.
"I'm actually a little worried about my directing ability. Can you come to the set to guide me for a few days?" Nora Ephron immediately revealed her feelings to Ronald while Helen was going to the bathroom.
"You've actually done a very good job. The most important thing about being a director is that when you don't know what to do, you have to show that you have everything under control to the actors and the team. You didn't do it when Helen was there just now.
Asking this question, I think you are a genius as a director."
Ronald promised to help her out for a day when the phone was turned on, and Ephron breathed a sigh of relief. This threshold must be crossed, and with people like Ronald helping to cross it, when reporters interview him in the future, he can say that I
Ronald Lee taught him step by step.
"Why? Nora, you look very happy." Helen, who came back, saw Ephron smiling so happily and asked curiously.
"Because Ronald promised me a big thing." Nora Ephron happily said.
"Ahem... I promised her that she will be mainly responsible for the casting..." Ronald coughed quickly, why had he forgotten after he had just praised him? He couldn't show his timidity in front of the actors.
"Really? What do you think of me?" Helen was also very happy, posed, and half-jokingly said to Ephron. Helen is the default heroine, but if the director can approve her, she can be less involved in the filming.
trouble.
"Of course, I have always felt that you are another version of Sally in When Harry Met Sally, more beautiful and more considerate..." Ephron understood what Ronald meant and praised the actor
, this is also one of the basic skills of a director.
"Hee hee hee..." Helen was very proud of the compliment. If Sally's character was not too different from her personality, Ronald would definitely have chosen her. Thinking of her, her face looked happy and her almond-shaped eyes were full of spring.
To Ronald.
Yeah, he's much more handsome than Harry, and he's also an upgraded version.
"Then it's agreed, I'll start looking for the leading actor, and you'll have to cooperate with the audition to see the chemical reaction... Don't be too bothered..."
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The abnormal behavior of first deciding on the heroine and then auditioning for the chemistry with the male lead is generally the result of the director or producer specifying the heroine, unless you encounter a rare heroine-centered script.
In addition to Helen's audition, Ronald's other girlfriend Diane has also begun discussing the male lead audition with the director.
"The male protagonist of this script, Edward Lewis, is a Gekko-like character. He is charming and does not bother to hide his extreme selfishness. He is even proud of it."
Ronald, who had just flown to Los Angeles, went to Diane's place to discuss with Penny Marshall, the director of "3000". This was a project led by Ronald, with an appointed heroine, and even the director was chosen by him, so
Any important decision requires his approval before it can be advanced.
"I don't think Michael will agree to repeat a Gekko-like character, but I will give him a call." Ronald knew that Penny Marshall meant for him to invite Michael Douglas who best suited the image of this character.
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"Actually, you can tell him that the audience has two sides to his performance on Wall Street. On the one hand, they are satisfied with his portrayal, but on the other hand, they are dissatisfied that he was not really punished. This movie can make
He performed an ending that the audience really liked." Penny Marshall really liked Douglas and tried her best to cooperate with him.
"I'll pass it on..." Ronald thought to himself, you really don't understand the mind of a star. No star would want his character to go bankrupt and lose everything in the end.
"Then I'll wait for the good news. There are already some ideas for revisions to the script. I'll discuss it with Lawton." Penny Marshall stood up and left.
"Diane..." Ronald sent the director away, and as soon as he closed the door, he hugged Diane.
"Hmph..." Diane uncharacteristically ignored him, dodged, pushed Ronald's hand away, went to the refrigerator to get a can of Coke and drank it, while giving Ronald a look.
"What's wrong? I smell something?" Ronald pulled up his clothes and smelled it. No, it's not there. His genes are also very good, and he doesn't have that unpleasant body odor when he sweats.
"Humph..." Diane threw the latest issue of "Hollywood Report" on the table, turned around and entered the room.
"What's wrong?" Ronald picked it up and took a look. In a small column at the bottom of the seventh page, there was his photo, side by side with the mugshots of Helen and Nora Ephron.
This is the little news that every crew has when setting up a project to pave the way for future marketing.
"It is reported that the heroine of Happy Together is confirmed to be Helen Slater. She performed well in the just-released 'To the Heart'. That movie was also produced by Ronald Lee's company and was directed by Cameron
Crowe's debut novel.
And this movie repeats all the success codes of that one. It was produced by Ronald and starred by Helen. It is the debut film of a director who was originally a screenwriter. The reporter learned that Ronald has always invested in Helen Slater's movies.
Including the sensational comedy films at the time, The Secret of Success, and Sticky Fingers - another film directed by a female director and financed by Daydream.
It seems that Ronald Lee admires Helen Slater very much, and we are looking forward to what kind of surprises their true collaboration as director and heroine will bring to the audience."
"ht!", Ronald yelled. What is Daydream's marketing department doing? Hyping up the boss's scandal? What's going on? Who pays them? It seems that they need to be rectified.
Diane was indeed jealous. Ronald also invested in several of her movies and found Diane roles that could shine in big productions. But speaking of it, Helen was the heroine in every movie, although most of them
They are all vase-like characters.
But the heroine is a heroine after all.
"Diane,..." Ronald walked in and pulled Diane over to carry his body, "I..."
"I really don't know what's wrong, I can't control myself. I..." Diane hugged Ronald. Over the years, Ronald has always been very good to him. The two have not officially announced that they are a man and a woman.
Friend, but this kind of emotion is difficult to control, even if she has been acting since she was a child, she can't hide it.
"I'm sorry, Diane..." Ronald held her, kissed her face gently, and sucked up all the tears that silently flowed out. Although Diane was not the most beautiful woman he had ever experienced,
But he is the easiest to get along with. Ronald is also reflecting on whether he owes Diane anything. In the future, he must find a good script and praise her.
Diane's body was shaking, but the memories of the beautiful relationship between the two took over. She held Ronald's waist... tighter and tighter.
"Honey, please..." Diane requested.
"Hey..." Ronald kissed Diane and reached out to touch the drawer of the bedside table.
Hey... why not? This is not the Four Seasons Hotel in Hollywood. Why is there nothing like that? Ronald slowly climbed over Diane and reached out to touch another cabinet.
"Wait a minute, I'll make a call..." Ronald apologized and went to touch the phone on the bedside.
"What are you doing?" Diane hugged him and refused to let him go. What's the point of interrupting at this time?
"I'm going to call room service...what..." Ronald said in Diane's ear.
"Fuk...what do you think I am? A street girl from 3000 Miles? Do you want me to take out a row and let you pick the color you like?" Diane got angry and pushed Rona away.
De, hit him hard several times.
"I'm doing this for you too..." Ronald was speechless for a moment.
"You bastard, bastard..." Diane increased her force and used her fists on Ronald's chest.
"Are you serious?" Ronald was hurt by the beating. He used his wrestling and judo techniques and locked Diane's wrist with his hands to prevent her from hitting her again. Do you have anything to say?
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"Huh... um... let go..." Diane tried to break free, but couldn't get out after several attempts. Such struggle made her sweat all over and her face turned red.
"What do you want to do?" Diane glared into Ronald's eyes, but those sweet memories came back to her mind. "Who do you think I am? Do you still have to worry about me having a TD? I'm not Madonna..."
At the beginning of the year, Madonna still couldn't hold it back and filed for divorce again in court to end her marriage to Sean Penn. According to Hollywood standards, this was a declaration that the two were back single.
In the following months, Madonna kept changing male partners, dating celebrities such as JFK Jr. and Warren Beatty, as well as choreographers, hairstylists, fitness instructors and other ordinary people.
Gossip magazines also photographed her visiting the famous Dr. TD in Hollywood several times. For a time, everyone admired her boldness.
"Don't misunderstand, I didn't mean that at all." Ronald was startled. Although the thing had the effect of preventing TD, he meant another main function.
"Humph..." Diane was a little funny. He put his arms around Ronald's neck and pulled him down. "Don't worry, I've calculated the number of days."
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More than half an hour later, the two were contentedly lying together and chatting.
"I don't care, you are mine, Ronnie, don't leave me." Diane rubbed Ronald's toes with her toes.
"I won't..." Ronald felt itchy. After Diane got angry with him just now, it seemed that the experience between the two of them was particularly sweet, and the whole person was in a kind of warm happiness.
"I don't care what happens to you and her, you are not allowed to let me see you and her in front of me..."
"Ahem... I can't..." Ronald thought to himself that this is not a high request.
"Don't let gossip magazines spread such scandals again..."
"I won't. There must be something wrong this time. I'll explain it to them when I get back."
"Humph, anyway, don't let me see these again..." Diane buried her head next to Ronald and moved closer to him.
"Isn't this the same as Jane Morgan's treatment of Weintraub? Could it be that this kind of good thing will happen to me?" Ronald began to daydream.
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In the evening, Ronald came back from Daydreaming. He lost his temper. But his colleagues innocently said that they did not reveal it themselves. Moreover, they had not yet submitted "Happy Together" to the Producers Alliance and MPAA for filing.
.The Hollywood Reporter’s project establishment news was not reported by Daydream on its own initiative.
Still angry, Ronald immediately called private detective Frank McPike to investigate who leaked the secret.
Before his anger subsided, he had to coax Diane again. Therefore, the "Street Fight" production team headed by Tsujimoto Kenzo, who came by plane, was taken to the Hilton Hotel as soon as they got off the plane.
Nader changed to a new hotel overnight.
"Miss Diane Lane, please accept our apology in person..."
Several game designers, both men and women, including Kenzo Tsujimoto and below, knelt on the ground and bowed their heads to Diane seriously to apologize.
"What, you don't have to do this. Now we are all a community of interests." Diane was shocked. She had shot advertisements in Japan and had never seen polite Japanese people apologize to others like this.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Thank you, Miss Diane, for your generosity." Tsujimoto Kenzo got up and introduced the team to Diane and Ronald, "This is Yoshiki Okamoto, the producer of the game.
This is the programmer Ryo Nishitani, and this is the music designer Yoko Shimomura..."
Ronald quickly asked them all to sit down and asked the hotel to send some coffee and snacks. This apology was too grand. But it seemed that Diane was in a better mood. Well, Japanese etiquette still has merit.
"We all admire Diane-san. All the scenes and plots in this game were designed after watching Diane-san's 'Streets of Rage'." Nishitani Ryo is a big talker and has leaked all the details of game design.
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At that time, Tsujimoto Kenzo really had no creativity. Seeing the huge sales of Double Dragon, he could only imitate and develop his own game. Because the conceptual design time was very tight, he found several urban youth-themed movies directed by Walter Hill.
Let the production team watch more movies and make more references.
Due to lack of time, several key members of the production team, who liked "Streets of Rage" starring Diane the most, set up three video recorders in the office, used Polaroid cameras to record their favorite scenes, and then used them to draw pictures.
Level and character design drawings.
A game that was written in such a hurry has become Capcom's best-selling product because of the charm of the movie itself. Now that the copyright issue has been resolved, sales in America are also very good.
Diane was made to laugh by the exaggerated tone of voice of the Japanese. It seemed that it was really because of the movie she participated in that this game masterpiece was created.
Ronald felt that it was time for them to apologize, as long as it could make Diane happy... Ronald was satisfied and announced on the spot that he would invite their production team to stay in Los Angeles for a few more days, and he would pay for all the expenses.
Richard then came over and acted as a tour guide, taking several talents to visit the Hollywood film crew and locations. Those people also made a special request to go to the Air Force base in "Top Gun" (they didn't understand English well, so they thought
(It's the Air Force), and I went to the beach with Ronald during the filming of another movie "Break Dance" to watch the performance of "Hand Man". It was said to be to accumulate materials for the subsequent game development.
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"What are Niceta and Richard doing?" In the largest office in the new CAA building, Ovitz was asking his secretary about the movements of several of Ronald's agents.
"Mr. Niceta is preparing casting candidates for Ronald's new project, and Richard seems to be helping Ronald handle some personal matters..."
"He might as well become Ronald's little follower...hum," Ovitz said, and the current matter must be kept away from Ronald's eyes and ears.
"Reserve a seat for me at chaen'' restaurant," Ovitz chose a restaurant that Hollywood stars like to hang out. He knew that the distinguished guest from Australia liked to check in at this kind of luxurious restaurant that showed his status.
"Okay", the secretary did not hesitate. Although it was a temporary decision, which famous restaurant in Hollywood couldn't allocate tables immediately because of his boss's name?
"Mr. Scars's private flight has arrived. We picked up him and his wife and are heading to the Beverly Hilton Hotel." Another secretary came in to inform.
Ovitz straightened his tie and prepared to go.
Sony's chairman informed himself a few days ago that he would give up the plan to acquire shares through agreement with small shareholders and instead buy shares from the major shareholder Coca-Cola on the open market.
This made Ovitz, who had already negotiated the terms of the deal, very dissatisfied. After all, in addition to the consulting fees from the acquirer, he also had to collect consulting fees from the small shareholders. Those people were tired of Columbia Pictures.
The stock price is weak, and the cost of selling to it is no less than that of Sony.
He decided to secretly introduce a new bidder, the Australian media tycoon who had just reached an agreement with MGM's shareholders and the president of Qinte Group, Christopher Scars, who had just turned 40. This man had already failed in MGM.
The seven major studios are still dissatisfied, and he wants to try Columbia Pictures, which has been producing various classic movies in the past ten years.