Chapter 491: What will happen to a woman and Tom Cruise?
"Your coffee..."
After filming resumed, Holly Hunter still wore the same gaudy costume and came over to serve coffee to private detective Eddie and the protagonist Mitchell. Eddie and Mitchell's brother Raymond were inmates in the prison.
, very enthusiastic about this friend's younger brother. The two sat face to face and talked about their needs, and the secretary played by Holly Hunter happened to pass between the two. Her plump figure almost touched their noses.
.
"I'm leaving..." Secretary Tammy walked back squirmingly.
"Bah, thank you, honey." Gary Bush, who played the role of a private detective, slapped Tammy on the butt twice and motioned for her to leave quickly.
"She is my secretary. She is very capable, but she married a crazy husband. He thinks he is the reincarnation of Elvis. Guess what his name is, Elvis..."
"I'm here to ask you to investigate something..." Mitchell, played by Tom Cruise, had no choice but to interrupt the complex story between two unreliable detectives and secretaries.
"Cut!"
"Bravo!" After director Ronald confirmed that the filming of this scene was completed, the crew began to cheer. This is the last scene of Holly Hunter in Memphis, Tennessee. After the filming is completed, there will be another scene tonight.
Small party... The next time I have her shot, it will be time to shoot in the Cayman Islands.
"Thank you, thank you director..." Holly Hunter deliberately acted like Marilyn Monroe and came over to give Ronald a kiss, causing everyone to scream.
Holly is also a very good actor. She always pursues movies and roles as her highest goals. Generally speaking, stars will find a stand-in to act in such scenes, but Holly doesn't care at all and goes into action herself, just for the camera.
smooth and unified.
"I heard that you also played a role in Qianlong Hongtian?"
At the party that night, Ronald and Gary Busch, who played Detective Eddie, got together to chat.
"Yeah, I play a boring villain, the deputy captain on the battleship Missouri, who is actually the internal agent of the terrorists..."
This actor is born with big eyes, a slightly crooked mouth, blond hair and thick muscles, especially the blonde of his eyebrows is very light, and it is difficult to tell at a glance. When the camera is close-up, his face looks like a person who has been beaten in the boxing ring.
The boxer gives people the feeling of a beast.
"Were you there for the test screening that day? I didn't watch the rest. I wonder what you think of the overall effect?" Ronald wanted to know about the subsequent modifications to the movie "Qian Long Hong Tian".
"Forget it, the producer didn't even give us a chance to preview the revised version. Steve Seagal made it very mysterious. Hey, I felt very relieved that day. I was on the set of this Seagal guy.
I wanted to punch him every time. He often bullied the staff and stunt people. Sometimes he would use some fighting skills to put a woman in a chokehold, but I was afraid that I couldn't beat him..."
Gary Busch is an interesting actor. He looks rough but actually has a lot of skills. He knew what Ronald wanted to hear, so he told him everything he knew about Qianlong Hongtian.
After the independent candidate Perot withdrew, Warner Bros. put the film in cold storage without arranging any test screenings. Because Siegel no longer messed around with actresses, he was nowhere to be seen all day long.
That rare moment when Ronald lost his temper and fell out on the spot made Gary Bush very fond of him, because whether they cared about each other or deliberately tried to please him, the two of them had a good conversation anyway, and Ronald praised him twice.
He talked about his wonderful acting skills and said that in order to better showcase his characteristics in this movie, he would give him more close-ups.
Both of them were very happy and laughed happily.
…
However, Ronald soon stopped laughing. Rob Reiner, the director of "A Few Good Men," suddenly flew to Memphis and asked Ronald to borrow someone.
"Rob, what's going on?" Ronald's face dropped when he heard that he wanted to borrow Tom Cruise to go back for reshoots.
"Ronald, I'm not talking to you. I'm just telling you the truth. The Columbia printing house ruined several courtroom debate scenes, not just Tom Cruise and Demi Moore.
Jack Nicholson, Kevin Pollack, Kevin Bacon, everyone in that courtroom has to go back for reshoots. I have already made a plan, and it can be completed in two days. It will only take you one day.
time."
"This is fart. What's a delay? I've delayed a lot. I flew to Los Angeles for one day, flew back for another day, and had to work on two movies. I've suffered a huge loss. You'd better find another way..."
Ronald quits now. It turns out that it is still the highlight. This cannot be done casually. The actor has to enter a plot state with few good people. When he comes back, he has to withdraw from the original plot and find the sugar-coated film again.
The feeling of a trap.
All things considered, the actors cannot be in 100% condition for at least four days. This is absolutely impossible.
"If I have a way, can I still come to beg you? Ronald, if I have a little way, I will not make such an excessive request."
"You also know that this is too much?"
"Colombia is a bastard. The management of Gubel and his gang is in a mess. How could such an unbelievable mistake happen?"
The film was overexposed due to an error in developing chemicals. When Ronald first heard about this reason, he thought it was Director Huang who complained to him about the quality accident in Xujiahui. The seven major developing laboratories in Hollywood would also
Does this kind of problem occur?
"I looked at the film carefully, and there are no problems with the front and back, so it is unlikely to be caused by the medicine or temperature. The biggest suspicion is that the film itself may have quality problems."
Rob Reiner was actually very angry. He had encountered such a rare thing. Generally speaking, for a company like Kodak, the quality consistency of the same batch can be guaranteed.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! If the developer has defects, it is difficult to explain why the films before and after were developed without problems.
This kind of thing that has no beginning and no end, and no reason can be found in the work log, is actually not unheard of by second- and third-rate directors. It also happened when Leigh Thompson starred in "Wonderful"
The only opportunity I had to shoot the film of a famous landmark, it was accidentally damaged by the film.
But for a director of Rob Reiner's caliber and a movie of this caliber starring Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson, we have never heard of such an accident.
"I can let him go, but I want you to wait until I finish filming this cycle and take weekend vacation in two weeks before you can borrow him again. You have to decide on your own if you want Tom to work overtime on weekends."
Ronald saw Rob Reiner begging pitifully for a long time, so he had no choice but to relent and let him pick a weekend to minimize the impact on the sugar-coated trap.
"That's great, what do you want in return?" Rob Reiner was happy, and the New Yorker's indifferent tone came out again.
"Repay? What do I want in return? How about you playing a guest role..."
"Bingo" Reiner happily agreed, and then immediately turned around to negotiate terms with Tom Cruise and Paula.
"Tom, you're going to have to work hard." Later, Tom Cruise came over and said that he had agreed to reshoot. He would fly to reshoot on the next rest weekend, and then fly back to Memphis on Sunday night. Schedule
It will not affect the filming of the movie.
"Actually, I'd rather Jack Nicholson also come to play opposite me. I can show my new acting insights in front of him and see what he thinks."
"Uh, okay."
Sure enough, directors are very good at selling. When Rob Reiner went to Tom Cruise, he didn't ask for his own requirements first. Instead, he watched his new sample film and praised the progress of his acting skills.
. Then he packaged his reshoots as a good opportunity for Tom Cruise to test his progress in acting.
"Let's call Jack..."
Tom Cruise was like a little boy who just got a new toy and was about to play against an old player. He excitedly called Jack Nicholson in front of Ronald.
"Very good. When will it be the weekend in two weeks? No problem on the weekend, I'll just go..."
Over the phone, Jack Nicholson seemed very happy.
"Are you happy? Jack?" Ronald couldn't help it and asked him aloud.
"Ronald? Hey, you don't understand me. I like acting. This kind of opportunity is rare for me. If you want to reshoot and reshoot, you can do whatever. Besides, Tom also said that he has a new performance.
Thoughts, I’m looking forward to it.”
Well, these people no longer have a professional attitude toward acting. They simply regard high-quality performances as their hobbies. It’s great to have the opportunity to act.
The accident was resolved through negotiation as quickly as possible. The next day, Colombian CEO Gubel personally called to express his gratitude.
"I said Peter, how could such a low-level mistake happen? Is that SOB in charge of your current printing plant?" Ronald also invested in the movie A Few Good Men. He was a little unhappy about this kind of thing in Columbia, and he couldn't complain.
It didn't give Gubel any face.
"Ronald, I am very grateful. Colombia is a big family. I don't want to accuse anyone. I assure you that this kind of thing will never happen again in our cooperation in the future."
"You mean, this is a problem with the printing plant?"
"It's hard to say, it's hard to say, Ronald. We are tracing the workflow at that time, but the waste liquid for making working copies has been processed, and it is difficult to find whether there was an operational error. As for Kodak, you know, we can't deal with it.
They care..."
Ronald knew that this matter was also difficult to handle. It was impossible for Kodak to admit that there might be problems with its batch quality inspection. This was news that might have an impact on the stock price. Moreover, Columbia could not rule out its own operational problems.
After all, Gubel is the CEO of a large company. To apologize personally for this matter is already a disguised admission of his mistake.
"However, since Ronald and Tom Cruise are available for reshoots, can we add a little more scenes for him? Can we add a little more sex scenes between him and Demi Moore?"
Sure enough, Gubel was not a leader who would apologize specifically for his subordinates' mistakes. He had a new idea. The negotiations between Tom Cruise and Paramount had already spread. So he wanted to add some code to it. If he could make people
The increased performances of Cruise and Demi Moore will add some marketing chips to A Few Good Men, and it will also force competitor Paramount to improve the terms of negotiations. Why not?
"No, and no...", Ronald gave another negative answer to the two rude requests. How many days will this thing delay Tom Cruise's filming? A firm refusal!
"Ronald, don't you think... hello?" Guber also wanted to use his eloquence that persuaded the Cuban leader Fidel to give him an American license to film Cuba, to convince Ronald that adding a sex scene is a good idea.
, I didn’t expect to be hung up on the spot.
"What a great director's temper..." Gubel couldn't help it. His partner Jon Peterson was originally in charge of production, but caused a lot of scandals, so he had to be in charge of other businesses. Printing and printing fell under his control.
of.
Ronald's question was actually very difficult to answer. However, he was not a person who gave up easily. He picked up a pen and wrote a note to Ronald personally and asked someone to deliver it to Memphis over the weekend.
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"Please introduce yourself."
Over the weekend, Ronald and casting director Julia Taylor were in a hotel room in Memphis, auditioning for the role of a pinup in a Cayman Islands drama.
The original candidate for this role happily gave up the opportunity because she received an invitation from a TV series. The filming time of the TV series is relatively long, and it is impossible to spare multiple days to shoot in the Cayman Islands. Rather than play a small supporting role, she chose
The protagonist of the TV series.
This forced the crew to re-cast the cast.
"My name is Halle Berry..."
It seems that this is the black actor introduced by Denzel Washington. Ronald and Julia Taylor looked at each other.
This girl is in her twenties, and her skin is not that of a typical black person. Instead, she looks a bit like a mixed race. When she stands side by side with a real black person, the depth of her skin color is obvious.
Moreover, her facial features are more like those of white people than black people. Her eyes are large, double eyelids, deep-set eye sockets and a tall nose. If it is not stated in advance, there is no big difference in the skin color caused by frequent sunbathing.
Appropriate.
Coupled with her delicate skin, she looks very good in the camera. More importantly, her figure is very strong. If she wears the right clothes, she will be on the beach with the young lawyer Mitchell played by Tom Cruise.
A one-night stand that no one knows about is very convincing.
"Okay, Miss Berry, let me ask you, are your parents African-American?" Ronald asked.
"Yes, but because of my skin color, most people still classify me as black, so..." The beauty doesn't mind. Denzel Washington's reputation gives her a chance to audition with top directors, and she has already
It was very good. She also raised her hand to touch her skin and looked up at Ronald.
"Okay, Miss Berry, we will notify you if there is any news."
"Another actress who hints at the director, she won't be the first, nor will she be the last..." Julia Taylor has been casting for many years, and she has seen many actresses who boldly hint at the director.
"Don't you think her seduction is interesting on camera? She still understands the benefits of caution and subtlety..." Ronald felt good. This hint of tradition was very similar to how young lawyers would take the bait.
It looks like it's not too direct, nor too subtle.
"It's not a big problem. Her skin color and appearance, in fact, the audience won't be distracted because they think she is black."
Ronald nodded. The most important thing for this role is to be beautiful and sexy, and the audience cannot be aware that Mitchell is about to flirt with a black man because he looks too black. It is best for them to just think that this is a sexy beauty, and
Not a sexy black beauty.
"Director, your letter was specially sent from Mr. Guber in Colombia."
Ronald said "oh" and took a small envelope with Gubel's signature on it. He opened the envelope and found a note inside with only one sentence.
"If Tom Cruise and Demi Moore are not going to have a relationship with each other, then why is Demi Moore's character a woman?"
"Fuxck, what are these executives thinking?" Julia Taylor also came over to take a look. After Ronald showed it to her, she complained. It seems that women in Hollywood can only be used as sex symbols.
, as if waiting for a male star to conquer.
Ronald knew in his heart that this was not only the idea of executive producers and other Hollywood people, but also the idea of many viewers, but he was determined not to "lend" Tom Cruise for any longer.
Finding a pen, Ronald wrote a reply below the note:
"A woman can have other purposes besides having sex with Tom Cruise."