"Your reason, huh, huh, are you serious? What other purpose can a woman have when she sees Tom Cruise besides having sex with him?" After receiving Ronald's note reply, Gubel said that night
Called Ronald to complain.
"Of course women and Tom can do a lot of things in movies." Ronald regretted a little. Guber was a super salesman and persuaded many big shots, including Fidel of Cuba and Akio Morita of Japan, to let him do more for his products.
Very confident in eloquence.
Because his status and wealth today are all obtained by relying on this eloquence, Gubel's first reaction when encountering a problem is whether he can persuade the other party to act according to his own will.
"Like what? Hey? Ronald, don't deal with me like this. We all know that in commercial movies, don't female audiences come with fantasies?" Gubel seized the opportunity and was about to start.
Promote your own point of view.
"This is not a good reason. Peter. Male audiences go to the cinema with fantasy. We can't say that they also go to the cinema for..."
"Who says they don't have fantasies..."
"Okay, okay, Peter, I don't have time to explain this to you, it just won't work. I still need Tom's full attention here."
"Okay, let's all take a step back. Can I arrange Tom and Demi's sex scene during your vacation before you go to the Cayman Islands?"
"In short, it won't work..." Ronald hung up the phone. This guy really has a good eloquence and will always find many reasons.
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The subsequent filming went smoothly, and Tom Cruise's habit of using too much force became almost unobservable after being deliberately suppressed.
Moreover, this kind of restrained performance has a good effect on the actors who play opposite him. Especially Bridget Fonda, who plays Mitchell's wife Abby, gets into the state surprisingly well, and Tom Cruise
The dialogues, flirtations, and passionate scenes between Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka all showed a chemical reaction that exceeded expectations.
On this day, the two of them put on costumes for a family dinner and filmed a scene where they visited a colleague at his home.
"Hi, hi..." Bridget Fonda in front, Tom Cruise in the back, greeted a fat black actress who answered the door, and then entered the white door one by one.
"I'm going to inform Mrs. Queen." The actor who plays the black maid fits the audience's imagination of a traditional southern maid. This is a routine passed down from "Gone with the Wind", with a black servant costume and a white collar and
The apron, paired with a particularly dark complexion, gives people a pure southern impression.
"Are you sure it's today?" Bridget Fonda turned around and asked Tom Cruise. She turned half sideways, closed the distance between her husband and spoke in a low voice, because there was no guest in the living room.
The tacit understanding between a wife and her husband that only develops after they have been married for a while is very convincing.
"That's what he said." Tom Cruise lent half of his body to Bridget Fonda. This kind of humble performance actually made the female audience have a better impression of him. Who doesn't want to have
What about a husband or boyfriend who knows how to respect women?
"Cut!"
Ronald looked at the black and white images of the two people on the monitor and gave them two thumbs up, "Very good chemistry..."
As a result, Bridget Fonda turned around and high-fived Cruise to celebrate. The two laughed and were full of tacit understanding. They knew what the other wanted to do with just one eye contact.
"Hmm..." Ronald couldn't help curling his lips. If Gubel saw this, he would have to give him some more arguments. The chemical reaction between the two people is indeed beyond what ordinary actors can do when they work together for the first time.
The usual state reached.
It’s not like the two of them really see eye to eye. What’s wrong with each other?
"Let what happened on the set stay on the set..." Ronald was also a little suspicious. Through Mike Medavoy, an insider, he knew that Guber might raid the set and persuade him face to face to give Cruise more
He spent a lot of time having sex with Demi Moore. If he saw this, it would become another argument.
"Director, how was my performance?" Bridget Fonda was acting in such a big production for the first time. Her aunt had a good relationship with Ronald, so she came up to ask Ronald about her performance.
"I give you high marks for your chemistry with Tom, you just need to pay more attention to the cultural discomfort that some New England women feel when they go to the South..."
Bridget Fonda nodded vigorously, and now she could star with Tom Cruise. Her aunt also repeatedly told her that if she could act well enough to be remembered by others, she would not be short of invitations in the future.
"What do you think of Tom? How does it feel for you to work together?" Ronald couldn't help but make an insinuation.
"Oh, he's great. I was a little worried when I didn't see him at first. But he turned out to be super nice. I felt like I was reunited with a very good friend, and he gave me..."
"No, I'm asking you what it's like to act opposite him."
"Oh..." Brigitte Fonda pursed her lips and smiled. This actress still has a bit of traditional feminine temperament, "I'm sorry, I'm too nervous. My aunt told me a lot about working with big directors and stars.
I feel very comfortable being led by him, and I’m lucky to have you as the director. When I was filming in the past, I never had such a loose space to integrate my own ideas into the characters..."
"Keep up your good performance..." Ronald drove away Bridget Fonda, who looked a little naive, and then asked his assistant to find out why Tom Cruise treated her so well. On the set
Needless to say, there must be an informant sent by Gubel. If he comes and talks about it, won't he be at a disadvantage in the debate? When the time comes, he will assume the posture of a tough director. I wonder if he can resist it.
His sales force offensive.
"He is such a considerate man..."
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When filming a kissing scene, he would always offer two flavors of chewing gum for the other party to choose from, not only to avoid embarrassment to the other party, but also to avoid making mistakes in the kissing scene himself.
For Bridget Fonda, he also thoughtfully gave various small gifts, from thermos cups used on set to special cakes for her and her family.
When it came time to shoot intimate sex scenes, he would communicate with Bridget Fonda in advance to clarify his posture and position to avoid the other party's dissatisfaction.
Of course, the industry has not heard of any actress who has not been dissatisfied with his intimate actions...perhaps some are also dissatisfied with him not being intimate enough...
"Paula, did Tom learn this on his own, or did you teach him?" Ronald never thought that any other actor could do what he did. When he was filming Top Gun, he didn't know if he did this.
So considerate.
"Oh, don't you know? I am also on his cake giving list every year... How can a woman not fall for his love? You may not know that he has two elder sisters and one younger sister.
The only boy..."
"Ah ha, I remember that he used the salary from his first starring role to buy a car for his sister and pay for college tuition..." Ronald remembered that Cruise's parents had divorced since he was a child, and he was very concerned about his sisters and mother.
Excellent. In order for him to learn acting, his mother and sisters provided a lot of support. This experience must have honed a set of methods for him to interact with women.
"Shxt, I should know. My aunt and cousin are both his loyal fans..."
"No one doesn't love Tom..."
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"Action!"
"Something happened to Koski and Hedges. They died... We just found out twenty minutes ago. You saw them at the barbecue party..."
"Kay...what happened?"
"We don't know very well. They were diving in the Cayman Islands, and there seemed to be an explosion on the diving boat..."
The shooting continued in the afternoon, and the couple who invited Mitcher and Abby to their home party told them a surprising news. Two colleagues from the law firm were dead.
This also leads to the important plot of this movie. In order to help clients avoid taxes, they set up offshore companies in the Cayman Islands. Lawyers who do not cooperate with their clients to do certain illegal things, or lawyers who cooperate with the IRS and FBI to report,
All were killed.
The camera finally focused on the faces of Tom Cruise and Bridget Fonda, slowly zooming in, and finally became a close-up. The expressions of shock, worry, and fear on Bridget's face were fully displayed. And
Tom Cruise's expression was reduced to three points, and the subtle and layered changes made the audience feel deeply involved.
"Cut!" Ronald stopped with satisfaction. This performance was very satisfying. Abby's exaggeration made people feel the impact of this news, while Mitchell's gave people a sense of empathy. In the end, the camera still started from Abby.
Bee's face moved to Mitchell's face, which was like a magician, predetermining the center of attention for the audience, allowing them to unconsciously feel the emotions according to their own arrangements.
"Bravo!" A voice came from behind, with a sound of applause.
"Peter..." Ronald heard from the voice that it was Peter Gubel. Sure enough, the insider's information was correct. This guy came to sell in person.
"Mr. Guber." The rest of the actors greeted him.
"It's really an Oscar-level performance..." Gubel repeatedly praised everyone's performance and coaxed everyone into place with just one sentence.
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"It is very necessary to add some intimate scenes to the few good men. In the end, the audience expects an intimate scene between the male and female protagonists. I know that you agree with me in your heart. You are not the kind of director who only calls art and auteur movies. You are satisfied.
The psychological needs of the audience are very important, right? You don’t have to worry about Tom’s professionalism, I will give you an additional budget for the additional shooting time.”
"No, the audience doesn't just want to see Tom sleeping with the heroine. Other things can also satisfy them..." Ronald has already found the best reason from Cruise's rules for coaxing women.
Convince Gubel.
"Ah... you are really a very rational customer, but I still want to fight for it. How about we call Demi? Let's hear what she has to say?"
"Oh, I have no objection. Tom is a very professional actor. I won't have any problem filming with her..."
Sure enough, Demi Moore on the phone showed great patience for reshoots. No matter what intimate scenes or schedule, it was no problem.
Gubel and Ronald both looked at the speakerphone to listen to her answer, and a smile gradually appeared on Gubel's face.
"Demi, is Tom's cake delicious?"
"Oh, let me tell you, this is the most delicious cake in Hollywood. It's rare that Tom still remembers to send it to me and Bruce every year. I can't eat more, but Bruce is very happy to eat it. It's better than his Planet Hollywood chain
The food in the restaurant is so much better”
"Tom is really a good guy in Hollywood..."
"Don't tell me, it's true. My child wanted to see a doctor, and he took the initiative to help me when he heard the news. At that time, Bruce was filming outside, which made me very worried. Fortunately, he was there. Also, being with him
It was really great to work with him, he is an absolute gentleman, and I never worried about any problems when shooting intimate scenes with him..."
"Do you understand?" After hanging up the phone, Ronald looked at Gubel.
"There's just one thing..." Gubel also heard that Demi Moore was definitely not looking forward to sleeping with Tom Cruise. But he couldn't say clearly what made Ronald so sure that she could do it without any intimate scenes.
Satisfy the audience?
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Ronald saw that Guber still didn't understand, so he quoted a famous saying. In movies, in addition to handsome male stars, female audiences also hope to see their adoring attitude towards the heroine, which to some extent exceeds
The anticipation of intimate scenes.
As the old saying goes, weddings are for the bride and honeymoons are for the groom. Female audiences have higher expectations for love than for intimate scenes.
"Oh, you're right, Ronald. When it comes to controlling female audiences, I don't think there is a better male director in Hollywood than you." Gubel slapped his forehead with his right hand, "You reminded me
, I have to bring some gifts back to Tara..."
"The Elvis Presley Memorial Hall here has the best Elvis Presley memorabilia for sale. If your wife Tara is..."
"I love you, Ronald, and Tara is an Elvis fan..."
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"Diane, I bought you a souvenir of Jerry Lee Lewis, the first rock star, to add some to your collection..."
"Oh, Ronald, you are so cute..."
Diane has filmed two rock music-related movies, both playing female rock singers. She has always liked this kind of rock music classic.
"Love you, ah..." Diane was very happy. Ronald could remember to bring her a gift, and it was a gift she liked, which made her even happier than getting the gift.
"Helen, I bought you some BB King souvenirs and out-of-print vinyl records..." It was Helen Slater, and what Ronald chose was a gift from the superstar of blues music.
"Oh, Ronald, I'm so happy, can I come and meet you?" Helen almost cried. Is the gift Ronald personally selected at the Blues Museum the same as one bought in an ordinary record store?
"If you miss me, go to the Cayman Islands. After I finish shooting here, I will go there to shoot the scene."
"Okay, dear, I won't delay your filming. I'll come during the weekend..."