Shirley Knight, who played the heroine's mother, didn't say much more.
Ronald called his partners in the Delta Omega Epsilon fraternity. This fraternity was already the most popular fraternity on campus in the new year, with the largest number of members during the recruitment period and the largest number of beauties coming to the party.
After becoming famous, handsome guys attract beauties, and beauties attract handsome guys. In a virtuous circle, the fraternity no longer needs to hire models from agent Eddie to support the scene. Beauties from New York University and surrounding schools such as the City University of New York want to attend.
Suddenly it became the most popular party in the university.
Even many high school girls want to be taken to parties to meet handsome guys.
The brothers were very excited when they heard that they were auditioning for the leading role in "Endless Love". All of a sudden, they called their friends and many college students came over. Nearly 50 people squeezed out of the eight cars parked at the entrance of the casting studio.
Ronald took them to the large conference room, took out the four candidates, plus Brooke Shields' audition photos, and placed them on the table at the front desk of the conference room.
"Who are you most willing to date? Whose house are you willing to sneak into by climbing the wall at night?" Ronald asked the college students below, pointing to five photos lined up.
"This is Jennifer Jason Leigh, a show of hands if she would like to choose her. This is Bo Derek, a show of hands if she would like to choose..."
The statistical results are that Kelly Preston and Bo Derek ranked first and second among the actors who came to audition, Jennifer Jason Leigh was not far away in third, and Melanie Griffey
Think about being at the bottom.
But Brooke Shields, who didn't come, got the votes far ahead of everyone else, undisputedly winning the male hormone test.
"Okay, our target audience is also a group of people with a certain level of education." Peter Gubel nodded approvingly towards Ronald, "I remember your name, Ronald."
"Thanks."
"Among these four, which one doesn't have other projects on hand at the moment?"
Julia stepped forward and pointed to Kelly Preston's picture.
Jennifer Jason Leigh and Melanie Griffith are the second generation of stars, and Bo Derek is the wife of a director. They will have no shortage of opportunities. Only Kelly Price, who just hooked up with a model photographer
Dayton is still participating in auditions for various movies. She is considered the weakest among the connections.
"Continue to negotiate with her, and then contact Brooke Shields' mother Terry. Her mother's part-time agent is not professional at all and is too greedy. She offered her daughter a salary of 1 million US dollars.
Continue to negotiate and put some pressure on her, she is not the only choice we have."
Peter Guber instructed his assistant to convey his opinions to the film's producers. Although Brooke Shields was the first choice, he still had to dangle other candidates to lower the price.
"Julia, and you, Ronald. We continue to interview actresses who have no film experience. To maintain this constant pressure, Terry will give in. And newcomers can often surprise people."
Guber put the cigarette butt in the ashtray, walked out of the audition studio, got into a luxury car and left.
Ronald turned around and sent the fraternity people out of the office. They were all very excited about being able to decide on the heroine of the movie.
At the door, the brothers were still discussing the casting vote. This was probably their closest experience to film production.
"Hey, is Brooke Shields really going to play the lead role of Jade? Aren't there a lot of scenes like that? Hehehehe." A brother said with a smile on his face.
"Why are you thinking about that thing?" Another more decent person laughed at him.
"You're still talking about me, where's the Brooke Shields poster in the movie that you keep in your locker?"
"How dare you steal my locker..."
The two of them were fighting and making fun together.
Ronald shook his head and said to the remaining brothers: "Your opinions are all important, but the final casting has not been determined yet. Don't spread the word that we have selected anyone yet. The director and producer are still there."
Choose from several candidates."
"Does Brooke Shields have a good chance?"
Many people have asked.
"Well, she's ahead for now," Ronald replied.
"Oh! Great!" About 50 brothers began to pile into eight cars and went back to New York University.
Ronald shook his head. He didn't expect Brooke Shields to be so popular among the students.
Back in the office, Ronald compiled the information of the four actresses. In fact, among the four, Kelly Preston was in the worst situation.
There is no solid relationship between her and the person who supports her, such as three other people, blood, or husband and wife. She is playing a dangerous balance between the photographer, her agent, and the powerful people in the audition.
game.
But this girl has the best conditions. If given the right role, she will stand out.
"We will send out audition invitations to major agencies next. With blonde hair, beauty, and the temperament of a rich girl, Ronald, you need to come more." Julia Taylor reminded that they would also audition many non-connected people outside the industry.
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"Compared with them, Kelly Preston is happy again. At least she can directly enter the later audition rounds." Ronald thought, "The golden period of actresses is much shorter than that of actors, so the competition is extremely fierce.
, those newcomers who are chosen to film their debut films must be very lucky."
On the way home, Ronald visited the Barnes & Noble Bookstore. Now some bookstores have begun to publish movie scripts for fans to collect. These scripts are not necessarily the original scripts. Some of them were commissioned after the movie was released.
Written backwards, closer to the novel.
Ronald would often come here to look for them when he had time. If he found suitable real scripts and had seen the movies, he would buy them for his own study.
Today there is a new book on the best-seller stand at the door of the bookstore, and it is Ingrid Bergman's personal autobiography. With the help of biographers, Ingrid Bergman's autobiography was quickly written and published. The people of America have not forgotten this.
A Swedish star, it quickly became a bestseller in 1980.
Ronald also bought a copy, after all, this is a biography that was born because of himself.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Bergman did not hold back and wrote out his romantic history over the years.
"Robert Capa, Bergman also had an affair with a war correspondent?" Ronald was eye-opening.
"Gregory Peck, you Peck, while you were filming Dr. Edward, did you get involved with the heroine Bergman?" Being handsome has its perks.
"Spencer Tracy also had a relationship with you? What did you make her girlfriend Katharine Hepburn think?" So exciting?
"There was a scene when Gary Cooper was filming Tolls of the Bell? He couldn't even get through the phone after filming." I didn't expect you to be such a heartless Bergman.
What do you think of Humphrey Bogart in "Casablanca"?
"I've kissed Bogart, but I don't know this man." He's good-looking, he's good-looking. Bogart is so ugly that he just says he doesn't know him.
Ronald read Ingrid Bergman's autobiography in one sitting. It was already dark in New York. He made a cup of tea and thought about the plot of Bergman's autobiography while drinking.
On the one hand, Bergman would have a romance with an actor or director every time he made a movie, but after the movie, he would return to his doctor husband and become a housewife and raise his daughter.
If he hadn't been killed by director Roberto Rossellini in Italy, it's hard to say whether Bergman would have returned to New York to continue living with her husband after the passion.
This may be due to the working conditions of the actresses. They spend several months working on a set that is isolated from the outside world. Actors are a group of people who are full of emotions and have overflowing hormones. It is easy to create sparks.
But after a movie is finished, they all go their separate ways. Actors are relatively free. After filming a movie, they can take on the next movie. The couple in this movie may not have a chance to work together again for two or three years. It is not surprising that the crew has many exposed lovers.
If you want to have a long-lasting relationship with an actress, you either have to have a particularly high moral standard, or you have a very deep relationship, or you don't take many roles after marriage, or you only cooperate with your husband.
This is the case with Roberto Rossellini in his autobiography. The movies he made were all box office hits, but Bergman was not allowed to take any other director's roles. In the end, Bergman had to pay for his living expenses out of his own pocket. I'm afraid this is
Not just machismo, but a profound insight into the characteristics of life in the film industry.
But it’s not good to keep making money like this. Although art is good, it will starve people to death. A few years later, Ingrid Bergman still ended up divorced after having a son and two daughters with him. You let the naturally beautiful Bergman
It’s okay if you don’t buy cosmetics, but how can you last long without other luxuries, customized clothes, and high-end accommodation?
It seems that if you want to become a star, you must meet three conditions. First, you must be decently handsome. Second, you must be rich. Third, it is best to make a movie with them.
"Well, it seems that my emotional life prospects are not bad." Ronald held his chin and thought wildly.
Antonia Franceschi will be back soon. "Famous" is scheduled to premiere at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York in early May. Ronald has not yet received an invitation to the premiere. I guess he is a stingy director.
on purpose.
Antonia's career is developing smoothly. Ronald knows through the director that she has performed well in the B role and has been competed by two ballet companies. No matter what their prospects are, it is always good to get together for a few days and renew their relationship.
of.
There are also Gene Ray who plays Leroy, Erin Cara who plays CoCo and sings the theme song, Maureen Tiffey who plays Dorothy, composer Michael Gore, in addition to the annoying director, there is a chance
Getting together with old friends is also a happy thing.
"Ring, ring, ring..." The ringing of the phone interrupted Ronald's memory.
"I'm from William Morris Agency (WMA), calling for Ronald Lee."
"I am", Ronald suddenly became energetic. Is this the agent coming to him?
"Hello, I am Mr. Rick Niceta's secretary. He has received your letter of recommendation and is very interested in your script. I hope you can mail it to him."
"Of course, I will revise it as soon as possible and mail it to him."
"Okay, what's your address? I need to send you a disclaimer authorization letter. You sign it and send it together."
Ronald reported his address, hung up the phone, and jumped up. "Here it comes, my Ronald's spring is here."