Chapter 539: Ronald and Cameron join forces to fire a double cannon
"I'm not afraid of Schwarzenegger. He's not that strong. I can beat him..."
When Ronald and Schwarzenegger returned to the big room, they heard a man with a big head bragging and joking with the people around him.
"Hey, you're very confident, brother..." Schwarzenegger walked over and said half-jokingly in his deep voice with an Austrian accent from behind.
"Ah, hahaha, Arnold, you won't be unhappy when I say this. You know, every man can't help but raise his arms and look at his biceps when he has the opportunity to stand with you.
Just like after listening to Pavarotti's opera, he would try to sing a few lines in the shower..." This man was also an actor who came to audition. His words were exaggerated, but not annoying. Instead, he gave people a sense of
The relief of your best friend.
"Yeah, just like I saw other people dancing tango in movies, I also want to try it myself..." Schwarzenegger was amused by him and raised his hands to do a few tango poses.
"Brother, you really have a tango style..."
Ronald stood behind and observed for a while, until Cameron came over and stood beside him silently. "Have you seen them? This..."
"The chemistry is good, really good..." Cameron also agreed. After auditioning so many actors, only this one stood with Schwarzenegger, and it naturally made people think that the two of them were best friends.
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"Hahaha, it's really good. Let them audition."
"Do you know his name?" Ronald turned around and asked the assistants.
"Tom, Tom Arnold..."
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"Hey, isn't this the actor I saw in Cameron's office?"
Early the next morning, Ronald had breakfast with Diane in the restaurant. On the USA Today program, the man who had great chemistry with Schwarzenegger, Tom Arnold, actually appeared.
"He and his wife Roseanne Barr are divorcing. It's almost becoming a TV series in newspapers and on TV..." Diane wiped her mouth. The Hollywood gossip that Ronald didn't care much about has been spread among the circles of female stars.
Uproarious.
The reason why everyone is so interested is because this is an atypical Hollywood divorce case. Roseanne Barr is the more wealthy, powerful and powerful party in the marriage.
This Russian Jew born in Salt Lake City has a very average appearance among Jews, but with his comedy talent, he has worked hard and has his own TV series "Rossini" on the TV station, creating a strong character for himself.
The image of a working-class family goddess, because she writes and stars in it and has strong control over the TV series, brings her tens of millions of dollars in compensation every season.
In the eyes of others, Tom Arnold is a typical man who eats soft food. He also started as a stand-up comedy performer, and his highest achievement was to be a back-up performer for Roseanne Barr's comedy show.
Roshni Bahl took a fancy to his talent and recruited him into her crew as a member of the screenwriter. The passion for creation between the two soon extended to life. On January 16, 1990, Roshni Bahl and
Her ex-husband, who they raised three children with, divorced, and she held a wedding to Tom Arnold four days later.
After the two got married, they often appeared in high-profile TV programs and interviews, talking about some secrets that others would not publish.
But this year, the relationship between the two was on the verge of breakdown, and Roseanne Barr finally filed for divorce in a California court.
Since Roseanne Barr's income is much higher than that of Tom Arnold, this will be the first famous lawsuit involving a female celebrity paying sky-high alimony to her ex-husband, a male celebrity.
As expected, this caused a lot of controversy in Hollywood, and both couples began to use their own tactics. Roseanne Barr accused Tom of squandering her money, accusing him of manipulating her in the marriage, abusing alcohol and drugs, hitting her, and
It is implied that Tom Arnold was unfaithful and had many affairs.
But this trick, which works well for other female celebrities, does not work well for Roseanne Bahl, and it seems a bit funny.
Tom Arnold also fought back, saying that Roseanne Barr was too preoccupied and that the couple had to settle their accounts separately no matter what. He also admitted his alcoholism problem generously and was not proud of his addiction.
Tom Arnold also hit back, saying that Roseanne Barr had emotionally manipulated him, making him feel guilty for doing things, and he had to live according to the rules drawn by Roseanne Barr. And Roseanne Barr was the one who used it in marriage.
The violent side also implies that Roseanne Bahl was unfaithful more often.
This statement is even more convincing. After all, Roseanne Barr's image of a typical fat blue-collar woman fits well with the behavior he accused. Most men from middle-class and poor families in America also suffer from the financial control of their wives, and
Complaining about the pain of her husband being ineffective at home, many people suddenly sympathized with Tom Arnold.
"Why, why do people sympathize with Tom Arnold instead of Roseanne Barr? If it were transferred here, I'm afraid most people would also sympathize with the male star who had his family property taken away by his wife, right?" Diane felt it was unfair, a female star.
Finding a handsome guy seems to go against America's values.
"Probably because she is ugly..." Ronald looked at Roseanne Barr's big face and thought in his mind that there are still many people in the middle and lower classes in America who like to see this kind of character. But of course her mouth is
You can't say that, "Probably because she is Jewish..."
Roseanne Barr's strength is also reflected in the fact that Tom Arnold, who was originally a Puritan who believed in the Methodist Church, converted to Judaism...
"That explains it..." When Diane heard that Jews also had a feeling of disgust, Ronald was almost instigated to convert. If this happened... the relationship between the two of them would be hard to say.
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"Why, you go to 20th Century Fox too?"
A few days later, when Ronald called Cameron again to discuss the preparations for "True Lies," he found out that he was going to 20th Century Fox to meet with their executives.
"Yes, those bitches want to interfere with my casting. They say Tom Arnold is not suitable for the role of Schwarzenegger's co-pilot..."
Cameron had just cast Tom Arnold to play Schwarzenegger's role as Harry's work partner and good friend Gibb. Unexpectedly, Tom Sherak, vice president of marketing at 20th Century Fox, strongly opposed it, saying that he and
Roseanne Bahl's divorce scandal will cause immeasurable damage to the film.
"Okay, let's go together..." Ronald also felt that Twentieth Century Fox was meddling in other people's business. Several company executives he had been friends with during the Die Hard era have already left Twentieth Century Fox.
Even the original chairman, Barry Diller, left the company to start his own business. This businessman, who wanted to change from a super worker to a boss, had spent so many years in the Fox Group and finally understood the need to change from Australian Rupert
It was almost impossible to get more shares there, so we liquidated the company and left.
The old people left, and the new people didn't understand Ronald's importance to 20th Century Fox, nor did they understand who had the upper hand in the negotiations. So Ronald decided to give them a little shock education.
"Are you going?"
"I'll support you..."
"Hahaha..." Cameron was very happy to hear this, but he didn't believe it.
"Also, I have another movie here, and I want to talk to them about the distribution business. After all, 20th Century Fox is more experienced in the distribution of action movies, but if they don't know the goods..."
"Then let's advance and retreat together..."
The two came to the Twentieth Century Fox office building, the filming location for the first Die Hard movie. They took the executive elevator and went straight to the top floors to the office of Vice President Tom Sherak.
"Oh oh oh, I feel extremely honored that two big Hollywood directors came to my office today..." When Tom Sherak saw two tall men wearing casual clothes and sunglasses come in, he quickly stood up to greet them.
, "I wonder which of you two will come first?"
"Let's talk together, you can say it to me, or you can say it to Ronald..." Cameron sat on the sofa angrily.
Tom Sherak looked towards Ronald and asked with his eyes.
"You heard what Jim said, and what he said is what I meant..." Ronald smiled and leaned over, pressing the call button of Tom Sherak, "Miss Secretary, bring us two cups of coffee, the best.
of……"
"Mr. Tom Sherak..." The secretary still didn't understand and asked aloud.
"Do as they say..." Tom Sherak pressed the call button angrily.
"Okay, have you read today's news? Tom Arnold's multiple cheating partners have been found out..." Tom Sherak sent several newspapers to the two directors.
"I don't care. Tom Arnold and Schwarzenegger work very well together. Don't put your finger in my soup bowl..." Cameron is confident. Anyway, Ronald is an investor and producer.
First, support yourself unconditionally. To be honest, a vice president who has not yet taken the position does not have much of a deterrent effect.
"We are the publisher, so we still have a certain say in the casting, right?" Tom Sherak was not to be outdone. Now the position of president and CEO is vacant, and the boss Rupert has increased his shares. It can be seen with the naked eye that everyone is now
There is a chance to go further. If you can get two big directors, then your reputation of being good at managing big-budget movies will definitely be noticed by Rupert. Now everyone knows that 20th Century Fox needs a president who can control talents.
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"Oh..." Cameron made an exaggerated shrug and said to Ronald, "It seems that I guessed it right, he really wants to manage us..."
"Is this what you want?" Ronald remained calm and stared at Tom Sherak.
"I don't mean to manage you. Who can manage you two geniuses? But 20th Century Fox needs to consider many things. As a distributor and investor, we need to express our opinions to some actors who have too much negative impact on marketing.
Concerned..."
Tom Sherak didn't dare to fight back head-on. He could still handle it if Cameron was alone, but when two major directors appeared at the same time, many things couldn't be used to blackmail a single director.
"Hasn't Jim proven himself enough? You have to worry about even one casting? Don't worry about that, Mr. Tom Sherak." Ronald said with a smile.
"I understand, I'm just expressing concern on behalf of the company. This is also our right, isn't it?" Seeing that Ronald seemed to be speaking kindly, Tom Sherak started thinking again, as long as he could sell Tom Arnold's negative influence to Ronald
Nader, maybe he can still stand on his side and help convince Cameron.
"We are not here to negotiate, I am here to express my attitude. The role of Gibb only belongs to Tom Arnold..." Cameron became a little impatient and showed his true colors.
"Otherwise, what about?" Tom Sherak anticipated Cameron's reaction. He knew that the weakness of these artists is that they are full of emotions and can easily expose their trump cards.
"Otherwise, Jim will leave with the project. I know that both Columbia and Universal are looking for good special effects movies, especially Columbia. Guber knows the effects of Spielberg's Big Dinosaur..."
Ronald threatened him with a smile. This guy was too ambitious and not strong enough. He looked at the other person's face gradually turning pale and added, "And my project, I originally wanted to talk to you...
Maybe Gubel is more willing to respect our creative freedom..."
"Okay, okay... you two, don't get excited. I'm just an ignorant businessman. If this character is really as important to the movie as Mr. Cameron said, then we still attach great importance to the artist's opinion, so let's do it
, Tom Arnold plays the role..."
When Tom Sherak saw something was wrong, he immediately turned his gun and said that the director is the final person responsible for the artistry of a film...
"That's good..." Cameron got what he wanted, gave a high-five, and left. He still had a lot of things to be busy with.
"I don't know what film project Director Ronald Lee is preparing. Although our main working capital is invested in True Lies, Fox's domestic distribution power is still very strong. As long as Ronald Lee directs
…We can also divert funds from other projects…”
"I'm not the director... I'm just the producer." Ronald smiled... He chose 20th Century Fox because of their ample experience in distributing action movies.
"I don't know what the subject is?" Tom Sherak didn't give up and wanted to get more credit for himself.
"It's simple, Die Hard on the bus..."
"It's settled, what conditions do you want? Everything is negotiable, everything is negotiable..." When Tom Sherak heard this, he immediately raised his hands in surrender. Back then, Die Hard was not favored by many people. Who knew?
Luo Jian's producer hired director John McTiernan to make a blockbuster classic that set a trend.
"It's similar to Die Hard. We need some traditional and computer-generated special effects..." Ronald made the conditions after hearing this.
"That's all fine. Do you still need John McTiernan? I can take care of him, although the pay will be more expensive..."
"He can't be the one to shoot, everyone else can discuss it..." Ronald smiled and dismissed John McTiernan. He had too many things to do on his own and it was difficult to control.
"Whoever you want, name it and I'll take care of it..."
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"Ha ha ha ha……"
The two returned to Cameron's office. Tom Arnold was relieved when he learned that he had got the role. He thanked the two directors for their support and worked harder to tell jokes to make everyone happy.
After hearing that 20th Century Fox considered his divorce case to have affected him and almost prevented him from getting a role, Tom Arnold got all fired up and scolded his wife, Roseanne Barr.
"Do you know? This vicious woman wanted to divorce me. When I was away, she moved all the furniture and small appliances from the house. This vicious woman removed all the ice trays in the refrigerator.
Take it away, God, the ice tray is gone..."
"That's a really good line..." Ronald and Cameron looked at each other and smiled. Tom Arnold's talent as a comedian is indeed extraordinary. This line can be seamlessly transplanted into what Gibb said to his partner Harry.