Terry felt suspicious when he saw his daughter coming out of the studio with a slightly red face and a mature woman's look.
"The filming was very good, and the director thought I did a good job." Bo Ji lowered her head to find the mineral water, avoiding her mother's probing gaze.
Fortunately, Terry didn't go into details. He took his daughter and introduced it to the cool guy next to him, "Brookey, this is Matt Dillon. He played a cute boy in 'Cuties'. Remember? That Tatum...
A youth film starring O'Neal."
Tatum O'Neal is only two years older than Brooke Shields and is already the youngest winner of the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. She is the daughter of popular movie star Ryan O'Neal. In 1973, directed by Peter Bogdanovich,
She co-starred with her father in "Paper Moon" and won an Oscar for her role as a little girl who cooperated with Ryan's role as a Bible salesman during the Great Depression and worked together to defraud.
She and Brooke are now competitors with the same acting career. Brooke Shields raised her head and looked at Matt Dillon, who had worked with Tatum, and said "Hi, nice to meet you." She greeted him.
"Hey Brooke, are you from New York too?" Matt Dillon smiled with his iconic bad boy smile.
Soon the two got chatting happily, and Matt Dillon invited Brooke Shields to go out on a date.
Meanwhile, Poji's mother was smiling with satisfaction. Poji glanced at her, looked down at her shoes, and agreed to Dillon's invitation.
Brooke Shields' mother, Terri, intercepted Matt Dillon as they continued chatting, trying to find out what Dillon's next movie would be. She wanted Brooke and Dillon to co-star.
"My mother always lets me go out to play, and she will be there." Bo Ji walked to the side of her handbag, picked up the mineral water, drank several large gulps, and swallowed a small piece of cake to replenish the energy consumed by filming passionate scenes.
Then he complained softly to Ronald, who happened to be standing aside looking at his pager.
"What? Don't you like her presence?" Ronald asked.
"No, my mother always pays attention to my safety. She said that she will not interfere in my affairs, but is only worried about my safety. Also, when she faces the camera and takes pictures, she is always unwilling to appear with me. She said
This is for my own good, so that reporters can report more photos of me dating other people, so that I can continue to appear in the news."
"Girl, do you have any misunderstandings about dating?" Ronald thought to himself.
"What, don't you agree with her point of view? My mother is a frequent visitor to the fashion industry. She was also a model and actress before. She knows a lot." Brooke seemed to notice Ronald's disapproval.
"I know very little about the fashion industry," Ronald replied, making Brooke smile. "But what do you think? Do you want to go on a date with Matt? I mean a real date."
"Me!" Brooke Shields was a little angry, "My mother said that we are Roman Catholics, and she went on a date with me for my own good."
"You are really your mother's good daughter. But what do you think about yourself?"
"What do I think?" Po Ji showed a confused look.
At this time, Terry and Matt Dillon came over together, "Brookey, Matt said he has plans on Saturday to meet a best-selling author. You can go on a date on Sunday..."
Ronald was in the parking lot in front of the studio, finding his car and getting ready to go home. Matt Dillon saw him and came over, "Hey, brother, can you give me a ride? I came here by taxi."
Ronald motioned him to get in the car and drove him back.
"Would you like to go with me to meet the best-selling author on Saturday, brother? He is also a writer, and my next movie will be an adaptation of his novel." Ti Lung asked after getting in the car.
"I'm a movie screenwriter, which is different from a writer." Ronald remembered Ti Lung saying that, and he was also a little curious about the writers chosen by Disney.
"It makes no difference to me." Matt Dillon has a charm that makes everyone like him. "Actually, I want to find someone to go with. I just got my driver's license and don't have my own car yet."
"Okay...I'll pick you up then." Ronald was also interested in the movie adaptation of the novel and wanted to know more about it, so he agreed.
"What brand is your car? I want to buy a sports car, a Ford Mustang? How about it?"
…
"Don't be discouraged, Ronald. I'm a movie star, and it's normal for Brooke to agree to date me." A few days later on Saturday, Matt Dillon sat in the passenger seat of Ronald's car, tilting his head.
With a smirk on one corner of his mouth, he said to Ronald half to show off and half to comfort him.
"What? Oh, Pooji agreed to date you? Congratulations! Wish you good luck." Ronald congratulated casually. It really takes luck to break through Pooji's mother's blockage. Then he started to think about his own worries.
.
Just a few days ago, when Ronald came out of the set of "Endless Love", he responded to a pager. His agent, Richard, told him some bad news.
John Travolta, who was originally scheduled to guest star, was unwilling to star in "Grease" because he wanted to transform into an acting actor and no longer focus on dancing. He turned down all subsequent roles that asked him to dance.
The new film "Blow Out" directed by Brian De Palma, the suspense film director who became famous for "Carrie" and is hailed by the industry as "the new generation of Hitchcock", chose to surrender.
Ta played the leading role. He saw the hope of completely getting rid of the position of "American Teen Dance King" and asked his agent to disclose his decision to the industry.
Olivia Newton-John, the heroine of "Grease", immediately said through her agent that she was only willing to work with John Travolta in another movie. If Travolta does not star in "Grease", then she will not star either, and
Focus on your singing career.
However, CAA is well-informed. In fact, Olivia wants to join the cast of "The Line". Brian De Palma's movies have a tradition of making actresses famous, and all Hollywood actresses want to join.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! If this statement can bind Travolta, then De Palma, who has already chosen him, is more likely to choose Olivia.
In recent Hollywood Reporter and Daily Variety, there are reports that some fans are happy to see the two reunited after "Grease". It is probably Olivia Newton-John's public relations team who is taking action.
"Grease" immediately lost half of its guaranteed sales, and Ronald was a little worried. Although the more senior agent Niceta comforted him and said that such changes are very common in any movie, Ronald still accepted the reason.
Chad heard some wind direction.
Paramount may reduce the budget of the entire film from 12 million to 6 million. Producer Stewart may be looking for a heroine with box office appeal, or may add some additional investment himself.
Ronald sighed, there were still twists and turns in this project.
Matt Dillon misunderstood Ronald and thought he was throwing in the towel in the race to date Brooke Esquire.
"Don't worry, brother. I know a lot of beautiful girls. Next time you come to Club 54 to meet me, and I will introduce you to some real hot girls."
"Is there such a good thing? Has Club 54 reopened? Hasn't their boss been arrested?" Ronald responded casually.
"Two businessmen took over the property of Club 54 and hired the original team. It's even more fun than before."
"Turn right ahead and pull over. This is the address." Dillon looked at the address on the note in his hand and directed Ronald to stop downstairs in an older hotel.
"Why does this best-selling author live in this hotel? His royalties are enough to stay in any five-star hotel, right?" Ronald looked at the surrounding environment and found that it was still clean, but the facilities were relatively old.
"I heard it was the hotel where he stayed when he first came to New York. He will stay here every time he comes here. My agent contacted him yesterday and the address is correct." Matt Dillon answered. He and Luo parked the car.
Nader entered the hotel together.
Although he has already filmed a movie and is famous, Matt Dillon actually does not earn much money, and he is not recognized by passers-by.
He didn’t have a full-time manager to take care of his life, so he asked Ronald that day to drive him to meet the best-selling author for an interview. He was born with the charm of making people approachable, even though Ronald had only met him
After two visits, I already felt that he was a familiar friend.
In addition, I also wanted to meet this best-selling author, so I came together.
"Actually, Mr. Wilhite, the vice president of Disney, has agreed to the request of the producer, Mr. Zinnemann, that I will be the leading actor in this adapted movie. But the author of the original work must meet me."
"Oh, really?" Ronald felt a little strange. The author of the novel may have a lower status than the screenwriter in the film project. After selling the adaptation rights, there is no room for them to speak. Unless...
"By the way, which novel are you going to star in?" Ronald asked at the elevator entrance.
With a "ding" sound, the elevator stopped on the first floor. The two stepped into the elevator and pressed the button for the author's floor.
"It was written by Tex, SE Hinton. We are here to see him today." Matt Dillon answered.
"The main thing is to see you, Matt." Ronald smiled, "I'm just here to make up the numbers."
Ronald flipped through a collection of Hinton's novels, which were gifts from Diane. They were mainly novels about young people in rural towns. The earliest "Naughty Boy" was a work in the 1960s, "Texas"
"Guo" is the latest one.
"Ring ring ring ring..."
"Here we come..." A female voice said after hearing the doorbell.
After a while, the door opened, and a fat woman stood at the door, looking at them.
Ronald looked through her figure and saw that there was no one else in the simple room. "We called and found an author named Hinton..."
"That's me." The fat woman replied, opening the door and motioning for the two of them to come in.
"Yo! I didn't expect you to be a woman." Matt Dillon walked into the room, raising one corner of his mouth and showing his trademark evil smile.
"Oh, you must be Matt. Matt Dillon, right?" Hinton happily brought them a Coke. "I have always been a little worried that a boy born and raised in New York can accurately interpret the characters in my novel.
As a young man from a small town in rural Oklahoma, I feel relieved when I see you."
Matt Dillon turned around and gave Ronald a "I just said it, right?" look.
"Who is this?" Hinton asked when she saw the taller Ronald. She thought Ronald might be Dillon's family or manager.
"He is a good friend of mine, Ronald Lee. I asked him to send me to you, Ms. Hinton. He is also a writer like you."
"Oh? Nice to meet you." Hinton shook Ronald's hand and was very happy to see a young writer. "Are you also a novelist? My first novel 'The Urchin' was written in my high school
It was written the year I graduated, and it is the one that has received the highest praise from critics to this day."
Maybe writers don't have the opportunity to communicate with colleagues, but Hinton was very enthusiastic towards Ronald. He invited the two of them to sit down and drink Coke.
"No, I'm a movie screenwriter." Ronald sat down and pulled the tab and took two sips of Coke. "I have recently read four of your novels. Nowadays, high school students like them very much. Your books are in my cousin's school.
Most popular."
"Movie screenwriter, that's great. I've always wanted to make my novel into a movie, but I can't write a movie script myself, and I'm worried that the film company will over-adapt my novel and offend my readers, so I still
Disney was not promised to sell them the adaptation rights."
"So that's it," Ronald thought to himself, no wonder Disney asked Dillon to show it to her. The power is still in Hinton's hands, so she has more say in the entire project than ordinary people."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Tell me, Ronald, what is the difference between writing a script and writing a novel?" Hinton asked a lot of questions.
"The script contains less time and content, and there is not much description of appearance in the script, because the actors are seen by the audience all the time in the movie..." Ronald selected some of his own experiences in writing scripts and reading novels.
Said something.
The chubby Hinton had a very happy chat with the two. Now she has greatly increased her confidence in the "Texas guy" and asked Dillon a lot about his living habits. In her opinion, Matt Dillon is indeed suitable for the protagonist.
Seeing that the time was about the same as Ronald, Matt Dillon also said goodbye. It seemed that the interview was a success.
As they were saying goodbye, Hinton half-jokingly said, "Ronald, would you like to help me adapt the script for 'Texas'?"
Ronald knew that the film's producer, Tim Zinnemann, was the current boyfriend of Meg Tilly, who was of Chinese descent, and was running the project specifically to flatter her.
So he didn't want to get involved, so he said:
"I have other projects, and Disney must have its own candidate for adaptation."
Hinton left their contact information and said to Ronald, "I will mention your joining the adaptation team at the appropriate time."
Ronald knew that he would never be chosen, so he just smiled and said nothing.
Then she turned to Matt Dillon and said, "You're a really good fit for this movie. I'll check with Disney Vice President Wilhite."
"Do you have any history with Meg Tilly?" Dillon suddenly asked Ronald while sitting in the car.
"What? History? I remember telling you that she was not chosen as the heroine and chose another girl."