Ronald's phone started to get busy again, whether it was from the office, the apartment he was staying in, or through his agent.
In the early days, the callers were mainly people who knew their agents, who were the most well-informed people. Now, they are called by agents they don’t know, various past partners, celebrity parents, and some eager actresses themselves.
Called.
Kelly Preston, whom Ronald had met before during auditions on other crews, was approached by her agent to explore the possibility of "auditioning alone" in the hope of getting a promised role.
The photographer who took her to auditions has been fired by her and replaced by a more radical agent.
Ronald firmly remembered his mistakes and Julia Taylor's teachings, not to get entangled with the actresses competing for the heroine when the crew did not have complete control, so Niceta rejected the agent's "good intentions" and directly
Get her in for the first round of auditions.
Elizabeth Sue, who had shot Ronald's chewing gum commercial, also searched for her phone number and asked for information. Sue's birthday was in October and she would be 18 when filming started, so there was no problem with the filming.
However, her parents found out about this and both called Ronald to ask Ronald not to admit her. Because Elizabeth Su was admitted to Wesleyan Women's College, the filming happened to be in the second month of school.
If you don't want to be an actor full-time, it's really not appropriate to take a break from school in the first grade to participate in acting. It would be better if you take time off to film during the summer vacation, or in the third or fourth grade.
PBS Vice President Gerald Slater made a direct call to Niceta from CAA. After a little understanding, he decided to give up this opportunity for his daughter Helen.
Helen's birthday is in December, so she will encounter many problems with working time constraints when filming on a small production crew. However, Ronald privately believes that the real reason for Gerald's refusal may be that both heroines have frontal nudity.
lens.
At night, Ronald was typing on his Commodity computer at home:
"Using a nuclear explosion as a time machine that can travel back in time is a grand setting, but it is very difficult to implement on the screen. It is recommended to use a nearby machine that uses electricity, which can significantly reduce the shooting budget."
Ronald auditioned during the day and evaluated scripts for Spielberg at night. The Commodity computer was pretty good to use. This kind of machine with the name of computer was bought by many children and used as a game console.
There is a card slot on the right side of the keyboard, where you can plug in various game cartridges and connect the controller to play games. This way, you will not be disliked by parents like buying an Atari game console. You can also learn to use computers and use basic programming as a
Excuse.
However, there were no games plugged into Ronald's computer. Instead, a cp/m operating system card was plugged in. He then plugged in the wordstar software using a floppy drive and used it to write things.
Wordstar is more convenient than the Wang word processing computer produced by Wang An Company in the Global Office. It has two advantages. First, what you see is what you get. What you see on the screen is what the final printer will print out.
Second, it has various shortcut keys, which can define a piece of text, select it, copy it, or move it to other places, which is very convenient. Just ctrl c, eh, no, this shortcut key is useless.
The copy was ctrl k c, ctrl k v. Ronald took out the instruction manual and compared it again. Wait a minute, what are the shortcut keys for movement? Ronald simply took out a classification card and copied all the commonly used shortcut keys on the card.
superior.
The save key is ctrl k s... Ronald copied the card and stuck it next to the monitor with transparent tape.
"Ring ring ring ring..."
"Hello, I'm Ronald."
"Ronnie, this is Demi. I heard that you are now the director of Universal's new film."
"Ah? Demi, I am currently casting, does your husband agree with you acting in a movie?" Ronald heard other men talking on the phone.
"Demi, who are you talking to?" Freddy's voice came from the receiver.
"It's Ronald. He was the one who took my audition photos, and now he's the film director."
"Ronald, this is Freddy, Demi wants to be in a movie, right? Is there any nudity?"
"What are you doing, Freddie, give me the receiver..."
"You guys should discuss it first. There is frontal nudity in this play."
With a bang, the phone was hung up.
Ronald was startled by the sound, and accidentally pressed the del key with his hand, deleting a large chunk of the text he had just selected.
Ctrl Z, Ctrl Z, why is it useless? Ah ..., Ronald is going crazy. Open the manual, how can there be no shortcut key to cancel the operation?
"Use nuclear explosions as a time machine that can travel back to the past..." Ronald, who was about to cry without tears, had to type again...ctrl k k s and save a disk first.
The next day, Ronald came to audition again. Heikelin must also have received a lot of requests for calls, but since she is a woman, her real connections should be yet to come.
Today's actresses are mediocre. There are many beautiful and photogenic ones, but they lack basic acting and expression skills.
The acting industry is inherently unfair to women. Cary Grant and Roger Moore, who are over 60 years old, can still romance young women on screen. But there are very few female stars over 30 who still act with young men.
In the love scene, Jane Fonda can only play the love story of middle-aged people.
A large number of young and beautiful young women compete for the few roles, resulting in a situation where there are many low-level actresses in the auditions.
Fortunately, "Fast Pace" has a large demand for female extras. Many scenes require girls to be in the background. Ronald sent notices to many actresses who were on camera. If they are willing, they can come as extras.
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Several days passed, and finally it was time for more capable actors to participate in the second round of auditions. Ronald's close friend Sean Penn also came to audition.
This round of actors not only introduce themselves, but also read some script fragments to allow the director and producer to make better choices.
"With another six months of installment payment, this beautiful blue four-door luxury car will be mine..."
Sean Penn held up a page and read this Brad Hamilton line.
Ronald frowned slightly, Sean Penn was a little confused when reading this line.
Brad is a hard-working, disciplined 12-year-old whose eyes only shine when he talks about the car he bought.
Sean Penn's reading emphasizes the smug mood, but is a bit arrogant. It seems that he is a person who is usually flamboyant, which does not fit well with Brad's character.
"Can you regain some of your pride and do it again? Sean." Ronald made a request
"Of course." Sean Penn adjusted his body posture and did it again.
Ronald frowned again, and then quickly relaxed. As a director, it was best not to show his expression. He looked at Heckerling, wanting to hear her opinion.
Heikelin put her hand flat under the table and shook it at him twice, indicating that it was not appropriate.
There was nothing Ronald could do. This kind of audition video had to be sent to two producers from Universal for review. It would be difficult to convince them with this kind of performance.
However, Sean Penn's performance is somewhat similar to another character, the stupid Italian student Spicoli...
"Ronald." Cameron Crowe, who had not spoken much before due to lack of experience, spoke up, "I think he is more like Spicoli."
"I think so too," Heckerling added. "If he wears a wig, he will look more like a skateboard boy. Can you let him read Spicoli's lines?"
Ronald told Sean Penn about the three people's ideas, hoping that he would try another role.
Sean Penn took Spicoli's lines, worked on them for a while, and then started reading.
"Sorry, I'm late. I'm confused about this new version of the curriculum."
"So, Mr. Spicoli?" Don, the casting director, acted as his opponent.
"Hey, man. What's wrong with you? Why did your student status card get torn?"
"you are late."
"You dick!" Sean Penn cursed in a very harsh tone.
"Okay, that's it." Ronald stopped the audition, "We will contact your agent if we have further information."
Sean Penn walked out of the room.
Heckerling said, "This person is very suitable for Spicoli. If Brad plays B, he can get an A for Spicoli."
Ronald looked at Cameron Crowe.
"This person is really similar to the prototype character of Spicoli in my book. I can't see any traces of acting. If he hadn't just read Brad's lines, I would have thought that he was such a person in life.
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"We'll keep both of his auditions, and we'll have a meeting with the producer later to decide." Ronald set the tone, "Next one."
Cameron Crowe didn't understand what he meant, or he did, but he was reluctant to give up letting Sean Penn play Spicoli. Such a realistic character would add a lot to the film.
But in this case, Ronald will have one less card in his hand, and among the people vying for Brad's role, there will be one less "Ronald's person".
I met a few more actors, and the next one who was competitive was Judge Reinhold.
"Hello, Judge," Heckerling said,
"Good morning."
Is this Judge from Heikelin?
"Please read this line to the camera." Ronald said.
"With another six months of installment payment, this beautiful blue four-door luxury car will be mine..."
"Huh?" I don't know if it's because Judge Reinhold has a temperament similar to Brad's, or because he has excellent acting skills. In short, it's a very good read, and he feels proud after working hard to buy a luxury car.
The energetic performance is here.
"The best Brad so far." Heckerling said after the actor walked out, and then looked at Ronald.
"He did really well, but he's a little older. He's 24 this year, so he doesn't look like a high school student anymore." Cameron Crowe provided an assist at the right time.
"Let's see if there is anything more suitable in the future." Ronald said.
If this Judge Reinhold were not "Heckerling's man", he would actually be more suitable for the role of Brad.
But Crowe is right, age is indeed an issue. Although youth movies often cast young actors, it would be inappropriate if the actor playing Stacey looks too different from him in age.
"Next"
In the afternoon, another of Ronald's connections came.
"My name is Nicholas Coppola."
"Is this the Coppola we know?" Heckerling asked in surprise.
"If you refer to director Francis Coppola, he is my uncle." Nicholas was a little impatient, "But my acting skills have nothing to do with him..."
"Of course, read us Brad's line." Ronald handed over the script.
Nicholas Coppola read the lines carefully, then closed his eyes. After a few seconds, he opened his eyes and acted out Brad showing off to his classmates without using a script.
"With another six months of installment payment, this beautiful blue four-door luxury car will be mine..."
"What do you think?" Ronald asked the three of them for feedback after he walked out.
"The acting is very good. To be honest, when I was undercover in high school, Brad's prototype speech was like that, proud and afraid that others would know that he was proud." Crowe replied.
"He happens to be 18 years old this year, which is close to the age of the character." Casting director Tang added the actor's background information.
"Coppola's nephew... his acting skills are good, but his acting is a bit too dark." Heikelin pointed out some minor flaws.
"Let's also put him among the candidates.
Ronald was convinced that this role was still in his hands.
Pop out the audition videos of several candidates, transcribe them onto the tape, hand them over to the producer, and wait for a later meeting to make a decision. Nicholas said his last name in the audition video, so the producer will always sell a few copies.
face.
Next, several actors were interviewed, including Mark, a nerdy student nicknamed "Rat", and his friend Mike, a ticket scalper, and several candidates were also selected.
"Next is the female role." Heikelin looked at the audition list in her hand. "There are many famous actors here today."
"Yeah, a lot of acquaintances." Ronald was also looking at the list.
In addition to Kelly Preston, who passed the first round of auditions, there was Melanie Griffiths, who had auditioned for "Endless Love" before, and whom Ronald remembered as the Hitchcock girl Tippi Herr.
Delen's daughter.
Also on the list is Tatum O'Neal, who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. She has been in bad luck recently. Due to her development, she can no longer act as a child star. She hopes to change her career in youth films, so she participated in many auditions for youth films.
Finally, there is Princess Leia from Star Wars, Kelly Fisher. Although she is a little older, her acting skills are pretty good.
"Let's get started." Ronald told his assistant.
The assistant opened the door and was about to call someone in.
Ronald, Crowe, Heckerling and others who were sitting inside heard a quarrel suddenly break out outside.
"You Bichi..."
"fxck you! Do you think you are some kind of saint? Bichi..."
Ronald and everyone looked at each other in shock.