When Ronald returned home, his first reaction was to call Ed Limato, that Italian bastard.
"Ed, you bastard, you have done me a terrible job. Nicholas is only 17 years old, and now my leading actor is going to be taken away by Heckerling's people.
You are just a bed bug, hiding in dark corners every day, trying to lie on the artist's body to suck blood, and exuding all kinds of stench.
Are all your clients family members of yours? I think you are worse than Michael Corleone in The Godfather, you are only cheating your family members."
After scolding Limato profusely, he finally felt relieved. Limato on the other end of the phone could only respond with a perfunctory hum and apologize.
"In order to get the main role, Nicholas deliberately made a false statement. Someone deliberately went to his uncle Francis to verify it. I think someone on the crew is still targeting you, Ronald, you have to be careful." Limato told him.
Conclusion of the investigation.
Ronald hung up the phone, feeling inexplicably irritable.
The male lead Brad will most likely be taken over by Judge Reinhold, and he loses the opportunity. The female lead is asked to find Brooke, which looks very dangerous now. If Heckerling gets most of the roles
You can question your own direction when you are on the set.
When it comes to the daily sample viewing session where the producers will be present, if you are questioned again and attacked from above and below, your position will begin to shake.
If this kind of doubt is spread to the crew again, the actors will become more distrustful of themselves, and the quality of daily shooting will decline, creating a vicious cycle.
If this situation continues for a week, then it is really possible that because the quality of the film cannot meet the requirements of the producer, the director will be fired according to the contract. Hollywood pays attention to rules. Whoever hires you can fire you. The contract is written in black and white.
There is nothing to talk about.
After looking at the computer on the table, Ronald thought something was wrong. He suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and began to continue writing the script evaluation for "Back to the Future".
I also have a trump card, which is Spielberg’s airborne support on the day of filming. For this, I have to take the time to write out the evaluation opinions.
"After the protagonist travels back to the 1950s and helps his parents change history, he should not make too many changes to the history of the 1980s, so that the audience cannot gain more empathy. Instead, he should change his parents' original house to the original location.
Significant improvement…”
After saving the disk, Ronald pressed the print button, and the dot matrix printer began to print out the words he wrote.
Pulling off the printed page, Ronald read it through and found that there was nothing wrong. Then he pressed the button of the floppy drive, and with a loud bang, the thin five-inch floppy disk popped out with great force.
Ronald was not used to the elasticity of the floppy drive, and accidentally cut his finger on the floppy disk. He put the injured finger in his mouth and went to the medicine cabinet in the bathroom to find a Bundy Band-Aid.
Finally finding the medicine box above the mirror, Ronald put his finger on it and accidentally glanced at himself in the mirror.
An anxious face appeared in the mirror, with a messy beard and a little bloodshot eyes.
"What's wrong with me?"
Ronald walked back to the bedroom where the computer was placed and used as a study room in confusion. It was his dream to be a film director, but now that he has realized it, he is not as happy as he imagined.
After I became a director, I didn't do much what I wanted to do. I looked at scenes, drew storyboards, and imagined how to re-create the words in the script into images.
This is something that I have repeated many times in my dreams. But now my energy seems to be mainly focused on the power struggle.
"Fast-paced Richmond High" is a masterpiece that was even released on a commemorative video tape 15 years later. The scene in the dream undoubtedly told me that if I could reproduce the level of the movie in my dream, I would undoubtedly win.
I have realized my dream of making a movie that people will still remember after many years.
Why do you still need to do these things to divide the scope of power? Do you want to ensure that your name is in the director column?
If you don't follow the laws of art and compromise for power in casting, I'm afraid you will be caught by the other party. As long as you respect the laws of artistic creation and find actors with the right temperament to play the corresponding roles, then who else can take them away?
What about your position?
Amy Heckerling, like herself, is also a novice who has never directed a feature film. Although she has studied in school for several years longer than herself, filmmaking is a craft, and she may not have learned it through actual operation.
She has a lot of experience, so she shouldn't be afraid of her.
The so-called director's power ultimately depends on the samples produced. Actors are all professionals. When the daily samples are shown at night, they can tell whether their performance is good or bad.
As long as I can give them a chance to perform and let them see that their career prospects will improve after the movie is released, what does it matter who recruits me into the crew?
Ronald felt that he had fallen into a misunderstanding and regarded various means of power struggle as the goal.
Seeing the "Back to the Future" script on the table, I posted a sticky note with Spielberg's name on it. "Don't forget your original dream. When you go astray, think about your original intention."
The image of Pierberg giving himself advice comes to mind.
"shxt! You can't get caught up in the power struggle of the crew like this. As long as you respect the rules and a nuclear weapons director agrees to come to the crew to support you, I don't believe that you can't establish the director's authority and make a blockbuster classic."
Ronald took off his T-shirt and took a hot shower. The warm water rushing over his head made him think about many things clearly.
By the time he finished taking a shower, he had completely figured out what to do next.
The actors I dream about in my dreams, even if they are not the best, have been proven successful by another history, and I don't need to deliberately divide them into personnel camps.
Sean Penn should let him play the idiot Spicoli according to the assignment in his dream. Don't change him to Brad, otherwise the temperament will not match and the effect will not be achieved.
Just like in his dream, Judge Reinhold played the role of the eldest brother Brad. Tom Hanks in the interview was more suitable than other candidates, and he also explored the possibility of starring in both TV series and movies.
As for Nicholas Coppola, and Eric Stoltz, give them a small role if you want.
The heroine Stacey, in the dream scene, was played by Jennifer Jason Leigh, the daughter of the star. In the limited swimming pool scene, her performance was quite satisfactory, but she was still invited to audition.
Her best friend Linda, the prettier girl, scalper Mike, and "mouse" nerd Mark were not seen in the audition. She still took the initiative and went to the casting director to read the audition information.
Brooke Shields has also been contacted. If she is willing to come, there will be filming commercials and the incense love of "Endless Love". I believe that I know better than anyone how to direct this beauty with no acting skills.
Based on the dreamed film casting, coupled with the contacts I have accumulated, and the agent network of CAA, the advantage is still on my side.
Take action now!
A few days later, Brooke Shields' mother received the script from Ronald.
After learning the story, Terry was not satisfied because Stacey was not the absolute protagonist of the movie and it was not like her daughter was competing with other actresses for screen time in the movie.
"But I want to act in this kind of play. This kind of play is very interesting, just like the story in my high school." Bo Ji wanted to give it a try.
"Darling, dear, this is not in line with your identity and status." Terry comforted her daughter, "And the crew has no budget and cannot afford your salary."
"Anyway, I think Ronald is very good at directing. In the scenes he directed me, my classmates said that I acted well." Brooke murmured in a low voice.
Terry paused for a moment, and Brooke's youthful rebellious mentality was a bit strong. Originally, she would not object to her decision, but now she insists on her different opinions for Ronald, a young director. It seems that measures must be taken.
"Honey, I will negotiate the price with the producer. If they can pay 1.5 million, nothing will be an obstacle."
Ronald left the negotiation with Brooke to producers Lin Sen and Heikelin, and went to the ABC TV series production studio to explore the possibility of Hanks working part-time.
"We usually start shooting at nine in the morning and continue shooting until six in the evening. Most of the content is shot in the studio."
"This is the home of the two protagonists." Ronald followed the production supervisor on a tour. "This is the bedroom, and this is the living room..."
It turns out that the two people’s homes in the TV series are actually next door to each other in the studio.
"If he is filming part-time at the same time, then you can only let him film at night," the production supervisor concluded.
That's not possible. Most of the "fast-paced" scenes take place during the day. If you use technical means to shoot during the day at night, the cost will be unacceptable.
Except for Hanks, who has difficulty here, and Brooke Shields, the other characters are easy to find.
The original actor as nerdy Mark "Rat" was Brian Becker, who looked like the type who wouldn't dare ask a girl out in high school.
Mike, a kid from a poor family, is hidden in the casting director's information pile. Robert Romanus himself was born in the slums of the Bronx, New York. He scraped together money to buy a plane ticket to Los Angeles. He has a kind of poor family.
The child's temperament.
Ronald arranged for him to stay in the dormitory of Universal's extras and let him do odd jobs to earn money. The young man was willing to do any job.
Hecklin expressed no objection to either of them. Their roles were relatively small, and she was quite satisfied with the temperament of the two actors that fit the roles. Five of the six leading actors have been confirmed. Only the one who plays Linda
The girl with black hair and big glasses has disappeared without a trace.
Ronald looked through the audition photos that were sent and looked for descriptions of the actors, hoping to see more candidates, but for a while there was still no trace in the vast sea of people.
Ronald could only make simple sketches, but he couldn't print out the actor's appearance in his mind, so it was too slow to find the results.