The plane landed at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in the morning. The soft rays of the rising sun illuminated the faces of the group of people walking out of the airport.
This airport is shared by the two cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, so the name is a combination of the two. Fort Worth is the sixth largest city in Texas. There are many military bases there, and many people work for the three services.
Universal's accompanying publicist was a blonde beauty who was very capable. She had already booked the Sheraton Hotel in Dallas. Universal sent a van from the local distribution office to pick up the road show crew to the hotel.
"The executive suite is reserved for interviews, and everyone else will stay in the standard room. We will only stay in the local area for less than a day, so everyone should take the time to rest. In the morning, we will be interviewed by newspapers and media. Each newspaper will have fifteen to two interviews.
ten minutes."
This is how the movie's marketing road show goes. After arriving at a place, newspapers and media from several surrounding cities will come to interview, just like a wheel battle. This is the first time for the two heroines to undergo such a test. The PR beauty went to tell them some interviews.
Common sense is gone.
"If you encounter a question you don't like, you should try your best to answer it and cooperate with the reporter's interview tasks. They will praise you for your clever way around the question, but if you refuse to answer the question, they will escalate it on the next question."
"Of course, if it is a personal question that does not fall within the scope of the film, you have the right to refuse to answer. I will always be there during the interview. If you have any questions, you can raise your hand and ask me for a bottle of mineral water, so that I can
I’ll have the opportunity to talk and discuss with you.”
The accident involving Jennifer Jason Leigh's father, Vic Morrow, has not passed yet. The two children who died together, one was Vietnamese and the other was Chinese, were both illegally employed, and the two families
Director John Landis is being sued.
The PR beauty estimated that some unsighted local reporters would ask Jennifer related questions, so she chatted with her alone. How could she refuse such ill-intentioned questions?
"Ronald, I'm sorry. These two are novices in dealing with reporters. I have to give them more instructions." The PR beauty completed the course for the two heroines and came over to say hello to Ronald.
"It doesn't matter, I understand it very well. After all, what the audience likes to see are the actors in front of the screen. Only by interviewing them can our film attract more audiences in Texas and southern America."
"Oh, great. You don't know how difficult it is for me to meet a reasonable director. Many people even fall out with the stars of the same crew because of the length of the interview."
Ronald smiled and accepted all the flattering photos of the beautiful woman.
"You'll be interviewed by the Dallas Observer in the morning, they're a film and arts media outlet that always reports on directors. In the afternoon you'll be interviewed by NBC 5's Bobbie Wygant.
She is a well-known talk show host in the Southwest. She is good at interviewing celebrities. Generally, celebrities are willing to appear on her show before a new movie is released. In addition to being very influential in the Southwest, her program will also be syndicated and broadcast nationwide.
.
She is also a film critic and one of the founders of the Radio and Television Film Critics Association.
However, her main interview subjects are two girls. Your interview can only be broadcast on the local Dallas channel, and the two leading ladies can be broadcast on her nationally syndicated program."
Ronald nodded and agreed. During filming, the director was the center of the crew. But when it came to promotion, the actors were the focus of the spotlight. He could only be left on the sidelines and accepted interviews from some fringe media.
After accepting an exclusive interview with the Dallas Observer in the morning and eating some lunch provided by the Sheraton, Ronald took a nap and prepared to visit Bobbi Wygant, the famous talk show host and film critic in the Southwest.
Her team is setting up the cameras and lights for the interview in the executive suite. Barbie is sitting there wearing a red top and putting on makeup.
She is a little old lady about fifty-five years old, with short hair and two red earrings. She looks very kind.
"Don't let her appearance fool you. Barbie is known for hiding things behind the scenes. She's good at starting interviews from a friendly angle, but if you have something that she thinks is newsworthy, she doesn't mind when you let down your defenses. , give you a gentle knife."
The PR beauty was in the inner room, giving the two actors some popular science about Bobbi Wygant.
Ronald listened for a while, walked to the outside suite, and looked at the little old lady curiously.
Suddenly, feeling being spied on, Barbie opened her eyes and said, "You must be director Ronald Lee. Directors always have a special gaze and are good at observing their subjects."
"Am I disturbing you, Ms. Wygant?" Ronald nodded and admitted that he was the director.
"No, it doesn't matter. You can just stand behind the camera when the time comes." Barbie looked Ronald up and down, "As a director, you are very young."
"Yes, I entered the industry early and have done a lot of odd jobs on the set. I am also one of the screenwriters of this movie."
"I'm ready here." The lighting engineer said to Barbie Wygant. The lighting was done, and the two beauties in the room came out and sat on the two chairs opposite Barbie, preparing to be interviewed.
"Jennifer, you looked so beautiful in the movie. Congratulations on playing such an unforgettable role as Stacey." Bobbi Wygant asked Jennifer Jason Leigh the first question.
"Were you chosen by director Ronald Lee at first sight? Or did he have other options?"
"Well, my mother actually knew Amy Heckerling, the film's associate producer, and she invited me to audition.
I heard that the crew was contacting Brooke Shields at the time, so I just prayed that I would be selected, and fortunately, the director’s call came two days later.”
"Oh, so you beat Brooke Shields to get this role? In your eyes, what kind of person is the director?"
"Ronald is a very talented director. He is the legendary 'actor's director' who was very patient and meticulous with us, always allowing us enough time to find ourselves."
"The scene where you were baking pizza in the oven at Perry's Pizzeria seemed very real to you. I rarely see such real performances in movies. How did you do it?"
"Before the filming started, I worked as a part-time waiter at Perry's Pizza for a month. When Ronald came to see me before the filming finally started, I was already a qualified pizza waiter."
"Phoebe, you have beautiful hair, how did you get into this business?" Bobbi Wygant asked Phoebe Cates next to her."
“I was a model, and one day I was drinking juice in a bar, and a guy came to me and handed me his business card and asked me if I wanted to make a movie.
No, he didn’t know I was an actor and model, he thought I was just a little girl on the roadside.”
Phoebe's thick black hair also looks very beautiful under the light, and the cameraman likes to give her more shots.
"We know you have some very beautiful shots in the movie. Did you have any difficulties when shooting these shots?"
Phoebe knew that she would be asked intensively about the scene in the swimming pool. She cleared her throat and said, "The director is very gentlemanly and very patient. In fact, the scenes themselves are not a problem, but what he wants to express."
"Of course, this is one of the characters' fantasies, right?"
"Yes, compared to the nudity scenes in the previous movie, I was actually very relaxed and happy when shooting this movie. The director Ronald is indeed a gentleman. I saw my own image on the screen,
I also think it’s beautiful.”
…
The interview was quickly completed, and Barbie said to the cameraman, "It's my turn now?"
The cameraman moved the machine opposite Bobbi Wygant, "It's time to start."
The lighting of the TV show is relatively simple, and now the cameraman begins to film Barbie asking questions.
"Jennifer, you looked so beautiful in the movie. Congratulations on playing such an unforgettable role as Stacey." Barbie repeated her question again, this time the camera was filming her.
"Okay, we can take on the next game."
Ronald began to sit in the chair and receive makeup.
"Director Ronald, I'm glad you could accept an interview with our show. Welcome to Dallas." Barbie began to ask questions.
"Thank you, I like it here very much. Thank you for allowing me to appear on your show."
"I noticed that the Valley accent of Southern California public high school girls in the movie has become popular among high school students in Dallas. Did you do this on purpose? Are you worried that people in other places won't understand it?"
"In fact, I wanted to show a real-life image of high school students in Southern California. In order for people from other places not to understand, I have weakened the valley accent a lot and only retained a little bit of characteristics.
Real valley girls, they will say every statement in a question tone, with a rising intonation in every sentence. I was also surprised when I first heard it.
Cameron Crowe has done a great job, and our script basically takes some characters and plots from his novels."
"So there are still many characters and plots that have not been filmed? It sounds like it could be made into a TV series."
"Yes, I think so. If American audiences want to see more of their story, someone will make the rest of the novel into a TV series."
"You know, Ronald, I'm also a film critic. What do you think of the criticism some critics have of your film?"
"Sure enough, the motivation to hide the needle in the cotton is here," Ronald thought to himself. After a few routine questions, Barbie still didn't let go of the recent controversial movie review given to her by Glasses Albert.
"I don't think they're right. In fact I doubt they've seen any of my films.
This movie has no intention of advocating that high school students start having sex too early. You can see that the main character in it, Stacey, has a painful experience. In the end, she returns to her love, and
Mark, who has feelings for himself, is together. Isn't this the traditional American high school sweetheart narrative?
The remaining characters talk a lot about boyfriends and girlfriends, but in fact they are just talking about it and don't take any action. Our movie is mocking the culture of those who especially worship people with boys and girls in high school. This is also the case in Crowe's novel
tone.
Brad has been with his girlfriend for two years, and their relationship is limited to holding hands and hugging. His girlfriend has never even been to Brad's home. Brad has been rejected every time he tried.
Linda made up a fictional boyfriend, and all the details were imaginary, so the details never matched.
We just wanted it to be a realistic representation of what life is like for some California public high school students."
"This part is very good." After watching the video, Bobbi Wygant was very satisfied with Ronald's reaction, and the show was very effective.
"I want to put your interview on a nationally syndicated celebrity interview program." Barbie proposed putting Ronald's interview on her own nationally syndicated program.
"Isn't it only on the local station in Dallas?" Ronald looked at the PR beauty.
The PR beauty discussed it with Barbie Wygant for a while, then came back and said to Ronald, "Barbie thinks you are very photogenic, and your answers to questions are in-depth and topical, so you proposed it on the spur of the moment. I suggest you agree to her."
Ronald also watched the video carefully. Anyway, there were only a few questions in the interview, and there were no tricks.
"I can see you are very careful," Barbie said to Ronald when she saw that he had read it again himself.
"I have to be careful. In the past, the Los Angeles TV station randomly edited my interviews and cut out all my praises for director Michael Cimino, making me his critic."
"Haha, my colleagues in Los Angeles. I promise you, we will never do this."
"Thanks, Barbie."
They were interviewed by different media over and over again until late at night. In the end, the two heroines were exhausted. Early the next morning, the crew flew to Chicago, accompanied by a beautiful public relations girl.
"How is the follow-up with your father going?" Ronald asked Jennifer Jason Leigh on the plane.
"My sister found a lawyer, and I decided to join her in suing the producer and director John Landis."
"Producer?" Ronald felt something was wrong. Spielberg was also one of the producers. If a popular director was put in the defendant's position, Universal and other studios would definitely intervene.
"I don't know the inside story, but if you still want to continue acting in Hollywood, it's best not to include the producer as a defendant." Ronald told Jennifer his thoughts.
"You're right, Ronald. I'll call my sister as soon as I get off the plane."
At the airport, she made a long-distance call back and argued with her sister. Finally, with the persuasion of her mother, Barbara, Jennifer's sister finally agreed to remove Spielberg's name from the defendants.
"Our lawyer will contact Mr. Spielberg, which will also help to reach a settlement as soon as possible." Jennifer said to Ronald, "If you hadn't reminded me, the lawyer would still tend to make the lawsuit bigger. After all, Mr. Spielberg
The pockets are deeper."
"But they can also get more legal fees, which is not good for your acting career." Ronald made a point. John Landis is already a dead dog, and Spielberg is in Hollywood.
Box office savior.
The group checked into the Chicago Hilton Hotel. Here, all similar interviews had to be repeated. Jennifer and Phoebe were already drowsy while waiting on the sofa in the lobby to check in. After completing the formalities, they quickly went to catch up on their sleep.
Ronald ordered a cup of coffee from the coffee shop near the lobby and drank it.
"Look at this..." The PR beauty walked over quickly with a solemn face and handed him two newly published local newspapers in Chicago.
"The movie review column is not very beneficial to us."