"No, no, no, this is not the Charlie I want. You dress her up like a, a..." Ronald looked at three highly paid hairstylists, costume designers, and makeup artists, and spent two hours dressing her up.
Kelly McGillis dressed up as an image and repeatedly denied it.
"What? This is the latest fashion trend, isn't it?"
The hairstylist came from New York. He once styled the hair of Molly Ringwald, the heroine of "Sixteen Candles". A short red hair style would cost more than two thousand dollars.
"Like a street girl," Ronald couldn't help it. "What I want is an intellectual woman, a lecturer who can give lectures to fighter pilots with various doctorates and master's degrees."
"Okay, let's change into another set." The costume designer pulled the clothing rack and began to select intellectual-style clothes.
"Also, how many inches does this high-heeled shoe have to be? It's too high. Lower it."
"Intellectual women can also love beauty," McGillis protested while spinning twice in red high heels.
"Okay, try again."
The two leading actors, Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer, walked in and put on the uniforms of navy pilots. The photographer sent by Paramount to take photos of the crew saw this and gave the three leading actors dozens of clicks.
shutter.
Soon a piece of news about the start of production of the "Top Gun" crew was put on the seventh page of the "Hollywood Report", accompanied by a photo of the three leading actors.
On Monday, the crew traveled to Miramar Naval Base, where they will film the main scenes on the ground.
In the first scene, Ronald arranged a classroom scene. On the first day when the Lone Ranger arrived at the Top Gun flight school, he, along with Iceman and other fellow trainees, listened to the lectures of the instructor whose call sign was "Joker".
The clown is played by Michael Ironside. He is born with a bad guy's face. He was also bad as an instructor.
"Our Navy's exchange ratio during Korea was twelve to one. We shot down twelve opponents and one of us was shot down. When we arrived in Vietnam, it became three to one. Many pilots relied too much on missiles and they forgot about dog fighting.
Skill.
In top gun school, you are here to learn advanced aerial combat skills, also commonly known as dog fighting. You are all the top one percent of the navy's elites, and the one with the highest score here will get the top gun trophy."
"Cut!" Ronald smiled. For the first shot, he deliberately chose a simple one. The camera just pointed at the clown. Among the students below, including Tom Cruise's The Lone Ranger, he and his partner were dumb.
Goose. Over there is Iceman played by Val Kilmer, and the other two main supporting characters, Barry Tubb who plays the werewolf, and Rick Rossovich who plays the slider.
This kind of shot allows everyone to warm up quickly and get into the mood without being too difficult and affecting the actor's confidence.
The crew began to prepare for the next scene. The clown introduced the school's director "Venomous Snake" and the reactions of the students when they heard the clown's words.
The curtains were opened, and the setting sun slanted through the blinds. Each group quickly made arrangements.
Ronald took advantage of the break to observe the status of several actors. Tom Cruise was wearing headphones and still reciting his lines. Val Kilmer looked at Tom with disdain, and the two of them officially faced each other on the set.
Already.
"...The top one percent elite, the one with the highest score here, will get the top gun trophy."
The clown's head was half bald. He turned his back to the camera and read his lines again. This time the camera captured the students' reactions.
"This sentence made me hard." Barry Tubb, who plays the werewolf, is a handsome boy with a baby face. He speaks dirty words to the camera and has a childish and innocent childishness that is very popular with women.
"Don't flirt with me." Next to him is Rick Rosovich, who plays the slider. He is another extreme. He is of Eastern European descent and looks very dull, but his muscles are also a favorite of some female viewers.
"cut!"
Ronald's filming is progressing in an orderly manner. This kind of high-concept movie does not require much acting skills, and these actors are not novices. Shooting at this level is a piece of cake. He just deliberately chose to shoot in the evening, and the magic light shines in
Indoors, it looks very beautiful.
The first day of filming ended quickly. Tom Cruise came over to say hello. He and the rest of the crew did not live together. Paula came to pick him up, handed over the tape of the lines for the next day, and the two drove there.
A hotel with better conditions.
Val Kilmer was another star who stayed in a separate hotel, and instead of picking the one with Tom Cruise, he went with his manager to a hotel in a town in the other direction.
"Okay, boys, we can go to the bar and have a beer. Wednesday and Saturday are the nights for the base pilots, and we can go to the bar at other times." Ronald clapped his hands twice and stopped this group of hormonal men.
The actors rushed to the bar. Instead of letting them drink wildly in the hotel, they should drink some beer in a controlled manner.
Ronald did not participate in the beer party. He returned to the hotel by himself, took a magazine shot by Bruce Weber from the room, and read it in the hotel lobby bar.
Ronald ordered a cocktail and drank it slowly while reading. This Bruce Weber magazine was full of photos of shirtless men in various angles and postures, which were the favorites of women who were deeply resentful.
Among the photos in this issue, there is a photo of three people. One looks like Tom Cruise and the other looks like Val Kilmer. The three of them are posing by the swimming pool, with the sun reflecting off their naked upper bodies.
The muscle lines look very good.
"How was this shot? Why are the muscles so obvious?" Ronald took a sip of wine and said to himself. He was studying how to make the male stars sexy and win the love of the female audience.
"They are all coated with olive oil. Some of my classmates from Julia have taken photos like this." The heroine Kelly McGillis came over wearing a pair of high heels and saw Ronald looking at these magazines.
Photo, with a smile on his face.
"Do you usually just read these magazines to relax?"
"Ah? No, I was thinking about the beach volleyball scene later." Ronald quickly closed the magazine, and the beautiful male body was locked inside and put aside.
"Why don't you go to the bar with the boys?" Ronald asked McGillis.
"I'm not interested in those hairy guys, I like men with depth." McGillis glanced at the magazine in Ronald's hand, ordered a cocktail, and sat next to Ronald, "You don't mind.
?”
"Of course not, please sit down." Ronald asked her to sit down.
"Actually, several of our leading actors are very high-level, and they are definitely not stars with just a pretty face. You will know it if you interact with them for a while, and besides, you have to film the scene of being attacked by a lone ranger in a bar.
, you can go and get familiar with the place first.”
"To be honest, these scenes are not a challenge for me. I agreed to Paramount because of the film contract." McGillis tapped his legs, his pants wrapped around his plump buttocks, and he swayed a few times deliberately.
"Besides, Val Kilmer actually looks a bit like the star you mentioned with just a pretty face. He can't even tell whether the object of mine is i or me."
"Pfft..." Ronald almost spit out the cocktail, "Hahaha".
Val Kilmer is indeed rather pretentious and does not have a high level of education. Although he attended Juilliard College for four years, he spent most of his time dating women who were helpful to his acting career.
"Anyway, I like your directing style." McGillis clinked glasses with him and said, "I wish you good luck in directing."
"I also wish you good luck with your performance."
At the same time, in a rehabilitation center with excellent conditions outside Los Angeles, Don Simpson got the latest issue of "Hollywood Report".
"Damn it", he turned to the page where "Top Gun" started filming, and the photos of the three leading actors on it came into view.
"I knew they weren't paying attention. Hey... I need to make a phone call. Listen, I need to make a phone call. I need to call Ronald Lee, the director in Hollywood. It's business."
Don Simpson began to scream.
A tall black caregiver came over and said, "Mr. Simpson, you have already made your phone call this week. Our rehabilitation center allows you to give us a number and make a call once a week."
Don Simpson sat down helplessly. On the first day he arrived at the rehabilitation center, he called his female companion and wanted her to come in with him. But after the female companion refused, the nurse refused to let him in on the second call.
He hit.
This is the rule of the rehabilitation center. They are afraid of the wealthy clients inside, so they call someone to deliver...
Don Simpson was a little upset. After meeting with Paramount CEO Frank Mancuso, he knew that this man was stiff-minded and was still living in Hollywood in the 1950s.
After Mancuso learned about the progress of "Top Gun" and looked at the casting choices, his first question was to question Tom Cruise's height.
In his mind, men in Hollywood must be over six feet tall, preferably like Jimmy Stewart or Gary Cooper, so that when kissing a beautiful woman, he can have a high-low composition.
Tom Cruise's height is his flaw, he looks shorter than Kelly McGillis, and Frank Mancuso also praised Kilmer and thought he was tall enough to play the leading role.
Don Simpson originally wanted to remind Ronald that he must find a way to avoid the appearance of McGillis being taller than Cruise in the stills and shots of the two of them appearing at the same time.
Now, neither Bruckheimer nor Ronald thought of this. In the opening photo, Tom Cruise seemed to be about the same height as McGillis, and both of them were shorter than Kilmer.
When the people sent by Frank Mancuso go to the set to check, they will definitely report this issue back to him. By then, his conservative mind will not know what will happen.
"Mr. Simpson, do you remember me?" A beautiful woman with a hoarse voice spoke to Don Simpson next to him.
"Aren't you the one from Ronald..."
"Demi, Demi Moore" Demi was wearing a hospital gown, "I can be discharged from the hospital today. If you have any message to send to Ronald, I can do it for you."
Don Simpson carefully avoided the caretaker's gaze and said, "Tell him not to make Tom look shorter than McGillis, and don't make Fan Kilmer look too taller than Tom."
"That's all?" Demi asked in surprise.
"That's all. Also, if you have a way, bring me some... in."
"Mr. Ronald, your phone number." In the hotel bar, a waiter came over to inform Ronald.
"Sorry," Ronald stood up to answer the phone. McGillis was a good chat partner, and the two had a great time chatting.
"Ronnie, it's me, Demi."
"Demi? What's that about you? Your treatment at the rehabilitation center is over?"
"Yes, listen to me first. I'm in the phone booth and I don't have much change. Mr. Don Simpson asked me to bring you a message." Demi conveyed Simpson's words.
"Thank you, I don't know how to thank you this time." Ronald thanked Demi. This information is very important. It seems that tomorrow's scene should be revised.
"You can do it now. I have no money and am stuck at the public transportation station. Can you ask someone to pick me up?" Demi reported her address.
"Just wait and don't move. I'll have someone pick you up."
Ronald made a phone call to Little Bud and asked him to pick up Demi outside the rehabilitation center. She didn't want her boyfriend Emilio to know about her predicament and used it as an excuse to go abroad for vacation.
"Do you have any change on hand? Give Demi two hundred dollars and find her a clean hotel to stay in first. We will wait until the weekend to discuss other matters."
Ronald returned to the table.
McGillis paid the order, stood up, and ran her hands through the back of her pants to smooth out the wrinkles after sitting for a long time.
Ronald stared at the beautiful legs that were flattered by her high heels.
"What, am I smart enough to dress like this?" McGillis smiled, "I heard that you are very good at photographing women's legs."
"I would rather see how you look barefoot without wearing high heels."
"Hahaha..." McGillis grinned, "Then come to my room."