"Why did you let Kimball, the director of photography, tamper with the negatives? Although it protected Tom's interests, it was very disrespectful to Ronald." Niceta smoked a cigar and said to his wife Paula sitting opposite.
Ronald had called him before, and his words were very serious, and the implication was that he asked him to take care of his wife. This method was beyond the norm and greatly damaged the atmosphere of the crew. Next, Fang Kilmer,
Nor will they continue to abide by unspoken rules, and competition will expand to areas where Ronald does not want to go.
"I know, I know, I originally wanted to keep things between me and Kimball, so that Ronald wouldn't necessarily find out, so it wouldn't affect our relationship. Who knew he would soon guess that I
He was deceived into telling the truth."
Paula smiled bitterly. Ronald actually wasn't sure who did it, so he lied to her to see her reaction. She was caught by his aura, and accidentally let the response reveal that she was the one who planned the overexposure incident.
"I will apologize to him in person, Paula. I don't understand. Ronald is one of our own, and he will also appropriately reduce Val Kilmer's role. We have this tacit understanding.
What is the reason for you to do this? I know you are a smart person, and this is not good for Tom, because Kilmer will also make other moves next time, and it is not good for Ronald, and it is not good for us."
Paula sat in Niceta's arms and hugged her husband's neck. The two went through hardships and paid a great price to get married. They had true love for each other.
"Of course I won't be so stupid. You expect Ronald to favor Tom in editing. This is of course good, if Ronald can really get the power to edit."
"What do you mean?"
Paula felt her husband's body stiffen. Ronald was now his most profitable director, leading the future of many actors. Does this mean that he was not optimistic about Ronald's ability to direct editing?
"I have my own information channel. Rick Val Kilmer is loved by Paramount CEO Frank Mancuso. He personally praised Kilmer at a high-level meeting and suggested signing multiple film contracts with him."
Niceta thought of her wife's Jewish identity, and the news should be very reliable.
"And he didn't mention anything about Tom in the high-level meeting. The most important thing is that he praised Kilmer's height and praised it for being in line with the appearance tradition of male stars since the golden age of Hollywood. He also said that he would use the same method he praised Gary
Grant came to praise him."
Niceta put down her cigar and was silent for a long time. It seemed that Mancuso really wanted to intervene in the filming and editing of the crew.
Frank Mancuso is an idiot. An idiot became a CEO without knowing it. He was very confident in his judgment of Hollywood and wanted to get involved in the production business, which would inevitably bring about a series of disasters.
There are reports from various channels that Mancuso wants to restore the old practice at Paramount, signing male stars to star in big productions, creating scripts around them, and then everyone from the director to the recorder will be an assembly line worker.
Of course, this approach that goes against the historical trend will not succeed. We are no longer in the era when studios shot fifty movies a year. Technical staff can schedule production like an assembly line. If the director is disobedient, he will have the editor re-edit and then replace it.
Today's Hollywood studios are more like venture capital funds. They take a fancy to producers, directors, or star-led projects that can bring in box office, and then place bets. What everyone competes for is vision and the ability to identify key people.
Management and control capabilities will never bypass their own consequences.
Paula's approach did protect Tom Cruise's interests to the greatest extent, but Ronald's interests were damaged. If Ronald and Tom hadn't been friends since childhood, he would have
The two might have fallen out.
But after all, Paula and she were one husband and wife. Niceta thought for a while, slowly raised her head, and said to Paula in her arms:
"You withdraw from the negotiation to renew the contract with Ronald. In the next contract, you will not be his agent."
…
Ronald did not continue working as a director on Sunday, but took a rare day off during the shooting period. Together with Bruckheimer, he came to the rehabilitation center to meet Don Simpson.
"You are in good spirits." Ronald saw Tang wearing sunglasses and lying comfortably by the swimming pool to soak up the sun.
"There are many actresses here, and I know quite a few of them, hahaha."
"Don, we're not here to chat with you..." Bruckheimer told Simpson what happened on the set in detail.
Don Simpson listened to them finish talking about Val Kilmer's scene-stealing problem, "This is all caused by Frank Mancuso's old brain. You continue to shoot, I guess I will finish filming the scenes that do not involve fighter jets."
It's Kilmer's time to strike. Then I'll be healthy enough to go out and play bad cop again."
"Why? The scenes at the base and studio will be filmed in another month."
Don Simpson shook his head. He had seen scenes where the leading actors in the crew would attack each other at all costs. It would be very ugly then.
"Von Kilmer doesn't have solid evidence to prove that someone is responsible, and he himself is not clean. Besides, he won't have many scenes in the future. I think he will only compete for those scenes after the scenes that don't involve fighter jets come to an end.
Particularly outstanding is the time spent in the cockpit of a fighter jet."
When Ronald saw Don Simpson say this, he felt relieved. When this "bad cop" comes forward, all aspects of the relationship between the crew can be straightened out. This is the first time that he has cast a star, and they can intervene in the crew at any time.
The feeling of creation is indeed uncomfortable.
"That girl of yours named Demi is pretty good. She has courage, sees the situation correctly, and dares to make bets. To be honest, she is very suitable for working in Hollywood..."
"Oh, shxt", Ronald then remembered that he had forgotten Demi Moore in the motel for several days. He quickly said goodbye to the two producers and went to let her out.
"Do you think Ronald can withstand Mancuso's pressure when the crew switches to filming the fighter plane scenes? Will Mancuso forcefully intervene in the subsequent shooting of the fighter plane scenes? He is not good at business, but he has power.
Struggle is such a good player that even Eisner was squeezed out of Disneyland by him."
After Ronald left, Bruckheimer expressed concern about his partner, "The main reason why we asked Ronald to come was because of his aesthetic ability in photographing fighter jets. If Mancuso wanted to use Van Kilmer's affairs to cause trouble and propose a replacement,
We have to protect Ronald."
"Don't worry, I don't need to show up." Don Simpson looked very good. He has been recuperating in the rehabilitation center and seems to have really gotten rid of his addiction.
"The Navy is so cooperative because of Ronald's very strong relationship. If Mancuso wants to join the crew and fire Ronald and replace him, he will encounter a big problem. Do you think the Navy will provide facilities to the crew?
"
"Demi, are you okay?" Ronald rushed to the hotel where Bard had booked. Demi had been waiting for him here for three days.
Little Bud strictly followed Ronald's instructions, booked a cheap hotel for Demi, gave her two hundred dollars in cash, and watched her in the hotel.
Demi has been very good these days. She did not go home to reunite with Emilio, but waited for Ronald in the hotel.
"Don't worry, I won't touch that thing anymore. I want to be a star. I saw the big star Farrah Fassett in it. She has become...she may not be able to act anymore." Demi took the cash.
Come out and return the remaining one hundred dollars to Ronald.
"Take it, I owe you a favor this time." Ronald pushed her hand back, "I guess you are not very short of money now, I will remember to recommend you when there is a suitable opportunity."
Seeing that she had achieved her goal, Demi Moore picked up the small luggage bag that she had prepared long ago from the bedside, "Thank you, Ronald, but you still have to lend me some money. I came out this time without any clothes. I
I lied to Emilio that I was traveling to Europe and I had to buy some clothes to go back to."
Ronald took out his credit card and handed it to Little Bud, "Take Demi to a clothing store in West Hollywood. It's under five thousand, no, ten thousand dollars. Don't call me."
"Thank you", Demi rushed up, happily hugged Ronald and kissed him.
…
Sure enough, just as Don Simpson and Niceta expected, Val Kilmer did not make any fuss during the rest of the filming time, except for his daily tricks to steal the scene, and changing his ways to show off with Tom Cruise.
Apart from hosting a banquet with the actors, they acted quite cooperatively.
Tom Cruise went to find Ronald with Paula and apologized to him face to face. Cruise repeatedly assured that he was not aware of Paula's little tricks, and he was confident that he could defeat Fang...
Kilmer, after all, Ronald is his buddy.
Paula apologized generously and said that she would focus on being Tom's agent and would step away from Ronald's agency business.
Ronald, who had an interview with Niceta in advance, also forgave Paula and asked him not to do any extra tricks until the filming of "Top Gun" was completed.
Tom Cruise's confidence is not unreasonable. His handsomeness and ability to mobilize the audience's emotions are slightly stronger than Val Kilmer. If Ronald had been in charge until the filming was completed, and the final editing and soundtrack, Tom would have
Will definitely attract more fans than Kilmer.
The filming at the Miramar base quickly came to an end. The crew was here and there was only one shot of a fighter jet flying over the tower to be shot.
This was the only fighter shot that the crew shot in advance before they concentrated on shooting the air combat scenes, because the tower at Miramar Airport was needed for the shot.
Ronald invited consultant Pete Pettigrew to discuss it together. Before he entered the conference room, he was arguing with a few old colleagues from the real top gun flight school outside the door.
"You don't know the style of these Hollywood people. If I hadn't stopped them, they would have turned their movies into musicals and fighting movies."
Peter spoke excitedly to his old colleague, his voice was so loud that it was heard inside.
"Pete was a bit frustrated. The instructors had strong opinions on him. They thought the footage we shot was too nonsense. It is impossible for a real fighter pilot to fly like this."
The person who spoke to Ronald was F-14A pilot Lloyd Abel, whose call sign was "Bozo". He would also serve as the crew's flight consultant during the subsequent air battle shootings, and together he would design the air battle scenes.
"How? Why?"
"The shot you took today made the F-14 Tomcat pass by the tower at high speed. If it were shot at high speed, it would shatter all the glass on and off the tower. And any fighter pilot who dares to do this will
He was punished and ordered to be dishonorably discharged."
Idiot bozo laughed.
"We are making a movie, we need some gimmicks."
"Actually, I really want to do this. I will retire from active service in the second half of the year and fly a commercial airliner." Bozo said his whereabouts with a bit of melancholy.
"When you get to the civil aviation, don't pull up high, otherwise the passengers will be vomited by you." Ronald thought of his glorious deeds of vomiting Tom Cruise.
"Hahaha, I'm not really stupid."
"I never asked you, you really want to be fearless. Isn't there nothing that scares you as a naval pilot?" Ronald asked.
"There are still some," the idiot blurted out without hesitation, "What we are most afraid of is landing on the aircraft carrier at night. Every time my heart beats as if it is going to explode."
"Oh?" Ronald was about to ask when Peter Pettigrew persuaded his old colleague to leave and opened the door and walked in.
"You're here, great. Let's talk about this maneuver. Low altitude, low speed, force the wings to retract, but don't really break the tower glass."
"I think so too," the idiot answered, "The speed is low when leaping, which is also convenient for you to shoot."
Ronald nodded, he wanted to listen to the consensus reached by the experts.
"Okay, I'll go find the pilots at the base and see who is willing to fly." Peter turned back to find the pilots.
"Uh..." The idiot raised his hand and then put it down, "Forget it, let's not argue with the young people. I'm going to retire soon anyway."