"The Bad Man" is the first film produced and released by Disney's Touchstone Pictures after Michael Eisner took over.
This is a memorable movie, so Disney spent a lot of money for the premiere. They found the largest theater in Hollywood, the Plitt Theater, to hold the premiere at Century City Commercial City on the Walk of Fame in the center of Hollywood.
Helen Slater wore a sleeveless red top, a white skirt, and white high-heeled sandals. The facial features on her painted face were as clear-cut as ancient Greek sculptures, which was very photogenic.
Ronald waited for more than half an hour in the living room to wait for her meticulous makeup. Helen adhered to her mother's progressive ideas and was more environmentally friendly. This outfit was actually the costume she used to perform in a play in New York, but her skin and figure were
What a beautiful Karen, she actually looks a bit noble like an ancient Greek goddess of beauty when she wears it.
She took Ronald's arm and together they appeared in the theater.
Ronald was wearing a handmade suit, a dark red tie, and brown leather shoes, and he looked elegant. The two of them stood at the Plitt Theater and let reporters take some photos for publicity.
"This theater is similar to the Astor Theater on Broadway in New York. Its appearance is also asymmetrical and neoclassical with columns."
Helen is far more familiar with New York than Los Angeles, and the art education she received since childhood also allowed her to comment on the architectural style of the Plitt Theater.
"Ah, maybe so. Maybe the real estate developer modeled it after the Astor Theater in New York." The Astors were the richest family in the United States in the 19th century. There are many streets and buildings named after Astors in New York.
Theaters and even the best Waldorf Astoria Hotel are owned by their family.
"Good taste. This was in the early 1970s. Century City was built in the style of the Astor Theater. At that time, it was a prosperous period in Hollywood. Many business cards were premiered here."
Another bunch of handsome men and beauties appeared at the premiere. The man was mature and steady, with an American hero's chin. The woman was young and beautiful, with a bit of a foreign temperament.
"Michael, good evening, thank you for coming to the premiere." Ronald quickly stepped forward to say hello to the man who spoke to him.
This is actor Michael Douglas. He is wearing a dark blue shirt, gray top, silver tie, and has long hair. The beauty next to him is his young wife Deandra Luke, wearing a pleated skirt and a complicated
Pearl necklace.
At the premieres in the 1980s, celebrities from all walks of life did not follow the old rules before the 1970s and had to wear formal dresses to attend.
The current style is to wear various exaggerated daily fashions for reporters to take photos.
The male celebrities mainly wore casual suits in various fancy colors, while the female guests wore various strange-looking fashions, which looked like they had moved the catwalk to a theater.
Helen coughed when she saw the four rows of pearls juxtaposed with the necklace that almost covered her neck. She secretly adjusted the necklace and earrings given by Ronald and then came forward to say hello. The four of them hugged each other and congratulated Ronald.
At the beginning, I started chatting with Douglas.
"Will you continue to be an actor or a producer next?" Ronald asked Michael Douglas his next plan.
"Did the agent tell you? Am I somewhat famous now? Hollywood gossip reporters are saying that I'm on the phone all the time in the trailer on the set."
"This does not hinder your performance. I was deeply impressed by the movie Emerald."
"Hahaha, thank you, you are the first insider to express my appreciation for that commercial film to me in person."
"Producers have to make movies that audiences like, right?"
In 1975, when Michael Douglas was just over 30 years old, as a producer, he won the Academy Award for Best Picture for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".
This script was a gift given to him by his father, Kirk Douglas. As the son of a Hollywood boss, Michael did not want to be regarded as just a lucky producer under the shadow of his father, but wanted to become a good actor.
He also played the leading role in the self-produced "Emerald" and its sequel "Treasure of the Nile", opposite Kathryn Turner.
"Will there be a third part of Emerald?" Ronald was very interested in such a popular movie series.
"Tsk...Catherine is not willing to continue this kind of movie. She wants to play a more in-depth role. I am also a little tired of this kind of hero image and want to try some more marginalized villain images."
“So are you going to produce your next movie yourself?”
"Not necessarily, it depends on the market situation. I heard that you are very popular in Japan, and I am also interested in looking for financing there. Is there any way? How interested is there in investing in Hollywood?"
Michael Douglas is really more like a producer than an actor. The topic finally turned back to the most important job of a producer, financing.
"Many companies have expressed some interest, but they still have doubts about the Hollywood business. Many Japanese capitals are old-fashioned chaebols, and they want to seize the local market, which is very different from what I thought at the beginning.
Only those with new ideas and the beautiful scenery of America, and the new money developed after the war, are interested in investing in Hollywood."
The two were about to exchange more opinions on project financing when Douglas suddenly frowned and found his wife, Deandra, chatting with another long-haired male star.
"Are you back in Hollywood, Mel?"
"Yeah, yes. Although I really like living at home in Australia, there is money to be made here... hahaha."
Michael Douglas frowned slightly again, just as a short and fat black actress also came over, "Whoopi, we meet again, Diandra, come meet Whoopi Goldberg." He didn't.
Interrupting in a subtle way, he separated his wife from that Australian arrogant maniac.
"Ah, I know you, you played Celie in Spielberg's 'The Color Purple'..."
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas entered the theater.
"Ah, these kike guys", Mel Gibson muttered when he was interrupted.
"What did you say? Mel, long time no see." Ronald, who stepped forward to say hello, didn't hear clearly.
"It's okay, Ronald, long time no see!" Mel Gibson hugged Ronald and Helen to say hello.
The two have not seen each other since they had a falling out over Rachel Ward at Stallone's party.
"Why, do you know Mrs. Douglas?"
"Don't you know? She turns out to be the daughter of an Australian diplomat stationed in the United States. She is very famous among Australians."
"I don't know, this is the first time I've met. I heard that you are already preparing a new movie?"
"Next month I will be filming 'Lethal Weapon', Joe Silver's project. Unlike other actors, I am based in Hollywood and usually live in my hometown in Australia, so I don't know much about many projects.
.What movie will you make next?”
"Ha, it's a small project with a heroine as the main character."
Mel Gibson returned to Hollywood this time and watched two new films directed by Ronald, especially "Top Gun". Every actor in them was photographed by Ronald in a very star-like manner, which just made him want to watch it as soon as possible.
Gibson was envious of breaking away from his "Mad Max" character.
"Rachel Ward has taken a break from acting for the time being. She said she wants to further study acting skills. Her attitude towards movies is very serious..." He asked Ronald to talk about a lot of artistic insights in a familiar manner, hoping to improve his artistic skills.
Find a common language with Ronald.
Ronald couldn't bear to face an Australian guy who started discussing art. After perfunctory for a long time, he still excused himself as the director and actor who "had an evil husband" had already arrived and asked him to talk to him later.
"Okay, Ronald, you are such an artistic director. Let's talk some time. We will definitely collaborate on a movie next."
"This guy's idea of art is to take off his shirt and play volleyball on the beach?" Helen was not very happy with the Australian guy who seemed to have called Kike, a discriminatory name for Jews, and mentioned another actress in front of her.
took Ronald's arm and complained.
"Hahaha, I think many housewives will not agree with you. In their eyes, that is art."
"That's not what they said..." Helen misunderstood Ronald's statement. "I think your figure is more attractive to me. I like men who are taller than me."
Ronald pinched Helen's waist lightly, and Helen felt her body heat up. She quickly begged for mercy and hid in the theater.
Next, the trio of Jerry Zucker, the main creative team, greeted Ronald and went in. The remaining actors and actresses, Danny DeVito and Bette Midler, were briefly interviewed by reporters.
"How does it feel to be the lead?" Ronald asked the last two leading actors entering the theater.
"Ah...very good, very good." Danny DeVito looked a little dazed when he spoke. His female companion wore a weird see-through outfit and fishnet stockings, which actually killed a lot of film.
"Not bad, I like this kind of battle." Bette Midler was slightly better than DeVito. She took a glass of champagne on the table next to the aisle and drank it in one gulp.
"Why are you a little nervous?" Ronald thought to himself that something was wrong.
Fortunately, Helen, who came in first, didn't feel anything, so the two of them found a place to sit down.
The beginning of "A Bad Husband" is a cartoon-style title sequence. The main plot of the film is vividly expressed in a cartoon-like way.
It seems that the capabilities of Disney's animation department were used, Ronald secretly thought.
This is the second time I have watched this comedy movie on the big screen. Ronald already knows all the plot trends and jokes in advance.
But it’s very interesting. The laughter of this comedy is caused by the absurdity of the story itself, so even if he watched it in advance, Ronald still laughed where he should.
This kind of movie is not quite the same as Zach's previous "unprecedented" neurotic comedy with dense language and harsh language. Even if the plot is spoiled for you in advance, you will still have a good movie-watching experience.
This actually takes a toll on an actor’s skills. Of the two leading actors, the bad son-in-law played by Danny DeVito is a cartoon-style bad guy. Even if everyone knew he was bad from the beginning, watching him being kidnapped and holding his wife hostage
Everyone is looking forward to joining forces for revenge.
The rich girl played by Bette Midler is also a very contrasting character. At the beginning, she is seen as a fat and vicious woman who scares the kidnappers like chickens. Gradually, the audience discovers that she is just a woman who wants to lose weight.
A poor middle-aged woman has much more kindness in her heart than her husband.
The audience's laughter was similar to that at the test screening, frequent but not intensive.
"Oh my gosh, I'm such a bad actor."
Helen looked at the pictures on the screen, and sometimes she had the urge to cover her eyes with her hands.
Ever since I was called out by Ronald about my overexertion in my acting, now when I look at the scenes I shot before, I find them awkward.