Three hundred and fiftieth IX thanks to Kim Cattrall
Michael Gottlieb is the director of "Swagger". This is his first directorial work. It has attracted the attention of Fox's executive producer Joseph Farrow.
The so-called executive producers mean that they are senior executives of the studio, so unlike ordinary producers, there is an executive prefix in front of their names. With this prefix, they are the company's executives. class.
Executive producers don't care about specific things, but they can decide all the details of the movie shooting from casting to framing. It's their credit for a good film, but they don't actually bear much responsibility for a bad one.
The producer is Ronald Lee, a newly popular director in Hollywood. He rarely comes to the scene, and most things are communicated by his agent Niceta.
Nowadays, it has become a common practice for agents to intervene in production affairs. Many stars have various requirements. It is best for their producers to represent their interests in this regard. Moreover, it is the CAA that stuffs the crew. A well-known brokerage firm.
Joseph Farrow took the male lead, and Ronald Lee took the female lead. Michael Gottlieb was left, and he had to find some connections for himself.
The supporting actress, who played the male protagonist's ex-girlfriend, was given to Carol Davis, a black mixed-race actress whom he knew well.
The supporting actor, an eccentric boss who is always at odds with the male protagonist, was given to James Spader, who was inserted into the role by some high-level executive.
After going through the casting process, today is the first day for all the main actors to do a script reading.
"Ronald is here!"
An assistant hurried in and greeted everyone.
Kim Cattrall had a conditioned reflex to stand up to greet him, but after thinking of the key points explained by her agent, never to be too intimate with Ronald on the set, she sat back in her chair and watched everyone move.
James Spader stood up first and went to greet Ronald.
"Hello, Ronald. We haven't seen each other for a long time."
"Ah, James, yes. I haven't seen you for a long time." Ronald recognized this actor. He played Brooke Shields' brother in "Endless Love" starring Brooke Shields and debuted by Tom Cruise. Later, he played Brooke Shields' brother. He has been wasting his time in supporting roles. His most recent role was in John Hughes's "Pretty in Pink", where he played a rich second-generation villain and opposed the love interest of Andrew McCarthy and Molly Ringwald.
This is the second time in a short period of time that they have played leading and supporting roles in a movie.
He shook hands with Ronald first, and then sat down. Spader looked at the actors with pride. Ronald was undoubtedly the top two in the power rankings of this movie. He was able to play a harmonious and harmonious character. He looks familiar, so others won't bully him too much and steal his show.
"Ronald, Jim Cameron asked me to say hello."
Supporting actress Carol Davis came up to hug Ronald.
"Where is he now?"
"We are also promoting the second part of Alien across the country. The box office is second only to your two movies."
This supporting actress is also very scheming. She and Cameron met because she played a major female role in "Piranha 2", in which Cameron was deceived and had a fever and was living in a foreign country.
She and Cameron only knew each other, so saying it in public would shock others into not stealing the show. Anyway, Ronald only heard about it, and it was impossible to actually confirm with Cameron whether he had contacted him or not. Pass.
"Hi, Andrew."
Actor Andrew McCarthy was treated better, and Ronald greeted him first.
As a member of a brat pack, now in the minds of teenagers across the United States, it is synonymous with fashion.
McCarthy mainly lives in New York and usually does not like clubbing, picking up girls, etc. like Emilio Estevez, so his relationship with Ronald is considered good. He also filmed a Pepsi commercial directed by Ronald
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"Ronald, your Top Gun is such a masterpiece. I have watched it five or six times in a row."
"Michael Gottlieb is a very good director, he is very talented, you have to listen to him more."
Ronald didn't talk to him anymore and pulled director Michael Gottlieb to support him.
Although the director is a bit older than himself, the director who is making his debut met the following actors who are all older actors. The youngest one also has five or six years of film experience.
As a producer, Ronald's first priority is not to pick up girls, but to try to keep the crew running normally. Although he doesn't have high hopes for the box office, Ronald also doesn't want the filming to be bad and the editing to be impossible.
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Michael Gottlieb looked at Ronald gratefully. Now that he stood up in front of the leading actor, his authority on the crew was guaranteed. At least in the preparation stage, the actors would not challenge him.
"Jin, we meet again."
Ronald shook hands with Kim Cattrall at the end and sat down to watch their first meeting.
Supporting actress Carol Davis saw that the two did not hug, and she couldn't help but feel a little suspicious, as it seemed different from the legend.
The director asked everyone to sit down and read the opening paragraph of the play.
Today is just a symbolic round-up, mainly to allow everyone to meet and get familiar with each other. The real round-up script will be officially held in more than a month.
The photographer sent by 20th Century Fox captured several shots of the actors gathered around the table, and then specially included Ronald. After all, he is the most important person in the promotion of the film.
The next step is to take photos of the main actors one by one. The crew starts to put makeup and hairstyle on each actor. They take dozens of photos one by one in front of the camera and select the ones for promotion.
"Jin, wait a minute, I've hired a special makeup artist, costume artist, and hairstylist."
Ronald waved his hand, and the professionals he had hired filed in, and started tinkering around Kim Cattrall.
Makeup and hair were taken care of separately, while the costume designer slowly rolled out a cart full of beautiful clothes and started gesticulating on Cattrall's body.
"Oh..."
When the other actors discovered this unique treatment, they all expressed envy and jealousy.
Kim Cattrall was even more surprised. She was treated well by professionals, her hair was made into a very elegant and sexy style, and she tried on more than a dozen suits in rotation, making her feel like a princess.
While Cattrall was contentedly enjoying the treatment of a heroine, Ronald chatted with director Michael Gottlieb.
"Where are the location preparations? Have you found the key department store in the movie?"
"We found it, and we are going to film in Philadelphia. The black mayor there welcomes us to film in Philadelphia. There are few Hollywood crews there to film, so he personally selected the oldest department store to contact us.
We made an agreement with the department store to shoot every night and return it to the mall for use at 6 a.m. the next day.
Anyway, the story happened at night..."
Ronald felt that Michael Gottlieb was well prepared, so he put some snacks in. This also reminded him of his fast-paced shooting, which was how he used department stores to shoot at night and restore them during the day.
Suddenly the two of them got very close.
"Have you encountered any problems? I can find a way to help you solve it."
"Yes, I have to find a better sculptor for Jin. One of the keys to whether this movie can be accepted by the audience is the wooden statue of the heroine. We have to make the wooden model look like Jin.
, so that they will accept the story of a beautiful woman who becomes a model during the day.”
"What are you doing now?"
"Bring up the wooden beauty."
Ronald saw that several of the models that had been moved out were all modified from existing clothing models. Their bodies and faces were indeed very different from Kim Cattrall's.
"Tsk... let me think of a solution." Ronald took over the matter because he had the connections and could help his friends make some money.
"Have you finished taking the photo? Come with me, I'll find a sculptor to make some models for you."
Seeing that Cattrall had taken the photo, Ronald waved her over.
Cattrall came bounding over, followed behind Ronald, and the two of them walked out.
"Bitch" supporting actress Carol Davis cursed angrily.
After getting into Ronald's Mercedes-Benz and sitting in the back seat, Kim Cattrall took the initiative to knock on the front seat and asked the driver to raise the fender.
Then she hugged Ronald, got into his arms, and buried her head in Ronald's knees.
"What's wrong with you?" Ronald felt that the beauty in his arms seemed to be crying.
"This is the first time I have enjoyed the treatment of a heroine." Cattrall really cried. She shook her whole body for a while, then raised her head and turned her back to wipe her tears.
"I mean the real heroine. In the past, when I played the heroine, she was actually just a vassal of the male protagonist. This is the first time I have my own hairstylist and makeup artist, and it is also the first time I have a costume designer with so many beautiful things.
clothes, let me choose slowly..."
"Don't get too excited. These are the costumes from your movie. You and the leading actor are having a drag show in the department store, dressing up as various characters." Ronald patted Cattrall on the back.
"I'm very grateful, Ronald. No one has ever given me special lighting or specially designed angles to make my photos look better..."
Kim Cattrall has a mole on the corner of her mouth that moves when she speaks. With her new hairstyle and the low-cut red dress she is wearing, she looks more like Monroe.
Ronald looked at Jin who was about to cry again, and quickly hugged her, "Good girl, you will succeed."
He didn't expect that Kim Cattrall was already thirty years old and had taken care of Diane a lot in the last movie, but she still hadn't played a sexy idol that truly matched her characteristics. She had been wasting her time so far.
After looking at her carefully for a while, Ronald couldn't help but admire. Thirty years had left no trace on this girl from Liverpool. Her skin was still very good and there was no sign of sagging.
Kim Cattrall misunderstood the meaning of Ronald's gaze, and lay on Ronald's knees again, reaching out to unzip the zipper.
"Don't do this, don't stay here." Ronald stopped him quickly. The person driving in front was Little Bud, so it was not good to do this.
"You gave me a little more confidence in the movie. The director is very dedicated, and you, Jin, value this role very much. When you go to the sculptor, you have to cooperate well and try to make the sculpture resemble you. This is the success of the movie.
It’s a big advantage.”
Holding Cattrall in his arms, although he did not continue, Ronald could already feel the other person's "kindness".
The car drove into a studio in the suburbs of Hollywood, and a woman wearing a canvas apron and plastic protective glasses came out to greet Ronald.
"Dae Young, the leading lady in my first Hollywood job. Kim Cattrall, the leading lady in my new movie."
Ronald introduced the two of them to each other.
Yes, this female sculptor is Dai Yang who played the good girl in "Rock High School". She originally entered Hollywood by mistake and was approached by Roger Corman to make that movie. After that, she continued to engage in acting.
, but the main business has been transferred to the university's professional sculpture.
"So, you want a puppet that can move its limbs and allow the audience to recognize it as Jin at a glance, right?"
Dai Yang came over and took several one-time imaging snapshots of Jin, from front to back, left, and right, and from all directions. Then she looked at them for a long time and asked questions.
"That's what you mean, how long do you think it will take?"
"If you have high requirements for similarity, then I suggest not to make one, but to make a puppet for each pose. This way I can refine the details of the model in different poses, and let the lighting and camera help you...
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Dai Yang explained.
"Okay, I only have one request, that is, ordinary viewers can recognize it at first sight. This is Jin."
"About four to five weeks. I see that in your script, she becomes a puppet only five or six times."
"Okay, then I'll hand her over to you. You'll have to come here every day from now on, you know? Cooperate well so that you can look like her."
"Actually, if you want to look like the actor, in addition to the puppet, it's best for the actor to also start exercising." Dai Yang looked at Cattrall.
After all, he is already thirty years old, and the proportion of fat on Jin's body has inevitably increased.
"Puppets have very hard lines. If you can keep exercising during these few weeks, the fat content will be reduced and the muscle lines will be more obvious, so that you will look more like a puppet.
Of course, I am just making a suggestion. Fitness is very boring and it is not easy to stick to it."
"I can do it, I can definitely get it. As long as Ronald asks, I will do it."
Seeing Ronald looking at her hesitation, Kim Cattrall immediately agreed. This was a rare opportunity to stand out. At her age, she didn't have many chances left in her destiny.
Dai Yang measured some of Cattrall's body data and wrote it down in a small notebook. "Okay, come to the studio at eight o'clock tomorrow morning."
"Where do you live? I'll send you there." Ronald asked Cattrall.
"Can I go to your place?" Kim Cattrall felt that God was very kind to her, and at the age of thirty, she finally stood in front of the door of opportunity.
When they arrived at Ronald's house, Jin entered the room and closed the door, then continued what he had not finished in the car.
"Oh, Ronald, you are so strong."
"Well... um..."
"You are so beautiful." Ronald looked at Cattrall with messy blond hair. He couldn't hold it in any longer and threw her on the newly bought two-meter-three-meter wide bed.