Chapter 361 The girl next door and the handsome guy with single eyelid
"It's also a small production, but your conditions are much better than mine."
Ronald came to the "Adventures of Nanny" preparation office that day to see how Chris Columbus was doing.
Columbus was not too open to Ronald's half-joking way of speaking. He reported to Ronald as he treated his superiors.
"Touchstone has given me a lot of help. I have bought the copyright to the song 'Then He Kissed Me' at the beginning of the movie."
"It seems that your conditions are really better than mine." Ronald now really understood the difficulties of independent production. His music director Danny Goldberg has not yet secured the copyright for a song.
Woolen cloth.
"With Disney as your backing, your small production is actually almost the same as other companies' medium productions." Ronald said with emotion, the efficiency of spending money is higher than that of his own "Dirty Dancing" crew.
"It's still very difficult. 'Adventures in Babysitting' has decided not to shoot on location in Chicago. I will go back to Toronto, Canada next week to check out the scenes. I heard that the climate and house and street scenes on both sides are similar to a certain extent."
"Oh..." Ronald turned to the two female producers, "The Screen Actors Guild in Chicago is also very strong?"
"There are also many theatrical performances there, but they are not as famous as Broadway."
The Actors Guild's strikes over the years have raised actors' wages each time, protected their working hours and environment, and guaranteed their residual rights to share after their films are broadcast by television stations or recorded on video tapes.
But this kind of rigid rules has also made Hollywood more and more like London's Pinewood Studios on the other side of the Atlantic.
When the time comes, I have to get off work and leave, no matter whether it is just the right shot or not, there are more and more things to shoot.
All extras must use union-registered actors as much as possible. Movies shot on location in big cities like Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago have gradually become synonymous with large-scale productions.
Small productions have no choice but to go to remote and backward states like Virginia to avoid union candid photography, or to shoot in places with a lot of preferential conditions such as Canada and Australia, pretending that the location is New York or Chicago.
"Your heroine auditions are rented on a daily basis, right? After you use up, I will continue to use your time, don't object."
Ronald's "Dirty Dancing" director Adrian Lyne, who had filmed "Flashdance" with him, is somewhat interested in Ronald's project. However, his agent hopes that he will film starring Michael Douglas first.
"fatal attraction".
Knowing that the salary he could offer was not fatal enough, Ronald began to save money everywhere.
"No problem, if you don't mind, we can give it to you tonight." The two female producers agreed.
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"Tatum O'Neal, Jodie Foster, Michelle Pfeiffer, you have eliminated so many candidates."
When it was time for the audition, Ronald also sat in the audition room rented by the "Adventures in Babysitting" crew. Looking at the heroine candidates who had been eliminated in the previous rounds, he felt that this was a very popular project.
"Some of them were eliminated by us, such as Tatum. Her condition was very bad. After marrying the tennis star McEnroe, her... abuse became more serious." Female producer Deborah Hill explained.
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"Some of them were eliminated by us, such as Michelle Pfeiffer. She said she was too thin and not suitable for this role. In fact, she had other projects.
Jodie Foster was really too thin. When she auditioned, she couldn't be convincing as a nanny who could protect children from gangsters. After she found out, she said she had other offers and gave up."
"Now the remaining three are Elizabeth Shue, Justin Bateman, and Valerie Bertinelli."
"Isn't Justin Bateman playing Michael J. Fox in the TV series 'Ties'? Can her producer let her play?" Ronald recalled that when filming "Back to the Future", the producer
The producer refused to release Fox and had to sleep in the car during the transition.
"So she has little hope." Director Chris Columbus knew that Su was Ronald's person, and among all the actresses, he also liked Su the most. Her character and temperament, which was not afraid of anything, fit the role best.
good.
The audience also remembers her role as Ali in "The Kid", and they can transfer this good impression to the new character nanny Chris Parker.
"This Valerie Bertinelli looks strange to me. Has she acted in any movies?"
"A bunch of TV movies..." Female producer Deborah Hill turned over her audition photos and showed them to Ronald.
"So you haven't made any movies?" Ronald turned back the audition photo, and there was an indescribable rustic look on Valerie's face.
The chin is wide and the top and bottom are short. This face shape is actually not suitable for being a protagonist.
"So Sue was basically your first choice?"
"The same goes for Valerie. It's most likely to choose one between them."
"Huh?" Ronald made a strange sound. Is it possible that he looks like this?
"She is Eddie Van Halen's wife." Deborah Hill whispered in Ronald's ear.
"Oh", Ronald met the leader of the band "Van Halen" on the set of "Back to the Future". This band is very popular. In Ronald's first movie "Fast Times", there was also
There is a joke about the expensive tickets for Van Halen's concerts.
"She has athletic ability, girl-next-door temperament, blond hair, and the audience can accept that she can confront gangsters..."
Ronald facepalmed.
Unexpectedly, Valerie met all the conditions that were originally tailored for Elizabeth Sue. It seems that she used all her husband's connections and influence in this role.
The two main candidates came in one after another and performed some of the lines selected by the producer and director.
"Valerie and Elizabeth are doing well."
Ronald glanced at the producer who was speaking, and it seemed like someone was putting pressure on her behind the scenes. Valerie's face didn't look very good in the camera.
"Are you going to organize a third round of auditions?" Representatives of the Screen Actors Guild were observing the situation on site. They usually have no say. They will only report to the union if there is too obvious bias or secret manipulation.
"In our next round, let's try out the opening dance." Ronald thought for a while, Valerie's performance was quite immature, and it was quite different from Elizabeth Sue's acting. But in this kind of movie, there is no difference in acting.
If it was too big, there might be gossip, so Ronald thought of a shot that would leave everyone speechless for the audition.
"Ronald", after the audition, Elizabeth Sue was waiting outside.
"There is also the third round of auditions, which is a dance to the soundtrack of 'then he kissed me'. It expresses the mood of a girl waiting at home for her boyfriend to take her to the dance for the first time..."
Ronald told Elizabeth.
"I...I plan to drop out of Harvard and become a full-time actor if I succeed this time." Elizabeth Sue looked at Ronald and said what was in her heart.
"Relax, prepare well, I have confidence in your performance."
"Where are you going next, can I accompany you?"
Elizabeth Su is in her final year at Harvard, and she compares the prospects of actresses with those of classmates who graduated from the same major.
Her family is not very rich and she cannot go home and become a rich girl. So she must seize the opportunity this time.
Ali in "The Kid" is just a supporting character to set off Daniel. But this time in "Adventures in Babysitting", the entire story is centered on Chris Parker.
She understood the difference very well. In order to ensure that she got the heroine of this movie, Su did not care.
"Come on, we are old acquaintances. You are the actress I discovered, and I will definitely speak for you. You just need to concentrate on preparing for the role, and don't think about anything else. I won't go there later, and I will help you."
Gotta audition for another movie.”
"Ah, then I, I'll go back first..." Elizabeth Su failed to take the initiative, and she didn't know whether she was happy or worried.
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Looking at the producer on the other side who was telling Valerie the same thing, Ronald smiled at her and went back to the audition room.
Eleanor, the screenwriter of "Dirty Dancing", was already waiting for him inside.
“Is this a casting pool for male leads?”
"Yes." Ronald asked the audition assistant and nodded yes.
"You promised me, Ronald. I want to see the leading actor." Eleanor held the pile of photos of handsome guys in her arms and looked at Ronald innocently.
"Of course, but we also have to consider other factors. For example, Tom Cruise wants to play the role." Ronald joked with the screenwriter, who was very young and girlish.
"Actually, Cruise is not my type. The one in my dream is the one with black hair, full of masculine charm, small eyes, and single eyelids."
"Hehe..." Ronald chuckled inwardly. Eleanor never admitted that she wrote the heroine Baby based on herself.
The him in the dream now is so specific, it's really not self-inflicted.
"I like him, he is the man in the dream."
Eleanor flipped through it for a while, pulled out a photo, and handed it to Ronald, very happy.
"Patrick Thwaites", Ronald checked and saw that he was indeed the hero of his dreams.
"Sure enough, he has single eyelids, black hair, and small eyes. He looks very handsome at first glance." Ronald smiled and put the photo on the table.
"You don't mind." The union representative took the photo over. It was really that the female screenwriter's behavior was too disgusting. She was so old that she pretended to be a little girl and was crazy.
"He can't dance. If you insist on choosing him, I will write a report to the union." The union representative smiled slightly, as if he had taken advantage of Eleanor.
"Can't dance?" Ronald exclaimed, how could he not be able to dance? In Dreams, Switz danced very professionally, and it was impossible to learn it temporarily.
"See for yourself, he wrote it on his resume."
Ronald took the audition photo and turned it to the back. On it was Patrick Schwytz's resume. Sure enough, there was a line with only two words written on it.
"Can't dance (no dancing)"
"Is there something wrong?" Ronald was confused.
"Oh, what a pity, I think he is the Johnny that best fits my imagination." Screenwriter Eleanor didn't insist, which made the union representative a little disappointed.
"That one looks good too, Billy Zane."
"Well, he's been called the Marlon Brando of the new era." The union representative knew the actor.
Ronald also leaned over to take a look.
"What's the resemblance? The eyes are dull, maybe they just look a little alike."
Patrick Sweets was more suitable, and Ronald made up his mind to ask why Sweets' resume said he couldn't dance.