The old lady who had a heat stroke this time played the role of a thief who stole things at a resort, named Mrs. Schumacher. She dressed like a rich person, but together with her husband, she stole valuables and clothes from tourists.
This also resulted in Johnny being framed as a thief, losing his job at the resort hotel, and being kicked out of the baby's life.
Originally, the screenwriter Eleanor asked Dr. Ruth, the famous late-night radio host in New York, to play this role.
Ruth Westheimer was a German-Jewish psychologist who escaped the Holocaust during World War II and came to America. In the early 1980s, when she was 55 years old, she opened a late-night radio station in New York.
A program about sex, in which female and male listeners answer all kinds of intimate questions that they are too embarrassed to ask their friends.
She is very famous on the East Coast and even throughout America, and people love her stance on speaking up for women. She should use safety measures, make her own decisions about a girl's body, don't have one-night stands and have sex with the person you love, etc... Her views are very popular.
Welcome to girls working in big cities.
Of course, in the conservative south, they regarded her as a joke. They even nicknamed her Female Freud.
But when she learned that Ronald asked her to play a thief, Dr. Ruth withdrew. Ronald had no choice but to find the old lady who had been acting on Broadway all her life.
After learning that she was fine, Ronald continued filming.
Jennifer Gray is still like that, before taking the picture, she gave Sweets the back of her head, and after taking the picture, she applied it to the back of her head.
Ronald tried many methods, including private conversations with Gray and Sweets, and asking Cynthia Rhodes and screenwriter Eleanor to persuade him privately, but all were in vain.
Ronald, who was at a loss for what to do, even thought of changing the role. He replaced the heroine Jennifer Gray with Sarah Jessica Parker who was eliminated in the final round of auditions.
Not long after this thought came up, he was extinguished by the bill he received from the Shanhu Resort Hotel.
In order to prevent heatstroke, Ronald ordered some extra ice cubes and ice-cold drinks, and the Mountain Lake Hotel offered the retail price of a hotel in peak season.
Looking at the number at the end, Ronald crumpled the bill into a ball and threw it viciously on the ground.
"This is robbery, robbery!" Ronald looked at the serious cost overruns. The first half million of the reserve fund had been spent, and he had already begun to use the second half million of the reserve fund.
A total of 1.5 million in reserve funds is required to hold on until the filming is completed, which is very dangerous. The funds originally used for distribution may have to be used.
"orge on", Niceta picked up the bill from the floor, slowly opened it, and then smoothed it on the table.
"You're past the last possible point. It's been nearly a week of filming, and you've shot a lot of Gray and Sweets footage. If you have to tear it down and start over, plus the cost of moving places, and all the actors and work
The time it takes for the crew to reshoot scenes with you will probably double your filming costs."
"Fuck, I knew Jennifer Gray was unreliable, how could she be like this?"
Ronald was so angry that he took the iced Coke handed to him by Niceta and drank it with one tilt of his neck.
"You have only two choices now, either bite the bullet and finish filming, or simply stop, stop the project, and admit your losses."
"I..." Ronald's anger, which had just subsided, was aroused again, "No, never!"
"Well, you have to find a way to get Gray to cooperate."
Niceta put the smoothed bill back on the table, "I'm here to bring you good news."
"Oh? What's the good news?" Ronald crushed the Coke bottle, then smashed it into a flat piece of aluminum and threw it into the trash can.
"I found a corporate sponsor for you. If they want to have a product placement in the movie, they can give you a million dollars in advertising fees."
"ha!"
Ronald smiled broadly. This was great news. It solved his big problem.
"Who likes me so much? I put a big close-up on their products."
"It's Procter & Gamble's Cleary Acne Cream." Niceta visited many companies in Hollywood and finally found a suitable sponsor for Ronald's project.
They heard about Ronald's new film and were surprised that he didn't include any ads. However, after learning that Ronald had invested in and distributed the film himself, they understood the problem.
However, after internal discussions within the company, their marketing director defied all odds and decided to invest in Ronald's new film.
This is because the marketing director is a fan of Ronald's movie. He also inquired with Ronald's old friend Maguire, the creative director of the advertising company, and knew that the return on investment of Ronald's previous product placement ads was very high.
He had also directed a series of commercials for Burger King, so he agreed to write the check.
"They hope there will be a close-up shot of the protagonist or a major supporting character using the Keliying acne cream in front of the mirror. The close-up of the trademark must not be less than two seconds."
"No problem, I'll write a new paragraph for them right now, add more drama, more drama."
With money as a backer, Ronald's brain returned to normal operation.
"In this case, you call Jennifer's father, Joel Gray. Ask him to guest star as the liar Mr. Schumacher. During Jennifer's audition, she clearly showed that she was a good daughter of her father. We asked Joel to put some pressure on her.
, let her behave more professionally."
Ronald immediately came up with an idea to make Jennifer Gray act more professional.
Niceta nodded with satisfaction, "This is the Ronald I know. You can do it well here. I have to rush back to Los Angeles to continue to find new sponsors for you."
Joel Gray is a three-dimensional star who has won an Oscar, a Grammy, and a Tony Award. He is only one Emmy Award away from a major.
His arrival really put a lot of pressure on Jennifer. On the set, she no longer dared to be petty and give the director and co-stars the back of their heads. However, there was still no eye contact with Patrick Swayze.
After Joel finished filming his guest scene, he went to Ronald to apologize for his daughter.
"I'm sorry. After I divorced her mother, I spoiled Jennifer by agreeing to everything she asked for. She is already twenty-six years old, but she still has the heart of a child. We all hope that she will find a Jewish boyfriend as soon as possible.
Get married so that she can become more mature."
"Uh, okay." Ronald thought to himself, this is all an old-fashioned idea. No wonder Jennifer Gray is a bit similar to the protagonist baby. It seems that her family background also wants her to marry a man of the same ethnic group. She and the baby
I feel the same way.
"Jennifer sometimes needs someone to guide her. I have told her my views on the professional nature of acting. And thank you for handling the script so that she does not end up playing a Jewish girl dating an Irishman.
Being criticized by the circle.”
"Goodbye, Mr. Grey."
"Goodbye, Director Emil, can you take me to the airport?" Joel Gray had to rush back to New York.
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"How was my performance? Director?" Screenwriter Eleanor, under her own strong request, finally made a guest appearance and danced in the hall with Patrick Swayze.
At this time, the baby, played by Jennifer Gray, came to find them because she found Penny, played by Cynthia Rhodes, crying silently in the kitchen.
In the darkness, a beam of light hit the opposite wall, and a close-up of Cynthia appeared in the viewfinder. Even with tears streaming down her face, she looked very beautiful.
Penny is crying here because she was close to a young man who worked as a screen tester in the hotel and helped him go to college. However, the young man was unwilling to use safety measures, causing Penny to become pregnant. In the conservative year of 1961, this was undoubtedly
It's a big scandal.
At that time, Roe v. Wade had not yet been decided by the Supreme Court, so it was illegal.
Penny asked her boyfriend for money for surgery, but he ruthlessly refused and took the opportunity to break up with her.
As a backup dancer and dance instructor, the little money she saved was given to her ex-boyfriend. Penny had no savings at all. She couldn't even afford a private doctor. She had to cry secretly in the kitchen.
"Cut!" Ronald nodded with satisfaction. This is a good performance and a good actor.
"You did a good job, go and wipe it."
Ronald handed over a hot towel.
When Cynthia performed the crying scene, she did not use eye drops, but performed it with true feelings and strong imagination.
"Thank you." Cynthia glanced at Ronald. When she acted just now, she was actually borrowing her state of mind when she was harassed by Stallone's brother Frank during the filming of "The Flying Dragon" and Ronald intervened to save her.
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As long as that memory is mobilized, tears will flow out immediately.
"Okay, let's take a break and start shooting again next Monday." Ronald shot for six days and finally ushered in the first weekend.
"Don't forget the ban, it remains in effect over the weekend."
Ronald remembered the prohibition against contact between men and women and emphasized it. In fact, if they find a hotel to book a room by themselves, they have no control over it, but most actors are still reluctant to book another room in a hotel that charges peak season prices.
After tidying up, Ronald picked up the folding chair with his name on it and returned to the room. In the evening, he would continue to watch the samples and prepare for next week's shooting and transition arrangements.
Also, Helen will come to visit the class during weekend breaks.