"There was a little problem. Our filming ended late last night and Melanie didn't arrive on time, so today will be delayed a little."
Ronald was in the crew and explained to the visiting executives from Twentieth Century Fox. Ronald was responsible for all the performance-related matters on the crew. Such blatant lateness would only make people feel uncomfortable if it was exposed.
I don’t have enough control over the crew.
"I'm going to rest first." The senior executive smiled and said nothing.
The technical staff of the crew were still arranging the camera brackets as usual, and several actors over there had already put on costumes and came over to set in advance. Seeing the director sitting on a chair nearby without speaking, with a terrifying gloomy face, they all asked about it.
What happened.
The cast and crew were in disarray, passing gossip to each other. Today's shoot was a big one, with many actors playing wedding guests. It was difficult for Ronald to control himself like in a chamber scene. Melanie Griffiths
I'm afraid it will be difficult to stop the spread of rumors based on big names.
The filming of "Working Girl", which had always been going smoothly, turned out to have such a big problem today. Ronald thought for a long time that this was not an accident that he could have foreseen, so he had to deal with it according to the situation.
The "director," Alec Baldwin, who had rejected Melanie last night, came over to be questioned by Ronald.
"What happened between you after the filming was completed last night? Do you know where she went?" Ronald stared into Baldwin's eyes and invited them to have dinner together last night. Both of them abnormally refused.
Invitation, now that I think about it, it seems like there was something wrong with the two of them.
"I don't know? I went back to the hotel by myself." Baldwin quickly cleared the air.
"Really?" Ronald felt that the two of them left with such a tacit understanding. Did they make an appointment to get together...
"Listen, director. I had a female friend in New York last night. We made an appointment to talk tonight. I haven't seen Melanie since the crew left..." Alec Baldwin called out to Qu. He had another party.
Object……
"Did you hear what she said?" It was not convenient for Ronald to continue inquiring into the actor's personal privacy, so he had to ask Baldwin if he had noticed anything unusual about Melanie Griffiths.
"Melanie is an actor who is easily affected by the emotions of the character. She kind of mistook me for Mick. If you understand what I mean..." Baldwin thought for a while and tried his best not to reveal his privacy.
Make things clear.
"Thank you, you can go." Ronald roughly understood what was going on. Melanie Griffiths is a talented actor. She does not have many acting skills, but her imagination is beyond ordinary people.
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Such an actor can rely on imagination to find the character's emotional state without anything else, and then throw himself into it to make himself become that character. In this way, every move will fit the character.
However, the disadvantage of this is that some actors who do not have a stable daily life are more easily affected by the plot, confusing the boundaries between their characters and themselves.
Just like the two stunners Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell played in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". Jane Russell has a stable family in Hollywood, and she can go home every day and enjoy life with her family. Marilyn Dream
Lu was alone, and even after returning home, she was still immersed in her role. Such a shooting schedule without the adjustment of normal life soon made Monroe, who was originally sensitive by nature, become a little mentally abnormal.
Ronald, who was thinking about how to make Melanie Griffiths more stable, was awakened by the artistic director Polly Platt who came over.
"Phyllis Carlisle is here with Melanie..." Polly put her hands on Ronald's shoulders and whispered in his ear, "But Melanie's condition is very problematic. I asked them to come from behind.
After entering the trailer, you go there and see her."
After calling the assistant director to continue preparing for the scene, Ronald and Polly quickly walked behind several trailers parked across the street, one of which was dedicated to Melanie Griffiths.
"Melanie..." After Ronald got in the car, he saw a woman slumped on the small bed in the trailer. It was Melanie Griffiths.
"She is now under the dual influence of alcohol and drugs. I am giving her a lot of water to drink. It will probably take some time." Manager Phyllis Carlisle covered Melanie's head with a wet towel, and then
Keep turning her head to drink water.
"Fuxk! What's the matter with you? Did you know that a senior executive from Twentieth Century Fox came over today? I thought you would cherish this opportunity? You were in good condition during the previous filming. Did it give you the illusion that you can act like a big name?"
When Ronald saw this, he felt a little paralyzed. The daily cost of shooting for a big production is hundreds of thousands. It would disrupt the shooting schedule and cause a small loss of money. If it delays the schedule of a big star, then
It would be a huge loss. Fortunately, there is no part of Harrison Ford today, so it does not count against his schedule.
"I'm telling you, Phyllis, I'm very disappointed with your client. Just now, the senior management of Fox came to ask me if I wanted to replace someone. It's not that I don't have this option." Ronald decided to make the matter more serious, otherwise
This little confused actor will still miss work in the future.
"No...no..." After hearing Ronald's words, Melanie Griffiths, who was lying drowsily on the bed, suddenly woke up and sat up.
"Don't replace me, Ronald. I'm willing to pay any price for Tess. Please, don't replace me. I like the character of Tess so much. She is so similar to me. I
Promise, I promise that nothing like this will ever happen again."
Although weak, Melanie Griffiths finished speaking in one breath, and then looked at Ronald pitifully.
"What do you think?" Ronald ignored her, pulled Polly Pratt aside, and asked this well-informed Hollywood veteran for his opinion.
"I have seen countless such talented actresses who were eventually destroyed by alcohol and drugs..." Polly Platt criticized Melanie at the beginning. She knew that Ronald had to bear a very important responsibility.
Responsibility, this kind of thing is not impossible for her.
Anyway, she didn't film many scenes opposite Harrison Ford, so she changed actors to save the scene and filmed the scene with Harrison Ford first, and then went back to reshoot the scene before it was completed. This is not unprecedented in Hollywood.
But Polly is also a woman, and she understands Griffiths' psychology very well, and she still wants to save her.
"I want to say that in her current condition, she can still complete this movie with high quality, but if she continues to indulge herself like this in the future, she will be kicked out of Hollywood within five years."
"Melanie, Melanie...how should I treat you?" Ronald murmured to himself, looking at her and making a decision in his heart.
"Polly, ask the doctor to come over and take a look at her... By the way, before entering the trailer, you must sign a confidentiality agreement. I will explain it to the Fox executives."
"Mr. Goldberg wants to speak to you." The Fox executive who came to visit had indeed consulted his boss for instructions. Because of the time difference, Fox President Goldberg, who was still sleeping in bed at home in Los Angeles, was woken up.
Not very good tempered.
"Ronald, what's going on? Does Melanie Griffith have an attitude problem? I've long thought she wasn't good enough. What do you think about contacting Michelle Pfeiffer now? I still think we need two
A star, this kind of appeal is powerful enough."
"Mr. Goldberg, today was an accident. This kind of thing will never happen to Melanie again. Of course, the doctor is checking her now. I don't know if she will be able to catch up today. But I am very excited about the previous samples.
If you are satisfied, you can watch it, it is definitely a top-notch performance and we will succeed at the box office."
"Ronald, are you sure? If you give her a vote of confidence, then if something like this happens again..."
"I will be responsible..." Ronald replied without hesitation. Replacing Michelle Pfeiffer will definitely not be as effective as Melanie, who can switch between ordinary and sexy looks and make the audience believe the story. And the previously filmed
Those chemical reactions are outstanding performances that are hard to come across.
Melanie Griffiths is also thirty years old, ambitious, has not yet tasted career success, and needs a miracle. To a certain extent, she and Tess have become one. No one can replace her.
She is doing better, as long as she can control her future performance on the set and not abuse alcohol and drugs again during filming.
"Okay, okay, you have the final say. I have absolute trust in you. If you think it's okay, then that's okay," Goldberg replied on the phone.
"You won't be disappointed. I know in my heart that the performances in this movie will surprise the audience."
"Listening to what you said, I can report the progress to Mr. Barry Diller with peace of mind. By the way, I forgot to tell you that Mr. Diller is very concerned about your project and he always mentions you in every meeting.
"
After settling down at the studio, Ronald returned to the church where the filming took place.
The doctor from the crew came over and reported to Ronald that he was checking Melanie Griffith's physical condition. He had already given her an injection to eliminate the combined effects of alcohol and drugs.
"Can she shoot today?" Ronald asked.
"This situation is the result of a mixture of two influences. Everyone's tolerance is different. I don't know if she can shoot today. But fortunately, her manager Phyllis discovered it early and took care of it.
, it will be back to normal tonight at the latest. You can have a qualified actress tomorrow."
"Thank you, doctor."
"By the way, director. If she continues to drink or abuse drugs later, she will be in big trouble. You have to find a way to keep her sober."
"What can you do?"
"You can do a blood test. I can arrange it at a hospital in Manhattan and the results will be available in two hours."
"very good……"
Melanie Griffiths looked pale, and with the support of her manager Phyllis, she came over to apologize to Ronald again.
"Director, I'm sorry, I promise this will never happen again... um... vomit... vomit..."
Melanie Griffiths ran to the side and vomited, retching and spitting out only some water.
The magic light in the morning could no longer keep up, so Ronald signaled the photography director to give up the early morning sunlight and shoot with normal light instead.
"Action!"
Joan Cusack and the actor who played her new husband walked out of the church with a large group of extras. The camera was mounted on a high stand, and a movement of pulling the lens back and upward made the scene
Epic feeling.
"It would be nice if it was a magic light..." Ronald started to get angry again.
"Director, I'm so sorry." Melanie Griffiths came to apologize again, wearing the ugly green dress of the bridesmaid. Next to her was another bridesmaid actor, the fat little Ricky Lake, the heroine of "Hairspray".
She was also wearing an ugly skirt and supporting her.
Ronald stopped her from talking with his hand and went back to confirm with the director of photography.
The panoramic shot can be used, but with Melanie Griffith's ghost-like face and her current state, it seems impossible to take satisfactory close-ups and close-ups.
"Come here." Ronald's face was livid, and he waved to Melanie Griffiths. She came over pitifully, still a little dazed, and didn't remember her lines clearly.
"Ask your manager Phyllis to come too."
As soon as these words were said, Melanie Griffiths immediately turned pale.
"Oh... no..." Melanie covered her face with her hands, and couldn't help but burst into tears. She debuted at the age of fifteen, and now she's thirty. It's not easy for her to have a movie that may make her a star, and she acted in it.
If you are good at it, you have the feeling that it will become the focus of the news media and critics.
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"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" Melanie Griffiths rushed to the trailer and went to the manager Phyllis to cry.
Ten minutes later, Melanie Griffiths, who had cried all over her eyeshadow, arrived at Ronald's trailer with the support of her manager Phyllis Carlisle.
"Be strong, this is your own destiny, face it bravely." Phyllis Carlisle also felt very sorry for this client. However, an actor must always be responsible for such unprofessional behavior...
Behind Ronald sat Polly Platt and the executive from Twentieth Century Fox, all three with serious expressions.
"Do you know how much damage your irresponsible behavior has caused?" Ronald said to her.
"You can't even shoot your scene today, and you have to find another time to reshoot it. It's an ensemble scene again. We rented a church. We have to rebook the time and rush so many extras. You alone have caused more than 100,000 US dollars in losses.
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Not to mention, because of your accident, when these actors regrouped for reshoots, their condition was definitely not the same as it is today. And what about you? In this scene, Tess fell to the bottom, and then entered the third act and started again.
The rising part.
The audience needs to empathize with Tess and feel sorry for her. Originally, your continuous shooting today was the best. Now the audience may have missed Tess in her best performance state on the screen.
Think about it, this is a loss for the filming, a loss for the finished film, and ultimately a loss for the audience. Speaking of you, it’s your own loss.”
"Oh..." Melanie Griffiths covered her face...
"This is really a very unprofessional performance...Originally I wanted to replace you, but Polly and Fox both felt that your previous performance was excellent. It would be a pity to replace you because of this accident, so..."
When Melanie Griffiths and manager Phyllis Carlisle heard this, they both raised their heads suddenly. Their eyes shone again.
"So I'll give you a second chance..."
"Oh..." Melanie Griffiths took a deep breath and leaned back as if she was exhausted. The huge pressure was instantly released from her body, and her whole body seemed to be filled with a warm current.
It's great to be able to continue playing Tess without being replaced.
"But you have to pay a corresponding price. There are conditions for you to continue playing this role..." Ronald said seriously:
"First, if you delay filming again due to personal reasons, you will leave the crew with immediate effect. There are no conditions."
"Sure, I'm sorry"
"Second, you have to bear the cost of reshooting today. I will deduct one hundred thousand US dollars from your salary as the cost of reshooting the wedding scene. Can you accept it?"
Melanie Griffith's total salary was only 800,000 US dollars, and one-eighth of it was taken off at once. Manager Phyllis Carlyle squeezed her hand tightly and asked her to agree quickly. She can become famous with this movie.
From now on, the salary will be everything.
Melanie Griffiths nodded immediately.
"Third, I will arrange for a nurse to supervise you on the set every day. She will take a blood test for you every morning. If it is found that your alcohol and drug content exceeds the limit, I will fire you immediately."
Melanie Griffiths, who agreed to all the conditions, returned to her trailer, drenched in cold sweat.
A fat woman wearing a white nurse uniform knocked on the door and walked in. She came over and grabbed her hand and took out the blood drawing device...
"I am the nurse hired by the director. I will come here every morning to draw blood tests for you. Don't worry, dear, I will be very gentle." As she said that, the fat nurse inserted the needle.