Exploiting Hollywood 1980 Chapter 830

  Chapter 830 Broadway wholesale actor?

   "Dangerous Liaisons" is a play adapted from a Chinese novel, rehearsed by the veteran theater troupe, the Royal British Shakespeare Company.

  The original work of this play is an epistolary novel, written in the form of correspondence between the heroine, the Viscount Valmont, and the heroine, the Marchioness of Metelil.

  The story is about the aristocratic circle before the Great Revolution of the country.

  The lover of the Marchioness of Metelil abandoned herself, and she asked Viscount Valmont to seduce her lover's fiancée, the very innocent virgin Cecil who was fostered in the monastery since she was a child.

  Walmont, who believes that the meaning of life is to be dissolute, feels that this challenge is too easy. He still wants to seduce Madame de Tourville, a chastity who is famous for her husband's virginity. He also wanted to spend the spring breeze with the Marchioness of Mételil.

  The Marquise of Metelil promised that as long as Valmont seduces Madame de Tourville, in turn destroys Cecil's chastity and takes revenge on her ex-lover, Valmont can get herself.

   Valmont Cecil committed adultery and impregnated her. He also used his romantic means to get married to Madame de Tourville, a chastity. Unexpectedly, when Valmont seduced the other party, he actually gave birth to true love and fell in love with the other party

   Out of jealousy, the Marquise de Metelil laughed at Valmont for losing his reputation as a lover. And refuse to fulfill the promise to go to bed. And told Valmont and Cecil's adultery to Dennis, the music teacher who had an affair with Cecil.

  In the end, Valmont died in a duel with Dennis, Cecil was returned and returned to the monastery. Madame de Tourville, the chastity, also died of grief. The Marquise de Metelil was disfigured, lost her greatest capital, and returned to the countryside.

  Three female characters, a **** marquis with a heart like a snake, a simple girl who grew up in a monastery longing for **** between men and women, and the other is a young woman like a saint. All three are overwhelmed by Viscount Valmont, and it turns out to be a tragedy.

  The Royal Shakespeare Company is indeed the number one troupe in Britain to perform Shakespeare plays, and the actors are all very strong.

  The skills of the three actresses are amazing, and they vividly interpret three women with different faces.

  The most powerful actor is the actor who plays Valmont, who circles around the three women. Sometimes he is a love expert who works hand in hand and competes with each other.

  This British actor can change freely between the three faces. What's even more rare is that he has a high level of skill in his lines, and he can let the audience enter the emotions of the characters he wants to convey with ease.

  However, Ronald felt that his most powerful feature was still alive through practice. This play was screened at the West End Theater in London the year before last. According to the introduction in the brochure sent to the audience by the theater, he played the leading actor in his first performance.

  After hundreds of performances in a row, it went on a Broadway tour in New York. In this way, the drama that can be performed instinctively, in his hands, still reacts very naturally, and the emotions are so full that the audience is moved to tears.

  Ronald is a film director. He saw that the male lead not only had a first-class reaction, but also inspired the three female leads in the performance, passing on this natural reaction to them.

  Acting is to act out a reaction. In fact, this sentence is even more true on the stage of drama. Back and forth, the stronger the stimulation the male protagonist gives to the opponent, the more natural the stimulation will be when he returns, and the more enjoyable the audience will be watching.

   "Bravo, Bravo!"

  After the whole show ended, the audience stood up and applauded unsatisfactorily, and several leading actors must come out to call the curtain.

   "Valmont, Valmont!" When the ladies in the audience saw this handsome actor with fluttering blond hair and a little beard, they all screamed like fans seeing a star.

   It wasn't until the male protagonist smiled charmingly, blew kisses to the audience, and then bowed in greeting, that it gradually calmed down.

   "This actor is a very good actor." Ronald noticed that many audiences around him were very excited. The male protagonist's smile and eyes have a strong control, and every lady sitting here feels that he is smiling to himself alone.

   "I thought you would admire Lindsay Duncan who played the Marchioness of Métreil." Helen clapped and answered in Ronald's ear. "She won last year's highest award in British drama, the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress."

   "It's equivalent to Britain's Tony Award." Seeing that Ronald couldn't understand, Helen quickly explained. Sir Laurence Oliver is not only one of Britain's greatest film actors, his reputation shines even brighter on the theatrical stage, so much so that it is used to name the country's top drama award.

"No, I think the level of the male lead is better. He is the central fulcrum of the drama, and the three heroines can only shine through his different interpretations. And this light does not cover up his own role. ...I think the audience in America is still knowledgeable and appreciates him."

   "Hahaha, you mean that Broadway audiences are superficial and only look at handsome guys." Helen laughed. The two cousin countries actually have very different views on theater art. Many British theater actors are top students of Oxbridge. Drama is an elegant art, highly sought after and appreciated by the upper class.

  America, on the other hand, has put the working people's hobbies into the palace. The tap dance that even physical workers dance is now an enduring Broadway classic. The vast majority of Broadway audiences are tourists from all over the world, and they appreciate this kind of acting skills that don't require advanced knowledge.

"Do you want to meet him? I am very familiar with the manager of the Music Box Theater. Our theater company often borrows their rehearsal hall." Helen saw Ronald's appreciation for the leading actor, and offered to take him backstage to meet him. Look at the actors.

   "Okay", Ronald didn't expect Helen to be so familiar with Broadway, so he quickly got up and let her lead them quietly towards the backstage.

   Lindsay Duncan, who plays the Marchioness of Métreil, looks very British. She wears classic costumes, bustle and waist, and her waist is very thin. Now she can relax in the background with great difficulty.

   "Valmond, today is your triumphant return."

  Lindsay Duncan still calls the leading actor by the name of the character in the play. On Broadway, he is more popular with the audience, and everyone has long been used to it. But today everyone's performance is exceptionally good, and the drama actors always know each other's status very well.

   "Marquise de Métreil", the actor also made a classical bowing etiquette, and then Lindsay curtsied. Everyone laughed.

   "It's a pity that except for the live audience on Broadway, the rest of the American people can't experience your acting skills in person." Lindsay Duncan is also trying to squeeze into the film and television industry to gain greater fame and income. However, the film I made had no chance to be released, so I could only continue to act in the drama circle.

   "Well, I heard there are other directors who are willing to try to adapt this 'dangerous relationship,' maybe we can continue to work together."

   "Of course, I am very willing. I wonder if you are willing to play this role in the movie?" Ronald and Helen were brought backstage by the manager of the theater, just in time to hear this sentence.

  Ronald already liked their performance, which reminded him of the wonderful performance of the Broadway actors led by Olympia Dukaski when he directed "Moonlight". As a director, it is very comfortable to use this kind of dramatic actors who can accurately translate your ideas into acting skills.

   Coupled with the twists and turns of the plot of this drama, Ronald couldn't help thinking about it.

"You are?"

   "Ronald, Ronald Lee, I just filmed..." Ronald stepped forward to shake hands with the hero and heroine, and wanted to introduce himself.

   "Oh, you are the director who directed Dirty Dancing?" Lindsay Duncan was more familiar with Hollywood and immediately recognized Ronald's name.

   "It's me." Ronald admitted with a smile.

   "I like your performance very much, and I really hope to have the opportunity to cooperate with you. I think the American audience should not miss such a wonderful performance."

Ronald was very sincere, and he took out a business card with his agent's phone number, "If you are interested, you might as well ask the manager of the theater company to talk to me, there is my private number on it. I really want to put' Dangerous Liaisons' adaptation for the silver screen."

   "You're late, Ronald." The hero and heroine glanced at each other, seeing ambition and disappointment in each other's eyes.

   "Screenwriter Christopher Hampton has sold the film adaptation rights and will be distributed by Warner Bros."

   "Oh, that's a pity." Ronald was taken aback when he heard that someone had already arrived first. I didn't investigate in advance, I made a fool of myself.

   "However, thank you for your appreciation of our drama, why not go for a drink together." The actor reached out to shake Ronald's hand, "Call me Alan. We will come after we change our clothes."

   After everyone changed their clothes, Ronald went with them to the bar where drama actors often go. Everyone gathered together and drank beer and grilled sausages.

   Acting in a drama requires several hours of investment. During this time, the actors seem to have fully warmed up. After the performance, the nervous system is already racing like a racing car, and it is impossible to stop soon. So they often come here for dinner after the show.

  In addition to food, this place also has an open stage for stand-up comedy talk show performers. The spotlights shone on the edge of the stage, and it was halftime.

   "Alan, Lindsay, haven't you considered developing in Hollywood?" Ronald asked the two protagonists.

   "Lindsay is very interested." Alan pointed at Lindsay Duncan.

   "Hey, I've been in two movies, and there's no distribution company in America willing to take it."

"That's how it is here. You are not famous yet. But I think with your strength, many people here will know each other soon. By then, your past movies will also be released based on your fame." Ronald said about Ami The operation of this commercial system in Liga.

   "You just said that 'Dangerous Liaisons' will be made into a movie, so will you still star in it?"

   "The production company will look for Hollywood stars. As you said, no one here knows us." Actor Allen shrugged handsomely.

   "It's hard to say, maybe you will be the next Julie Andrews."

   Ronald also spoke auspicious words. Julie Andrews starred in the Broadway ballet "My Fair Lady". But when it was remade into a movie, the film company also replaced Audrey Hepburn because of her lack of fame.

  However, it is a blessing in disguise. Andrews later took over the filming of "Mary Poppins", the protagonist of the fairy nanny Mary (Mary Poppins), but defeated Hepburn, who was dubbed by others, and won the Oscar queen. After that, he took over the filming of "The Sound of Music", which soared into the sky.

   This choice of whether to use a Broadway team or a brand-new Hollywood star has both successes and failures.

  Ronald felt that with the looks and acting skills of these two, even under the harsh close-up of the movie camera, they would not be inferior to the current Hollywood stars.

   But who made America a contract society? Ronald hadn't watched a new Broadway play for a long time, and there was nothing he could do about it being preempted by others.

   "My invitation is valid for a long time. If you have a schedule and time, I will have a lot of roles to audition for." Ronald still thinks that Broadway actors can be used.

  The two protagonists, Allen and Duncan, looked at each other again, and luckily found them. "We will play until the beginning of November, and the tour in America will be over, and there will be time then."

   "That's great." Ronald raised his glass and toasted them.

   "Ladies and gentlemen..." A deep, magnetic male voice appeared on the stage, interrupting Ronald's speech.

  He looked up and saw a man wearing a white turtleneck sweater and jeans, walked up to the small stage, holding a microphone in one hand and a stand in the other, greeting the diners.

   "Yo, Alan, you're here too, you guy who stole my leading role." The man who said stand-up comedy saw Alan, the leading actor, and greeted him on stage.

   "Hi, Kevin." Allen salutes him, raising a beer.

   "He is also an actor on Broadway. His starring role ended this year, and he usually makes money by doing imitations here." Allen introduced the people on stage to Ronald.

   "Hey, who is next to you? Isn't it the boss of a film company? What do you think of me? Don't look at my hair as much as his, but my acting skills are better than his."

   Ronald was amused. These Broadway actors are all versatile and have a big tone. They are better than this Allen who just met? Is the Music Box Theater a place for wholesale movie stars?

   "Kevin, here is a piece of Jack Lemmon." An old audience next to him began to call out to him.

   "Hi, hi, Johnny from Little Italy, I know you. I know you...you make me... well, you make me feel bad."

  Ronald turned his head and glanced at Allen, seeing him nodding to confirm himself.

  This Kevin's level is very high. The words just now are imitating the lines of actor Jack Lemmon in "Bachelor's Apartment". He perfectly imitated the tone of a middle-class petty bourgeoisie like Raymond. If it weren't for the perfect match between his mouth shape and his lines on the stage, Ronald would suspect that it was Jack Lemmon playing the double reed with him in the background.

   Ronald put his finger in his mouth and whistled loudly. It attracted Kevin on the stage to look here.

   "Who else can you imitate?"

   "Who can I imitate? I can do it by anyone. But friend, shouldn't you tell me if you belong to a film company?" Kevin was still interacting with himself in the tone of Jack Lemmon.

   "Of course, impress me." Ronald put his arms on his chest, making a look to see your performance.

   "Oh, it's all Elephants here tonight. Honey, I forgot to hide."

  Kevin changed the tone of the commander-in-chief, imitating the famous words when he was pushed into the emergency room after being shot when he took office.

"You have to do better." Ronald knew that the Grand Commander old Ronald had been a TV host for decades, and served as the Grand Commander for seven years. There were so many videos of his speeches, imitating them. He also has a lot of people. Wanting to test Kevin's details, he increased the difficulty.

   "Who do you want to hear?"

   Johnny on the table of "Let's have a female star" started ordering again.

   "Yes, here's a girl." Ronald picked up the beer and raised a glass to the old man.

"Ah, Johnny. You annoy me, stay away from me." Kevin actually imitated the old Hollywood actress Katharine Hepburn, and what is even more disgusting is that he actually imitated Hepburn's old age After that, his head kept shaking, and his voice was also shaking.

   "Bravo!"

  Ronald was also surprised. In just one or two sentences, the ability to capture the most impressive characteristics of the imitated object, and then let the audience quickly recognize it is the characteristic of a great actor.

  Kevin continued to imitate a bunch of celebrities and dignitaries. After more than ten minutes, the audience was very satisfied. He stepped down to leave the microphone for the next actor, and ran over to Ronald's table to say hello.

   "Kevin? You're really nice." Ronald ordered a glass of beer and handed it to him.

   "So, you really belong to the film company?"

   "He is the director of Dirty Dancing Ronald Lee." Lindsay Duncan introduced.

   "Oh, I heard Olympia talk about you, she said you are a very good director, and she doesn't dislike her for being ugly."

   "Oh hahaha..." Ronald spewed out all the beer, this Kevin is very humorous on stage and off stage.

   Several people chatted happily. Seeing that they all wanted to act in movies, Ronald talked about some Hollywood principles.

  Generally speaking, the looks of these theater actors are not comparable to movie stars. But the acting is more than that.

  So generally speaking, the best transition opportunity is a role that suits their characteristics, or start with a supporting role. Broadway character actors, like Kevin, are best at quickly establishing a distinctive image in the eyes of the audience.

"This is my business card. You can give it to your agent and ask him to contact my agent. If there is a chance, I will take care of it." Ronald also had a good impression of Kevin, and took out one Pass him the business card.

   Ronald chatted with them for a while, then got up to leave. Helen is going back to her father's mansion in Uptown Central Park to discuss the new movie.

  Let her drive a new car and go first with her best friend, Ronald called the taxi company.

   "Hello, I need a car. I'm next to the Broadway Music Box Theater and I'm going back to the Essex Hotel."

   After finishing the phone call, Ronald was smoking a cigarette at the door of the bar and waiting.

   "Ronald's girlfriend seems to have left? Shall we go talk to him?"

  At the corner of the bar, near the door, two beauties, one with blonde hair and one with black hair, were talking there. They also came to see "Dangerous Liaisons" today, and found Ronald very early in the bar. But with Helen by his side, he didn't rashly come up to say hello.

"Walk!"

  The black-haired one is Jennifer Beals, the heroine of "Lightning Dance" that Ronald worked with. The blond woman holding arms with her is her Yale classmate, who once caused the rich second-generation Hinckley of the oil company to shoot Judy Foster, the commander-in-chief.

   "Ronald!"

   "Hey, Jennifer, Judy, are you coming to the play?" Ronald heard someone calling him, and put out his cigarette in the ashtray. It turned out that it was two Yale female academic masters who found the information about their ancestors at Yale, thanks to Judy.

   "Yes, we saw you just now. We saw you with your friends, so we didn't come over."

   "Long time no see, are you still at Yale?" Ronald and Bills are also very close friends.

   "The two of us have already graduated." The black-haired Bills stroked his hair.

   "She's married," Foster adds, "Alex is a college professor, writer, director, and producer."

   "Congratulations!" Ronald looked at Bills. He remembered that the two lived together when they were at Yale, and they are still so close now that Bills is married.

   "I heard that you are meeting actresses everywhere in New York, is it to 'rob Ewha'?" Jodie Foster made it clear, "Why didn't you find Jennifer?"

   "That's not a good role to play. Jennifer has already rejected it." Ronald talked about the controversial plot of "Robbery of Ewha".

   "I thought, you and they were talking about this movie just now, will you direct it?" Jennifer Beals' big eyes were watery, looking intoxicated.

   "I don't know how to direct. To be honest, I don't have confidence in this plot. When I read the script, I feel a little physically uncomfortable, so maybe your judgment is right. I was just entrusted by a friend..."

   "Kelly McGillis? We've heard rumors that she's going to play the district attorney."

   "If you can find the role of the victim." Ronald smiled at them.

   "Unfortunately, you can't be the director. If you are the director, I am very confident." Jennifer Beals said half of Ronald. She still remembers that when shooting Lightning Dance, Ronald was very kind to her dance doubles and won her signatures and recommendations.

  In addition to the scene of "Dirty Dancing", everyone has seen it. This is a person with integrity and artistic ability. It would be great if he directed it.

   "Unfortunately, I am not. If you are still interested, you know who to look for." Ronald stood and chatted with the two beauties for a while, and his taxi arrived.

"My car is here, I have a chance to continue our chat." Ronald waved to the driver, and when he stopped at the door, he said goodbye to the two politely, opened the back door and sat up, "Essex Hotel, thank you .”

   "It's a pity that he can't direct. If this role is not directed by him, there will be great controversy." Bills looked at Ronald's leaving figure with pity.

   "Yeah..." Jodie Foster's eyes flickered.

   "Beep beep..."

   After Ronald took a shower, the phone rang.

   "Mr. Capra Wilder? Here's a Miss Jodie Foster to meet a Ronald..."

  The concierge reported Ronald's pseudonym, and Jodie Foster hurried over. She didn't know what pseudonym Ronald used to register, nor did she know his room number, but she rushed in bravely.

   "Please let her come up." Ronald understood her purpose in his heart.

   "Ding Dong", after a while, the doorbell rang.

  "Miss Foster, Mr. Wilder." The concierge introduced Judy Foster to Ronald, and seeing that they knew each other, he backed away knowingly.

   "Come in, what would you like to drink?"

   Ronald lets Jodie Foster in.

"coffee Tea…"

  Ronald went to get the cup, turned around and saw Jodie Foster shut it, and then began to unbutton his skirt, "Coffee, tea, or me?"

   "Oh...don't do that." Ronald reached out to stop Foster's behavior, but he didn't report it to his agent.

   "Why, don't you like me? It was the same last time, don't I look attractive to you?" Jodie Foster sat down on the sofa, covering her face with her hands.

   "I'm assuming that you are the character who wants to rob Ewha?"

"Yes, no one is looking for me to film now. If I don't get a role in a big production, I will be forgotten by the audience immediately. You see, the concierge in the hotel didn't even recognize me. Am I fat? Woohoo..."

   "Don't do this, this role may not be suitable for you, and you will not be forgotten by the audience." Ronald looked at her and sighed.

  Born as a child star, at the critical moment of transformation, she was involved in a shooting case and went to college again. During this period, the movies she shot were all very poor at the box office.

   "You think I'm not suitable for this role?" Jodie Foster is a graduate of Yale University. She is not the kind of brainless blonde who thinks that she can get a role just by her hue.

  Ronald is a director who respects the laws of drama. I was willing to back him last time, but I didn't get the role. If Ronald still thinks that he is not suitable for the role this time, it is impossible for him to recommend it.

"It's not that your acting skills are not suitable, but the role of the victim in this movie is too much. I'm not lying, let alone acting in this movie, I feel physically sick even imagining the scene. You are a good actor ..."

"I'm not reconciled, I can play. I can play the role in 'Taxi Driver' before, there is nothing I can't play." Jodie Foster seems to have caught a life-saving straw and can play a seven-episode movie. For the heroine of the production of a major production company, there is nothing for her to choose.

   Besides, the more controversial it is, the more momentum it can create? I am already 25 years old, if I don't seize the opportunity, I will really be forgotten.

   "Are you sure?" Ronald looked at Foster's firm eyes, knowing that she would do anything to continue her acting career, "Well, I'll make two calls."

"Kelly, I found an actor who was willing to play the victim. She was nominated for an Oscar before. She was nominated for an Oscar. The little girl from the taxi driver in '77, Jodie Foster. I sent her to Los Angeles Looking for you."

  Jodie Foster tilted her head and looked at Ronald passionately with two eyes. She was really handsome, and she gave herself a huge opportunity with just one phone call. Men are not all hated...

   "Hmm..." Just as Ronald put down the phone, Foster jumped up and sealed his mouth with a kiss.

"Hee hee hee…"

Ronald ripped her arm off, "You don't owe me anything in theory, Judy. I just made a phone call, and whether or not you get the part is up to you. I didn't speak on the project Quan, do you understand?"

  Things still need to be clarified. Ronald felt that she couldn't let her have unrealistic fantasies, otherwise she would be in trouble if she didn't get the role.

"Are you worried about what your girlfriend might hear in New York? I know the rules. I'm going to Los Angeles anyway, and you can get the goods there if you want. Or, do you want more?" Judy Foss Seeming to have misunderstood it, she parted her lips and gave Ronald a provocative smile.

  In fact, if Jennifer Beers didn't compete with him, it would be possible to call her here. Jodie Foster wondered, who knew anyone in Los Angeles?

   "When I get to Los Angeles, I will call you." Jodie Foster also asked Ronald for a business card, hugged and kissed him again, and left.

   "It's really a good figure", Ronald touched his lips, recalling the feeling of Judy Foster who was still a little fat at the end of puberty, sticking to himself.

  This blond girl is a top student at Yale, even if it is an exchange, she has to make it clear.

  (end of this chapter)

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