Exploiting Hollywood 1980 Chapter 873

  Chapter 873 Who to choose as the heroine?

   "Why? If you are serious about returning to Hollywood, a professional agent is the most critical and the first thing you need to deal with."

  Ronald couldn't believe his ears. Why did Brooke Shields study at Princeton for four years, but she was not as clear as she was when she was a girl, and had a clear sense of direction for her career? What did she learn at Princeton?

  Oh, it seems to be French.

   "My mother wants to manage my career like she used to. She managed it well before. I didn't use an agent before." Brooke Shields replied.

   "Pocke..." Ronald felt obligated as a friend to do a little cleaning of Brooke's messy mind. This former girl star is still a celebrity known to all people in America. As long as she takes good care of her and continues her star career, it is not a big problem.

  But if it's a mess...Hollywood is full of stars who become famous at a young age and then disappear from everyone.

"Boji, I don't know how to talk about your matter in a softer way, but I am suggesting to you from the perspective of a friend...so don't think I'm speaking directly..." Ronald didn't want to beat around the bush, defending Bo Ji Ji's self-esteem is gone, this girl doesn't seem to know what kind of situation she is in now in Hollywood.

   "Of course, that's what I needed most, a friend's advice. I feel like after graduation, everything is different. But I can't tell what went wrong."

   Brooke let her hair down, then tossed it left and right, looked at Ronald seriously, and the charm of the former most beautiful girl in America began to radiate.

   "How many script invitations do you receive every month now?" Ronald asked bluntly.

   "Hmm... hardly..." Brooke lowered her head, she suddenly felt a little ashamed to face Ronald and be questioned like this. Before quitting the film and television industry to study, my family could receive several invitations to movies and commercials every week.

   "What about your endorsements?" Ronald thought of Brooke's many endorsements, such as the sensational CK jeans.

   "Calvin (·Klein) said that my advertisement made everyone remember me, not the jeans brand CK, so he didn't renew my contract after the contract ended..." Brooke continued to bow her head.

   Not only jeans, but also the Barbie dolls, wigs, toys and other products that she previously authorized, have also canceled the cooperation with Brooke Shields. For Brooke, who was once a top model, actress, and product endorsement star, it has to be said to be a humiliation.

  Originally, she thought that as long as she said she wanted to come back after graduation, all of these would come back again.

"What you need now is a movie, Brooke. A movie that fits your image, and in order to get it, you have to get an agent to take care of it. Not this kind of blind bumping. This movie is not For you, the film is about a 30-year-old woman who…”

   "Ah..." Upon hearing this, Bo Ji covered her face in frustration. This is certainly not possible, once an actress plays an aged role, she will no longer receive scripts for teenage girls.

  Actually, she also thought about the strategy of acting in a movie first and letting the audience remember her own strategy. When her mother Terry was still in her junior year, she contacted DC Comics and made a tailor-made comic adaptation film "Brenda Starr" for her. The reporter character in this comic is a graduate of a prestigious university, tall and beautiful, especially suitable for Brooke Shields.

  If all goes well, the film would have been released this summer when she graduated from Princeton. But her mother's alcoholism ruined many things. She was so drunk that she didn't pay attention to legal details when signing the contract. The author of the original manga and the company that filmed it were involved in legal disputes. No major publisher would be involved in such a lawsuit. interested in film distribution.

   "But I can't find an agent who is willing to represent me..." Brooke Shields had no choice but to agree to Nicolas Cage's invitation to attend Ronald's film premiere. Otherwise, she, who is proud, would not come here and beg for a role like this.

  But as soon as she saw Ronald, she regained that kind of trust in him, as if as long as Ronald was making up his mind, she could find a way. Just like he is also the one who knows how to guide himself best on the set.

   "Can't find it?" Ronald looked Brooke Shields up and down again. Except for the unknown Yves Saint Laurent outfit, Brooke Shields' shirts, pants, and earrings are clearly not in fashion this season. Her handbag seems to have seen her use it a few years ago.

Immediately understood Brooke Shields' embarrassment, Ronald thought about it, and helped Brooke in a way that didn't hurt his self-esteem, "Don't worry, a good friend of mine and the wife of my manager, Paula Wagner, she still remembers that you graduated this year, so she asked me for your contact information. I will let her contact you and give me your current phone number."

  Boji Shields actually just didn't meet a suitable agent for the time being, so all aspects fell into a vicious circle. With her popularity in the hearts of the public before, it is not a big problem to return to the status of a star, and Paula Wagner probably will not refuse one more such client.

"I'm currently living in the apartment I bought a few years ago. It's on Sixty-third Street, not far from here." Brooke hurriedly took out a notebook from her bag, and wrote down the new address and contact number with a pen. , and handed it to Ronald.

   When Ronald was taking the note, he went up to meet it, just in time to meet Brooke turning around, the two bumped into each other, and Ronald's nose hit Brooke's forehead firmly.

   "Oh...", Ronald yelled out, a burst of sourness rushed into his nasal cavity, he almost cried, turned around and covered his nose with his hand, waiting for his sanity to recover.

   "Ow...", Brooke also cried out in fright. When she saw Ronald turning his head and ignoring her, she felt sore. Did he see it?

  Boji was shocked and terrified. In the last two years of college, Boji Shields also inherited the addiction gene of her mother Terry. But instead of drinking, she indulged in potato chips and snacks. Compared with the most beautiful girl with a golden body who was a model, she has gained twenty pounds now.

  In order to prepare for this meeting with Ronald, I specially used a body-shaping magic girdle. Could it be that Ronald felt that he had become a fat girl when we hugged each other just now? She hastily arranged her clothes, so as not to expose her belly.

   "Ronald, what's the matter with you?" Brooke slowly discovered that it wasn't because of the fact that he had become a fat girl, but because of Ronald's nose injury. She helped Ronald sit back on the sofa, "Are you okay? You seem to have a nosebleed..."

   After a flurry of fuss, Ronald's nosebleed also stopped. But after this accident, both of them lost interest in rebuilding the old one for a while. Ronald saw Brooke holding the bag as if she was going to leave at any time, so he asked Brooke, "Where is your driver? I remember it was called Dick? Can he Came to pick you up? It's already late at night."

   "Right now Dick is just working part time for me..." Brooke replied.

   "Hey...", Ronald felt that Brooke's financial situation might be worse than he thought.

   "Or you can sleep here, I have a lot of rooms here." Ronald said.

   "No... I'd better go back..." Brooke stood up in a panic. If Ronald saw her belly, even the best memories of the two of them would be destroyed.

"This..." Ronald was a little speechless, why did this happen, "I'll ask the driver to take you back, and Paula will call you in two days." Ronald called the housekeeper of the apartment and asked He arranged the car.

   Sending Brooke away, Ronald checked the time, it was still early in Los Angeles, so he called Nisita's house.

   "How did you track it down, Rick."

"It's only been two days since the assistant resigned, and now I can't find anyone," Nisita said seriously, "I suspect that someone inside CAA did it. Many people in your movie want to insert actors, if it doesn't come through me and Richard De, they don't have a chance. But after the quarrel breaks out, everyone will have a chance in the public audition."

   "The private detective I introduced to you is good. If you start with that actor named Brad Pitt, you may have a breakthrough."

  The two discussed some strategies for the future, Ronald switched the microphone to the other side, "Is Paula at home, I have something to ask her."

   "Ronald, why do you have an actress for me to take over?" Paula just played with the child, and came to answer the phone and joked.

   "Ah... yes", Ronald smiled wryly, "You will be happy this time, it is the former number one beautiful girl in America, Brooke Shields wants to come back."

   "Oh my God, do you really have one?" Paula Wagner was also surprised, "Boji Shields, why doesn't she have an agent if she wants to come back?"

   "Her mother is very troublesome, but I made an agreement with her. She herself is looking forward to it." Ronald explained a few words, and then gave Paula Brooke's phone number.

   "By the way, if you sign a contract with her, the initial packaging fee, and the initial acting training, you can follow her previous treatment, and hand over the bill to me."

   "Don't worry, Brooke Shields has great potential, and I will handle it well."

   On the second day, Ronald made a special trip to visit the casting director of "Moonlight", Julia Taylor, who he had worked for her before and took audition photos.

   "Julia, I heard that the Casting Society of America will nominate you for this year's best casting award for a theatrical film?"

   Ronald moved the two gifts he brought, a Sony latest model camera, into Julia's office first, and Sony's staff was busy setting up the camera.

  Ronald gave a second gift, cookies baked by Aunt Karen (improved by her boyfriend Eric).

   asked about Julia Taylor, the recent situation of her former boss.

   "Thank you, Ronald", Taylor happily took the biscuit. The camera is a very convenient tool for the casting director, and the biscuit can supplement the energy consumed by all kinds of weird performances during the casting period.

   "It's not thanks to your filming of 'Moonlight' is so good. Our Casting Directors Association, our favorite is your movie that combines the style of the stage play script and the movie critics."

   "It's a pity that the Oscars don't have the best casting award." Ronald smiled.

  Should the success of the casting be attributed to the director, or the casting director, has always been a difficult problem to solve. Hollywood has traditional so-called "casting directors" who handle casting chores like assistants.

   There are also talents like Julia Taylor who can recommend the most suitable actor candidates to the director and really play a role in casting.

  Julia Taylor has been casting Woody Allen, before "Sister Hannah", Woody left her and she didn't know how to make a movie.

And Ronald invited her to lead the casting of the movie "Moonlight Sultry", and even recruited several gold medal supporting actors from Broadway. The success of the movie in the critical field is really due to this A fat middle-aged beauty.

"Hahaha, this is not a problem that can be solved in a while", Julia Taylor also let go of this topic with a smile. In fact, as a separate award, the biggest obstacle to entering the Oscars like the Emmy Awards is The directors' union, they don't like someone sharing the director's power.

   "But if you can get the best director nomination, I will vote for you. I am also a member of the Academy." Julia Taylor is also a full member of the Academy of Film Science and Art and has voting rights.

  Although she can't vote for the nomination for the best director, she can still vote in the final stage.

"How do you publicize this movie next?" Julia Taylor also hopes that "Moonlight" can be recognized by awards, so that her casting work in commercial movies will be recognized by Hollywood, no longer Woody A casting expert for niche films like Allen.

   "I will go to the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards next, then the Kansas City Film Critics Association, then to Chicago, and finally back to New York. These several Film Critics Association awards try to socialize with them as much as possible.

   After that is the Best Director Award from the Directors Union, which is the most important. "

  Ronald knows everything about Julia Taylor. She is the most influential in the New York casting director circle, and she can influence several votes in her hand.

  The two chatted for a while about the "moonlight seductive" award arrangement. Seeing that the time was ripe, Ronald proposed another important matter for his visit this time.

   "Julia, let's work together again this time. My new film needs the help of a casting director like you. There are a lot of actors that are hard to find..."

   "So your rumor is true? Many Hollywood stars are staring at it now." Julia Taylor has also heard rumors about Ronald wanting to direct "Working Girl".

   "Yes, when I return to Los Angeles, I will probably be intensively bombed."

   "But this is Fox's star project, are you sure you want me to be the casting director?" Julia Taylor didn't agree like "Moonlight Alluring" this time.

At that time, "Moonlight" was a medium-sized project with a cost of several million dollars, but this time "Working Girl" is a big project that will definitely involve big stars. According to the recent average cost, generally speaking The cost will be twenty million dollars.

  Julia Taylor's professional opinion will be interfered by many stars, and it is very likely that the most suitable actor for the movie will not be selected. She doesn't like the casting job very much.

   "The first thing I do when I return to Los Angeles this time is to try my best to persuade Fox to choose female stars instead of male stars. So I need your help..."

   "Hahaha, Ronald, you are now a seasoned Hollywood director and producer." Julia Taylor heard the meaning behind Ronald's words.

  Female stars are relatively easy to manipulate, while male stars are very difficult creatures on the set. But if female stars can be used as box office guarantees to promote to distributors, Ronald will have a lot more room for freedom.

  It will be easier for Ronald to get the cooperation of the female star when he directs the female star. On the one hand, as the director of blockbuster films, he has a greater say in front of the female star. On the other hand, the heroines in his past few movies have been very good, and female stars will be more willing to listen to him.

  Julia Taylor is determined that with such a casting, she will have much more room for use. She decided to free up her schedule and devote her casting talents to Ronald's "Working Girl" next. She would fly back to Los Angeles with Ronald when he was done with his New York errands.

   "Do you have a candidate in your mind?" After Ronald and Julia finalized verbally, they showed her the script. The two have known each other for a long time, and they have a deep trust in each other. As long as they agree verbally, it is considered as an employment contract.

   "The boss directly under Tess, you want to change it to a female. In this case, I will definitely recommend Jane Fonda and Meryl Streep first."

  Julia Taylor said two candidates that Ronald did not feel surprised.

   "Where is Tess? The key is Tess." The heroine is the key. This movie mainly relies on the comparison of two female characters to tell the story and show the theme. Therefore, the general process is to select the heroine first, and then find the supporting actress to audition, to see the chemical reaction between the two.

"Well..." Julia sighed, "I know you need to choose a star to support the distribution business, but this role from the ugly duckling at the beginning to the white swan later is a great challenge to the actress' acting skills. I can't think of a good candidate.

   You gotta find a new-age Bette Davis. "

  Bette Davis is one of the most famous female stars in the golden age. The most interesting thing about her is that she can play not-so-beautiful characters, and she can be convincing as a beautiful woman after she is well-dressed.

   "My agent gave me a list, what do you think of Demi Moore?" Ronald said a candidate in his mind.

"Her?", Julia Taylor as casting director, new film she sees every year, Demi Moore as a new age female figure, especially her latest few films, "St. Elmo's Fire ", "Last Night Love", and that CocCola ad, which are full of professional women, the image of college graduates, there is no problem in wearing the clothes of working girls.

   "Then it depends on her image as an ugly duckling." Julia Taylor thought for a while, and finally spit out a sentence.

  (end of this chapter)

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