NOVEL NEXT Exploiting Hollywood 1980.
Chapter 85 Why Are You Here?
Chapter 85 Why Are You Here?
After finishing Gene's business, Ronald returned to the casting studio to update them with the actor's audition photos.There are many actors who have files with casting directors, but they have never filmed any major roles, and they are still struggling to make ends meet.
The income of many actors is extremely unstable. When they have roles, they can earn thousands of dollars, but they may not receive any roles for up to a year. They also have to pay for various acting training classes, makeup artists, and hair stylists.
It is not a small burden for them to update the audition photos once a year.Commercial photographers generally charge them $100-200 for a set of shooting fees.
Here at Casting Studios, take an audition photoshoot for just $50.If more copies are needed, just take the negatives yourself and go to a Kodak lab to develop a few copies.
This can be regarded as an additional service for Julia and the others. It can update the audition photos, so as not to fail the audition due to the large difference between the actors and the photos.It also made the actors happy to communicate more with casting studios, and to cooperate better in the future.It is a win-win business strategy.
Of course, the other winner is Ronald.I can shoot several times a week, at most I can shoot more than 10, and the income of 40 US dollars is really good.
After the photo was taken, Ronald Lai stayed in the studio.There are many scripts accumulated in the studio over the years.Ronald begged for some and flipped through them casually.
"Hi, young photographer, we meet again."
"Why are you here?" Ronald heard the sound and saw that it was the big-headed taxi driver he met twice at the airport, "Oh, by the way, you are still the teacher of the acting training class, are you here to take classes? ?”
"No, let me see, who is the lucky boy who plays opposite my daughter."
It turned out that his daughter was also an actress.
"I haven't introduced myself formally, Ronald Lee."
"Call me Bert, that's my daughter Diane Lane." The door of the head pointed in the direction of the audition room.
Ronald saw a long-haired girl standing outside the audition room, chatting with a middle-aged man.It was the heroine of the movie "Love on the Sunset Bridge" that I saw in Los Angeles last time.The little girl lauded by Laurence Olivier as the new Grace Kelly.
"So he's the father of new Grace Kelly. No wonder he laughed so hard last time."
The middle-aged man opposite Diane had a director's viewfinder hanging around his neck, and he seemed to be the director of the movie.
"Is Diane going to play against the actor?"
"No, the director is auditioning for male actors. Today, several candidates will come and shoot a film with Diane to see who matches her better on the screen."
So Burt's daughter, Diane, has been confirmed as the heroine candidate, and now she has to choose an actor to match her.The new Grace Kelly is still extraordinary.
"Time Magazine is also coming to interview Diane, and she will be on the cover in August." Burt said of his daughter's pride.
"Time Magazine?" Ronald had seen this magazine before, and those who could appear on the cover of Time Magazine were usually big figures in the political and business circles.
"Dad, Dad, the director said he wants the whole film... Come here." Diane shouted to this side.
"Let's talk later, Ronald." Burt walked over and chatted with the director.
When Ronald saw that they couldn't talk, Bert started arguing with the director-like person.Burt was very excited, rejected the director with a firm attitude, took his daughter's hand and left.
Before leaving, the little girl made a face at the director, Ronald couldn't help but smile.
"God, they are going to Fiji in the South Pacific in a few days to start the machine. Now change the heroine?" Julia began to lose her composure after learning about Diane Lane's rejection of the heroine.
"That crazy director, Randall Kleiser, wanted both the male and female protagonists to be naked when filming. Diane is only 14 years old, so he must be crazy." Margery replied.
"The previous actress Jennifer Jason Leigh (Jennifer Jason Leigh) also resigned because of this. She is 17 years old and cannot accept full frontal nudity."
"Jennifer's father is the actor Vic Morrow, she has no shortage of opportunities." Julia said, "The producer must be driven crazy, who else does he have?"
"Look for Terry, she can promise anything for her daughter to act in a movie, and she can play the child prostitute in "The Legend of Yanwa" when she was 12 years old."
"Brooke Shields? She's fit. She's 5ft 10, so it's not like 1.77 years old, but male actors need to find taller ones. Try Jodie Fosse Jodie Foster, she is 14 and has also acted as a child prostitute, maybe she can accept this kind of large-scale drama."
"In short, as soon as possible, it is best to make a decision today, so as not to delay the shooting in Fiji."
Julia called Brooke Stoudemire's mother and manager Terry:
"...Okay, okay, no problem, the director can agree to this request."
"Teri promised her daughter to be in 'The Blue Lagoon' but asked for a full-frontal nude scene to be done by a stand-in."
"The director agreed?"
"Does he have a choice?"
"If you agree early, you can actually talk to Jennifer Jason Lee and Diane Lane."
"Don't think about that, this lunatic may not fully keep his promise. We still have hundreds of actors to watch. The previous ones with Diane Lane are all invalid, and the height difference between the two is too great."
"Ronald, Ronald, you have to help us, there are hundreds of male actor profiles to be moved here."
Ronald moved several large and small frames of videotapes and audition resumes.
"The big one is VHS, and the small one is BetaMax. You are also in charge of a video recorder and help us find a male lead." Margaery assigned work to Ronald.
"What do you need?" Ronald asked.
"First of all, it must be tall enough. Brooke Stoudemire is 5 feet 10 inches (1.77 meters), so the male actor must be around 6 feet. Then he must be like a wild man, the kind who left human society since childhood and lived alone."
"Like Tarzan?"
"Yes, like Tarzan."
"Ah... hey" Ronald yawned a lot. After watching a lot of video tapes, few of them met the requirements.Not tall enough, is not wild enough. "
"Click", will there be any surprises when watching the tape newly put into the VCR.
A man with a savage temperament appeared on the screen, full of wildness, the lines on his face were like sculptures, his eyes and nose looked slightly mentally handicapped.
"This guy is nice, he looks like a savage." Ronald took out the video tape and walked to Julia. "Look at this, Julia."
Julia's eyes also lit up, "It's really good, what's your name?"
Ronald picks up the attached resume, "Sean Penn"
Margery took it over and looked at it, "Unfortunately, it's only 5 feet 8 (1.73 meters), and it can't match Brooke Stoudemire."
"Didn't you say that we should start from the character's characteristics? I think his characteristics are very prominent." Ronald was a little confused. When he first chose Gene, Julia and Margaery supported him.
"It's different this time. This is a movie featuring boys and girls stranded on a deserted island in the sea, living a primitive life, getting married and having children. There is no deep drama, and the movie will start shooting in Fiji soon. Type fit is the most important thing.”
Ronald nodded, it seems that not every movie's casting focuses on personality fit.Come to think of it, what is the character of the cast of "High School of Rock"?As long as it's cheap enough and looks good.
"How about this one?" Margaery chose another one, and a handsome guy appeared on the screen.
Christopher Atkins, 5-foot-11, is tall enough.An actor and model in New York, this is his surfboard commercial.
"It's very handsome, it seems a bit unwild enough." Ronald picked a problem.
"It's okay, let him curl his hair, it's like Tarzan." Julia made a final decision and went to discuss with the director.
Ronald and Margery sat at the table, drinking coffee and eating cookies Julia had saved up for overtime.
"Actually, you are tall enough, and curling your hair is fine, Ronald. Do you want to go to Fiji to film with Brooke Stoudemire?" Margery teased.
"I've promised David da Silva to watch Gene while we're filming Hot Lunch."
"Then you may have missed an opportunity to become famous in one fell swoop."
"Well, do I really have acting talent?"
Ronald and Margaery laughed together.
But the name of this "hot lunch" really needs to be changed. Ever since I knew about the Porcelain movie, it feels strange to say this word every time.
(End of this chapter)
After finishing Gene's business, Ronald returned to the casting studio to update them with the actor's audition photos.There are many actors who have files with casting directors, but they have never filmed any major roles, and they are still struggling to make ends meet.
The income of many actors is extremely unstable. When they have roles, they can earn thousands of dollars, but they may not receive any roles for up to a year. They also have to pay for various acting training classes, makeup artists, and hair stylists.
It is not a small burden for them to update the audition photos once a year.Commercial photographers generally charge them $100-200 for a set of shooting fees.
Here at Casting Studios, take an audition photoshoot for just $50.If more copies are needed, just take the negatives yourself and go to a Kodak lab to develop a few copies.
This can be regarded as an additional service for Julia and the others. It can update the audition photos, so as not to fail the audition due to the large difference between the actors and the photos.It also made the actors happy to communicate more with casting studios, and to cooperate better in the future.It is a win-win business strategy.
Of course, the other winner is Ronald.I can shoot several times a week, at most I can shoot more than 10, and the income of 40 US dollars is really good.
After the photo was taken, Ronald Lai stayed in the studio.There are many scripts accumulated in the studio over the years.Ronald begged for some and flipped through them casually.
"Hi, young photographer, we meet again."
"Why are you here?" Ronald heard the sound and saw that it was the big-headed taxi driver he met twice at the airport, "Oh, by the way, you are still the teacher of the acting training class, are you here to take classes? ?”
"No, let me see, who is the lucky boy who plays opposite my daughter."
It turned out that his daughter was also an actress.
"I haven't introduced myself formally, Ronald Lee."
"Call me Bert, that's my daughter Diane Lane." The door of the head pointed in the direction of the audition room.
Ronald saw a long-haired girl standing outside the audition room, chatting with a middle-aged man.It was the heroine of the movie "Love on the Sunset Bridge" that I saw in Los Angeles last time.The little girl lauded by Laurence Olivier as the new Grace Kelly.
"So he's the father of new Grace Kelly. No wonder he laughed so hard last time."
The middle-aged man opposite Diane had a director's viewfinder hanging around his neck, and he seemed to be the director of the movie.
"Is Diane going to play against the actor?"
"No, the director is auditioning for male actors. Today, several candidates will come and shoot a film with Diane to see who matches her better on the screen."
So Burt's daughter, Diane, has been confirmed as the heroine candidate, and now she has to choose an actor to match her.The new Grace Kelly is still extraordinary.
"Time Magazine is also coming to interview Diane, and she will be on the cover in August." Burt said of his daughter's pride.
"Time Magazine?" Ronald had seen this magazine before, and those who could appear on the cover of Time Magazine were usually big figures in the political and business circles.
"Dad, Dad, the director said he wants the whole film... Come here." Diane shouted to this side.
"Let's talk later, Ronald." Burt walked over and chatted with the director.
When Ronald saw that they couldn't talk, Bert started arguing with the director-like person.Burt was very excited, rejected the director with a firm attitude, took his daughter's hand and left.
Before leaving, the little girl made a face at the director, Ronald couldn't help but smile.
"God, they are going to Fiji in the South Pacific in a few days to start the machine. Now change the heroine?" Julia began to lose her composure after learning about Diane Lane's rejection of the heroine.
"That crazy director, Randall Kleiser, wanted both the male and female protagonists to be naked when filming. Diane is only 14 years old, so he must be crazy." Margery replied.
"The previous actress Jennifer Jason Leigh (Jennifer Jason Leigh) also resigned because of this. She is 17 years old and cannot accept full frontal nudity."
"Jennifer's father is the actor Vic Morrow, she has no shortage of opportunities." Julia said, "The producer must be driven crazy, who else does he have?"
"Look for Terry, she can promise anything for her daughter to act in a movie, and she can play the child prostitute in "The Legend of Yanwa" when she was 12 years old."
"Brooke Shields? She's fit. She's 5ft 10, so it's not like 1.77 years old, but male actors need to find taller ones. Try Jodie Fosse Jodie Foster, she is 14 and has also acted as a child prostitute, maybe she can accept this kind of large-scale drama."
"In short, as soon as possible, it is best to make a decision today, so as not to delay the shooting in Fiji."
Julia called Brooke Stoudemire's mother and manager Terry:
"...Okay, okay, no problem, the director can agree to this request."
"Teri promised her daughter to be in 'The Blue Lagoon' but asked for a full-frontal nude scene to be done by a stand-in."
"The director agreed?"
"Does he have a choice?"
"If you agree early, you can actually talk to Jennifer Jason Lee and Diane Lane."
"Don't think about that, this lunatic may not fully keep his promise. We still have hundreds of actors to watch. The previous ones with Diane Lane are all invalid, and the height difference between the two is too great."
"Ronald, Ronald, you have to help us, there are hundreds of male actor profiles to be moved here."
Ronald moved several large and small frames of videotapes and audition resumes.
"The big one is VHS, and the small one is BetaMax. You are also in charge of a video recorder and help us find a male lead." Margaery assigned work to Ronald.
"What do you need?" Ronald asked.
"First of all, it must be tall enough. Brooke Stoudemire is 5 feet 10 inches (1.77 meters), so the male actor must be around 6 feet. Then he must be like a wild man, the kind who left human society since childhood and lived alone."
"Like Tarzan?"
"Yes, like Tarzan."
"Ah... hey" Ronald yawned a lot. After watching a lot of video tapes, few of them met the requirements.Not tall enough, is not wild enough. "
"Click", will there be any surprises when watching the tape newly put into the VCR.
A man with a savage temperament appeared on the screen, full of wildness, the lines on his face were like sculptures, his eyes and nose looked slightly mentally handicapped.
"This guy is nice, he looks like a savage." Ronald took out the video tape and walked to Julia. "Look at this, Julia."
Julia's eyes also lit up, "It's really good, what's your name?"
Ronald picks up the attached resume, "Sean Penn"
Margery took it over and looked at it, "Unfortunately, it's only 5 feet 8 (1.73 meters), and it can't match Brooke Stoudemire."
"Didn't you say that we should start from the character's characteristics? I think his characteristics are very prominent." Ronald was a little confused. When he first chose Gene, Julia and Margaery supported him.
"It's different this time. This is a movie featuring boys and girls stranded on a deserted island in the sea, living a primitive life, getting married and having children. There is no deep drama, and the movie will start shooting in Fiji soon. Type fit is the most important thing.”
Ronald nodded, it seems that not every movie's casting focuses on personality fit.Come to think of it, what is the character of the cast of "High School of Rock"?As long as it's cheap enough and looks good.
"How about this one?" Margaery chose another one, and a handsome guy appeared on the screen.
Christopher Atkins, 5-foot-11, is tall enough.An actor and model in New York, this is his surfboard commercial.
"It's very handsome, it seems a bit unwild enough." Ronald picked a problem.
"It's okay, let him curl his hair, it's like Tarzan." Julia made a final decision and went to discuss with the director.
Ronald and Margery sat at the table, drinking coffee and eating cookies Julia had saved up for overtime.
"Actually, you are tall enough, and curling your hair is fine, Ronald. Do you want to go to Fiji to film with Brooke Stoudemire?" Margery teased.
"I've promised David da Silva to watch Gene while we're filming Hot Lunch."
"Then you may have missed an opportunity to become famous in one fell swoop."
"Well, do I really have acting talent?"
Ronald and Margaery laughed together.
But the name of this "hot lunch" really needs to be changed. Ever since I knew about the Porcelain movie, it feels strange to say this word every time.
(End of this chapter)
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