Shirley Knight, who plays the heroine's mother, didn't say much more.
Ronald called his buddies from the Delta Omega Epsilon fraternity. This fraternity is already the most popular fraternity on campus during the New Year. It has the largest number of new members and the most beautiful women coming to parties.
After becoming famous, handsome guys attract beauties, and beauties attract handsome guys. In a virtuous cycle, the fraternity no longer needs to hire models from agent Eddie to support the scene. At New York University and surrounding schools such as the City University of New York, beauties all wanted to attend, and it suddenly became the most popular party in the university.
Even many high school girls want to be taken to parties to meet handsome guys.
The brothers were very excited when they heard that they were going to be selected for the role of the heroine in "Endless Love". All of a sudden, many college students gathered with their friends. Nearly 50 people squeezed out of the eight cars parked in front of the casting studio.
Ronald took them to the large conference room, took out the four candidates, plus Brooke Shields' audition photos, and placed them on the table at the front desk of the conference room.
"Who are you most willing to date? Whose house are you willing to sneak into by climbing the wall at night?" Ronald asked the college students below, pointing to five photos lined up.
"This is Jennifer Jason Leigh, a show of hands for her. This is Bo Derek, a show of hands for her..."
Statistics show that Kelly Preston and Bo Derek ranked first and second among the actors who came to audition, Jennifer Jason Leigh was not far away in third, and Melanie Griffey Want to be at the bottom.
But Brooke Shields, who didn't come, got the votes far ahead of everyone else, undisputedly winning the male hormone test.
"Okay, our target audience is also a group of people with a certain level of education." Peter Gubel nodded approvingly towards Ronald, "I remember your name, Ronald."
"Thanks."
"Among these four, which one doesn't have other projects on hand at the moment?"
Julia stepped forward and pointed to Kelly Preston's picture.
Jennifer Jason Leigh and Melanie Griffiths are second-generation stars, and Bo Derek is the director's wife. They will have no shortage of opportunities. Only Kelly Preston, who has just hooked up with a model photographer, is still auditioning for various movies. She is the weakest among the connections.
"Continue to negotiate with her, and then contact Brooke Shields' mother Terry. Her mother's part-time agent is not professional at all and is too greedy. She offered her daughter a salary of 1 million US dollars.
Keep negotiating, put some pressure on her, we don't have her only option. "
Peter Guber instructed his assistant to convey his opinions to the film's producers. Although Brooke Shields was the first choice, he still had to dangle other candidates to lower the price.
"Julia, and you, Ronald. We continue to audition actresses with no film experience. Keep up the pressure and Terry will give in. And newcomers often surprise."
Guber put the cigarette butt in the ashtray, walked out of the audition studio, got into a luxury car and left.
Ronald turned around and escorted the frat guys out of the office, all excited about deciding on the movie's heroine.
At the door, the brothers were still discussing the casting vote. This was probably the closest experience they had ever had to film production.
"Hey, will Brooke Shields really play the lead role of Jade? Aren't there a lot of scenes like that? Hehehehe." A brother said with a smile on his face.
"Why are you thinking about that thing?" Another more decent person laughed at him.
"You're still talking about me, where are the posters of Brooke Shields in The Movie that you keep in your locker?"
"How dare you steal my locker..."
The two were fighting and making trouble together.
Ronald shook his head and said to the remaining brothers: "Your opinions are all important, but the final casting has not been determined yet. Don't spread the word that we have selected anyone yet. The director and producer are still here." Choose from several candidates.”
"Does Brooke Shields have a good chance?"
Many people ask.
"Well, she's ahead for now," Ronald replied.
"Oh! Great!" About 50 brothers began to pile into eight cars and went back to New York University.
Ronald shook his head, not expecting Brooke Shields to be so popular among the students.
Back in the office, Ronald compiled the information of the four actresses. In fact, among the four, Kelly Preston was in the worst situation.
There is no solid relationship like the other three, blood, or husband and wife between her and the person who supports her. She is playing a dangerous balance between the photographer, agent, and the powerful people in the audition who support her. game.
But this girl has the best conditions, and given the right role, she will stand out.
"We will send audition invitations to all the major agencies next. You have blonde hair, good looks, and the temperament of a rich girl. Ronald, you need to come more." Julia Taylor reminded that they would also audition many non-connected people outside the industry. .
"Compared with them, Kelly Preston is happy. At least she can directly enter the later audition rounds." Ronald thought, "The golden period of actresses is much shorter than that of male actors, so the competition is extremely fierce. , those newcomers who are chosen to film their debut films must be very lucky."
On the way home, Ronald visited Barnes & Noble Bookstore. Now there are some bookstores that have begun to publish movie scripts for fans to collect. These scripts are not necessarily the original scripts. Some were written backwards to make them closer after the movie was released.
Ronald would often come here to look for them when he had time. If he found suitable real scripts and had seen the movies, he would buy them for his own study.
Today there is a new book on the best-seller stand at the door of the bookstore, and it is Ingrid Bergman's autobiography. With the help of biographers, Ingrid Bergman's autobiography was quickly written and published. The American people did not forget the Swedish star, and it quickly became a bestseller in 1980.
Ronald also bought a copy. After all, this is a biography that was born because of himself.
Bergman did not hold anything back and wrote down his romantic history over the years.
"Robert Capa, Bergman also had an affair with a war correspondent?" Ronald was eye-opening.
"Gregory Peck, you Peck, you took advantage of the filming of Dr. Edward to have an affair with the heroine Bergman?" Being handsome has its perks.
"Spencer Tracy also had a relationship with you? What did you make her girlfriend Katharine Hepburn think?" So exciting?
"There was a scene when Gary Cooper was filming Tolls of the Bell? He couldn't even get through the phone after filming." I didn't expect you to be such an unfeeling Bergman.
What do you think of Humphrey Bogart in "Casablanca"?
"I've kissed Bogart, but I don't know this man." Good looks, good looks, Bogart said he didn't know him because he was ugly.
Ronald finished reading Ingrid Bergman's autobiography in one sitting. It was already dark in New York. I made a cup of tea and thought about the plot of Bergman's autobiography while drinking it.
On the one hand, Bergman would have a romance with an actor or director every time he made a movie, but after the movie, he would return to his doctor husband and become a housewife and raise his daughter.
Had it not been for the murder of director Roberto Rossellini in Italy, it is difficult to say whether Bergman would have returned to New York to continue living with her husband after the passion.
This may be determined by the working conditions of the actresses. They spend several months working on a set that is isolated from the outside world. Actors are a group of people who are full of emotions and hormones. It is easy to create sparks.
But after the filming of a movie, everyone went their separate ways. Actors have more freedom. After filming a movie, they can take on the next movie. The couple in this movie may not have the chance to work together again for two or three years. It’s no surprise that the crew has many revealing lovers.
To have a long-lasting relationship with an actress, you either have to have a particularly high moral standard or a very deep relationship, or you don't take many roles after marriage, or you only cooperate with your husband.
This is the case with Roberto Rossellini in his autobiography. The films he made were all box-office hits, but Bergman was not allowed to take on any other director's films. In the end, Bergman had to pay for his living expenses out of his own pocket. I'm afraid this is not just machismo, but a profound insight into the characteristics of life in the film industry.
But it’s not good to keep making no money. Although art is good, it will starve people to death. A few years later, Ingrid Bergman and he had a son and two daughters, but they still ended up divorced. It's okay if you ask the naturally beautiful Bergman not to buy cosmetics, but without other luxuries, customized clothes, and high-end residences, how can she last long?
It seems that if you want to become a star, you must meet three conditions. The first one is passable. The second thing is to have money. Third, it would be best to make a movie with them.
"Well, it seems that my emotional life prospects are not bad." Ronald held his chin and thought wildly.
Antonia Franceschi will be back soon. "Famous" is scheduled to premiere at New York's Ziegfeld Theater in early May, and Ronald has not yet received an invitation to the premiere. I guess the stingy director did it on purpose.
Antonia's career is developing smoothly. Ronald knows through the director that she has performed well in the B role and has been competed by two ballet companies. No matter what the prospects are for the two of them, it is always good to get together for a few days and renew their relationship.
There are also Gene Ray who plays Leroy, who plays Coco, and Erin Cara who sings the theme song, Maureen Tiffey who plays Dorothy, composer Michael Gore, in addition to the annoying director, there is a chance Getting together with old friends is also a happy thing.
"Ring, ring, ring..." The ringing of the phone interrupted Ronald's memories.
"I'm from Creative Artists Agency (CAA), looking for Ronald Lee."
"That's me." Ronald suddenly became energetic. Is this the agent looking for him?
"Hello, I am Mr. Rick Niceta's secretary. He has received your letter of recommendation and is very interested in your script. I hope you can mail it to him."
"Of course, I will revise it as soon as possible and mail it to him."
"Okay, what's your address? I need to send you a disclaimer of authorization. You sign it and send it together."
Ronald gave his address, hung up the phone, and jumped up. "Here comes my spring, Ronald."
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