"Brookey, are you okay? How's the camera going?"
Terry felt suspicious when he saw that his daughter's face was still a little red when she came out of the studio, and she looked like a mature woman.
"The filming was very good. The director thought I did a good job." Poji lowered her head to find the mineral water, avoiding her mother's probing gaze.
Fortunately, Terry didn't go into details. He took his daughter and introduced it to the cool guy next to him, "Brooke, this is Matt Dillon. He plays a cute boy in 'Cuties'. Remember? That Tatum... A teen movie starring O’Neal.”
Tatum O'Neal is only two years older than Brooke Shields and is already the youngest winner of the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. She is the daughter of popular movie star Ryan O'Neal. In "Paper Moon" directed by Peter Bogdanovich and co-starring with her father in 1973, she played a liar who cooperated with Ryan to sell the Bible during the Great Depression. The little girl who cheated together got an Oscar.
She and Brooke are now competitors with the same acting skills. Brooke Shields raised her head and looked at Matt Dillon, who had worked with Tatum, and said, "Hi, nice to meet you." She greeted him.
"Hey Brooke, are you from New York too?" Matt Dillon smiled with his signature bad boy smile.
Soon the two got chatting happily, and Matt Dillon invited Brooke Shields to go out on a date.
On the other hand, Poji's mother was smiling with satisfaction. Brooke glanced at her, looked down at her shoes, and agreed to Dillon's invitation.
Brooke Shields' mother, Terri, intercepted Matt Dillon as they continued chatting, trying to find out what Dillon's next movie would be. She wanted Brooke and Dillon to star together.
"My mother always lets me go out to play, and she will be there." Bo Ji walked to the side of her handbag, picked up the mineral water and drank several large gulps, and swallowed a small piece of cake to replenish the energy consumed by filming the passionate scene. Then he complained softly to Ronald, who happened to be standing aside looking at his pager.
"What? Don't you like her presence?" Ronald continued.
"No, my mother always pays attention to my safety. She said that she will not interfere with my affairs, but is only worried about my safety. Also, when she faces the camera and takes pictures, she is always unwilling to appear with me. She said This is for my own good, to get reporters to report more photos of me dating other people, so I can continue to be in the news."
"Girl, do you have any misunderstandings about dating?" Ronald thought to himself.
"What, don't you agree with her point of view? My mother is a frequent visitor to the fashion industry. She was also a model and actress before. She knows a lot." Brooke seemed to notice Ronald's disapproval.
"I know very little about the fashion industry," Ronald replied, making Brooke smile, "but what do you think? Do you want to go on a date with Matt? I mean a real date."
"Me!" Brooke Shields was a little angry, "My mother said that we are Roman Catholics, and she went on a date with me for my own good."
"You are really your mother's good daughter. But what do you think?"
"What do I think?" Po Ji showed a confused look.
At this time Terry and Matt Dillon came over together, "Porgy, Matt said he has plans on Saturday to meet a best-selling author. You can go on a date on Sunday..."
Ronald was in the parking lot in front of the studio, finding his car and getting ready to go home. Matt Dillon saw him and came over, "Hey, brother, can you take me for a while? I came by taxi."
Ronald motioned him to get in the car and drove him back.
"Would you like to go with me to meet the best-selling author on Saturday, brother? He is also a writer, and my next movie will be adapted from him." Ti Lung asked after getting in the car.
"I am a movie screenwriter, which is different from a writer." Ronald remembered Dillon saying that, and was a little curious about the writers chosen by Disney.
"It makes no difference to me." Matt Dillon has a charm that makes everyone like him. "Actually, I want to find someone to go with. I just got my driver's license and don't have my own car yet."
"Okay...I'll pick you up then." Ronald was also interested in the movie adaptation and wanted to know more about it, so he agreed.
"What brand is your car? I want to buy a sports car, a Ford Mustang? How about it?"
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"Don't be discouraged, Ronald. I'm a movie star, and it's normal for Brooke to agree to date me." A few days later, on Saturday, Matt Dillon sat in the passenger seat of Ronald's car, tilting his head. With a smirk on one side of his mouth, he said to Ronald half-showing off and half-comforting.
"What? Oh, Pooji agreed to date you? Congratulations! Wish you good luck." Ronald congratulated casually. Being able to break through Pooji's mother's blockage did require luck. Then he started thinking about his own thoughts again.
Just a few days ago, while coming off the set of "Endless Love," Ronald responded to a page. His agent, Richard, told him bad news.
John Travolta, who was originally scheduled to guest star, was unwilling to star in "Grease" because he wanted to transform into an acting actor and no longer focus on dancing. He turned down all subsequent roles that asked him to dance.
The new film "Blow Out" directed by Brian De Palma, the suspense film director who became famous for "Carrie" and is hailed by the industry as "the new generation of Hitchcock", chose to bow down. Starring in the lead role, he saw the hope of completely getting rid of the position of "American High School Dance King" and asked his agent to disclose his decision to the circle.
"Grease" actress Olivia Newton-John immediately said through her agent that she was only willing to work with John Travolta in another movie. If Travolta didn't star in "Grease," then he wouldn't star in it either and focus on his singing career.
However, CAA is well-informed. In fact, Olivia wants to join the cast of "The Line". Brian De Palma's movies have a tradition of making famous actresses, and all Hollywood actresses want to join.
If this statement can bind Travolta, then De Palma, who has already chosen him, may choose Olivia.
Recent reports from The Hollywood Reporter and Daily Variety show that some fans would love to see the two reunited after "Grease." It’s probably Olivia Newton-John’s public relations team who is taking action.
"Grease" immediately lost half of its guaranteed success, and Ronald was a little worried. Although his more senior agent Niceta reassured him that such changes were very common in any movie, Ronald also heard some trends from Richard.
Paramount may reduce the budget of the entire film from 12 million to 6 million. Producer Sterwood may be looking for a heroine with box office appeal, or may add some of his own investment.
Ronald sighed, there were still twists and turns in this project.
Matt Dillon misunderstood Ronald and thought he was throwing in the towel in the race to date Brooke Shields.
"Don't worry, brother. I know a lot of beautiful girls. Come to Club 54 to meet me next time, and I'll introduce you to some real hot girls."
"Is there such a good thing? Has Club 54 reopened? Hasn't their boss been arrested?" Ronald responded casually.
"Two businessmen took over the property of Club 54 and hired the original team. It was even more fun than before."
"Turn right ahead and pull over. This is the address." Dillon looked at the address on the note in his hand and directed Ronald to stop downstairs in an older hotel.
"Why does this best-selling author live in this hotel? His royalties are enough to stay in any five-star hotel, right?" Ronald looked at the surrounding environment and found that it was still clean, but the facilities were relatively old.
"I heard it was the hotel where he stayed when he first came to New York. He will stay here every time he comes here. My agent contacted him yesterday and the address is correct." Matt Dillon answered. Entered the hotel with Ronald who parked the car.
Although a movie has been filmed, it has gained popularity. But Matt Dillon didn't actually make much money, and he didn't make enough money to be recognized by passers-by.
He didn’t have a manager dedicated to taking care of his life, so that day he asked Ronald to drive him to meet the best-selling author for an interview. He has a natural charm that makes people approachable. Although Ronald has only met him twice, he already feels that he is a familiar friend.
In addition, I also wanted to meet this best-selling author, so I came together.
"Actually, Mr. Wilhite, the vice president of Disney, has agreed to the request of the producer, Mr. Zinnemann, that I will be the leading actor in this adapted movie. But the author of the original work must meet me."
"Oh, really?" Ronald felt a little strange. The author may have a lower status than the screenwriter in a film project. After selling the adaptation rights, there was no room for them to speak. unless……
"By the way, which adaptation are you going to star in?" Ronald asked at the elevator entrance.
With a "ding" sound, the elevator stopped on the first floor. The two stepped into the elevator and pressed the button for the author's floor.
"It was written by Texas guy Se. Hinton. We are here to see him today." Matt Dillon answered.
"Mainly to see you, Matt." Ronald smiled, "I'm just here to make up the numbers."
Ronald flipped through Hinton's collection, a gift from Diane. It mainly tells about young people in rural towns. The earliest one, "The Kid," was from the 1960s, and "The Texan" is the latest one.
"Ring ring ring ring..."
"Here we come..." A female voice said after hearing the doorbell.
After a while, the door opened, and a fat woman stood at the door, looking at them.
Ronald looked through her figure and saw that there was no one else in the simple room. "We called and found an author named Hinton..."
"That's me." The fat woman replied, opening the door and motioning for the two of them to come in.
"Yo! I didn't expect you to be a woman." Matt Dillon walked into the room, raising one corner of his mouth and showing his trademark smirk.
"Oh, you must be Matt. Matt Dillon, right?" Hinton happily brought them a Coke, "I have always been a little worried that a boy born and raised in New York can accurately interpret my Rio A young man from a small town in rural Oklahoma, I feel relieved when I see you.”
Matt Dillon turned around and gave Ronald a look like, "That's what I said, right?"
"Who is this?" Hinton asked when he saw the taller Ronald. She thought Ronald might be a member of Dillon's family, or a manager.
"He is a good friend of mine, Ronald Lee. I asked him to send me to you, Ms. Hinton. He is also a writer like you."
"Oh? Nice to meet you." Hinton shook Ronald's hand, very happy to see a young writer. "Are you also a writer? My first novel, 'The Kid,' was written when I graduated from high school. It is also the one that has received the highest praise from critics to this day."
Perhaps writers don’t have the opportunity to interact with their peers, but Hinton was enthusiastic about Ronald. Invite them both to sit down and drink Coke.
"No, I'm a movie screenwriter." Ronald sat down, pulled the tab, and took two sips of Coke. "I've read four of your novels recently. High school students now like them very much. Your books are the best in my cousin's school. Popularity."
"Movie screenwriter, that's great. I've always wanted to make mine into a movie, but I can't write a movie script myself, and I'm worried that the film company will over-adapt my work and offend my readers, so I haven't agreed yet. Disney sold them the rights to adapt it.”
"So that's it," Ronald thought to himself. No wonder Disney wanted Dillon to show her over. The power was still in Hinton's hands, so she had more say in the entire project than ordinary people. "
"Tell me, Ronald, what's the difference between writing a screenplay and writing?" Hinton asked a lot of questions.
"The script contains less time and content, and there is not much description of appearance in the script, because the actors are seen by the audience all the time in the movie..." Ronald picked some scripts he wrote and talked about his experience. some.
The chubby Hinton had a very happy chat with the two. Now she has great confidence in the "Texan" and asked Dillon a lot about his living habits. In her opinion, Matt Dillon is indeed suitable for the protagonist.
Seeing that the time was about the same as Ronald, Matt Dillon also said goodbye. It seemed that the interview was a success.
As we were saying goodbye, Hinton half-jokingly said, "Ronald, would you like to help me adapt the script for 'The Texan'?"
Ronald knew that the film's producer, Tim Zinnemann, was the current boyfriend of Meg Tilly, who was of Chinese descent, and that he was running the project specifically to flatter her.
So he didn't want to get involved, so he said:
"I have other projects, and Disney must have its own candidate for adaptation."
Hinton left their contact information and said to Ronald, "I will mention your joining the adaptation team at the appropriate time."
Ronald knew that he would never be chosen, so he just smiled and said nothing.
Then she turned to Matt Dillon and said, "You're a really good fit for this movie. I'll check with Wilhite, the vice president at Disney."
"Do you have any history with Meg Tilly?" Dillon suddenly asked Ronald while sitting in the car.
"What? History? I remember telling you that she was not chosen as the heroine and chose another girl."
"Yeah, yeah."
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