Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 449 Now that's your trouble

Seeing John G. Iverson again, he put on a white Polo shirt, light gray pants, and patterned soft-soled shoes, a set that was about to go to the golf course, which made him look more refined. .

   "I heard you want to see me?" Evelson leaned on the sofa in the cafe, looking very relaxed.

  "A cup of coffee", Elvisson turned to the waitress and said, "Hey, today is my lucky day to meet such a beautiful girl, Laura, right?"

  Evilson was still the same, and when he saw the name on the nameplate on the waiter's chest, he began to laugh with the beauty.

"Weintraub wants me to take over 'Longwei Kid' and I wonder if you've made up your mind, John. I don't want to be the kind of backup who's staring at the crew and ready to play." Ronald also After taking a sip of coffee, he nodded to the handsome old man Elvisson.

  Evilson and the beauty smiled, turned their heads and said to Ronald, "I am really going to give up this project, Weintraub doesn't like Pat Morita very much, I can't convince him, so I have to leave this project.

  I actually like the story you wrote very much. It is a warm story full of humanistic care for the people at the bottom. The weak defeat the strong, the lonely old man educates fake sons, and he himself is comforted.

pity……"

"Apart from that, are there any other reasons for you to give up directing?" Ronald sighed in relief, he could direct the script he wrote himself, and it was a medium-sized production with a budget of "up to" eight million, said It is impossible not to be moved. But curiosity still made him ask one more question.

   "I made a fatal mistake, flirting with Weintraub's secretary, Susan. I didn't expect Weintraub to come to the real thing this time. I wasn't just playing casually with Susan, and I might start a family with him."

   "Huh? Isn't his wife Jane Morgan?"

"I don't know about that," Evelson shrugged. "You're a good screenwriter, Ronald. You're also a handsome guy. You have to learn from me. This isn't the first time I've lost a good project because of my lip service. ."

   "Huh?" Ronald was surprised.

"In show business, a lot of times, people are complicated. The people you see who go into projects, probably everyone has a different background. Back in 1977, I was a part of Travolta's 'Saturday Night Fever'. ' director.

   But one day I invited one of the crew's assistants out on a date, and you know I was single at the time.

   Who knew she was the producer, the owner of RKO Records, and the girlfriend of Robert Stewart's boyfriend.

boom! The casting, the sets, and the rehearsals that I had done were all gone. The only legacy I left with that movie was the colorful light-emitting floor in the disco where Travolta danced. "

   "Just a date?" Ronald knew Sterwood and wrote the scripts for the sequels to "Grease" and "Saturday Night Fever" for him.

   "Just a date." Evelson nodded.

   "Fuxk", Ronald cursed secretly, this is all a mess. The girlfriend of the boss's boyfriend lost his job after one date. And what Evelson meant, he didn't know when he was dating.

  There are many sticks like this in the movie industry who don’t understand anything, but they have achieved great success.

   "But this time...the candidate for Master Miyagi..." Ronald was dubious about Evelson's judgment of the reason for his dismissal. Weintraub did not have a normal relationship with Susan, but he said that he would fire the director because of his teasing... Moreover, Weintraub also gave a solution, as long as Evelson agreed to change the role of Master Miyagi Just do it.

   "Of course, I also have other options. But Pat Morita is indeed the best person to play this role. After you take over the directorship, I suggest you meet Morita first, so that you know that what I said is not a lie."

  Evilson was very free and easy, and even recommended Ronald to the actors he saw.

   "Oh, can you tell me why?" Ronald was curious again.

   "Morita was recommended to me by my friend. I talked to him once, and he told me some of his childhood experiences. After I heard it, I felt that the role of Master Miyagi must be him."

  Evilson changed to a comfortable position and continued to explain to Ronald.

   "Morita has a sense of humor, explosive acting skills, and can act in daytime sitcoms. The Miyagi master you created needs an actor who understands both American culture and Eastern culture and history.

   And... Pat Morita himself was sent to a concentration camp as a child. When World War II broke out, he happened to be in middle school and grew up in a concentration camp. He has first-hand experience of this history, so that he can act out the pain of the lonely old Japanese veteran.

   And he has no resentment against that history, because he was a child at the time, so that he would not take that memory as hatred, but guilt.

   So he can show Master Miyagi's love for Danny very well, and he can feel the real feelings without acting. Then he can project this feeling on Danny, who lacks fatherly love in a single-parent family, in order to perform the father-son relationship between the two.

   And your script is actually about family emotions, and father-son relationship, not about fighting and martial arts, let alone a game for children to pick up girls. "

   "Is there? It seems that I just wrote a propositional composition." Ronald thought for a while.

  Evelson actually makes a lot of sense. Ronald didn't write the script directly in that exploitative way. The love between Danny and Ali only accounts for a very small part.

   And the story of Danny learning karate, Ronald also tried his best to popularize and philosophize him, and didn't spend a lot of money on the fight itself.

   As for the father-son relationship...

  Ronald was silent, maybe it was because he didn't have a father image in his memory in this life, so maybe...probably...subconsciously projected his regrets onto Danny, right?

   "So, which new project will you go to?"

  Evilson smiled, "I may return to the 'Rocky' series. Re-cooperate with Stallone."

   "Oh, who is Rocky hitting this time?" Ronald asked. Each episode of Rocky, the object of the game is different, which is also a topic that the people of America relish.

   "This time against the champion of the Suville Union." A smile appeared on Evelson's face.

  Evelson directed the first part of "Rocky", and after he won the Oscar for best director, he was reluctant to direct the sequel because of some ridiculous vanity.

   Stallone made repeated requests, and even wrote a heartfelt letter asking him to come out, but he still refused to direct his favorite niche art films.

After   , Evilson had no further achievements at the Oscar nomination level. Afterwards, he regretted rejecting Stallone. There is a sequel to "Rocky" that can be made, and it should be made. After the filming, I will make the art film I want to make. Maybe I can also pull Stallone to invest.

   Fortunately, this time, the two films directed by Stallone, "Rocky 3", and "Dragon Flying Phoenix" were both scored extremely low by the critics. Critics in Chicago, Albert and Sisko, gave both films the lowest score.

   Stallone suddenly felt that his directing skills were being questioned, and even he was a little suspicious of himself. Through CAA's agent, he re-invited Elvisson for an interview.

   The two put down the unhappiness of the past and started to work together to prepare "Rocky 4", and also talked about the sequel to "First Blood".

   But it seems that Stallone has nothing good to say about the young screenwriter and director Ronald. His "Dragon Flying Phoenix Dance" and the first draft of the script for "First Blood 2" were refuted by Stallone a lot.

In short, this time Stallone wanted to take advantage of the tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, the commander took an offensive against the Suwell alliance, and the people of the whole country began to regain their confidence in the victory of the Cold War. 's war.

   When Rocky wears American flag shorts and fights the Soldiers, it's exciting to think about it.

   "Mr. Evelson, you also said that Pat Morita is the best person to play Master Miyagi. So how did you plan to convince Weintraub?"

   Ronald's question interrupted Evelson's memory.

"I haven't figured out a way yet. These producers are very obsessed with their own ideas. You have to find ways to make them think it's their own idea in order to make them change their minds." Evelson actually admired Ronald, The stories he wrote about the counterattacks of little people were very much to his own taste.

   "I have no clue." Ronald frowned. Now the hurdle of being a director has been removed, but there was such a big problem in the beginning.

   "Hahaha, now that problem is your trouble." Elvisson laughed and took a sip of coffee.

   "Haha, too." Ronald thought well, and now that he took over the directorship, Evelson was no longer obliged to give him advice.

   "I'll give you a hint. You should know Coppola. When he was filming 'The Godfather', he also encountered similar troubles. You should ask him."

   "Godfather? Coppola?" Ronald silently remembered in his heart.

   (end of this chapter)