MTL - Exploiting Hollywood 1980-Chapter 28 wanted director

   Chapter 28 The Wanted Director

   When Freddie finished filming, he took out $100 to pay for himself and Demi. Ronald drew 50 dollars, told him that Demi had already paid, and if he wanted to show his love, he would just return the 50 dollars to Demi, and winked at Demi.

  Freddy smiled and gave Demi the remaining $50, and went back to the studio to write a song by himself. Demi accompanied Natasha Kinski to her apartment next door to an audition.

   Natasha Kinski's apartment was rented by director Roman Polanski.

   Natasha, who is also a model, is also very relaxed in front of the camera. Ronald chatted with her as he adjusted the focus and aperture.

   "Is Director Polanski very strict in making films? It takes so long for a film to shoot?"

   "Yeah, sometimes we have to wait a day for a light."

   "Tess is a British story, why are you shooting in the countryside of the hair country?"

   "Ah, don't you know, the director is wanted by a California court and cannot go to the UK to shoot, and will be extradited. Fortunately, there are some villages in the south of the country and the place where the story takes place, and Dorset in the UK is very similar."

   "Are you German? Your English is very good."

   "Hahaha, I have a talent for imitation, so I can imitate several accents in English, French, and Russian."

  The camera frame framed Natasha Kinski's face, with almond eyes and sharp eyebrows usually reserved for men. This combination of eyebrows and eyes, just like Natasha herself, is full of contradictory temperament, sexy, innocent, and noble appear on one face at the same time.

   grabbed the biggest feature of her face, and Ronald immediately started to pat.

   After shooting a group, Natasha insisted on changing her clothes before shooting. Ronald took the opportunity to ask Demi, "Why is director Polanski wanted by a California court?"

   "Because he seduced a 13-year-old girl and absconded a few days before the trial."

"When did this happen?"

   "About this time last year."

   "Oh, I was in rural New York at that time." Ronald, who was working hard, didn't watch TV much.

  Demi explained to Ronald a little bit about the ins and outs.

  It turned out that Roman Polanski was a Polish director, and later came to America to make movies and made several high-quality films.

   In 1977 he was accused of drug-baiting a little girl, but later in the trial, the judge and lawyer reached a plea bargain and gave him a suspended sentence because of insufficient evidence.

  Who knows that Polanski went to the UK to shoot a new film during his probation, and was photographed by reporters drinking with a number of beauties, some of whom were still young.

   There was an uproar in public opinion. The judge was going to use the grounds of misconduct during the probation period to revoke the suspended sentence and sentence him to prison. A few days before the verdict, Polanski ran away by plane.

   Since then, Polanski can only live in the country for a long time. Any place that has an automatic extradition agreement with America, such as the United Kingdom and Canada, cannot go.

"You know, just a few days before he ran away, he even invited me to his house for dinner. I went with my mother at the time, and he also said that he wanted me to be an actor in his movie and let me To learn method school acting."

   "Then have you joined the Screen Actors Guild?"

   "Not yet. For movies made in Hollywood, at least 57 union actors must be hired. I will only have a chance to replace them when an actor is sick and does not show up."

   "But I heard that actors can apply for membership as long as they can get a day's salary?" Ronald asked.

"That's not the case. Generally, our non-union actors can't sign such daily and weekly contracts. We can only wait for the opportunity on the set. If an assistant director chooses you as an extra, he will give you a time ticket. , indicating that you have been hired for one day. After accumulating three coupons, you can apply for the Film Actors Guild."

   "That shouldn't be difficult, right?" Ronald was a little strange. According to the photo, the two **** dancing beauties on the set of "Rock High School" have been filming for more than three days. They should be able to apply for a union, right?

"No, the Film Actors Union does not look at your time ticket to approve membership, but to see if the crew pays you the minimum wage stipulated by the union, and they will hand over the salary table to the union, and the union is counted according to the list there. ."

   Ronald recalled that he had done the work of getting actors to sign and confirm the length of time in the "Rock High School" crew. It turned out that these forms determined the fate of the group performance. If you are lucky enough to get on the form three times, you will be able to jump through the gate and enter the big family of the Hollywood Screen Actors Guild.

  The two dancing beauties, um, it seems that they didn't make a form for them. It's a pity when I think about it, I didn't expect that the crew assistant also has some important power.

   "Then why is Natasha Kinski in the Screen Actors Guild? I think she is the lead actress of 'Tess', so I guess she should have joined the Screen Actors Guild."

   "Because director Roman Polanski was dating her and signed a contract directly to become the heroine, you can take the first route you mentioned, as long as you officially sign the contract one day, you will join the union. This kind of opportunity depends on the director's appreciation..."

Demi Moore seemed to suddenly remember something. She rolled her eyes and brushed her long black hair with her left hand. She used her fingers to run it behind her ear, "Ronald, you said you will join the director's union right away? Then you will later Can you film independently?"

   "I don't know, this line of work is difficult. The director of our crew spent five years to get $300,000 to make this small production." Ronald shrugged.

   "Then, when you join other crews in the future, don't forget to recommend me?" Demi said.

   "That's the job of the casting director, but if I get the chance, I will."

   "You are such a good man, Ronald."

  Demi hugged Ronald again, this time tighter, more intimate than the last friend's hug.

   "You two are really Superman and Louise!" Natasha changed her clothes and jumped into the room.

  Demi Moore's expression didn't change, "Ronald just promised me that he will give me a chance to fill in the schedule when he goes to the new crew." She also laughed.

  Demi smiled very cutely, her nose wrinkled slightly, ripples, and then disappeared on her pale face with a little baby fat. Just like the spring breeze blowing across the pond, it left a faint trace in Ronald's heart.

   "Oh, poor Demi, you had the opportunity to join the 'Tess' crew directly, but unfortunately the little dwarf has not signed a contract with you, so Run went to the hair country."

   Natasha Kinski said, tilting her head and giggling. Her laughter was very soft, and her long pale blonde hair, which matched the shooting of "Tess", swayed with the trend, revealing a swan-like neck with elegant curves, a style different from that of American girls.

   continued shooting, but Ronald's mind drifted a bit.

   Natasha Kinski has not shy about calling Polanski a dwarf in front of Demi Moore. She should feel that she is already in her early stage. After "Tess" is filmed and released, she will become famous by then, and I am afraid there will be no shortage of director invitations in Hollywood.

   took another look at the camera viewfinder, she is really a very innocent but charming beauty. Knowing that Polanski is notorious among women, and he is already in his forties, he is willing to be his girlfriend, not for being a movie star, but for what? Is it the charismatic masculinity of the dwarfs?

   Ronald couldn't help straightening his waist. Fortunately, I am 6 feet 2, and the metric system is 1.88 meters, right?

   There is also Demi Moore here, who also eats with the dwarf. She is smarter than Natasha. She takes her mother with her. If the little dwarf was not wanted, he would almost be able to enter the showbiz.

Beauty's yearning for the film industry is like moths at night who see the candlelight in the room through the glass window. They keep bumping, bumping, trying to make a miracle, breaking through the glass window and rushing into the inside. that circle.

  99% of beauties can't open that window. Bumped away, some immediately threw themselves into the candlelight and fell. Only those with luck, talent and hard work can dance under the candlelight.

   Ronald said to himself, "You have to work hard, work hard to become a director, make your own movie, and then you can select the real butterflies, put them in, take good care of them, and bloom on the stage for a while."

   Besides, he is 6 feet 2 tall, isn't he much stronger than Polanski the dwarf?

   (end of this chapter)