"Ronald, we finally meet."

At the weekend, Ronald, accompanied by his agent Niceta, and Joel Silver, met the most popular male star in Hollywood today, Harrison Ford.

"Hello, Harrison."

Ronald observed Harrison Ford carefully. He looked exactly the same in real life as he did on the screen. On his very tough face, there was an American optimism that didn't matter any difficulty.

"I often heard Steven (Spielberg) and George (Lucas) talking about a young director who was very imaginative. I didn't expect it would take so long for us to meet."

"Well, it's a very busy industry and a lot of viewers think we should all get to know each other."

Most stars in Hollywood have a kind of extraordinary charm. In other words, the reason why they can stand out and become stars is that ordinary people do not have this ability to make people they get along with feel happy.

As long as they're willing to make you happy, celebrities can make anyone they hang out with feel like a really nice guy in a matter of seconds.

Just like Harrison Ford now, his attitude towards director Ronald and producer Joel Silver is similar.

"What they said really aroused my curiosity. It's not like before when young directors have the opportunity to direct their own movies after working on the set for a period of time. How did you get into this industry?

Ronald?”

"I was very lucky because I met Roger Corman, and I was working on minimum wage to rewrite the script for him. One day on the set, the director happened to feel unwell and went to the hospital..."

"Oh, ha, it's him. Many people started out from him. I know that he gave the federal minimum wage, not the union minimum wage, hahaha..." Harrison Ford's voice was low and very masculine.

Charming. His laughter put everyone present at ease.

"So, Harrison, how did you get into this industry?" Ronald chatted happily with him and asked about his experience in the industry.

"I'm about the same as you. At that time, I was playing a supporting role on the set. I also earned the minimum wage of $120 a week. I played a courier in my first movie, and the producer didn't like me very much. He said I would never

Might make it in Hollywood.

'When I first saw a star, I knew they would be a star. Don't think too much about it. Just like when I saw the big star John Curtis, he played a department store in his first movie.

The salesman, as soon as I saw him, I thought he could become a star'

Then I just leaned over and looked at him."

At this point, Harrison Ford also imitated the look at that time, turned to look at Ronald sideways, and I asked him, "Don't you think Curtis plays like a department store salesperson?"

"Hahahaha..." The crowd burst into laughter.

Ronald also laughed. Some of the jokes people told were actually not that funny in the first place. But the way they told the jokes still made you feel that this was the funniest joke in the world.

"So, Harrison, what do you think of this script?" Joel Silver couldn't help but asked the big star what he thought of the script.

"I like this script very much. As you know, my principle for taking on roles now is that every new film must have different changes. I don't want to repeat the roles I played in the past."

Ronald nodded slightly. For such a famous star, what he is now pursuing is not commercial success. Instead, he has the opportunity to win awards and recognition from film critics, as well as further broaden his acting career.

He doesn't want to play any more space cowboy heroes like Han Solo or scholar heroes like Dr. Indiana Jones.

In Joel Silver's new script, the NYPD detective comes to Los Angeles to defeat terrorists, which is a very fresh idea for Harrison Ford.

"I like the setting of the protagonist John McClain very much. He is devoted to his family, merciless to his enemies, confident and smart..."

Ronald listened, something was wrong. Harrison Ford didn't seem to be talking about the civilian police detective in the script, who lived apart from his wife, didn't make as much as his wife, and was facing divorce.

"I just feel that something is wrong with some plot settings, so I invite you and Ronald to come and see if you can talk to him thoroughly."

"Oh, what's wrong?" Ronald and Joel Silver looked at each other and thought at the same time, here it comes!

Stars are more important to production companies than directors and producers, and far more than any screenwriter.

On the one hand, they can attract investment, and banks will give them preferential loans because of their reputation. On the other hand, they can save marketing costs. When audiences see stars starring in movies, they will watch them without advertising.

Therefore, celebrities often abuse their status to exert influence on movies and change the characters and plots in a direction that is beneficial to them.

However, Harrison Ford is still relatively disciplined among celebrities. He politely invited Ronald and Silver to come over for discussion, and would not be rude and directly ask for modifications...

"For example, the background of this character is that of a less successful police detective. I have read the original novel, in which there is a retired police detective in a high position. Only such an experienced police detective can come out to deal with terror.

Those methods of molecules, aren’t they?”

"Ronald..." Joel Silver admitted that he did not understand the consequences of these plot changes, and looked to Ronald to ask for expert opinions.

"But on the other hand, the protagonist in the original novel is a retired police detective who goes to see his daughter with whom he has a bad relationship. This is also a kind of heroic character who appears with frustrations in life. At the end of the story, he not only

He solved the terrorists and also solved the problems in life...in his own way."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Ronald understands very well that the core of this movie is different from the protagonists played by Harrison Ford in the past who appeared with the aura of success, and even

Unlike all other Hollywood movie protagonists before.

This is a protagonist with ordinary people's worries and problems. This is an important reason why the audience can sympathize with him and become concerned about his story. If Harrison Ford were to play that kind of high-rise version

Han Solo, Ronald is not optimistic about the box office performance of this kind of story.

"Well, what you said makes sense. At the beginning, due to the estrangement between him and his wife, and the fact that his wife used her maiden name to work in the company, I felt a little uncomfortable here, but I can't explain the reason."

Harrison Ford frowned slightly and continued to raise a plot issue.

"This is a marriage in which the woman is strong and the man is weak. McClain's wife is the vice president of a multinational company and earns much more than a New York police detective. This is why we set up an annoying character who wants to be with him.

The reason why the wife played the role of the male vice president who had a one-night stand. The audience must have hated the person who seduced the male protagonist’s wife like this, so we later killed him with one shot.”

"Hahaha, indeed, I felt relieved after watching that part."

Harrison Ford understood that Ronald was unwilling to rewrite major parts of the plot to suit his already established star image. However, we are all people with status in the industry, so when it comes to this, everyone can understand each other.

"Would you like to visit my collection? I also have the laser gun from Star Wars." Harrison stopped insisting and stood up to chat with Ronald. Seven or eight out of ten Americans were

Star Wars fans.

"Of course, can you give me a picture and sign it for me? My cousin is a big fan of Dr. Indiana Jones."

Ronald asked for an autographed photo of Harrison Ford for his cousin.

"Of course. What's your cousin's name?"

"Donna, she graduated from the MIT Department of Physics. She always felt that the doctor you played changed the perception of academic masters. Doctors can be so charming..."

"Hahaha", Harrison Ford was very happy and signed a still of his Raiders of the Lost Ark "To the Charming Donna..."

…

"Can't you really change it? What about the plot? Harrison is the most popular male star now." Joel Silver said to Ronald in the car after leaving Harrison Ford's house

Just to make sure again, he didn't want to lose this opportunity.

"I can't say, but if you still want this story, he is not suitable. If the script is changed, it will not be this story."

Ronald spread his hands. It's not that he doesn't like Harrison Ford joining the movie. But the acting career of such a big star has certain elements, that is, it cannot damage the image of the star itself.

Whether he is a policeman, a cowboy, or even the president, Harrison Ford must be the one who can solve all the troubles when he appears. He cannot have the same troubles as ordinary people.

"Although what you said is right, but... what a pity..." Joel Silver took out a bottle of champagne from the refrigerator, opened it with a bang, and poured it for Ronald. Then he turned on the car

TV and watched the news.

"Huh?" Ronald felt that familiar thought again. Is this the plot of a movie he dreamed of?

"Boring news." Silver saw that the tragedy of hurricanes in Western Europe was still being broadcast on TV. He found a video tape from the corner and inserted it into the car VCR.

"Uh...ah..." A blonde girl was lying on her back, and another handsome guy was using an ice cube, starting from her navel, along her body to let her feel the coldness of the ice cube, teasing him.

Then he took out a piece of cloth to cover the girl's eyes, and then let her taste strawberries, and finally replaced it with a chili pepper, making her scream that it was spicy.

"Is there any mistake, we are two men, why are we watching this?" Ronald recognized his friend, director Adrian Lyne, sexy blonde Kim Basinger, and handsome boy Mickey Rourke starring

"Love you for nine and a half weeks".

"Why, do you want to go to my place? There are many blond girls waiting to meet you. Hahaha..." Joel Silver laughed out loud.

"Seriously, what do you think of Mickey Rourke as the leading actor? How about him playing John McClane?"

"Ronald, Ronald..." Joel Silver saw that Ronald was distracted and thought he approved of his casting.

"Then let me go talk to Mickey Rourke's agent?"

"Ah, okay." Ronald came back to his senses. The scene of watching the pornographic video tape in the car just now seemed to have triggered some familiar feelings.

…

"Adrian, I'm Ronald. Why doesn't Mickey Rourke want to be in my movie?"

The communication with Mickey Rourke's agent was very difficult. When the other party heard that it was a project for Ronald Lee and Joel Silver, he immediately rejected it and said that Mickey Rourke had begun to focus on business other than acting.

Don't want to repeat myself.

Ronald was confused and had to call his old friend, director Adrian Lyne. He directed Mickey Rourke's "Nine and a Half Weeks", which was a commercial success and launched Rourke into a star career.

Now let him transform into a police detective role, wouldn't it just pull him out of the pornographic film track and give him a chance to reach a higher level?

"There's something wrong with his brain. Maybe he was boxed too much. He also acted in an X-rated movie, 'Angel Heart,' and I made '9 and a Half Weeks,' which was R-rated.

"

"X-rated? Who still acts in X-rated movies nowadays?" Ronald was relieved now. It was indeed not Mickey Rourke who looked down on himself, but that he looked down on everyone.

"Isn't he an old acquaintance of yours and mine, Alan Parker? This 'realist' director who specializes in filming the dark side of society?"

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "It turns out to be him," Ronald thought. No wonder, only this British director who is at odds with himself would make such a film that is destined to have no box office.

, a movie that reveals the dark side of America. The question is, you must have a lot of dark sides in Britain.

"I advise you to give up on Mickey Rourke. He is now confused and becomes a screenwriter. He wants to write a movie about boxers, 'The Man with the Iron Fist'. Let me tell you, if he finishes filming 'Nine and a Half Weeks to Love You'

', and 'Angel Heart', and then was beaten to death directly in the boxing ring. Maybe he became a more successful legend than James Dean."

"Huh..." Ronald put down the phone, thinking that this old friend was very mean to Mickey Rourke, and he seemed to be very angry. He was also very dissatisfied with Alan Parker, who was also a British compatriot.

They look convinced. They are both role models for British directors in the Hollywood film industry. It depends on who can get an Oscar nomination first.

"Joel, there is no chance. My friend Adrian said that Mickey Rourke has a brain problem and now he is a screenwriter..."

Ronald called Joel Silver to break the bad news.
To be continued...