Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 308 Brooke Shields' Evening Show
"Pocket, Brooke?"

"I'm here, Mom." Brooke puts on makeup backstage on NBC's Late Show.

"Oh, that's great. Where are we?" Brooke's mother Terry's alcohol addiction is getting worse, and she gets drunk after noon every day.

"At NBC, I'm about to be on The Late Show with David Letterman."

"Isn't it Johnny Carson's Tonight Show?"

"Because I cameoed in 'Fast-paced Richmond High,' and the host Letterman also cameoed in that movie, and this time he invited me to be on the show with the crew."

"Oh, who is the director?"

"It's Ronald."

"Okay, you have to be careful, the host may ask you about the sex scene with David's actor Hewitt, Barbara Waters is very crafty."

Brooke frowned, and Terry was so drunk that he confused a few movies and a few talk shows.

"Dick, watch her for me." Brooke called her driver and asked him to take care of her mother Terry.

"Miss Brooke Shields, it's your turn to play." The assistant came to urge her to leave.

"Just come."

Glancing at her mother who was drunk on the sofa, Brooke Shields put on a white suit jacket over her black bottoming shirt and went on stage.

"Hi, Brooke. You will play from here. It's the same as we did on the set." David Letterman warmly welcomed Brooke Shields.

The cover of "Time" published a photo of Brooke Shields again, and gave her the title of "New Look in the 80s". Now she is the most beautiful girl in America and the world.Letterman now invites Brooke Shields to appear on his own show, which belongs to him.

Normally, Shields would have gone to The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson an hour earlier.

But who made him guest-star with Brooke, who has been popular all over the West Coast recently. In the eyes of young audiences, the "fast pace" of "ET Alien" can't stand the limelight?

David Letterman is very proud of his decisive appearance. Brooke Shields' appearance is a great boost to the ratings of his program.

"When the time comes, you will sit in the first seat near the table, and then I will invite Sean Penn, who will play with you. He will sit in the outer seat."

"Isn't Ronald here?" Brooke asked.

"Directors generally don't appear on my talk show. They usually go to Dick Cavett's show. That talk show is relatively long, and there is also a tradition of inviting film directors as guests. "

Letterman explained to Brooke that his talk show mainly focuses on current events, celebrities, and is light-hearted and funny, and the duration is not long. The average interview time for a guest is about 10 minutes.

"But he's here tonight, and he's talking to the actors in the audience."

"Ronald, Brooke is here, she wants you... come up" Letterman rolled his hands into a megaphone and shouted down.

Several staff members whistled after hearing his funny statement.The band who is debugging the equipment also played a soundtrack live.

"Hi, Brooke, long time no see. Thank you this time."

Universal temporarily arranged a media roadshow, and the time was too tight, and there were not many opportunities for TV stations to appear at once.But they worked very hard to compensate for their previous work mistakes.

After learning that Brooke Shields and Letterman were guest stars in the movie, they intended to actually appear on the evening show for a while, and immediately mobilized resources to facilitate the arrangement of Brooke on the show in the shortest possible time.

"It's okay." Brooke Shields and Ronald hugged and said hello, and took the opportunity to whisper in his ear, "I have something to do with you later, and I'll ask the driver to pick you up at the door?"

"I'm going to take the night flight to the road show in Dallas, Texas, why don't you talk to me in Letterman's office later?" Ronald's schedule is very tight, and he doesn't have time to accompany Brooke to other places to talk up.

"Okay, wait for me there later, I have something to ask you."

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome the most beautiful girl in America, the new look of the 80s, the dream girl of high school boys, Brooke... Xiaosi!"

With the soundtrack of "Dong Dang Dang Dang", Brooke Shields walked out of the backstage and onto the stage of the talk show. After embracing Letterman, she sat down on the sofa.

"I forgot to introduce Brooke's identity just now. He is the female lead opposite me in the 'Fast-paced Richmond High School' I starred in recently."

"We're a cameo, David." Brooke Shields corrected with a smile.

"Aha, is it a cameo? Why do I think my acting skills are good?"

"Hahaha..." The audience laughed under the direction of the director.

After a drumbeat from the band, Letterman continued to ask questions.

"In real life, would you be friends with a guy like Spicoli?"

"If he saves me, of course he will. In fact, when my fans send me emails asking for autographed photos, I always sign and reply myself."

"Let's welcome Sean Penn who played Rispicoli in the film!"

"Hi Sean. Long time no see."

According to the rehearsed routine, the two greeted each other, and then told some anecdotes during the shooting.

"Oh, our director is really strict, let me go surfing in the winter..." Sean Penn pretended to complain.

"Me? I didn't need to go into the water. The shot of falling off the podium was shot in a studio, and I just fell on the mat." Brooke made a happy expression.

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"Boji, audiences in America, I really want to know when I can see your next movie." In the end, the topic returned to Brooke Shields.

"I haven't decided yet, maybe next year?"

The 10 minutes passed quickly, and Letterman heard the band's time cue music, "Okay, let's thank Brooke Shields! Remember to go to the cinema and watch the movie 'Fast-paced Richmond High' that Brooke and I co-produced."

Brooke Shields stepped off the stage. She refused the autograph requests of several fans, saying that she still had something to do, and asked them to wait for her to come out before signing for them.

"Let's welcome Jennifer Jason Lee and her friend Phoebe Cates." Letterman's welcome voice came from behind, and Brooke followed the assistant to lead the way into Letterman's exclusive office backstage.

There she met Ronald who had come to wait in advance.

"Ronald, I have received another invitation from Director Coppola, and he wants to ask me to play the leading actress in his next film."

"Is that a good thing?" Ronald replied. "Is that what you wanted to ask me?"

Brooke nodded, "Yes. My mom is drunk again, and I don't have anyone to discuss with. I don't discuss my acting work with my dad very much."

"My opinion is still the same as last time'The Urchin in the World'. If you want to make a career as an actor, the project directed by Coppola is a good step. He can let an actor quickly learn to act."

Coppola's ability to train actors is very powerful. During the filming of "The Urchin in the World" in Oklahoma, Ronald saw Diane Lane's acting skills with the naked eye, and it grew at a visible rate every day.

"I don't know, I love being an actress and I love modeling. But what I want most is to go to college. I want to experience the things that a normal American girl goes through.

I often fantasize that I am studying in an Ivy League school, where the teaching buildings have ancient mottled walls covered with ivy.

On the road under the wall, there are well-dressed teachers and students holding books. "

"You think about college too well, don't you?" Ronald laughed. Brooke's vision for college seemed to be the glimpses of Hollywood movies.

"But my SAT just passed [-] points, so I'm afraid I won't be able to get into Princeton." Brooke was a little distressed, "I will probably go to Vassar College or Brown University, where the admissions are more based on overall quality, rather than SAT. Lord. My extracurricular activities can add a lot of points."

"If you really want to go to Princeton, why not try it? Just like whether you will go to Coppola's crew in the end, you still have to follow your own heart in the end."

Ronald felt that Brooke, the most beautiful girl in America, might not be a very happy person in her life.There are many people who put too much thought on her and want to use her fame to achieve their own goals.

However, in that case, does he also have a side to take advantage of Brooke?

At least I didn't instill any values ​​in her.

"Can I really try?" Brooke seemed pleasantly surprised that she had support.

"I asked a lot of friends, and they all said that Princeton is not suitable for me. It is a place where people with high IQs are concentrated."

"Why? I think you're a very smart girl."

"I don't know, anyway they say I... just look pretty."

"This has nothing to do with it. Is the beauty and wisdom given by God a constant? Anyway, I don't think you are a fool." Ronald laughed.

"If you don't have an answer, you might as well ask your own heart." Ronald raised his finger and pointed to Brooke's chest. "See what decision makes you feel comfortable. If you really want to go to Princeton, why don't you try it?" ? At most it was rejected."

"Thanks, I'll try it."

"I can't give you too many opinions on acting, and it's the same. Ask your heart and see what decision makes you feel happy and at ease."

"Yeah." Brooke nodded vigorously.I have been photographed as a model all year round, and I pose according to other people's instructions. When making movies, I just try to pose beautifully.In fact, Brooke rarely has the opportunity to follow her heart and do something she likes.

"I'll go to Princeton first, and then Brown University. JFK invited me to go. Are you at New York University? I want to go too." Brooke decided to visit several universities before making a decision.

"It's New York University, but you'll be disappointed, there's no old ivy houses, not even walls."

"Ronald, we should go." The staff outside the door knocked.

"I'm flying to Dallas, then Chicago, and New York."

Ronald walked out of the office with Brooke.

Ronald and the two heroines met, and Brooke was surrounded by fans and had to give them autographs.

"I'll go to New York too, and I'll contact you when I'm in New York." Brooke said to Ronald, waving at him.

"Boji, here's your phone." The driver Dick came over and handed her an extension phone.

"Hello? Brooke. I'm Michael. I saw you on the Late Show just now. You're gorgeous. I'll be releasing a new album in New York at the end of the year..."

"Michael, I'm glad to receive your call, thank you for your compliment." Brooke resumed her social veteran side.

"Director, do you know Brooke Shields? I think you seem to be familiar with each other?" Several people from the crew caught up with the plane.

Phoebe Cates, who was on the road show with the plane, sat next to Ronald and asked Ronald enviously.

"I shot one of her commercials, you should have seen it." Ronald pointed to his jeans.

"Oh, I know, CK jeans. Between me and Kelvin..."

Phoebe participated in the film's road show promotion for the first time, and she was very excited in the middle of the night.Jennifer Jason Lee has been busy lately and has fallen asleep in the back seat.

"If only I could have as many fans as her."

"That's not so good. Brooke only got so many fans after making several blockbuster movies. But you are also very fast. I guess you will soon be recognized by fans on the street like her and want to sign an autograph."

(End of this chapter)