Chapter 112 Termination

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"Is something wrong?"

In the pulling room, Rob Cohen looked at Neil Moretz and Vin Diesel. Vin Diesel didn't know what modesty was, and said directly, "I think there is something wrong with the action scene filmed today. Better to get rid of it."

Rob Cohen frowned slightly. Even if there was a big production with an investment of 70 million US dollars hanging, at this moment, he felt that Vin Diesel was in charge too much. .

This guy is too hard to deal with!

He looked at producer Neil Moretz, who was really calling the shots.

Neil Moretz, like last time, was still on Vin Diesel's side, "If it's not suitable, it's fine."

He just had a phone call with a high-level executive of Universal Pictures, and the other party made it very clear that Vin Diesel had made a large investment. If it wasn't too much, he would do what he wanted. As long as the project could be completed, it would count as a box office. The results are not good, and the loss is not the money of Universal Pictures.

Universal Pictures, as a distributor, can instead earn a distribution fee.

Besides, Vin Diesel is targeting a small role and a small actor, and it won't bring much influence to the crew.

In fact, Neil Moretz is very clear that Universal Pictures itself is not very optimistic about this subject. The main reason why "Fast and the Furious" was approved for shooting is that Universal Pictures basically did not spend its own money, and the shooting funds were almost All from financing.

But Vin Diesel's demands are not finished.

He moved his shoulders a little bit. After a few hours, his shoulders and soft ribs were still hurting, but he couldn't say anything. After all, he asked the action scenes to be free to shoot.

Of course it won't go away like that.

"And!" Vin Diesel added, "I don't want to see Matthew Horner on set anymore."

Director Rob Cohen did not speak immediately. It is not a big deal to fire a small actor in the crew, but if it involves liquidated damages, it will be more troublesome.

He thought about it and said, "What about Matthew Horner's role?"

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Vin Diesel also mentioned this, but Neil Moretz did not immediately agree, after all, it involved the scenes that had already been filmed.

"Rob..." he asked. "How many scenes did Matthew Horner do? How many more scenes?"

"Including this afternoon, two scenes were filmed." Rob Cohen recalled the shooting plan, "There are still two scenes that were not filmed."

Vin Diesel looked at Neil Moretz with urgency in his eyes.

Neil Moretz was also a little disgusted by Vin Diesel's arrogant and unreasonable attitude, but he represented Universal Pictures, and it was impossible to go against the large sums of money, so he quickly made a decision, "Well, I'll have someone contact Matthew Horner's agency to negotiate the termination of the contract."

Vin Diesel nodded, still with that grim expression, "Better be quick."

Seeing that he had achieved his goal, he left the pulling room without saying a word.

Neil Moretz looked at his back, and there was obvious displeasure on his face. What Vin Diesel did in the crew had already spread to Universal Pictures, and there were criticisms within Universal Pictures, and they even reached a tacit understanding. , even if "The Fast and the Furious" is an upset success, it is best not to use people like Vin Diesel in the future.

Leaving the studio and entering the nanny van, Vin Diesel asked the driver to drive home, and immediately called his agent when he got home.

"You go look up a little actor named Matthew Horner."

After more than half an hour, the agent's call came back.

"This little actor has some background. He was rumored to have an affair with Britney Spears, and participated in "Soul Shifting Girl", "Gladiator" and "Band of Brothers", especially in the filming of "Band of Brothers", he was very popular with Gary - Goldzman and several other producers have complimented him, and he just landed a new role two months ago, the Scorpion King in Stephen Sommers' The Mummy Returns."

Vin Diesel asked, "The Mummy Returns? Is it Universal's The Mummy series?"

"That's right." The agent answered with great certainty, "It's the key project of Universal Pictures this year."

"Do you know who the producers of The Mummy Returns are?" Vin Diesel asked again.

The agent then replied, "Sean Daniel."

Vin Diesel didn't know this person and hung up his agent. He has some connections within Universal Pictures, maybe he can get in touch with Sean Daniel?

He knows that the "Fast and Furious" project he participated in is far inferior to "The Mummy Returns" in Universal Pictures. This can also be seen from the level of the two project leaders within Universal Pictures.

There was another pain in the shoulders and soft underbelly, and Vin Diesel's face became even colder, and he had to give it a try.

The night was getting dark. In the apartment in Ximu District, Matthew left in front of the mirror, turned off the TV and VCR, and rubbed his face, which was a little numb because of imitation, but accidentally touched a blue scar on his face that was about the size of a small fingernail. A little bit of pain.

He immediately thought of Vin Diesel and shook his head. Fortunately, he didn't stay in the crew for a few days.

Matthew has never seen a-list or super-a stars on the set. When filming "Gladiator", Russell Crowe's style was only heard from others, even if Russell Crowe's real actions are more than He's twice as exaggerated as he's heard, and he's going to give in to Vin Diesel.

Without the strength and fame of Super A, he has the temper and arrogance to completely surpass Super A...

Matthew's reputation and strength are not enough to compete with Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and others are limited to certain reasons, and they can't stand up and say anything, but he feels that Vin Diesel will continue to behave like this sooner or later. Some people who cooperated with him came forward to openly tear up.

After taking a shower in the bathroom, and texting Britney for a while, Matthew put away Kevin Spacey's video clips. Recently, he has been studying and imitating Kevin Spacey. I studied American Beauty some time ago, and recently I've been mulling over Kevin Spacey's performances in "The Usual Suspects" and "Seven Deadly Sins."

Kevin Spacey's performance always carries an unspeakable evil spirit, which Matthew finds very special.

After putting away the videotape, Matthew lay down and opened the script for the character of the Scorpion King. In the past, he had read the script more than ten times, and every scene and every sentence was very familiar.

The Scorpion King mainly appeared at the beginning and end of the film. The scenes were relatively concentrated, and the shooting was also completed in a short period of time.

In fact, "The Mummy Returns" has already started filming, and the crew is currently on location in Morocco, but the scenes of the Scorpion King will be filmed on a green screen in the studio of the Pinewood Studios in the suburbs of London, and Matthew does not need to go to Africa at all.

In fact, he was a little worried about the attitude of director Stephen Sommers, who was far from being friendly to him when he signed the contract.

In this kind of a-list project, a small actor can't compete with the director at all.

Matthew didn't even think about hitting Stephen Sommers. That's a very stupid act. It's better that Stephen Sommers can change the prejudice brought about by casting.

It's really not possible, he can endure it temporarily, as long as Stephen Sommers is not too extreme, he can endure until the end of the Scorpion King scene.

After returning from London, Matthew got to know Stephen Sommers specially. Unlike what he thought, Stephen Sommers has a very good reputation in the circle. He is very family-oriented and dedicated, and he doesn't like messing up things, hobbies Delve into new filmmaking techniques.

Overall, Stephen Sommers can be said to be a good and good director when it comes to his conduct.

But such directors tend to have a stubborn side, and Matthews guesses that's why Stephen Sommers has something against him.

This shouldn't be a personal grudge.

With this thought in mind, Matthew fell asleep and saw Vin Diesel in his sleep. He was driving a Dodge on the road. The car suddenly lost control and hit a tree on the side of the road. The raging fire burst into flames. , all burned to ashes.

Early the next morning, Matthew got up and went for a run in the nearby small park. After having breakfast outside, he went back and found that there were several missed calls on the mobile phone in the apartment, all of them Helen. - Herman called.

Helen Herman doesn't usually practice with him, so it must have been a work emergency.

Matthew quickly dialed back, the bell only rang twice, and the other side picked up.

"Where are you now?" Helen Herman asked.

"At home." Matthew didn't know what she was doing, and told the truth, "Just came back from breakfast outside."

Helen Herman's words quickened, "You go to the Universal Studios studio area right now, I'll be waiting for you at the door."

Matthew wondered, "I don't have a role today..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Helen Herman, "Early this morning, an assistant producer from the "Fast and the Furious" crew called me and asked me to go to the crew with you to discuss Termination matters!"

"Cancellation?" Matthew stood up directly from the sofa and raised his voice unconsciously, "The "Fast and the Furious" crew wants to cancel the contract with me?"

"That's what I was told." Helen Herman's tone was calm. "Matthew, tell me, what did you do in the crew? Why did they terminate your contract with you?"

Matthew immediately thought of Vin Diesel, couldn't help but swear, and said to Helen Herman, "I had some friction with Vin Diesel, and when we were filming in the afternoon, he wanted to trick me, but he ate it instead. It's a loss, it is said that Vin Diesel has brought in a large amount of investment for the crew, and he has a voice on the set..."

Helen Herman over there did not speak in a hurry, Matthew repeated what happened yesterday from beginning to end as soon as possible.

He did not add oil and vinegar, so as to facilitate the judgment of the agent.

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