Chapter 151 4 Major Roles

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Back in the back lounge, Matthew got the finalized version of the script from Stephen Sommers, the first he'd seen since Stephen Sommers had been tweaking the plot.

Also, there is a plan.

"Some things to say in advance," Stephen Sommers said. "You also need to prepare."

Matthew nodded, "You can do whatever you want."

Although he is very happy and excited to get the male lead, he will not get carried away. Compared with Stephen Sommers and Sean Daniel, his male lead is really nothing.

Stephen Sommers knew that Matthew was a dedicated actor, and said directly, "There is a lot of action and stunt scenes in the shooting, and I need you to do it yourself in order to get the camera to shoot the fight scenes as close as possible."

"No problem!" Matthew was confident, "You saw my performance last time I filmed The Scorpion King, my body coordination is better now than then."

"Well." Stephen Sommers nodded, he clearly remembered Matthew's efforts for the role of the Scorpion King, which is also one reason to use him as the male lead, "your role, when filming will involve You also need professional training to use a variety of weapons such as spears, knives, swords and bows.”

Matthew has no opinion on this point, this is also responsible for himself, otherwise he will be easily injured.

Stephen Sommers continued, "The crew is in contact with a cold weapon action director, and you will receive his professional training after other actors are confirmed later."

Sean Daniel came over at this time and said, "It's been a bit more high-profile recently. It's better to attract more media attention. The crew will formulate relevant publicity strategies for you, and you should pay attention to cooperation when the time comes."

"No problem." Matthew made a phone call gesture, "You can call me anytime."

After talking with Sean Daniel and Stephen Sommers, Matthew went to chat with the director Chuck Russell for a while. This director has very limited power and is a veritable on-set director. Participate in post-production.

Of course, Matthew will not be involved in post-production either, and aside from the male lead, he doesn't have much power himself.

After chatting with the other three people in the lounge, Matthew went out to meet Helen Herman and left Universal Pictures. It was completely different from when he came. When he drove out of the gate of Universal Studios in a car, many reporters took Pointing the camera at the window to take pictures, after the car moved away, several paparazzi riding motorcycles followed.

Matthew was in Helen Herman's car with a dedicated driver in front.

"Just get used to it." Helen Herman also seemed to see the paparazzi behind, "The paparazzi will definitely chase after you recently."

She turned her head and glanced at it and said, "The male protagonist made for 40 million dollars is still newsworthy to them."

"As long as they are." Matthew didn't care, "They are also a mess."

Helen Herman suddenly changed the subject, "If you don't want to be exposed, it's best not to have a tryst with Britney during this time."

Matthew told the truth, "Britney is not in Los Angeles. She is filming a MV recently. Will she be back in a while."

"If your relationship comes to light," Helen Herman pointedly, "the time is right..."

Before she could say anything, she was interrupted by Matthew, "It's not my business. I'm still saying that, Helen, let this kind of thing take its course."

Without waiting for Helen Herman to speak, he instead asked, "Who are you going to recommend, heroine?"

Matthew knew that Helen Herman had reached some agreements with the crew,

For example, actor priority.

"There is no specific candidate for the time being." Helen Herman thought for a while, and then said, "It's just a list."

"Wait until you have roughly determined the candidate." Matthew was not polite at all, "Can you let me know?"

"Huh?" Helen Herman didn't understand what he meant.

Matthew said directly, "Since you use me as a bargaining chip, I always have the right to know, right?"

He is not stupid, and he can guess some things.

"Okay." Helen Herman is obviously not perfunctory, "You are the hero, now my most important client, the heroine is your partner, I will call you when there is a candidate."

"When it just came out, I flipped through the script, and there were several intimate scenes between the male and female protagonists." Matthew asked tentatively, "You won't get a black heroine, will you?"

That's what worries him the most.

"Absolutely not!" Helen Herman reminded, "Sean Daniel can't pass that level."

"Yes." Matthew nodded.

Sean Daniel doesn't have a problem with all non-white actors, his conservatives are only for blacks.

The car came to Burbank and stopped in front of the Angel Agency. Matthew didn't go in. He changed his second-hand Ford and was about to go home. When he started the car, he found that the paparazzi behind him were following him again. He was very emotional. Well, I saw the paparazzi rushing to shoot here and waved to them.

In the past, when a paparazzi encountered him, at most, they took a few photos, and these few followed him to the vicinity of the house.

Matthew is very clear that this is the halo bonus brought by the crew and the hero of the 40 million film.

After parking the car and returning home with the script and the plan, Matthew moved a chair and sat in front of the window, flipped through the script, and only read about ten pages, and found this story called, with the scorpion in Wang doesn't have much connection, Stephen Sommers is writing a whole new story.

After quickly flipping through the script, he quickly summed up the main plot.

The story takes place in the city of Omora in ancient Egypt. The brutal warlord Manon dominated one side with a heavy army. The other tribes in the city decided to form an alliance to deal with him, so they launched several crusades, but they were all defeated by Manon one by one. beat.

Manon is surrounded by a mysterious figure who understands witchcraft. She can foresee the future and use it to help Manon fight. After learning about this situation, the tribal alliance decides to send an assassin to assassinate this mysterious figure.

This assassin is Matthew's character Momoyous. The character is set to be strong, brave and good at fighting. He is a powerful warrior. According to Hollywood's usual routine, when there are warriors, there must be beautiful women, so Momoyous goes deep behind the enemy. When he was about to assassinate the mysterious person, he found out that the other party was a beautiful woman. Momoyos was deeply moved by the beauty of the woman named Kassandra and could not bear to hurt her. At the same time, she also learned that Kassandra was not willing to do so. Worked for Manon, but was held hostage by Manon.

Then the male and female protagonists got together smoothly, sneaked into Manon's castle with Momoyos's friend, and fought Manon's life and death...

The ending is of course a Hollywood-style consummation, which is also in line with the usual routine of commercial films.

In short, this one actually has little to do with The Scorpion King, and it's not like the prequel to the series as the propaganda says.

After reading the script, it is not difficult to find that the film is actually four main characters, his character Mo Yus, the heroine wizard Cassandra, the supporting actor Appid, and the villain Mannon.

At present, only one actor of him has been confirmed for these four roles. The other three actors, Helen Herman, would like to have the Angel Agency contract all of them, but it is difficult to do so.

Before he got the script, Matthew heard from Helen Herman that it was Stephen Sommers who relapsed. Nong was tailor-made by Stephen Sommers for the Asian superstar Pony, but Sean Daniel had a slight contact with the opponent's agent and was rejected.

It's impossible for him to come. Although Brother Ma is not a first-line in Hollywood, when has he ever played a pure villain in his impression?

For the other two roles, the requirements are relatively not very complicated. Simply put, they are beautiful women and strong men.

Hollywood has never been short of these two types of actors. He has seen a lot of them when he was in and out of the Angel Agency.

After simply reading the script, Matthew waited for a detailed study later, and then took a look at the project plan co-produced by Stephen Sommers and Sean Daniel. Although the project is still in the preliminary stage, the two Obviously, a lot of preparations have been made, and some things are different from what he thought.

For example, the filming location.

Originally, Matthew thought the crew would be filming the interior scenes at Pinewood Studios in London, and the exterior scenes in the Moroccan desert.

But it turned out that he was thinking too much. Due to the small budget, all the filming of the crew would stay in the United States, with interior scenes shot in Warner Studios and exterior scenes in the Arizona desert.

In the absence of tax rebates in the United Kingdom and Morocco, this can save a considerable amount of expenses, especially when shooting interior scenes at Warner Studios. Just like Universal Studios has a tourist area, Warner Studios also has them. Up to now, the studio and location of the filming in those days are still preserved, and developed into a tourist project. It has just been renovated recently, and it can be used to shoot this film with a little adjustment.

Matthew was relieved that the filming did not need to run between the UK and Morocco. In the future, Britney will be in the United States, so it will be much more convenient for the two to meet.

Most of the other plans are the work of the production team and the director team, and have nothing to do with him as the main actor. The most important thing for him at this stage is to thoroughly understand the script, control the role, and prepare for the shooting.

The key point is training. From close combat to the use of a series of cold weapons, you don’t need to be proficient. At the very least, you must have a good appearance in front of the camera. Stephen Sommers emphasized the need for strength and beauty, while Not the trick fights that Hollywood has become popular lately.

Matthew is going to start working on the script, figure out the characters, and rehearse some of the character scenes individually.

News about the film has also spread on the Internet and in newspapers and magazines.