Chapter 524 Matt Damon's Challenge

Los Angeles, Wu Yuan's home.

"Hey, Matt, long time no see!"

"Haha, Daniel, to be honest, I almost thought you had fooled me!"

Wu Yuan stood up and hugged Matt Damon who had just entered the door with a smile.

"I didn't fool you. Didn't I inform you in April?"

Matt Damon shook his head and said with a look of relief: "Oh, if you hadn't informed me at that time, I would have been filming another movie now."

Wu Yuan had promised Matt Damon a long time ago that his next Hollywood movie would be with Matt Damon.

Matt Damon is an honest man, the kind of honest man that is super rare in Hollywood.

He really waited eagerly for Wu Yuan, looking forward to working with this top Hollywood director.

He waited for more than a year.

In April this year, a movie called "The Promised Land" came to him and invited Matt Damon to star.

This is a movie adapted from a documentary, aiming for awards.

If it were any other time, Matt Damon would definitely take on this movie, he likes the script very much.

It just so happened that Wu Yuan, who he had been waiting for for a long time, contacted him again and asked him to vacate his schedule from October this year to January next year to prepare to join the crew.

At the same time, the script of "The Martian" was also delivered to him.

Comparing the two, Matt Damon chose "The Martian" without hesitation!

This is a science fiction blockbuster, and it is also a science fiction blockbuster directed by Wu Yuan, it has a great future!

"Believe me, Matt, this "The Martian" will be your masterpiece for the next ten years. You won't lose out if you turn down other movies."

Wu Yuan smiled and patted Matt Damon on the shoulder. He led him to the living room and sat him down before continuing to ask, "How is it? Have you done everything I told you to do?"

"Of course." Matt Damon took the coffee from the servant, took a sip and said, "I strictly followed your requirements."

"In order to become a qualified astronaut, I did a series of physical training every day, including strength training, running, and skipping rope."

"Do you need me to take off my clothes for you to see?"

"That's not necessary." Wu Yuan shook his head and stretched out his hand to pinch Matt Damon's biceps. It was indeed very strong, and he was very satisfied.

Matt Damon's figure is one of the selling points in the movie.

And he really needs enough exercise to cope with the high-intensity shooting of "Interstellar".

This movie was not really shot on Mars, and the gravity is not as light as Mars.

Under the gravity of the earth, and in the real desert, wearing a space suit weighing more than 20 kilograms for high-intensity filming is not an easy task.

Yes, even if it is just a prop and does not have the function of a real space suit, the space suit prepared by the crew for Matt Damon is not light at all.

Perhaps for a real space suit, 20 kilograms is already very light, and in space, weight does not seem to be a criterion for measuring the quality of a space suit.

But on Earth, wearing 20 kilograms of clothes for filming a movie is almost as intense as weight training for soldiers.

Matt Damon must have a good physique to be able to hold on!

"Daniel, I have a feeling that this movie will be the most difficult one to shoot in my film career." Matt Damon raised his eyebrows and laughed and teased: "To be honest, when I saw the script, my first thought was that it was very cool."

"But the second thought was that this movie would definitely be very difficult to shoot."

"Sure enough, when I saw the location you chose, I knew it would be a tough job."

"Most of my scenes need to be shot in the Jordanian desert. OMG, it's terrible."

"I specifically checked online. The rose desert in Jordan has a very scary daytime temperature even in October."

"But you still decided to shoot it, didn't you?" Wu Yuan said calmly.

"Yes, I like this challenge." Matt Damon nodded and said with expectation: "This is a movie with a super male lead. I like this kind of movie, which can fully demonstrate my acting skills."

"The Martian" is a rare movie in Hollywood.

It's not that Hollywood lacks such blockbusters. Hollywood also has no shortage of one-man shows where an actor plays a big role.

But among blockbusters with an investment of over 100 million US dollars, it is rare to see a movie like "The Martian" where the male protagonist's one-man show occupies more than 80% of the whole film.

"Pirates of the Caribbean" is a group of three protagonists, and "Harry Potter" also revolves around the story of three boys and girls.

Even in "Transformers", which is mainly about big machines, the protagonists are two groups of Megatron and Optimus Prime.

Even in Wu Yuan's previous work of the same theme, "Interstellar", the role of the male protagonist Cooper in the movie is heavy again, and his daughter and the female astronaut played by Liu Yifei also have a lot of roles.

But "The Martian" is different. This movie is completely the adventure of the male protagonist Mark Watney alone.

The whole movie revolves around Mark Watney who was "abandoned" on Mars by someone.

Although someone on Earth is trying to rescue him, the movie is more about Mark Watney's self-rescue.

It can be said that the quality of this movie depends entirely on the performance of the male lead Matt Damon.

If he performs well, this will be a wonderful movie.

If he performs badly, this movie will be a complete failure.

This is why Wu Yuan boldly changed the male lead when filming "Interstellar", but when preparing for "The Martian" this time, he decided on Matt Damon to play the role early.

He did not dare to guarantee that such an important role could achieve the effect of Matt Damon's original version if someone else played it.

To be on the safe side, it is safer to let Matt Damon play the role.

"Matt, this movie depends entirely on your performance."

Wu Yuan smiled and said, "I'm betting all my money on you."

"If you perform well, this movie will be a brilliant success."

"If you perform poorly, this movie may become our Waterloo."

"Do you feel a lot of pressure?"

Matt Damon is not an actor who is afraid of pressure, and he is not an actor who will be crushed by pressure.

He didn't look nervous at all, but lay down on the sofa cushions and crossed his legs. "Daniel, you found the right person."

"In the whole Hollywood, I dare say that besides Leonardo, only I can act well in this movie."

"Even if you find Depp, he can't act well in this movie."

"Believe me, your choice is right!"

"I heard that you really planted potatoes in the studio?"

"Can I go and see?" (End of this chapter)