"Listen to me, Matthew. ”

The makeup artist was putting on Matthew's makeup, and the bearded Jack stood next to him, admonishing, "About twenty minutes away, Ridley and Jerry Bruckheimer will be coming, the audition is here, don't be nervous, they just look at your look." ”

"Okay. While the makeup artist went to get something, Matthew turned his head and smiled at Jack, "Thank you." ”

Jack shook his head slightly, "It's just a small thing." He added, "My family and Helen are world friends, and I must help her with her favor." ”

Matthew could understand the subtext, and Jack didn't seem to want to have much to do with a young actor like him, and it was entirely for Helen Herman's sake to help.

He can accept this calmly, according to Helen Herman, the development goal of the bearded Jack is to be a gold producer like Jerry Bruckheimer, who is currently just accumulating qualifications and experience.

The crew of "Black Hawk Down" held internal auditions, and the audition process was relatively simple, far less cumbersome than public auditions, and the number of actors participating in the auditions was not large.

The makeup was completed quickly, because the audition was for a military role, similar to the makeup of the crew of "Band of Brothers", the makeup artist simply sketched the facial lines of Matthew, highlighting the tough and resolute temperament, so that the facial features were more three-dimensional.

Subsequently, the stylist selected two suited military uniforms for Matthew, and Matthew prepared for the audition for a while, naturally recognizing that one of the two military uniforms belonged to the Army Delta Force and the other was the Ranger Force.

Both uniforms were combat uniforms, but there were no helmets or weaponry.

Matthew was still in the locker room changing into the uniform of the Army Delta Force, when suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside, followed by the sound of Jack greeting him, and then the sound of two men talking.

He speculated that Ridley Scott and Jerry Bruckheimer were coming.

"This actor is called Matthew Horner, a Texan. "There's a voice coming from outside, and the bearded Jack is clearly helping him," Matthew Horner has played several roles in the past that have all been war drama roles, "Gladiator" as the leader of the Germanic barbarians against the Roman legions, and also participated in DreamWorks' "Band of Brothers" with HBO, and has been maintaining military training from November last year to May this year. ”

Jerry Bruckheimer didn't seem to say anything in particular, and Matthew just listened to him say flatly, "Well, I see." ”

Outside the locker room, Jack stopped talking, he was just an executive producer who had told Jerry Bruckheimer all the strengths of Matthew Horner, and anything more could be counterproductive.

Ridley Scott never spoke, Jerry Bruckheimer looked at his watch, the door to the locker room opposite suddenly opened, and a tall soldier walked out of the exit, came to the two of them, stood upright, and then gave a standard American military salute.

Jerry Bruckheimer looked at Matthew, a little puzzled, did he meet a soldier?

"You've been a soldier before?" he asked.

"No!" Matthew knew that his carefully prepared appearance was working, "I received rigorous military training during my participation in Band of Brothers. ”

Jerry Bruckheimer retracted his gaze and turned to look at Ridley Scott next to him, "You're the director, how do you feel?"

Ridley Scott didn't say anything, just nodded.

"Alright, that's it. Jerry Bruckheimer said to Matthew, "No need to change to a second set." ”

He was the producer in charge of the crew, and walked straight up to Matthew and held out a hand, "Welcome to the crew, Matthew Horner." ”

Matthew quickly took two steps forward and shook Jerry Bruckheimer's hand hard, "It's my pleasure." ”

Jerry Bruckheimer didn't say much and said to Ridley Scott, "Let's go, Johnny Lee Miller and his agent should be almost there, let's go talk to them." ”

"Johnny Lee Miller?" Matthew captured a familiar name.

Ridley Scott and Jerry Bruckheimer left, and Matthew didn't immediately go to remove his makeup and change clothes, asking Jack, "Is Johnny Lee Miller coming to the audition too?"

It's not a secret, Jack said casually, "Come here to negotiate a contract." Originally, the crew invited Ewan McGregor, but his schedule was not suitable and recommended Johnny Lee Miller to the crew. ”

Jack asked Matthew curiously, "Do you know him?"

"I don't know. Matthew quickly found a reason, "I've seen 'Trainspotting' starring him and Ewan McGregor and love their performances. ”

Jack didn't suspect it, and said, "Remove your makeup, and I'll go and inform Helen first." Let her negotiate the contract for you and try to sign the contract as soon as possible to avoid unnecessary changes. ”

"Hmm. Matthew nodded, "Excuse me, Jack." ”

He knew that it was safe to get the contract as soon as possible, and it was not for nothing that the Hollywood crew passed the audition and was replaced later.

After removing his makeup and changing back into his clothes, Matthew left the styling room and went to a break room, where Helen Herman was not here and should have gone to negotiate his contract with the crew.

Matthew has also felt that the time is indeed very tight, and the work efficiency of the crew is quite high.

According to this situation, as long as Helen Herman's conditions are not much different from the crew, the contract problem can be resolved today.

After sitting in the lounge for a while, people walked in one after another, basically actors and agents, Matthew could occasionally hear their voices, some of these people had passed the audition, were waiting to sign with the crew, and some were queuing up for auditions.

Matthew looked and there were no familiar faces, and the James McAvoy audition was in the next few days.

"Johnny Lee Miller isn't coming, is he?" he muttered, looking at the entrance to the lounge, "I don't know if he recognizes me." ”

I don't think I know it, the only real insiders of the videotape incident at that time were him and Angelina Jolie, Angelina Jolie would not leak the news, and he would definitely not talk nonsense.

Counting, he's only sent models to Johnny Lee Miller twice before and after, and he's only met twice.

Matthew was just about to withdraw his gaze, when a familiar figure flashed in at the entrance of the lounge, his brow furrowed slightly, and his gaze fell on this person.

As soon as Tom Hardy entered the lounge, he was keenly aware that someone was staring at him, and then he found a face that he remembered very well.

Without even thinking about it, he walked over and said, "Matthew Horner!"

"Long time no see, Tom. Seeing that he was aggressive, Matthew smiled and pointed to the chair next to him, "You're welcome, just sit down." ”

Tom Hardy stared at Matthew for a while, noticed that everyone in the lounge was looking at him, and thought of the onlookers who were provoked by Matthew at the bar, so he quickly pulled out a chair and sat down.

"Why are you here?" Tom Hardy asked, immediately realizing it, and raised his hand to Matthew, "You're also going to be in Black Hawk Down?"

Matthew shrugged, "That's right, I've already passed the audition." ”

"Good!" Tom Hardy looked at Matthew and nodded suddenly, while saying in a strange tone, "Good! Very good!"

"I think it's good, too. Matthew said deliberately, "Tom, we can play together again, your last performance impressed me." ”

Tom Hardy's face darkened instantly, the last time the two performed together, it was a shame in his life!

"Matthew!" Helen Herman's voice came from the door of the break room, "Matthew Horner!"

Matthew stopped paying attention to Tom Hardy, stood up and waved over there, "Helen, I'm here." ”

Helen Herman stared at him and shook her head slightly, "Follow me, I need your signature." ”

Matthew immediately walked out of the break room and followed Helen Herman towards the elevator and asked, "The contract was negotiated so quickly?"

"The crew is tight on time and has a good budget. Helen Herman said as she walked, "Your past three roles also met the requirements of the crew, and the conditions they offered were generally generous, and there was no need to bargain too much." ”

Turning into the elevator room, there was an elevator coming, the two entered the elevator, and seeing that there was no one else inside, Helen Herman asked directly, "Did you have a conflict with someone?"

"It's not. Matthew thought for a moment and said, "That guy also starred in "Band of Brothers", played a rival scene with me, and his performance was terrible, which angered director David Frankl, and most of the scenes were deleted, and I don't know what he thought, but he actually put the account on my head." ”

Helen Herman thought of Matthew's usual performance and didn't quite believe his words, "Really?"

"Of course it's true. Matthew stretched out his hands helplessly, "This is what happened in front of the crew, and many people know it." ”

The elevator opened, and Helen Herman stepped out first, saying, "Don't get into trouble with people. ”

Matthew just wanted to defend herself, but she threw another sentence, "Don't be afraid of competition!"

"Uh......" Matthew said after a moment's thought, "I see." ”

He followed Helen Herman into his office near the elevator room, where the executive producer in charge of the show had drawn up the contract, which Matthew took and skimmed through, waiting for the lawyer and representatives of the Screen Actors Guild to come and sign it.

The treatment of this contract is similar to that of him in "The Mummy Returns", but the salary has increased significantly, reaching $150,000.

Although it can't be compared with the salary of famous actors, Matthew is still very satisfied, now he has no role at all, "Band of Brothers" has not yet completed post-production, "The Mummy Returns" will be released in the summer next year, although "Gladiator" is a big hit, his role presence is too low......

After signing the contract, Matthew will pack his luggage and prepare to leave when he goes back, and before following the crew to Morocco, all the actors in the crew who play American soldiers, regardless of fame, will go to a US military base for a ten-day intensive training.