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Helen Herman's words did surprise Matthew, the $150 million super production and Jerry Bruckheimer's name are here, both for the actor and the agent behind the actor, there is a huge attraction for the actor, especially for people like them who are determined to take the commercial route.

After all, unlike his vague impression of some super craters, Helen Herman could not have had this prescient advantage.

"Why?" asked Matthew, curious.

Helen Herman said directly, "Since "The Mummy Returns", you have starred in three costume action films in a row, and what really impresses people is also the costume type of role, if you continue to play this theme in a short time, you will be completely limited to this relatively narrow category, and the drama road will quickly narrow. ”

She paused, seemed to organize the language, and quickly said, "Action movies are a genre with a very large space, costume action is relatively limited, your advantage is in action, but not necessarily costume action, we want a broader space for development, not the road is getting narrower and narrower, or even no way out in the end." ”

"It's not that you can't play similar themes and roles in the future. Helen Herman patiently explained, "In the next two or three films, it is better not to be a costume theme, and after a few years, the role of the Scorpion King will gradually fade away, and the negative impact will be small." ”

Matthew nodded, Helen Herman made a lot of sense, there are many action movies, epic action movies, sci-fi action movies, fantasy action movies, adventure action movies, police and bandit action movies, these are all suitable for his development route, not limited to a single one.

After four or five years, except for the little blacksmith, it is estimated that the audience will forget about the Scorpion King, and if there is a suitable project at that time, it will not matter what follows.

Moreover, he does have great worries and doubts about "King Arthur" in his heart.

"I think you're right. Matthew looked very obedient, "I listen to you in this regard." ”

Helen Herman glanced at Matthew in surprise, as if she didn't expect to agree so happily, and she prepared a lot of arguments to convince him.

As Matthew's fame grows and she gradually becomes a star-level actor, her way of treating Matthew is also changing, and it is impossible to use a simple and rude commanding tone like the earliest ones.

Matthew looked at the time and said, "Is there anything else?" ”

"When interviewed by journalists...... "Helen Herman reminds," "mention Pirates of the Caribbean." ”

"I see. ”

At present, Walt Disney's promotion of "Pirates of the Caribbean" is not particularly strong, except for reminding the outside world from time to time that this is a film based on Disneyland-related amusements, and it has not released enough exciting news.

Matthew guessed that this should be Disney's more confident, and the related tours in Disneyland are also very famous, and their appeal among teenagers is strong enough.

Although "Pirates of the Caribbean" is the first part of Disney Studios' production to exceed the PG rating - Walt Disney's large-scale films, most of which are handled by Touchstone Pictures, and Disney Pictures only produces children's films - it is basically certain that it will be PG-13, but in essence, it is still a children's movie.

Of course, such children's films are not pure, and they are equally suitable for many adult audiences.

In addition, Disney Studios also released a poster of the film's protagonist.

This is also the focus of the contention between Helen Herman and James Beinst, originally under pressure from Johnny Depp's strong agent, the poster design was dominated by highlighting Captain Jack Sparrow, who is in the center of the poster, with Will Turner and Elizabeth Swan below him, only showing the side.

If it was really designed like this, the poster would undoubtedly discount Matthew and Keira Knightley's personal publicity, and Helen Herman and James Burnst jointly approached the crew and asked to change the poster, but were strongly opposed by Johnny Depp's agent.

Although the three main relationships of Matthew, Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley are very harmonious, the agents of the three are fiercely fought, and the main poster design alone has been arguing for nearly a week, and finally with the intervention of Jerry Bruckheimer, it is only after the agreement is reached.

To be precise, there have been compromises on all sides.

In the newly designed poster, Captain Jack Sparrow moves up to occupy the center of the top half of the poster, and the two characters Will Turner and Elizabeth Swan move closer to the center, changing from the previous side to the front, sharing the rest of the poster position.

In addition, the names of the actors on the poster, Johnny Depp is no longer listed alone, but is on the same line as Matthew and Keira Knightley, but Johnny Depp is in first place, Matthew is second, and Keira Knightley is third......

This is also in line with the position, appeal and gender of the trio.

As two actors with little difference in coffee positions, Keira Knightley can't be ahead of the male actors.

Since the next publicity plan requires Matthew and Keira Knightley to have a gap period, Matthew temporarily calmed down and stopped thinking about messy things such as Rachel McAdams, and Rachel McAdams went to Bulgaria with the crew in early December, and she is not a girlfriend, so he can't fly so far to have a temporary ***.

As for the promotion of "Pirates of the Caribbean", he just followed the crew's plan.

In the next few days, Matthew's last salary on the crew of "Pirates of the Caribbean" arrived, and the crew paid $600,000 each for the first two times, and this time in addition to the remaining $800,000, there was also a compensation of $300,000.

In doing so, he earned $2.3 million from a Pirates of the Caribbean project, which is still more than $2 million even after removing Helen Herman's eight percent commission.

He began to think about whether to use the money to buy a real property for himself, and the detached house he currently rents is not bad, quiet enough and very private.

Matthew simply asked the real estate agent to contact the landlord, who was far away in Europe and did not reply immediately.

There is no hurry in terms of the house, you can wait for a while, he put it aside for the time being, contacted the stylist, went to a clothing rental company to pick out the right clothes, and prepared to go to the North American premiere of "Lord of the Rings 2: Two Towers".

Matthew was recommended to the crew by Orlando Bloom and then received an official premiere invitation.

Due to the huge success of "The Lord of the Rings", "The Lord of the Rings 2: The Two Towers" can be said to be the most watched film during the year-end holiday, and the limelight even overshadowed "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets".

On the day of the premiere of "The Lord of the Rings 2: The Two Towers", the media, book fans and movie fans gathered, and the specifications, numbers and popularity far exceeded the previous "The Lord of the Rings", and Orlando Bloom was the focus of attention.

Matthew heard him mention that due to the success of "The Lord of the Rings", New Zealand director Peter Jackson got a large amount of reshoot funds from New Line Pictures, which can reshoot some scenes in the latter two films, and the focus of the reshoot is Legolas, Peter Jackson specially shot a lot of Legolas handsome and cool scenes for Orlando Bloom.

Maybe ordinary people will feel guilty for doing something like Matthew digging and making people jump, accepting such a warm invitation from Orlando Bloom to rub the Lord of the Rings and Legolas on the red carpet, but a person with a black heart and a thick face like him will definitely not have similar emotions, and it is natural that the red carpet will walk in style.

From the very beginning of entering this circle, he climbed up by stepping on people all the way, if you feel guilty, don't mix in the big dye vat of Hollywood, go home and eat and wait for death.

So, walking into the red-carpet interview area, standing with Orlando Bloom, facing the microphone and camera of reporters, Matthew looked like a brother.

"Yes, we are good friends!" Matthew said with a hearty smile in the face of the reporter's question, "I met Orlando on the crew of "Black Hawk Down", and we quickly became friends, and I came to the premiere to accept Orlando's invitation to cheer for Legolas!"

Orlando Bloom put his arm around Matthew's shoulder and said, "We're not just friends, we're brothers! Matthew has helped me many times, he's a passionate person, and after a long time with him, you can't help but be attracted to him and become friends with him." ”

A photojournalist shouted, "Matthew, Orlando, look this way!"

Matthew and Orlando stood shoulder to shoulder, gesturing together in a triumphant gesture for the reporters to take pictures.

At this moment, they are really as close as brothers.

Later, the two walked to the theater together, and Matthew asked as he walked, "Is 'Van Helsing' filming?"

"Hmm. Orlando Bloom nodded slightly, "I'm currently filming my role, the heroine ......"

He shook his head, "The heroine has gone to shoot another film, and the scene where the hero and heroine are together will not be filmed until next year." ”

"Kate Beckinsale's crew......" Matthew said with a heartfelt attitude, "I was invited to play the leading role, I didn't want to be a supporting role, so I refused." ”

Orlando Bloom entered the theater door and said, "Kate Beckinsale has someone behind her now, not before." ”

Matthew nodded, "I've heard that too." ”

In Hollywood, the crew is like Vin Diesel, and the person who can bring in a lot of money is also an uncle.

Entering the theater, Matthew separated from Orlando Bloom and sat relatively close to the guest seats, looking at Orlando Bloom who walked to the front row, and couldn't help but think of a question.

Will "Van Helsing", which has changed the protagonist, still hit the streets?

He thought about it for a while, and estimated that the probability of being a pit was still very high, after all, Orlando Bloom was only the actor, neither as a producer, nor could he dictate the script, and the possibility of change was too small.

"The Lord of the Rings 2: The Two Towers" has achieved a double success at the word of mouth and box office without any surprises, and by the time the Oscars were held in March 2003, the film had exceeded $300 million at the North American box office.

Just after the 2003 Oscars, in mid-March, Helen Herman had news that Sean Daniel, who had always maintained a good relationship with him, came to the door with an acquaintance of his.