In the office of the Angel Agency, Matthew frowned, looked at Helen Herman across from him and asked, "Kristen Stewart refused?"

"Yes. Helen Herman said calmly, "She thought about it for three days and called me personally. ”

Matthew scratched his chin, "Did she say why?"

Helen Herman picked up a copy and shook it, saying, "Kristen Stewart said she read the Twilight book and thought the story was boring and superficial. ”

"That's right. Matthew asked, "What about you digging her?"

Helen Herman put down the book "Twilight" and said, "I didn't mention it, and it didn't work if I did." ”

Matthew stood up and took a few steps, muttering, "That's a bit of a problem." ”

is different from what he thought before, the pure masters actually refused, didn't she rely on this series to become really popular?

"It's not surprising. Helen Herman heard Matthew's words and said directly, "Kristen Stewart is a child star, has a producer mother, and has worked with many big-name directors and actors, she is very famous in the circle, there is no shortage of roles and job opportunities, and it is normal to look down on this vulgar story." ”

Matthew sighed, he couldn't deny it at all, this story of Qiong Yao dressed as a vampire and a werewolf was indeed vulgar enough.

Helen Herman continued, "She refused very simply and I called her again today, but Kristen Stewart again said she was not interested in the story. ”

Matthew is still walking back and forth, how did the once pure men happy to play Isabella Swan?

After thinking about it for a while, he couldn't find any relevant memories, he had never seen the "Twilight" series of movies, let alone the news behind the scenes.

"Matthew!" Helen Herman raised her voice slightly and asked, "Why does it have to be Kristen Stewart?"

"Uh......" Matthew didn't answer.

I couldn't answer this question for a while.

Helen Herman asked again, "You want to play Kristen Stewart?"

Hearing this, Matthew instantly thought of the Snow White and immediately shook his head, "I'm not interested in her at all." ”

"It's easy. Helen Herman sped up slightly, "Since Kristen Stewart refused, we can consider other candidates, such a teen romance movie, it doesn't matter who the star is, the important thing is to be beautiful and good-looking." ”

Matthew frowned and thought, this is undoubtedly very reasonable.

Helen Herman added, "Kristen Stewart is not Stephanie Mayer's ideal Isabella either. ”

"Stephanie doesn't have to worry about it, she knows too little about the film industry and the actors. Matthew shook his head, "Those people who are proposed are not suitable. ”

Just like the fiery style of dressing, Stephanie Mayer's appreciation of actors, especially actresses, is really unflattering.

Stephanie Mayer had previously suggested that Rachel Leigh Cook play Alice Cullen, and he also agreed to Rachel Leigh Cook audition for the role, but then he specifically asked Rachel Leigh Cook to get a picture of Rachel Leigh Cook and asked for the opinion of Sean Daniel and Sophia Coppola, and the two objected just by looking at their appearance.

Later, Stephanie Mayer suggested that Australian actor Emily Browning play Isabella Swan, he specially found the other party's information to look at it, and then directly rejected Stephanie Mayer, Emily Browning's peculiar appearance is really not in line with the public's aesthetics.

As for the recommendation of Henry Cavill to play the actor Edward Cara, he also rejected it.

Henry Cavill looks very good, but his age is not appropriate, as he said to Stephanie Mayer before, a twenty-four-five-year-old actor who plays a seventeen-year-old in appearance is not very suitable.

Of course, if you really can't find a suitable actor, Henry Cavill is not impossible to consider.

"I had a couple of contacts with Nina Dobov after signing the deal. Helen Herman then said, "She has a very good appearance, her appearance and figure are first-class, and she is also very smart, I think she is good." ”

Matthew gave Nina Dubov the opportunity to audition, the most basic thing is that she was born with good conditions, and immediately nodded, "Nina is really good, so I let her audition for the role of Alice Cullen." ”

Helen Herman said seriously, "I think I can also let her go to Isabella Swan's audition." ”

After a little consideration, Matthew nodded, Helen Herman, unlike him, had no personal involvement with Nina Dubov, and made such a suggestion for the sake of the success of the project.

"So be it, Helen. He made the decision, "You continue to contact Kristen Stewart and at the same time let Nina Dubrev audition for the lead actress, and don't give up other suitable candidates, if Kristen Stewart's side refuses again, we will decide on the candidate through the audition." ”

has come to this position, he has seen too many successes and failures in Hollywood, even if there are no pure masters, this kind of bloody romance film may not fail, and he can afford such a failure.

Of course, no one wants their investment to be wasted, and everything possible is needed to succeed.

The audition for this crew is about to pass the New Year, and after Matthew informed Nina Dobrev that she could audition for the actress Isabella, Nina Dobrev not only gave him a special and memorable night, but also told him another thing, she wanted to push off the small supporting role in "Fast and Furious 4" and prepare for the audition for "Twilight".

There is no doubt that this girl is very intelligent, knows how to make trade-offs, and is decisive.

Matthew responded, anyway, the actor in that small role grabbed a lot of them, and let the crew of "Fast and Furious 4" find another one.

The cast auditions for "Fast and Furious 4" are also scheduled for the New Year, and the crew's preparations are progressing relatively smoothly, with sponsorship deals signed with Mercedes-Benz and Dodge, and directors Justin Lin and Bearded Jack have also gone to Texas and Arizona near Mexico to investigate suitable locations for filming.

For Hollywood crews, as long as the funds can be in place, the work efficiency is enough to guarantee.

Matthew and David Ellison's second tranche of funding has been injected into the accounts of the third-party guarantee company for the crew of "Fast and Furious 4".

Similarly, the "Twilight Zone" crew is also well funded for the time being, and by the beginning of November, in just six weeks, Sofia Coppola and Stephanie Mayer collaborated with a professional team of screenwriters to complete the script adaptation of "Twilight".

The new script is very much in line with Matthew and Sofia Coppola's requirements for the film, the messy action elements have been reduced to a minimum, and all the scenes serve the theme of love to death and life for the hero and heroine.

On the other hand, the pre-promotion of these two movies has also begun, Matthew has hired a professional team to establish official websites for the two projects, "Fast and Furious 4" and "Twilight" are not original movies, they both have a certain fan base, coupled with Matthew's fame and appeal, which has attracted many people.

On the second day of the launch of the two websites, the number of comments on the website easily exceeded 10,000.

Compared with the big investment and big production of "Fast and Furious 4", "Twilight" can only be regarded as a medium to low production, and it needs to find a way to publicize it.

Therefore, Matthew decided to rub off on the popularity of "I Am Legend", the promotion of this first-line production is in full swing, and after he discussed it with Aziva Gossman, the official website of "I Am Legend" has a link to the official website of "Twilight".

Because of the good greeting with the crew in advance, in an exclusive interview with Entertainment Weekly about "I Am Legend", Matthew appropriately mentioned "Twilight".

"Written by Ms. Stephanie Mayer, I read it very early on, so I feel very honored to have this film adapted. ”

Facing the microphone of reporters, Matthew specially introduced the basic situation of the project, "In order to ensure the quality of the film adaptation, I specially invited Sofia Coppola to direct this film. ”

He quickly said, "According to the original book, Sophia wrote the first version of the script first, and after Stephanie Mayer saw it herself, I exchanged some revisions with her, and then wrote a few more versions, and the final version has been revised 5 or 6 times...... Well, let's put it this way, the script is on the general main line, and it faithfully reproduces the original work. At the same time, Sophia also worked with Stephanie to add and modify some of the stories in the original book according to the characteristics of the movie, and I believe that readers of the original book will also be surprised by these changes. ”

When asked by reporters what he thought of Stephanie Mayer and her "Twilight" series, Matthew said, "Magic has been all the rage in recent years, and the representative of this is "Harry Potter", which is undoubtedly the representative of magic. ”

He boasted without any psychological barriers, "The Twilight series is just as good, and I think Stephanie Mayer is the Joanna Rowling of America." ”

Of course, this is an exaggeration, although they are all typical popular business writers, Stephanie Mayer is far worse than Joanna Rowling now.

The biggest gap between the two undoubtedly comes from the movie.

As the person who discovered the "Harry Potter" series, David once said that without the promotion of Warner Bros. and the effect brought by the movie, the "Harry Potter" series would not be where it is now.

Similarly, without a movie that loves to death, there will be no "Twilight" hit.

Matthew is also very much like he used to be, making a whole series, but these are not his final words, everything depends on the market, and the audience needs to make decisions.