Leaving London by car, Matthew slept for a short time, and when he woke up, he had already entered Buckinghamshire, and soon arrived at Eversis, an important base of the British film industry, Pinewood Studios.

He used to shoot here a long time ago, but in recent years, he hasn't been here.

From the earliest "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" to the current filming of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", Pinewood Studios is the main filming location.

Matthew called David and Emma Watson before coming, easily entered the studio, casually inquired, asked where the Harry Potter crew was, and looked for it.

In a huge studio, Matthew meets David.

"You're finally here. David greeted Matthew at the stage door, hugged him and said, "It's warm to see old friends from Los Angeles in the terrible weather in London in December." ”

Matthew didn't answer him, instead saying, "You've discovered this set, and you're going to come back to this set eventually." ”

"Inside please. David led the way, waiting for Matthew to come over and say, "The crew is filming, it just started after Christmas, and it hasn't been on track yet." ”

Entering from the door of the studio, Matthew could see that the makeshift set in front of him was busy, and the lights were faintly adjusting.

The two walked to the periphery of the set, David took the initiative to stop, and Matthew also stood next to him.

"There's a strike in Los Angeles," Matthew asked casually, "it doesn't affect this side, does it?"

David shook his head, "It's somewhat influential, screenwriter Stephen Clover has left the crew temporarily, but the screenwriters of the last two movies are mainly Joanna Rowling, and the impact is not very great." ”

He asked, "What about you?"

Matthew said directly, "I gave the two crews a long vacation, I hope it will end soon." ”

"It's hard. David is also a well-known producer in the industry, a member of the producers' league himself, and is much more well-informed than Matthew, "This strike is very difficult to end in a short period of time. ”

Matthew nodded, "I heard that the Golden Globe Awards ceremony has been suspended. He shrugged, "Oscar might be dangerous, too." ”

"By the way, speaking of the Oscars...... David asked instead, "I heard that Warner Bros. is going to apply for an Oscar for Best Actor for you?"

"Yes, there is this news, mainly for the application of "I Am Legend". Matthew didn't care at all, "I don't have public relations, I haven't done any canvassing activities, and I guess it's useless to declare." ”

The vast majority of actors fight for the Oscar for the sake of fame, and now he wants to be famous and profitable, and there is no need to wade into the troubled waters of the Oscar.

David added, "Originally, Warner Bros. and I were interested in asking Guillermo del Toro to direct this half-blood prince, but unfortunately Guillermo del Toro refused. ”

"I've heard him talk about it. Matthew had heard Guillermo del Toro mention it a long time ago, "He seems to have a horror movie and a comic book movie to shoot, probably because the schedule is not staggered." ”

If it weren't for "I Am Legend" halfway, Guillermo del Toro would have gone to film "Hellboy 2" a long time ago.

He added, "It is estimated that Gilmour also has doubts, there are more and more fans of this series, and he will be scolded no matter how he shoots." ”

"Hmm. David nodded, "David Yates was scolded badly in the last film. ”

Speaking of this, he seems to have a feeling, "Almost every time we start to do the preliminary work for a new episode of "Harry Potter", what everyone has to discuss is to set the length of the movie, and then we keep meeting, listen to the opinions of all parties, delete and change those paragraphs in the book, we have to abandon most of the side details, and tell the main story seriously." ”

Matthew understood this and said, "Even if the story is told, there will still be a lot of scolding. ”

"yes. David sighed, "The more famous the series, the more difficult it is to shoot the movie, because the original book has hundreds of millions of readers, and the crew needs to completely face all kinds of pickiness of these readers about the movie, adapting a book of hundreds of pages into a two-hour movie, which has to make a trade-off, and the crew can't put all the plot of the whole book into the movie, which creates an aspect of audience criticism, because no matter which passage we delete, there will always be readers who will be angry." ”

"I'll ask you a little bit more about this experience when I have time. Matthew is serious, "I also have a best-selling movie adaptation over there." ”

Matthew chatted with David for a while and saw a girl in a black magic robe running out of the set.

"Hi Matthew. Emma Watson greeted him crisply.

"Hi Emma. Matthew responded with a smile.

David looked at Matthew and then at Emma Watson and casually found an excuse to leave.

Seeing David go away, Matthew tilted his head to look at Emma Watson and said, "You're handsome in this outfit!"

Emma Watson opened her hand and said, "It's all black, it's ugly to death." She turned around and said to the agent who came over, and then said to Matthew, "I'll go to remove my makeup first, you wait for me for a while, we said okay, I'll go to Los Angeles and you will entertain me, and I'll entertain you when you come to England." ”

Matthew nodded, "I'll wait for you here." ”

It took half an hour for Emma Watson to come back, the black magic robe was gone, replaced by a pair of jeans and a fur-collared jacket, and instantly changed from Hermione Granger to a normal girl next door.

"Let's go. She pulled Matthew and led the way, "I just spoke to my family on the phone, and I can eat out for dinner." ”

She turned to Matthew and asked, "What do you want to eat?"

Matthew thought for a moment and said, "I remember there was a nice Brazilian restaurant near the studio, is it still open?"

As the two walked along, Emma Watson curled the corners of her mouth, "That unsavory Brazilian restaurant, you said?"

"Isn't that right?" Matthew frowned, "I remember it tasted good. ”

Out of the studio door, Emma Watson waved her hand at Matthew, "There's something wrong with your taste." ”

Matthew was unceremonious, "You're in for a treat, you've picked a place." ”

Emma Watson stopped a battery car, went up with Matthew, waited for the battery car to start, and said, "Last time in Geneva, you said that you like to eat oriental food, and there is a good Chinese restaurant nearby, go try it?"

"Okay. Matthew nodded in agreement.

The two took a battery car to the door of the studio, and then changed to the car when Matthew came, and less than ten minutes later, they came to a Chinese restaurant.

"Why did you come to London?" asked Emma Watson curiously.

Matthew smiled and replied, "Came to see you." ”

"You?" said Emma Watson, with a look of disbelief, "You're going to come and see me, who would?"

She stared at Matthew with wide eyes, "What are you doing in London? Is it because the BBC named you the luckiest Hollywood star of 2007?"

"And what's going on?" Matthew didn't even know.

Emma Watson was surprised, "You don't know. ”

Matthew shook his head, "I don't know." ”

"You're too closed. Emma Watson said simply, "About two or three days ago, the BBC had a show dedicated to summarizing this year's Hollywood films, because the three movies you participated in were all box office hits, so the show said you were the luckiest star." ”

Matthew understood, "That's right. He casually asked, "There are the luckiest stars, and are there also the unlucky stars?"

Emma Watson nodded, "Yes." She pulled the corners of her mouth and laughed, deliberately changing her tone to a weird tone, "It's the former couple Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman who have been honored with such an honorable title. ”

The waiter brought up the food they had ordered, and when the waiter left, Emma Watson picked up a piece of diced chicken and put it in her mouth, and said, "Guess why they're the unlucky." ”

Matthew heard a little about the situation of these two people this year, thought for a while, and said, "I remember that Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman both have new works released this year, Nicole Kidman is a commercial masterpiece like "The Golden Compass", Tom Cruise seems to be an independent literary film, I forgot what it was called." ”

"The Lion Enters the Sheep's Mouth". Emma Watson reminded.

Matthew nodded, "I thought about it." The two are completely misguided, Tom Cruise is focusing on literature and art, Nicole Kidman is entering business, and their movies happen to be each other's strengths, and the results can be imagined. ”

"Correct answer!" Emma Watson hooked the corners of her mouth again, "Tom Cruise's new work "The Lion into the Sheep's Mouth", which has been released in North America for two months, has only accumulated $14.93 million at the box office, which is the lowest box office among the films he starred in 24 years, and the word-of-mouth is also surprisingly bad, it seems that Tom Cruise is very unwise to make literary films. ”

Nicole Kidman's situation Matthew knew, she was even more of a fiasco, the original seemingly foolproof magic masterpiece, nearly $200 million investment, and the best-selling original book escort, but "The Golden Compass" just lost everything......

"That's right, Emma. Matthew said directly, "One thing to remind you, after the Harry Potter series ends, don't develop into a movie genre that doesn't suit you." ”

"Like you?" Emma Watson is smart.

Matthew smiled, "I can't be a male god of literary films, so I don't try it at all." ”

Emma Watson said seriously, "I see. Thank you, Matthew. Without waiting for Matthew to speak, she asked again, "You haven't said it yet, what are you doing in London?"

"Well, I'll be honest. Matthew pretended to be helpless and said, "Come and see this year's Victoria's Secret show." ”