Chapter Eighty-Four: Five Seconds
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Looking at the pictures flashing on the screen one by one, Matthew was still waiting, he couldn't tell his current mood, some excited, some eager, and some expectant.
After all, this is the first time he has been able to appear in a movie!
Although Britney's MV has been frequently broadcast on major TV stations, and there are many shots of him on it, in Matthew's eyes, the MV is too far behind the status of the movie.
Finally, Matthew sees himself on the screen.
He walks from the hall where the patient is resting towards the hallway, and the camera gives him a long-range full-body shot, with a faint view of the face, and then passes by Winona Ryder's heroine at the door of the first room, and the camera zooms to Winona Ryder, and the camera follows her eyes to Matthew's back until he turns into a hospital room and returns to Winona Ryder's face.
But the big close-up of Matthew's face shot in the room is gone, and the scene stops on Winona Ryder, and the two lines Matthew utters become voiceovers......
Matthew's character appeared for less than five seconds, and no one but himself paid attention to such a small role.
Most of the audience focused on Angelina Jolie and Winona Ryder.
However, Matthew thought about it, and it was very good that his first character could have nearly five seconds of footage in the film.
Overall, he was in a good mood and had been enjoying the movie very happily.
This kind of good mood has continued from Kate Jeffrey's foolery to the present, perhaps in the eyes of moral people, Matthew's things are very despicable, but he will never endure being oppressed, even if it is temporary, it is for the sake of plotting in the future.
From another point of view, these behaviors seem to be very loser, but that kind of thing happens to you, whether it is cool or not, depressed or not, and only you know it.
After watching the movie, Matthew walked out of the theater and heard someone next to him who seemed to be a film critic talking about the two actresses, and he listened for a while, both of whom were positive about Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie, and one of them even thought that Jolie could hit the Oscar for acting.
"Oscar for acting, ah......"
When he walked towards the bus stop, Matthew was still thinking about Oscar, he had been in this circle for more than half a year, how could he not know the status and influence of Oscar in the Hollywood film industry?
It is not an exaggeration to say that the Oscars are the most important awards in the entire North American film circle.
"When will you win the Oscar?"
Matthew inevitably thinks the same way, but considering Angelina Jolie and Winona Ryder's performances in the film, there is a huge gap between him, and these two female stars are not known for their excellent acting skills in Hollywood......
He knows very well that the Oscar can only be a long-term future goal, and now it is better to work towards the level of Hollywood star.
After becoming a Hollywood star, he believes that his life will be turned upside down and that the goals he has set can be achieved one by one.
After watching "The Soul Shifting Girl", Matthew also counted it but had a wish.
In the days that followed, he went to the Los Angeles School of the Performing Arts, found his former acting teacher, David Astor, returned the tapes he had borrowed before, and borrowed a batch of new ones to continue his path of imitation and practice.
For the next filming, Matthew specially contacted Ronald Spears, the prototype of his role, through the crew, although Tom Hanks would gather the veterans of the year to go to the filming location of the crew, but Ronald Spears himself was not in very good health and would not go to London.
Matthew had no choice but to visit him personally.
According to Helen Herman, the accounts of these veterans can only be used as a reference, and due to Ronald Spears' poor health, Matthew only communicated with him for half an hour, focusing on the rumors of the shooting of German prisoners of war that year, but Ronald Spears did not answer, only laughed and did not say anything.
In the end, Matthew didn't get the answer, and I'm afraid the truth of this matter will be taken into the coffin by Ronald Spears.
After meeting Ronald Spears, Matthew returned to Los Angeles, and Britney went to Nashville, the vacation had to be spent on his own, but fortunately, he was also used to being alone, and there were a bunch of videos and books in the apartment, and delving into practicing acting was enough for him to pass the time.
Of course, the practice at this stage is first and foremost in the service of the role that will be played.
Matthew found a lot of war-themed videotapes, and specially watched and rehearsed many of the tough guy characters in them in order to make up for his lack of experience.
As for the original novel of "Band of Brothers" and the copy of the memoir, he read it again when he came back, and he knew the contents by heart.
He thought he was ready.
One morning before Christmas, Matthew received a phone call, and after lunch, he put down what he was doing and went to the small park near his apartment to make an appointment.
He went straight to the stone table and bench in the woods, and saw the tall woman waiting here, Elena Boyar, his old acquaintance.
"Long time no see, Matthew. Elena Boyard sat on the stone bench, looked Matthew up and down carefully, and said, "You look different. ”
Matthew cheekily said, "Isn't it more handsome?"
"It's not. Elena Boyar rolled her eyes, "It's your temperament that makes me feel different." ”
"I'm a soldier now. Matthew casually sat across from her, "Or maybe I've been thinking of myself as a soldier lately." ”
Yelena Boyard seemed to understand the meaning of Matthew's words, snorted, and said deliberately, "Are you showing off to me?"
Matthew shook his head, "Do I have to do this?" he asked, "You have something to do with me?"
"It's fine. Yelena Boyar was clearly mistaken and said, "I'm looking for you to catch up." ”
She reminded, "Didn't Helen Herman tell you? I made a deal with her. ”
"I know. Matthew directly revealed, "You want to ask me for news now?"
Elena Boyard stated her true purpose, "Aren't you going after Britney?
"When did I pursue Britney?" Matthew questioned, "That's fake news you made up!"
"You really didn't pursue Britney?" "How could Elena Boyard believe it so easily," Britney herself admits that you are good friends. ”
Matthew didn't bother to continue responding, and said casually, "Say whatever you want." ”
Seeing that Matthew didn't explain, Elena Boyard leaned over and asked, "Wouldn't you? You're really not pursuing Britney? I'm still waiting for you to give me explosive news and publish the most eye-catching entertainment news of the new year!"
"You're thinking too much. Matthew said lightly.
"You ......," Elena Boyar covered her forehead, "how do I explain it to the editor-in-chief!"
Matthew came up at the right time, "Isn't it what you're good at making up fake news?"
"You're deliberately angry with me, aren't you?" Elena Boyar's temper tantrum revealed again, and she slapped the stone table directly, "Okay! I'll just say you cheated and dumped Britney!"
"Don't!" Matthew hurriedly raised his hand to stop it, if Elena Boyard really wrote this, in the way Britney thinks about the problem, maybe it will be taken seriously, he spread his hand and said, "I'm just a nobody, I used to borrow Britney to rub a little heat, you write like this, how many people read it?"
Yelena Boyar is just angry, if she really writes like this, let alone the newspaper, she can't even pass the level of the editor-in-chief's review.
Seeing that the New Year was approaching, she couldn't find the breaking news, so she approached Matthew, so she asked, "Aren't you on the set of Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg?
Matthew shook his head directly, "The crew gave a gag order, and I can't tell you anything." ”
Elena Boyar sighed, "If I can't find the news, I'll be fired from the newspaper, and you'll lose a potential co-journalist, still a promising and powerful one." ”
Matthew spread his hands, "You'd better go to Helen Herman." ”
According to his agreement with Helen Herman, he could not casually reveal the news to Yelena Boyar without informing her of this agent.
Not to mention whether to abide by the agreement or not, Matthew can't think of any entertainment gossip for a while, and he can't tell Yelena Boyard about him and Britney, right?
Elena Boyard stood up, probably in a bad mood, raised her foot and kicked the stone bench, gave Matthew a middle finger, turned her head and left.
"Hey, I've got a good subject in mind!" said Matthew deliberately.
"What?" said Elena Boyard unconsciously stopped.
Matthew said with a smile, "You admit to creating fake news about me and Britney, and apologize to the public in the newspaper, I believe many people will read it." ”
He just deliberately squeezed Yelena boyar to shoot back at that middle finger, but he didn't expect Yelena boyar to be even more shameless than he thought, and after thinking about it for a second, he actually said to himself, "If you can't find other news, this is also a way." ”
Matthew could only watch in a daze as Yelena Boyar walked away, this woman had no discipline at all.
Out of the woods, on the way back, Matthew called Helen Herman and gave a general idea of the meeting with Elena Boyar, who was an entertainment reporter after all, and it was best to let the agent know about this kind of thing.
In the days that followed, including Christmas Eve and Christmas, he continued to practise acting and figure out the role of Ronald Spears, and although he didn't go out, he felt fulfilled himself.
As soon as the Christmas break was over, Matthew came to Los Angeles International Airport, picked up the crew's booked ticket, and returned to London's Hatfield Airport, which should be called Hatfield Studios to be exact.
The filming of "Band of Brothers" is about to kick off in this set of scenes.