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The crew's negotiations with Helen Herman lasted for more than half a month, and the focus of the dispute was mainly on the salary and the right to participate in the heroine's audition.

Needless to say, the salary is naturally one wants to be lowered, and the other wants more, but in addition to Matthew's salary, Matthew and Helen Herman also put forward another request, the heroine's salary must be lower than his!

Under normal circumstances, the salary of the heroine in a Hollywood commercial film will be much less than that of the actor.

The actor's salary in the crew represents not only the income figure, but also the status and power in the crew.

As for the right to participate in the audition of the heroine, the crew will not give an actor casually, even if they think that the heroine they have selected must first be able to match the male protagonist who has been finalized.

The crew is quite cautious in this regard.

In some ways, the negotiation itself is a process of mutual compromise, and if both sides bite their own terms, the negotiations will eventually break down.

By mid-June, Helen Herman, representing Matthew, had negotiated all the terms with the "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" crew, and Matthew signed a contract that was more than 100 pages long.

In the contract, Matthew enjoys the treatment of quasi-first-line stars in the daily work and life of the crew, as long as the budget is not particularly tight for the crew, Hollywood will not treat the actors harshly in this regard, after all, the actors' union behind the actors is not a decoration, if there is really some unnecessary trouble between the two parties, the crew will still be greatly affected by the union.

In the past few years in Hollywood, Matthew can fully feel the benefits of joining a union, although at his income level, the annual union dues are as high as tens of thousands of dollars, but the guarantee provided by the union is real.

Hollywood's major unions are not the playthings of the filmmakers, and it is not new to go to war with the producer alliance that represents the filmmakers and investors.

Matthew has heard that Hollywood organizations such as the Actors' Union, the Directors Guild and the Screenwriters' Guild will sign an agreement with the Producers Union at the end of 2007, and the major unions are not very satisfied with the fixed share of the contract with the Producers Union, and want to seek a higher hard share of the DVD disc and the emerging online on-demand copyright fees, and then there may be a general strike like the one in the late 80s of the last century.

According to the agreement between Hollywood's major unions and the producers' union, positions such as the main actors, directors and screenwriters of a film can get a share of the film's post-production income.

This is a mandatory rule among industry associations, and although the share ratio is very low, it is a long-term stable income.

During the Hollywood strike of 1988, the major unions went to war with the producers' coalition for a share of the sale and rental of home videotapes.

Twenty years after the strike, the agreement was signed, and now it is only a few years before it expires.

For star actors, that post-production is not much, but once it gets into trouble, no matter how big-name the actor is, he will have to stand on the side of his own union.

Matthew vaguely remembers that there seemed to have been a writers' strike in 2008.

Of course, this kind of thing will depend on the situation at that time, and his main work at the moment is "Mr. and Mrs. Smith".

In the contract signed with the filmmaker, Matthew can get up to $10 million from the crew in three installments, and the salary does not involve post-sharing, although the dollar is constantly depreciating, and the current $10 million is not as good as Johnny Depp's $10 million in terms of value alone, but this is also a second-tier or first-tier salary figure.

In addition, after Helen Herman argued with reason, given the importance of the chemistry of the male and female protagonists in the film, Avazi Gosman agreed to Matthew's participation in the female lead audition, but only the right to suggest.

was able to get the right to participate in the heroine's audition, Matthew and Helen Herman compromised in other aspects, and no longer required the crew to limit the heroine's salary to him.

After all, there are people like Nicole Kidman and Julia Roberts who auditioned for a lot of money, and the salary and coffee position are obviously higher than Matthew.

However, Julia Roberts soon turned down the crew's invitation to audition because the heroine was seriously out of step with her acting path.

Also declining the audition invitation were Catherine Zeta-Jones and Cate Blanchett, the former who did not want to take it, and the latter who was busy filming "The Aviator" with conflicting schedules.

Just like Matthew, when an actor is constantly successful and popular, he often gets a lot of audition invitations, and it seems that the whole of Hollywood is chasing you.

Conversely, after a star has fallen quickly, there is very, very little room for choice, even if he has had great success in the past.

After Julia Roberts, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Cate Blanchett turned down the audition invitation, the crew's choice of actress is only Nicole Kidman for the time being.

Because of Tom Cruise's relationship, Matthew remembers very well that Nicole Kidman has become a super box office poison since she won the Oscar, not only poisoning the box office of the film, but also the director and the male protagonist with the project have been poisoned on the street.

Matthew didn't want to be poisoned directly by such box office poison.

But he's just the actor, the audition hasn't taken place yet, and he can't say anything.

Matthew knows very well that if he runs to Aziva Gossman for no reason and says that Nicole Kidman is not suitable, he can only make jokes, and it is not too late to wait for the audition to be combined with the actual situation.

Moreover, he later got the news that the crew decided to release the news and expand the scope of the audition in view of the withdrawal of many audition invitees.

Obviously, the crew is not without doubts about Nicole Kidman.

The crew has signed a leading actor contract with Matthew, and as long as you take a closer look, you can also see that Nicole Kidman and Matthew are not particularly compatible.

Matthew is also considering the right candidate, although he has no right to speak, but the choice of the heroine is directly related to the success or failure of the male lead, otherwise he would not let Helen Herman fight for that kind of power.

After thinking about it for a while, he suddenly thought of a post-apocalyptic steampunk type film he had watched, in which Charlize Theron played an absolutely tough heroine, whose strong body and swift movements, like a female leopard, left a very deep impression on him.

According to his understanding and consideration, since she is a strong female killer with high skills, she must not be the type that falls down as soon as the slender wind blows, Charlize Theron has wide bones, and even feels a little like a tiger's back, but these are covered by her height and are not obvious.

She's not the slender and slender type of actress.

Maybe Charlize Theron could be encouraged to hand in an actor's bio to the crew?

It's a pity that he can't decide who the heroine is, otherwise he will definitely kick Nicole Kidman out.

As for whether Charlize Theron will agree, and if she agrees, whether she can pass the audition, these are not his final words.

I don't know why, Matthew has a feeling that he is not a producer, but he is worrying about the producer, in fact, if it is another film, such as "Pirates of the Caribbean" or "Dawn of the Living Dead", it doesn't matter who the heroine is, but the interaction between the male and female protagonists of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" is too important, and if one of the characters goes wrong, the whole film will be over.

It's certainly impossible for someone like Matthew to think that something is going to be wrong with him.

What's more, the crew has already chosen him first.

Matthew then contacted Charlize Theron, who happened to be in Los Angeles and simply asked her out for a drink at the Black Mamba Bar.

"I haven't seen you in months. ”

Inside the booth at the Black Mamba Bar, Matthew looked at Charlize Theron, "You're fully back in shape." ”

Charlize Theron picked up his glass and gestured to Matthew, saying, "I won't say anything in the future that I won't get fat for filming anymore!

Matthew took a sip of his glass and said, "It's not good for your health." ”

"Hmm. Charlize Theron said directly, "I got what I wanted, too." ”

"yes, yes!" Matthew deliberately put on a thoughtful look, "Let me think, how did Mandela describe you? Oh, yes, the brightest diamond in South Africa!"

He laughed, "Sally, you're a national treasure of South Africa right now." ”

"A national treasure?" Charlize Theron laughed, "how can you say such an exaggeration." ”

"The truth is even more exaggerated than I say. Matthew said seriously, "Didn't the American media say that you made South Africa truly a part of the world." ”

Charlize Theron answered, "South Africa is inherently part of this world. She suddenly changed the subject and asked, "You asked me out, what's the matter?"

Matthew didn't go around in circles and asked, "Do you have a schedule lately?"

Charlize Theron was a little strange and said, "There's a film to start shooting at the end of the year." ”

"Have you heard of Summit Entertainment's 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' project?" Matthew saw Charlize Theron nodding and said, "I have signed a contract with Summit Entertainment for the lead actor, and the crew is currently preparing to hold a wide range of auditions for the lead actress, I think that role is a good fit for you, so ask if you are interested." ”

"I know about this project. Charlize Theron said, "The agent also recommended it to me. ”

Matthew immediately said, "That's just right, we can star in a film together." ”

Charlize Theron smiled and continued what she had just said, "The agent has submitted my profile to the crew of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and if nothing else, I will be auditioning for this film. ”

Hearing her say this, Matthew is not very surprised, after all, after most female stars in this era win the Oscar for Best Actress, they will turn to commercial films, and get back the high cost of impacting the Oscars as soon as possible.

The two then changed the subject and began to chat until ten o'clock in the evening, when they left the Black Mamba Bar and went home.