"This is Mr. Matthew Horner. ”

In the press room, after the press officer of the crew introduced, Matthew stood up and bowed slightly, with a warm and bright smile on his face, and the beard he grew in the crew of "Black Hawk Down" has not been shaved off, and he looks a kind of maturity beyond his age.

The reporter's response was mediocre, and the press officer added, "Mr. Matthew Horner is the actor of Ronald Spears, the fourth company commander of E Company. ”

As soon as these words came out, a reporter immediately raised his hand, and the role was obviously more attractive than the actor.

After the press officer called the name, a staff member took the microphone.

"Hello, Ma...... Mr. Matthew Horner, I'm a journalist from Empire magazine. The reporter stood up and asked, "Can you tell us the truth about Ronald Spears' killing of prisoners of war?"

There is a related plot in the second episode of the TV series, and in the subsequent editing, this aspect is also highlighted, so he asked.

Matthew was noncommittal, and deliberately said something intriguing, "Have you ever noticed, everyone says that this kind of story is heard from someone who is there, but when you ask that person, he will say that he heard it from another person who is there. ”

Although the TV series takes a virtual account of whether Spears actually killed prisoners of war, killing prisoners of war can be said to be a relatively common phenomenon in Hollywood war films.

There was a scene during the filming, and Matthew still remembers that when Captain Winters, played by Damian Lewis, asked his men to escort prisoners of war, he asked the soldiers to take out the bullets in their guns, leaving only one, in his mind, just to prevent soldiers from killing prisoners of war indiscriminately, and it also shows that killing prisoners of war may have been relatively common at that time.

After all, killing prisoners of war is the easiest and most effective way to deal with them.

Then two more reporters asked questions, both of which were programmed questions, and Matthew's media hour came to an end, again because his role was Ronald Spears, and the likes of James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender had no chance of entering the press room at all.

There are more than a dozen actors in the press room, and each has limited time to be interviewed by the media.

However, Matthew will also participate in two promotional events in Los Angeles, one of which is a fundraiser for veterans who are sick and ill and lack care.

The weekend after its premiere in Utah Beach, "Band of Brothers" officially landed on paying subscribers on HBO, which is not a public broadcaster with more than 15 million subscribers, making it the most expensive pay-TV station in the country.

In other words, HBO is at the top of the TV viewer food chain.

Huge publicity, sophisticated production, high production costs, influential producers, and that special history allowed "Band of Brothers" to get a beautiful weekend premiere data.

The first episode of "Band of Brothers" garnered more than 10 million viewers during its first broadcast on Sunday night and reruns the following morning, and while it can't compete with public television dramas, two-thirds of HBO's subscribers tuned in to watch the series.

In the weeks that followed, viewership declined, but Band of Brothers maintained its 8 million subscriber watch numbers for the episode.

What is more explosive than the number of viewers is the word-of-mouth of "Band of Brothers".

Critics have given this miniseries a consistently high rating, even if the broadcast is not over, they all think that it will become a classic in World War II film and television production.

The word-of-mouth of "Band of Brothers" among ordinary viewers also exploded, even when it was broadcast to the ninth episode and the rating exceeded 100,000, the IMDB score stood firmly above 9.5 points.

"The excellence of 'Band of Brothers' is that it depicts the war with compassion throughout, and most of the time it depicts the lives of ordinary soldiers, with few high-ranking generals in sight. Compared with the highly realistic war scenes, a group of vivid and unforgettable little characters move the audience more. ”

There are so many reviews like this that you can't read them.

"From today until the end of the world, we will always be remembered. We are the lucky few, we are brothers who are close to each other, and whoever fights with me today is my brother. ”

After ten weeks of broadcasting, "Band of Brothers" came to an end with its HBO premiere.

Thanks to the attention that the series has attracted so much, Matthew has also received some attention because he played the fourth company commander of Company E, but unfortunately the news media has reported on him far less than imagined, even the actor Damian Lewis is no exception, it seems that the attention of the audience and the media is on the plot of the series.

This can be said to be a miniseries with a plot that goes far beyond the characters.

Fortunately, there is not much attention, but there are always some.

In Cambridge, England, in an elegantly furnished apartment, Amanda was sitting in front of the computer, flipping through the column of "Band of Brothers" on the IMDB website.

Ronald Spears: Played by Matthew Horner. Spears, the former platoon commander of D Company, was ordered to succeed Decker, who had lost his command ability, as the commander of E Company, and gained the trust of the whole company. A legend of the 2nd Battalion, brave and determined, and sometimes even ruthless, a standard predator, with an additional hobby of 'collecting' loot. ”

Amanda looked at the picture above the character introduction, the steel helmet covering the small half of the head, and a resolute face was revealed underneath.

"Matthew......" Amanda laughed, "are you really going to be a star?"

She still clearly remembers that this actor, who is slightly older than herself, said that he was going to the crew to visit his class, but unfortunately he has been busy with his studies and finally failed to make the trip.

The reason why she is in the UK, it is a little inconvenient to subscribe, and she still watches "Band of Brothers", more than half of the reason is for Matthew Horner.

What I didn't expect was that the small role in Helen's mouth was quite outstanding.

Amanda watched the stills, applied for an IMDB account, and left the first movie review in her life on the web column of "Band of Brothers".

"The charismatic character in Band of Brothers - Ronald Spears!"

"After watching 'Band of Brothers', I was deeply impressed by Ronald Spears, the fourth company commander of Company E......"

Amanda wrote a sentence that she couldn't write anymore, it was the first time she had written something like this, and she paused for a long time before she started typing the keyboard again.

"Ronald Spears' portrayal, Matthew Horner, played one of the most personal characters in Band of Brothers, at least I think so, and his performance gave Ronald Spears composure, bravery, jealousy, and tenacity....... I love this character more than Winters. ”

On the other hand, although the media is more concerned about the plot, it is not unnoticed that the character of Ronald Spears has not been noted.

After the seventh episode of "Band of Brothers" aired, Entertainment Weekly once reported Ronald Spears as the key character of the episode.

“…… Ronald Spears never denied the fact that he killed prisoners of war in the play, because he wanted everyone to know that his ruthlessness was in line with the laws of the battlefield. As an audience, we can like Winters's caring soldiers, but it is Spears who really symbolizes the essence of battlefield soldiers. ”

The character played by Matthew Horner is just as ruthless as Sober, but his theories come from the war he faces. In the third episode, when he enlightens the timid Bloy, he proposes that soldiers should be 'without pity, without sympathy, without remorse'. ”

"Entertainment Weekly" focuses more on the role of Ronald Spears, and as for Matthew, who plays the role, it is only mentioned in passing.

During the filming, Matthew had quite a lot of scenes, but after watching more than ten episodes, he found that the character of Ronald Spears has actually been playing soy sauce in the series with a relatively high identity.

Although there are some regrets, it is not unexpected, after all, the male protagonist of the film is Richard Winters, and the main characters are also people around Richard Winters.

"Actually, you are still very popular with the audience. ”

In a suite at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel, Britney Spears was wearing only a men's shirt, sitting on the couch looking through her laptop, her face was still flushed, as if something had not subsided, and she said to Matthew, who was in his dressing gown, "Come and see, there are a lot of people on Yahoo who are commenting on you." ”

Matthew got two glasses of water and walked over to sit next to Britney, sticking his head out to look at the screen.

Britney pointed to the laptop that came with her hotel suite and said, "Here, someone is asking questions." ”

Matthew has seen it, and it is indeed something that is relevant to him.

"Who played Lieutenant Ronald Spears in Band of Brothers?"

The person who asked the question obviously didn't know Matthew, but there were very few people who knew Matthew now.

Here's a guy who replied, "It's called Matthew Horner! ”

The question didn't end there, and someone left a message later: "I like this character very much! I saw that he just was called to top the commander of E Company, and he rushed out of the bomb smoke like a plug-in, and then ran back and forth in the enemy territory, which was amazing! And I kept an eye on him. ”

Britney dragged down the web page, and to Matthew's surprise, there were quite a few people who left messages.

"I feel like this actor has created a very good character, tall and strong, dark hair, rough and handsome face, very stern, he has the appearance of a leader, and he behaves like a leader, huh...... A strong, aggressive, brave, resourceful infantry platoon leader. ”

"Such a handsome actor and the mysterious atmosphere caused by so many events have created enough momentum for him. Then a rotten company commander Dakker unexpectedly dropped the chain when he officially entered the field, at this time the cannonballs on the ground were loud, Matthew Horner made his debut, and as soon as he became the company commander to command the battle, he played like a demon......"

After looking at it for a while, Matthew was quite complacent, but after looking at Britney in front of him, he returned from the clouds to the ground.

This level of network communication is still far from becoming famous.