Chapter 982: The Duel between the Two Heroes
The last time he came to London, Matthew encountered a plane failure and almost fell headlong from the sky and fell to the ground, this time, he did not take a flight, but rented a Gulfstream G550 business jet.
Before coming, he took the time to fly to the Gulfstream company to have a look, and confirmed the purchase of a Gulfstream G650 and added a more luxurious configuration, which cost a total of $75 million.
Of course, for Matthew, this money is nothing, and the profit of the film "The Hunger Games" alone is more than enough.
After arriving in London, Matthew immediately joined the crew.
In fact, the crew has been filming in London for more than half a month, and Justin Lin has been leading other actors to shoot some scenes without the male lead in the Pinewood Studios, and it is expected that all filming of the film will be completed by the end of December.
After Matthew joined the crew, the pace of filming accelerated again, and most of the crew had already collaborated on two films, and there was no need to run in at all, and the tacit understanding of the work had already been cultivated.
The open-air filming area of Pinewood Studios was completely contracted by the crew, and some inconvenient backdrops for street shooting were set up, and the earth-shattering sound of car motors would roar at the beginning of each day's shooting time.
As a movie with the theme of flying cars, the crew used more sports cars and luxury cars in the filming, not only the muscle cars and American muscle cars Ford and Dodge Ram specially tailored for Matthew by Mercedes-Benz, Matthew's sponsor, but also the European-style sports cars Ferrari and Pagani, as well as all kinds of supercars that have been modified by masters, such as antique Dodge war horses in the sixties of the last century, military off-road armor, and monster F1 cars armed with steel bars.
These rare cars are not only a pleasing sight to behold, but also a lifelong pursuit of sports car enthusiasts.
At the beginning, Matthew and Justin Lin planned to shoot the sixth and seventh parts in a row, after all, the stories told in the two parts are closely linked, but they gave up this idea later, because if the set is filmed, too many actors and crew members are required to cooperate with the schedule.
Nowadays, the main actors in this series, although they have different coffee positions, can be said to be popular stars, and there are other projects to shoot in addition to "Fast and Furious".
So, Matthew finally decided to shoot the sixth part first, and then shoot the seventh part next year.
In addition, Justin Lin also added planes and tanks in the sixth part, and this is just the beginning, he wants to explore where the limits of crashing are, and see if the racing family can soar harder.
Maybe one day in the future, this big family will really go to space to drag racing.
However, the racing family is still in the age of Earth.
"Matthew!"
In the slightly dimly lit studio, Justin Lin shouted to the set, saw Matthew's thumbs up, and shouted to the car on the other side, "Jason!"
Jason Statham, who has a beautiful face in the prime of life, also gave a thumbs up.
Justin Lin shouted, "Filming begins!"
The roaring motor of the car sounded, and a rust-colored modified race car drove slowly down the passage of the underground garage under the driver's hand of Jason Statham, and then stopped next to the concrete platform where Matthew was standing.
The door opened, and Jason Statham got out of the car and looked at Matthew, "Long time no see, Sean." ”
Matthew was expressionless and nodded at Jason Statham, "What are you looking for me, Owen." ”
"I have a big deal. Jason Statham looked at Matthew, "I've gathered a team, let's join it." ”
Matthew jumped off the stage and said slowly, "Owen, we're not all the way. ”
Jason Statham didn't care, "We're all mercenaries, whoever can afford to pay for it will give us our lives! You say it's not a one-way person?" he bent down to take a bag out of the car and tossed it directly to Matthew, "Look at these." ”
Matthew took the bag, opened it and looked at it, it was full of pounds, and it looked like it was nearly a million.
"It's just a deposit!" Jason Statham said coolly.
"Oh?" said Matthew, meaninglessly, "you took a fat job, Owen, listen to me, don't do anything that goes too far." ”
Jason Statham stood across the car, opposite Matthew, "To go or not to go?"
Matthew pulled the bag and threw it back to Jason Statham, "I'm a principled person. ”
"Poof......" Jason Statham took the bag and couldn't help laughing, "The famous mercenary Sean turned out to be a principled person with a bottom line?"
He stretched out his arms, "Who will believe it!"
Matthew didn't answer, just quietly looked at Jason Statham.
Seeing that Matthew was unmoved, Jason Statham also closed his mouth, looked at Matthew for a while, nodded, pulled the car door and got into the car, started the car and turned to leave.
"Stop!" Director Justin Lin shouted to stop filming and shouted to the other side of the set, "Well done, Matthew! Good job, Jason!"
This duel between the two heroes is implicit but not leaky, just like the current relationship between the two characters of Sean and Owen, they know each other and are even a little familiar, but they have not yet gone to the opposite side.
Matthew walked out of the set, and Jason Statham, who drove away, also walked back.
"Playing with you, it's still so emotional. Jason Statham said with a compliment.
"We're helping each other and stimulating each other. "Matthew knows how to be a person," Jason, your tough temperament is very special. ”
It's really rare for Hollywood to have an actor as beautiful as Jason Statham.
Matthew wanted to have a few more conversations with Jason Statham when a tall woman with long blond hair greeted Jason Statham with a very intimate look.
Seeing Jason Statham's girlfriend coming over, Matthew didn't say much, took two sips of the water cup handed by the assistant, and sat down on the chair in the rest area.
He couldn't help but glance at Jason Statham, though.
This film will definitely be released in the theater market on the other side of the Pacific, and when the time comes, will it bring Guo Da Statham and Guo Da himself together?
The estimation of feasibility is high.
Matthew's gaze then leaves Jason Statham's prime beauty, drifts over his girlfriend, and then turns back.
This blonde woman he knows, former Victoria's Secret Angels supermodel Rosie Huntington Wheatley.
I vaguely remember that at the Victoria's Secret show a few years ago, David Ellison took Rosie Huntington-Wheatley to open a room, and when "Transformers 3" was released last year, it was said that Rosie Huntington-Wheatley and Michael Bay were openly messing around on the plane.
Of course, this is too common for Victoria's Secret supermodels, it is almost as daily as eating, drinking and exercising.
Matthew doesn't think there's anything wrong with Jason Statham and Rosie Huntington-Wheatley coming together, not to mention the entertainment industry, are there fewer ordinary people nowadays?
In this era of feminist development, from a woman's point of view, what woman doesn't kiss a lot of frogs before finding her own prince?
If you want to find a good woman with innocence, you should stay away from the entertainment industry and the modeling circle.
Not to mention others, Charlize Theron also took pictures of Playboy when he was young, and the number of times he stripped naked in the movie is too many to count.
After a fifteen-minute break, filming began again, still a rivalry between Matthew and Jason Statham, according to director Justin Lin's plan, these two days were mainly about filming Matthew's one-man show and the scene between him and Jason Statham.
The filming went smoothly, and at the end of the day, Matthew did not leave like the rest of the actors, but walked into the post-production studio of Pinewood Studios with Justin Lin to discuss the next shooting and production together.
So far in the filming of the "Fast and Furious" series, it is inevitable to add other elements in addition to drag racing, which is also the focus of Matthew and Justin Lin's discussions.
While drag racing is a very important and essential element of action movies in Hollywood movies, there are not many films like the Fast & Furious franchise that link drag racing, modified cars, and extreme sports to pop culture.
Therefore, after the filming of "Fast and Furious 4" and "Fast and Furious 5" was completed and successful, how this sixth part should be filmed, and whether it can continue to show drag racing and car culture in the sixth part has become a very crucial part.
"I added more action elements to the scene design. Justin Lin handed over the scene design to Matthew, "Still, all the action scenes revolve around the car. ”
He hesitated for a moment, then asked, "I was advised to strengthen the plot and compress the time of the action sequences so that there were more shots to tell a good story." ”
"Who's suggesting?" Matthew didn't even think, "and drove him straight away." ”
Justin Lin nodded slowly, "It's an executive producer. I also don't think this suggestion is good. ”
Matthew said directly, "What we need is a story that is simple and has basic logic. ”
Of course, telling a good story is the foundation, but it must not be overdone and let the film waste too much time on meaningless plots.
In fact, Matthew knows more or less that Justin Lin was implicated by him, and when the last two "Fast and Furious" films were released, they were attacked by film critics.
Not everyone is like him, and Justin Lin has been affected to some extent.
But Matthew will never allow "Fast and Furious" to become a genre that a small group of people appreciate, and there is a small group of cold audiences, as long as they hear that the film is a commercial film with a big investment and big production, they will pick out countless thorns.
If the plot is not brain-burning, it is said that it is brain-dead, and if there is a plot, it is too hypocritical, only drag racing is monotonous, and it is too sci-fi with other elements!
After all, can a movie that has been made six times retain the audience with just one single element? Not everyone will stare at the screen and silently count the cars in their hearts.
This is still an action commercial movie after all.