Chapter 210: Returning the Favor (Asking for Subscription)
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Perhaps it was his phone call that worked, or maybe Fox Sherman was really looking forward to him as a potential star, and when Matthew returned to the crew for Alpulco in the Caribbean, he received a text message from Helen Herman that her little client had passed the audition.
After getting off the plane, getting in the car first, then changing to a ferry, and staggering towards Alpulco Island, Matthew felt okay with himself, but many people in the crew began to get seasick.
"Vomit ......"
Seeing Keira Knightley rushing out of the cabin, clinging to the fence and spitting into the sea, Johnny Depp, who was unusually bored, said to Matthew, "This is the third time." ”
Matthew saw Keira Knightley's assistant come over to deliver water and said, "Do you remember that?"
The three of them are paid significantly higher than the rest of the cast and crew, and they take the first class cabin of the ferry, but this place is part of Mexico, and the so-called first class is just like that, but the smell of oil is a little lighter.
Johnny Depp didn't answer Matthew's words and said to himself, "I'm going to bet you." ”
Knowing that he was a weirdo who had been rehearsing and training together for so long and getting used to it, Matthew asked, "Bet on what?"
"In terms of range, we are still twenty nautical miles away from our destination. Johnny Depp kept looking at Keira Knightley, "I bet she'll throw up at least two more times in the future, adding up to no less than five times." ”
He thought for a moment and added, "The number of retching counts, too." ”
Matthew had a very helpless feeling and said Depp, "You're so boring." ”
Johnny Depp directly admitted, "It's boring to take a boat, isn't it fun?"
"Hey, Depp......" Matthew whispered, "Kayla is throwing up in seasickness, do you have any sympathy?"
Johnny Depp didn't answer and asked, "Do you bet?"
Actually, Matthew was bored and said, "Okay, I'm blocked! Kayla doesn't vomit more than five times the whole time." He asked Depp, "What about the bets?"
Johnny Depp cocks up a finger, "A hundred dollars." ”
Keira Knightley, supported by her assistant, walked back at this time, and Matthew raised an eyebrow at Johnny Depp, "You're going to lose." ”
He stood up and greeted Keira Knightley with a look of concern, "Are you alright?"
Keira Knightley was clearly not very comfortable and didn't speak, just shook her head.
Matthew said, "I'll go to the doctor and give you some seasickness medicine, it will be better." ”
"Hmm. Keira Knightley nodded hurriedly.
Johnny Depp saw Matthew muttering a few words to Keira Knightley, left the cabin and came back quickly, then handed the pill bottle or something to Keira Knightley, who took one out and ate it.
When Matthew came back and sat down, he squinted at Matthew and said, "You're cheating." ”
Matthew, of course, doesn't admit it, and Zhen Zhen has words, "It's caring, not cheating." He asked Johnny Depp, "I can't bear to see Kayla uncomfortable, is there a problem with that?"
Johnny Depp still didn't answer Matthew's words and looked at him with a strange look, "I see." ”
This made Matthew wonder and asked, "What do you understand?"
Johnny Depp quietly held out a finger and pointed at Keira Knightley, "You want to soak her." ”
Matthew was quite helpless about Depp's way of speaking, so he simply leaned back in a wide chair and said, "Depp, would you be interested in girls with breasts that are not as big as yours?"
Johnny Depp finally didn't talk about anything else, thought about it very seriously for a while, and said, "I will." ”
Matthew simply stopped talking, according to his understanding, the former Johnny Depp was an innocent big boy, and now Depp is an innocent prodigal son.
The phone vibrated suddenly, and Matthew pulled it out and looked at it, it was a text message from Rachel McAdams.
"Did you get off the plane?"
Matthew thought for a moment, edited one and sent it back, "Down, I'm on a boat." ”
Rachel McAdams, for his part, quickly came back and said, "Good news for you, I've got the character you said you talked about!"
From between the words, Matthew can also imagine Rachel McAdams's excitement, judging from the script, Erica's female vampire character has a lot of lines and scenes, which can be said to be a supporting role with some weight.
Matthew quickly replied, "Congratulations, Rachel. ”
Rachel McAdams was quick to text back, "Matthew, thank you so much! The casting director told me that I was able to pass the audition because of your recommendation." ”
Seeing this text message, Matthew immediately thought that this was Fox Sherman selling his favors.
He replied, "Don't be so polite, you're good enough." ”
There was no text message back there, Matthew waited for a while, put away his phone, and found that Keira Knightley, who was seasick before, was drowsy, and Johnny Depp next to him was already asleep, so he couldn't help but close his eyes and sleep for a while.
I don't know how long it took, but Matthew was woken up by the vibration of the phone in his pocket, and took it out to look at it, it was still a text message from Rachel McAdams.
"You've helped me so much, how can I thank you?"
Matthew didn't think about it, so he replied, "I know the investor of the film, and it's not a hard thing to say hello to him casually, and you and I still need to be polite." ”
Rachel McAdams didn't text back for a while, and just as Matthew was about to put away his phone, the text arrived again.
"I don't like to owe people a favor. Matthew, I don't have anything else, I can't compare to you, do you want to pay for it?"
Seeing this short breath, Matthew was speechless for an instant, not knowing what to reply, thinking of Rachel McAdams, his heart was like a worm crawling and crawling.
Just as the ferry docked, he simply stopped texting back, woke up the sleeping Keira Knightley, beckoned Johnny Depp, and disembarked together.
The luggage of the three of them was all with the assistant, which seemed very relaxed, and Matthew, except for the backpack on his back, would be carried by the miscellaneous staff of the crew coordinated by Mira Wang.
"This seasickness medicine works well. ”
Keira Knightley felt a lot better, but still walked a little shaky.
Matthew simply put one hand on her arm and got off the boat along the passage, just getting off the boat, Johnny Depp, who was following behind, suddenly stepped forward, walked side by side with Matthew, took out his wallet, pulled out a hundred dollars, and stuffed it in Keira Knightley's curious eyes.
Johnny Depp clearly did it on purpose, "Take it." He looked at Keira Knightley specifically and added, "Kayla didn't throw up five times, you won." ”
"You did it on purpose, didn't you?" Matthew unceremoniously took a hundred dollars, "I'll win you next time." ”
Johnny Depp shrugged and winked at Keira Knightley again.
Keira Knightley wasn't stupid, and immediately guessed what these two vile and shameless fellows had done, and asked, "You guys are betting on me?"
Without waiting for Matthew to deny it, Johnny Depp admitted, "I made a bet with Matthew that you would get seasick and vomit more than five times, and you didn't do more than five times, so Matthew won." ”
"You two ......" Keira Knightley instantly exploded, "It's boring!"
Her arm broke free of Matthew's hand, "I thought you were kind enough to give me seasickness medicine! Matthew, I didn't expect you to be more boring than Depp!"
After saying that, she sped up and walked forward in a huff, directly into one of the cars that came to pick them up.
Matthew shook his head and looked at Johnny Depp, "You did it on purpose!"
Johnny Depp raised an eyebrow, "I did it on purpose." ”
His assistant came over with his luggage and got into the car with him, and Matthew saw Mira Wang, took a box from her hand, and came to his car, where the driver quickly took the suitcase and put it in the trunk.
The three protagonists of the crew all have their own special cars, even when they go out on location.
This is the most normal treatment in Hollywood, and Matthew enjoys peace of mind.
Getting into the car, he asked Mira Wang, who was in the co-pilot, "You're not seasick, are you?"
"It's fine. "I used to take a boat to France and I didn't get seasick. ”
The long convoy, carrying hundreds of crew members, came to a hotel in front of the crew, and the crew had a lot of money, so they all chartered this hotel for the sake of the next shooting.
The crew checked into the hotel, rested only one night, and started filming.
Strictly speaking, the filming of "Pirates of the Caribbean" is relatively intense, Walt Disney's distribution label Bowell Pictures has set a release date for the film, due to the late establishment of the film, in order not to directly collide with other super blockbusters, the schedule of "Pirates of the Caribbean" is not too good, and it will be a weekend after the Independence Day holiday next year.
Normally, the Independence Day holiday is arguably the best schedule in July, a national holiday in the United States, and there have been many box office hits in previous years.
It's a pity that before Walt Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer Pictures confirmed the project of "Pirates of the Caribbean", Warner Bros. announced that "Terminator 3" would be released during next year's Independence Day holiday, and although the director is no longer James Cameron, no one dares to underestimate the power of the "Terminator" series plus Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Generally speaking, there are no two top productions that will be released on the same weekend, and that is often a lose-lose situation.
However, the summer season is the most crowded schedule in the North American film market, with well-known films premiering almost every weekend, and it is too difficult to find a schedule when there are no heavyweight films released on the weekends before and after.
And the further the summer season goes, the worse the effect bonus of the schedule will be, especially at the end of July and August, the enthusiasm of fans and the consumption of wallets are basically the same.
In this day and age, there are very few super-big productions scheduled to be released in August.
The crew's schedule is a little tight, which will naturally be reflected in the filming, the "Mrs. Washington", which acts as the "Interceptor", has also arrived at the dock in Alpulco, and the "Black Pearl" specially built by the crew here has also been completed, and many scenes on the ship have also started filming.