Chapter 91: Dedication and encouragement
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From the woods to the small town of Foy, the ground was full of white fake snow, Matthew squatted in the artificial woods, raised his helmet up, and the town of Foy on the opposite side was full of fighting, crackling gunshots never stopped, and occasionally there would be a rumbling explosion, and the smoke from the explosion also rose into the sky.
The crew has more than a dozen camera teams that use hand-held cameras, carrying cameras everywhere to catch their respective targets.
On Matthew's side, three two-person camera teams are also on standby, and their task is to catch the protagonist of this war scene - Ronald Spears.
On the battlefield, soldiers wearing paratroop uniforms of the 101st Airborne Division fell to the ground with the sound of gunfire.
Earlier, Captain Winster, played by Damian Lewis, was excited to go to the front line to command, but was stopped by the regimental commander.
The lack of effective command of E Company was extremely deadly on the battlefield and could only be slaughtered by the Germans.
Matthew crouched on top of the snow in a standard tactical stance until Damian Lewis yelled at him.
"Spears, come here!"
Hearing the shout, Matthew immediately ran over with a Chicago typewriter, and Damian Lewis looked at the battlefield in front of him and yelled at him, "You go there to replace the damned Dyke and lead Company E to complete the attack mission!"
Matthew looked grim, didn't say anything, and strode towards the battlefield filled with gunpowder, three camera teams followed him at the same time, one captured in front, one shot more than ten meters away from the side, and the other was on call at any time.
At this moment, Matthew enjoys the treatment that only the protagonist has.
The filming of the camera team did not interfere with Matthew's actions in the slightest, he had already captured the essence of the character of Ronald Spears, without any expression on his face, neither panic nor anxiety, just running forward with a calm face, as if a veteran who disregarded life and death was really on the battlefield of World War II.
Boom –
Under the control of the pyrotechnic team, the dirt in front exploded into a cloud of gunsmoke, Matthew ignored it, jumped directly from the middle of the smoke, ran to the bottom of a haystack, he didn't say a word, grabbed the neck of the actor who played Decker, and said loudly, "You have been dismissed, E Company is now under my command!"
"Sergeant Lipper!" he asked at once, "what is the situation now?"
An officer immediately crawled over and said, "The company was scattered, a platoon ......"
He said a lot as fast as he could, and after Matthew listened, he immediately pointed to a house and said, "Destroy them with mortars!"
Matthew slowly stood up, "The others attack directly, don't make any more detours!"
With that, he rushed out from behind the haystack and shouted, "Follow .me!"
Matthew didn't look behind him, striding forward, and seemed to trust the Brotherhood of Company E to follow and charge, and he kept following the route set when he moved, rushing to the back of a house before stopping.
"Stop!" Director David Frankl shouted through a megaphone to stop filming and appeared on the hidden observation platform of the highest house, giving Matthew a thumbs up, "Well done!"
At this end of the filming of the large-scale battle scenes, David Frankl got off the platform, asked his assistant to let the crew adjust the venue, and then came to Matthew's side.
"Director. Matthew took off his helmet and greeted him with a smile, and David Frankl came over and patted him on the shoulder, "Good job!"
Matthew laughed heartily.
David Frankl nodded, this young man gave him a very good impression, smart, humble, hardworking, dedicated and respectful of people, although the acting skills are average, but such an actor will not be annoying.
He came out from behind the house, beckoned Matthew to come over, pointed to a low wall at the end of the street, and said, "Don't think about anything else when you shoot the next shot, run to the low wall as fast as you can, turn over, and I'll be waiting for you behind the wall." ”
German tanks and soldiers were being laid out on the street, and Matthew took a look and saw the low wall, which would not exceed a hundred meters at most.
He said heavily, "Good!"
This scene is about the scene where Ronald Spears single-handedly rushed through the streets of the densely clothed German army, contacted the I Company on the other side, and facilitated the two companies to flank the German troops in front and back.
In the original book and memoirs, there are relevant descriptions, and this is not a divine plot added by the crew casually.
In the words recalled, the Germans did not expect a GI to dare to rush out alone, let alone rush back, and Company E was attacking frantically at that time, which also distracted the German soldiers.
It was also this charge that allowed the soldiers of E Company to accept Ronald Spears, and the unknown Lieutenant Dyck was killed by a bombardment, and Ronald Spears naturally took over as the fourth company commander of E Company.
Once the scene is set up, filming begins again.
After a few words of dialogue with the actor who played Sergeant Lip, Matthew dodged out of the back of the house, and with his two long legs, like a sturdy leopard, he rushed past the German fortifications on the side of the street, and passed between a tank and a self-propelled gun.
Three cameras to film him from different angles.
Matthew couldn't hear anything but the whirring wind in his ears, he ran in front of a Tiger tank, came to the low wall, and without slowing down at all, his legs suddenly exerted force, and he climbed the low wall more than a meter high.
What I didn't expect was that because the rush was too strong, and the low wall was built temporarily, it couldn't bear such a big momentum, and Matthew just climbed the low wall, and he felt that the wall pressing under his body seemed to be moving.
The next moment, the low wall collapsed from the top third, and smashed into the ground on the other side with Matthew.
Matthew felt that the situation was not good before he landed, and as soon as his body touched the ground, he immediately rolled over, just avoiding the broken bricks that fell on it, but the arm that landed first was in a hot pain.
"Stop!"
Director David Frankl was behind the wall and hurriedly shouted, "Doctor!
Filming this kind of war scene, the medical team is a necessary department for the crew, and immediately a doctor ran here with a medicine box.
Matthew had a sharp pain in his left hand and struggled to get up from the ground, but an experienced assistant director immediately stopped him.
"Don't move!" the man reminded loudly, "let the doctor see first." ”
"It's okay!" Matthew shook his head, "I'm fine." ”
In the past, when he was working on the construction site, it was common for him to bump into each other, but he roughly felt that it was just a little skin injury on his arm, and that he should be fine elsewhere.
No crew wants an actor to get hurt, and once an actor gets hurt, it often means a lot of trouble.
Not only did the doctor come running as fast as he could, but even the two producers, Gary Gozman and Eric Pock, came over.
"Where does it hurt?" the doctor crouched beside Matthew, who pointed to his left arm, "here." ”
The doctor unbuttoned his sleeve and asked, "What about the rest of the world?"
Matthew shook his head, "It seems to be fine, I don't feel any pain." ”
The sleeves of the coat were rolled up by the doctor, revealing the upper arm, Matthew took a look, only to see a bruise on it, the doctor immediately touched it, and then breathed a sigh of relief, "The bone should be fine, it's just a skin injury." ”
Matthew also breathed a sigh of relief, no one wanted to be injured.
Then, as the doctor instructed, he moved his hands and feet, and made sure that there was only a minor injury to his arm.
"Let's go to the hospital first. David Frankel came over and said.
Having said that, his brows furrowed tightly, this scene was not easy to arrange, and more than half of the filming was taken, and it was okay to say otherwise, if it rains at night or tomorrow, it will be bad.
In this ghost weather in London, the rain will fall as soon as it is said, and many scenes will have to be re-arranged, and the entire shooting progress will be delayed.
Not to mention director David Frankl, even the two producers, Gary Gozman and Eric Pock, are also worried, once the filming is delayed, it often means an increase in expenses, which is the last thing the producers want to see, but the actor is injured, and they can't help but go to the doctor.
If there is also a strong agent behind the actor, it is even more troublesome.
"Let's go. The doctor urged Matthew, "I'll go to the hospital with you." ”
David Frankl had gone to the other side and was throwing a tantrum at the people on the set, pointing at the low wall and yelling, obviously very annoyed.
Matthew saw all of this, but he wasn't stupid enough to think that David Frankl was concerned about himself, guessing that he should be worried about the progress of the filming.
"This little injury...... "Matthew moved his left arm, except for some pain, he didn't feel any problems, and raised his voice and said, "No need to go to the hospital." ”
David Frankl immediately turned his head to look at it, and Matthew continued, "A little skin trauma, it's okay, the work matters!"
Since Matthew insisted, others naturally would not object, and the doctor simply treated his left arm, touched up his makeup, and then devoted himself to filming.
The low wall was not repaired, but only the remaining half was reinforced, and David Frankl decided to use the footage he had just taken, and after restarting the shooting, Matthew climbed out of the low wall, spread his legs and ran back to the back of the house in a string of extras and tank armored vehicles equipped with the city.
A little further away from the low wall, Gary Gozman and Eric Pock were watching the scene.
"Very dedicated young man. Gary Gozman seems to approve of Matthew's work attitude, "saving the crew a lot of unnecessary trouble." ”
He asked Eric Pock, "What's this young man's name?"
Eric Pock naturally recognized Matthew and said, "Matthew Horner, the actor Hanks personally picked from the auditions. ”
Gary Gozman nodded lightly, "Hanks has always had a good eye. You go see him tonight and give him some encouragement. ”
"Well, I know. Eric Pock thought about what he had communicated with Helen Herman, but it was more troublesome than expected, and the final review was not with him, but Gary Gozman with the final say. He paused for a moment and said tentatively, "Otherwise, don't we have a news media meeting, and let Matthew Horner join in?"
Gary Gozman thought for a moment, "Yes. ”