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"Hello, Mr. Daniel. ”

In the coffee shop, Helen Herman was wearing a women's business suit, and she smiled and introduced herself to the person opposite, "I'm Helen Herman, an agent at Angel Agency. ”

Across from her, Sean Daniel is bald with brown hair, about fifty years old, wearing old-fashioned flat-rimmed glasses, and a relatively old suit.

Sean Daniel shook Helen Herman's outstretched hand, nodded and said, "Hello, Miss Herman. ”

As he spoke, he quickly glanced at Helen Herman, and saw that she was wearing a well-fitting dark suit, her hair was meticulously combed behind her head, and she had a pair of ordinary black-rimmed glasses in front of her, except for a pair of studs, no other accessories could be seen, and she exuded a calm and capable temperament all over her body.

The first impression of this female agent was very good.

Although Sean Daniel didn't show it, he subconsciously felt that this woman named Helen Herman was a conservative.

"You're looking for me?"

Recently, there have been many agents looking for him, such as Dwayne Johnson's agent, and their purpose is known without guessing.

Helen Herman knew the producers were busy and didn't have to hide it, saying, "My client, Matthew Horner, made it through the Scorpion King's initial audition and was one of four actors finalized by the crew to audition with makeup. ”

"You're very well-informed. Sean Daniel wasn't surprised.

Helen Herman smiled and continued what she had just said, "In the role of the Scorpion King, Matthew has an advantage that others don't have. In the hit "Gladiator", he plays the leader of a barbarian, similar in some ways to the Scorpion King, and he was hand-picked by director Ridley Scott"

Sean Daniel naturally watched "Gladiator", which was also produced by Universal Pictures, and also remembered that the barbarian character, the person used by Ridley Scott, not to mention how good it was, at least it should not be bad.

In fact, Helen Herman knows very well that compared to the last three competitors, Matthew also has his own advantages, and asking Sean Daniel to come out is to point out Matthew's advantages.

Compared with Dwayne Johnson, Ma Xiu's body type is at a disadvantage, but his acting experience can crush him.

"Matthew Horner has just finished filming "Band of Brothers," executive produced by Hanks and Spielberg. Helen Herman listed Matthew's advantages one by one, "Since November last year, he has been conducting rigorous militarized training, and he has not relaxed during the filming of "Band of Brothers", and the training and shooting for more than half a year made him look very much like a soldier, and during the filming of "Band of Brothers", no matter how difficult the action scenes, Matthew was personally filmed. ”

Compared to the other two competitors, Matthew's acting skills are mediocre, but he has an absolute advantage in terms of body and training!

When Sean Daniel heard this, a thought naturally popped into his head, "The role of the Scorpion King is basically an action scene, an actor with rich experience, the crew will definitely have a lot less trouble when filming, trouble often means time and money......"

Helen Herman could see that Sean Daniel had listened to the words.

It is certainly not easy to be able to control a large crew, so after she called Jack, she carefully formulated a strategy, from the very beginning to impress Sean Daniel with her appearance, to listing Matthew's strengths, all of which were planned for Sean Daniel.

There is also an important point in the plan, but it is important to look for the right opportunities.

"I see. Sean Daniel didn't say anything, as if he hadn't heard Helen Herman say these words, "Let's wait for the makeup audition, Dwayne Johnson and the other two actors are also excellent." ”

Hearing Sean Daniel casually mention Dwayne Johnson, Helen Herman took the opportunity to say, "I'm looking forward to auditioning with makeup! Although Dwayne Johnson's father is one of the few black world champions in professional wrestling, and he is also a world champion himself, playing the role of the Scorpion King has its own advantages, but I believe Matthew is better!"

In order to confuse the public, she deliberately emphasized, "Mr. Daniel, Dwayne Johnson has not participated in the filming of any movies!"

As if this sentence is the point.

Sean Daniel's face is no longer good-looking, this is not aimed at Helen Herman, it is too common for agents to praise their actors in front of those who have the power to decide on the role, and to belittle their competitors, and he has long been immune to these.

Originally, he had a certain skepticism about Dwayne Johnson's completely blank actor information, and because of some inexplicable factors, he didn't like Dwayne Johnson to play the main supporting role in the film, and heard that Dwayne Johnson's father was a rare black world champion in professional wrestling......

As a conservative-minded white Southerner, something that Sean Daniel was hiding deep inside of him slipped out.

For the sake of Hollywood-style political correctness in the film, he has forced a black actor in the supporting role, and he really doesn't want to see a second of the important roles.

"That's it, I have something to do. He stood up and casually waved to Helen Herman, "Goodbye, Miss Herman." ”

"Goodbye ......"

Helen Herman watched Sean Daniel leave the café, felt that his words should have played a role, left a note, and walked out as well.

Compared with the other two thin actors, she always thinks that Dwayne Johnson is Matthew's competitor, and she doesn't expect Dwayne Johnson to be out of the game just now, as long as Sean Daniel can detract points from him.

As an entertainment agent, it's her job to get roles for clients, and Helen Herman is just doing what she needs to do to increase her chances of getting a job as much as possible, but she's also well aware that these are supporting roles, and if Matthew doesn't do well in the auditions, all she says and does is useless.

Back in the producer's office of the crew at Pinewood Studios, Sean Daniel opened the filing cabinet, took out the cast information submitted by Dwayne Johnson from the Rock, sat in the boss's chair, stared at it for a long time, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that there was something wrong with the professional wrestling champion recommended by Stephen Sommus.

Dwayne Johnson is very famous, and the gimmick of starring in a movie for the first time is indeed conducive to the promotion of the film, but "The Mummy Returns" is a sequel to the blockbuster film "The Mummy", which has a limited publicity effect and is not comparable to the drawbacks it brings.

The biggest drawback is that Dwayne Johnson has never acted in a movie, if he just plays a small person who acts as a background, it doesn't matter, an important supporting role like Scorpion King is a big problem, he has seen countless new actors when they play important roles for the first time, they will always encounter various situations, and the troubles brought to the crew are endless.

With Dwayne Johnson, the time and budget for filming will inevitably increase.

Then there is the salary, Dwayne Johnson is a big star in the professional wrestling world, even if he appears in a movie for the first time, the salary is not expensive, and the crew's salary is low, and the other party is very likely to refuse to act.

In contrast, the other three young actors have no worries about this.

And also......

Sean Daniel suddenly threw Dwayne Johnson's information on his desk, no longer thinking about it, and the reason for finding this was nothing more than something that could not be expressed.

He picked up the phone and dialed the assistant's number, "It's me, you go check it up, and give me the details of Dwayne Johnson as soon as possible, including his family situation! ”

He had considered that if there was no other suitable candidate, it was not impossible to use Dwayne Johnson, but after listening to Helen Herman's casual words, this possibility is becoming infinitely smaller.

The assistant is very efficient, and Dwayne Johnson is a big star in professional wrestling after all, and he quickly gathered detailed information and sent it to Sean Daniel's desk.

Sean Daniel looked through it, confirmed something, and made a decision in his heart.

However, he did not change the list of auditions with makeup, Dwayne Johnson will still participate in the audition, and Stephen Sommers is the director of the crew, although he is more powerful as a producer, there is no need to be stiff.

On a Monday in June, before dawn, Matthew got up early, cleaned himself up neatly, and in order to avoid a possible protrusion in his lower abdomen during the audition, he only ate two eggs for breakfast, and then, accompanied by Helen Herman, came to Pinewood Studios and entered the dressing room of the styling room to prepare for the next audition with makeup.