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Back in the back of the lounge, Matthew got the final version of the script from Stephen Sommers, who had seen it for the first time since he had been tweaking the plot.

In addition, there is a proposal.

"Something to say in advance. "You need to be prepared, too. ”

Matthew nodded, "You just ask." ”

Although he is very happy and excited to get the leading actor, he will not get carried away, compared to Stephen Sommers and Sean Daniel, he is really nothing as a leading actor.

Knowing that Matthew is a dedicated actor, Stephen Sommers said straightforwardly, "There were a lot of action and stunt scenes on shoot that I needed you to do yourself in order to get the camera as close as possible to the fight scenes. ”

"No problem!" Matthew was confident, "You saw the last time I shot the Scorpion King, and my body coordination is better now than it was then." ”

"Hmm. Stephen Sommos nodded, he clearly remembered Matthew's efforts for the role of the Scorpion King, which was also a reason to use him as the leading actor with confidence, "Your role, filming will involve the use of spears, short knives, swords, bows and arrows and other weapons, and you will also need to have professional training. ”

Matthew doesn't have any opinion on this either, and it's also to take responsibility for himself, otherwise it's easy to get hurt.

Stephen Sommos continued, "The crew is in contact with a cold weapons action director, and you will receive professional training from him when the other actors are confirmed later. ”

Sean Daniel walked over at this time and said, "It's best to attract a little more media attention recently, the crew will develop relevant publicity strategies for you, and you should pay attention to cooperate when you arrive." ”

"No problem. Matthew made a phone gesture, "You can call me at any time." ”

After talking to Sean Daniel and Stephen Sommers, Matthew went to talk to director Chuck Russell, who has very limited powers and is a veritable head of on-set shooting and will not be involved in post-production.

Of course, Matthew will not be involved in post-production, and he doesn't have much power of his own except for the male lead.

After talking to the other three in the lounge, Matthew went out to meet Helen Herman and left Universal Pictures, completely different from when he came, when he drove out of the gate of Universal Studios in a car, many reporters took pictures with cameras to the car window, and after the car was away, several paparazzi on motorcycles followed.

Matthew was in Helen Herman's car, with a dedicated driver in front.

"It's good to get used to it. Helen Herman also seems to see the paparazzi in the back, "The paparazzi will definitely be chasing you in recent times. ”

She turned her head to look at it and said, "The actor who made the 40 million dollar production still has a certain newsworthiness for them." ”

"Whatever they want. Matthew didn't care, "They also eat mixed bowls." ”

Helen Herman suddenly changed the subject, "If you don't want to be exposed, it's best not to have a tryst with Britney during this time." ”

Matthew told the truth, "Britney is not in Los Angeles, she has been filming a music video recently, and she will not be back for a while." ”

"If your relationship comes to light," Helen Herman said, "the timing is right......"

Before she could say anything, she was interrupted by Matthew, "It's not my business alone. I'll say the same thing, Helen, let it be. ”

Without waiting for Helen Herman to speak, he instead asked, "Heroine, who are you going to recommend?"

Matthew knew that Helen Herman had made some agreements with the crew, such as the first access rights for the actors.

"There is no specific candidate for the time being. Helen Herman thought for a moment and then said, "Just drew up a list." ”

"Wait until you've roughly decided on the right person. Matthew wasn't polite at all, "Can you let me know?"

"Huh?" Helen Herman didn't understand what he meant.

Matthew said directly, "Since you use me as a bargaining chip, I always have the right to know, right?"

He's not stupid, and he can guess some things.

"Yes. Helen Herman is obviously not perfunctory, "You are the male lead, now my most important client, the female lead is your partner, and when there is a candidate, I will call you." ”

"When I first came out, I flipped through the script, and there were several intimate scenes of the male and female protagonists. Matthew asked tentatively, "You're not going to make a black heroine, are you?"

That's what worries him the most.

"Absolutely not!" Helen Herman reminded, "Sean Daniel won't make it." ”

"Yes. Matthew nodded.

Sean Daniel doesn't have an opinion on all non-white actors, and his conservatism is only for blacks.

The car came to Burbank and stopped in front of the angel agency, Matthew didn't go in, changed his second-hand Ford car, and was about to go home, when he started the car, he found that a few paparazzi followed him again, he was in a good mood, and he saw the paparazzi shooting here and waved to them.

In the past, when a paparazzi met him, at most they took a few photos, and these few followed him all the way to the vicinity of his home.

Matthew is very clear that this is the halo bonus brought by the crew and the male protagonist of the 40 million film.

After parking the car and returning home with the script and plan, Matthew moved a chair and sat in front of the window, flipped through the script, and after reading only ten pages, he found that this story called did not have much to do with the Scorpion King in it, and Stephen Sommers wrote a completely new story.

After quickly flipping through the script, he quickly summed up the main plot.

The story takes place in the ancient Egyptian city of Omorrah, where the brutal warlord Manon dominates one side with heavy troops, and the other tribes in the city decide to form an alliance against him, so they launch several crusades, but they are all defeated by Manon one by one.

Upon learning of a mysterious figure who knew how to do sorcery and was able to foresee the future and help Manon in his battle, the Tribal Alliance decided to send an Assassin to assassinate him.

This assassin is Matthew's character Mozius, the character is set to be strong, brave and good at fighting, is a powerful warrior, according to Hollywood's consistent routine, there are warriors naturally have beautiful women, so Mozius went deep behind enemy lines to assassinate the mysterious person, found that the other party turned out to be a beautiful woman, Mozius was deeply moved by the beauty of the woman named Kassandra and couldn't bear to hurt her, and also learned that Kassandra did not volunteer to work for Manon, but was held hostage by Manon.

Then the hero and heroine got together smoothly, sneaked into Manon's castle with Mozius's friends, and started a life-and-death fight with Manon......

The ending, of course, is a Hollywood-style consummation, and it is also in line with the consistent routine of commercial films.

In short, this one actually has little to do with the Scorpion King, and it's not like the prequel to the series as advertised.

After reading the script, it is not difficult to find that the film is actually four main characters, his character Mozius, the heroine wizard Cassandra, the supporting actor Apid, and the villain Mannon.

At present, only one actor has been identified for these four roles, and the other three actors, Helen Herman, want to get the angel agency to contract them all, but there is a certain degree of difficulty.

Before getting the script, Matthew heard Helen Herman mention that it was Stephen Sommers' relapse, and after the Scorpion King, he created a villain for this film based on real people.

It's impossible for him to think about it, although Brother Pony is not a first-line player in Hollywood, when did he play a pure villain in his impression?

The other two characters are relatively not very complicated, and to put it simply, they are beautiful women and strong men.

There is no shortage of these two kinds of actors in Hollywood, and he has seen a lot of them when he is in and out of angel agencies.

After briefly reading the script, Matthew and others will do detailed research later, and then took the project plan co-produced by Stephen Sommers and Sean Daniel and looked at it, although the project is still in the preliminary stage, the two have obviously made a lot of preparations, and some things are different from what he thought.

For example, the filming location.

Originally, Matthew thought that the crew would shoot the interior scenes at the Pinewood Studios in London as they did during the shooting, and the exterior scenes would be filmed in the Moroccan desert.

But it turned out that he was thinking too much, and due to the small budget of the film, all the filming of the crew would stay in the United States, with the interior scenes shot at Warner Studios and the exterior scenes going to the Arizona desert.

In the absence of tax rebates from the UK and Morocco, this can save a considerable amount of money, especially in the interior shooting of Warner Studios, just like Universal Studios has a tour area, Warner Studios also has it, and they still have the studios and backlots that were filmed in those days, and they have developed it into a tourist project, and it has just been renovated recently, and it can be used to shoot this film with a little adjustment.

The filming did not have to run both in the UK and Morocco, which also made Matthew breathe a sigh of relief, and Britney Spears will be in the United States during this time in the future, so it will be much easier for the two to meet.

Some other plans, most of which are the production team and the director team, have no direct relationship with him as the leading actor, and the most important thing for him at this stage is to understand the script, control the role, and prepare for the shooting.

The focus is on training, from hand-to-hand combat to the use of a range of cold weapons, not to be proficient, at least to be good in front of the camera, and Stephen Sommest emphasizes the beauty of strength, rather than the trick fights that have recently become popular in Hollywood.

Matthew was ready to start working on the script and figuring out the characters, as well as rehearsing some of the roles individually.

News about the film has also circulated on the Internet and in newspapers and magazines.