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That afternoon, Matthew took a flight back to Los Angeles, packed his bags early the next morning, went to Warner Studios to report, and rushed to London on a charter flight from the "Band of Brothers" crew with other actors who passed the audition.

Along the way, he was not idle, and met many people.

Since they are both little-known actors, their respective roles have been determined, there is not much competition, and they have to travel far from their homeland to the UK to film, these young actors, especially extroverts like Matthew, gradually become familiar with each other in small talk.

Matthew got to know a few people who seemed to have good personalities, such as Michael Coolitz, Aine Bailey, Doug Allen, and so on.

The heavyweights in the crew, he didn't have a chance to make friends for the time being, those people were in business class and first class, and he was only in an ordinary cabin.

However, Matthew also inquired that several of the main actors of the crew would not train with them, and the role actors were selected in addition to those auditioned in Los Angeles, as well as some British actors.

The filming locations are mainly in the UK, and there are definitely British people among them.

It is said that the actor Richard Winster is played by British actor Damian Lewis.

When they arrived in London, the crew first arranged accommodation for the cast and crew from North America, and since the main filming location was Hatfield Airport outside London, they chose hotels with convenient transportation nearby, and according to the contract signed before, Matthew was assigned a single room.

In fact, in terms of food and accommodation, the crew will not embarrass the cast and crew, almost all the important role actors live in separate rooms, and Michael Kulitz, whom he met on the plane, lives opposite the door, this super strong man who is nearly 1.9 meters tall, will play the role of Sergeant Denver Landman, nicknamed "Big Bull" in the script.

After assigning a room and having a brief lunch, everyone gathered at the hotel and headed to Hatfield Airport, the filming location.

This is an old airport, which has long been out of use, but the military facilities of the year are still there, and it has become a filming location often used by many World War II or war-themed crews in Britain and the United States.

Many of the inland war scenes in Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" were filmed at this airport.

Another advantage of being a filming location is that there is a tall iron fence around the airport, which was built to military standards in the past, and except for a few exits, the airport is almost a confined space, which can effectively reduce media harassment.

The hotel where Matthew and others stayed was very close to a temporary entrance and exit of the airport, which was very narrow and had a lifting pole that restricted the entry of vehicles, and the lifting pole was carried all the way around, probably enough to accommodate a medium-sized truck.

Entering the airport, walk towards the training ground on the left, the British actors are already waiting for them.

I don't need to train today, the main thing is to get familiar with the venue and get to know each other.

Walking all the way through the airport, Matthew learned a lot of information as he watched and chatted with the assistant producer who brought them over.

Hatfield Airport not only provides office space for the crew, but also a large empty hangar for scenery, and more than 1,000 acres of open space can be used to build 11 outdoor scenes including cities, wilderness and forests, including Bastone in Belgium, Eindhoven in the Netherlands and Carentin in France.

In other words, most of the crew's scenes will be filmed at Hatfield Airport.

Michael Cullitz, who was unusually tall and strong, walked over and asked Matthew, "Did you hear anything useful?"

Matthew tightened his shirt, "We're going to spend most of our time here in the next few months. ”

It's been November, and the temperature in London is very low, especially since he came here from Los Angeles, and he is obviously a little uncomfortable.

Looking up at the sky, Tai ** Ben was nowhere to be seen, Matthew sighed into the palm of his hand, and it was estimated that the temperature would be below freezing.

It is estimated that it will not be easy to train in this weather in the next month and a half, but fortunately, he was mentally prepared before he came.

When a dozen or so actors arrived at the training venue, Matthew found that there were already nearly ten British actors waiting there, probably because the weather was a little cold, and many of them had impatient expressions on their faces.

"Why is it so late?"

A woman in her thirties with a distinctly British accent asked the assistant producer in an unkind tone, and the assistant producer, who also knew that he was late, said helplessly, "Sorry, Kate." The plane was late. ”

"Late?" The woman, who was also an assistant producer, was a little arrogant, "We've been waiting for you here for fifteen minutes!"

"Mr. Gary Gozman is here. ”

Someone reminded that the woman was reluctant to keep her mouth shut, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg would not handle the chores of the crew, and the person who actually managed the day-to-day affairs of the crew was Gary Gozman.

Gary Gozman came with another man.

The man was as tall and strong as Michael Cullitz next to Matthew, and he walked like a soldier.

It immediately occurred to Matthew that this might be their training instructor.

It is said that before filming "Saving Private Ryan", the main actors, including Tom Hanks, have undergone professional training, not only physical fitness and weapon use, but also individual tactics and the code language and sign language signals of the army during World War II.

This kind of epic film and television drama, especially with serious themes, must not be sloppy.

"Welcome to the crew, everybody!" Gary Gozman said loudly, standing in front of everyone, "Welcome to Band of Brothers!"

He introduced the tall man beside him, "This is Tom West, a recently discharged officer of the British Royal Marine Corps, who has a wealth of experience in military training, and he will be in charge of your militarized training for the next month." ”

Then, Gary Gozman stretched out his hand and gestured, Tom West stepped forward, put his hands behind his back, and said with a cold face, "Tomorrow morning I will send you a detailed training plan, you will be trained as rigorously as the Royal Navy, I promise you will be qualified soldiers!"

He didn't say much, and then retreated, and Gary Gozman said a few more words, nothing more than to boost morale and the like, and also assured that the crew would do a good job of logistics.

No one doubts this, Hollywood's various systems are sound, everyone will abide by the rules on the surface, and the crew uses actors from the Actors' Guild, and once there is a dispute, the Guild will bring great trouble.

It's been more than half a year since I've been here, and Matthew also knows that the trade union organization here is not a decoration, he doesn't know about other industries, and the major trade unions in Hollywood, it is not a matter of a year or two to strike or confront the six major companies.

Next, the two assistant producers took all the actors to familiarize themselves with the venue, in addition to the training ground, there were several locker rooms nearby, the locker rooms were built in the dormitory building of the original airport, which should be fully equipped, and the nearest to the dormitory building was an old airport warehouse.

The warehouse is huge, divided into many rooms, where some of the costumes and props are stored.

However, these can only be used during filming, so no one will pay attention to them for the time being.

After a walk around Hatfield Airport, they finally picked up their training clothes and placed them in their locker rooms.

At the airport, the woman named Kate came to a Land Rover, sat in the driver's seat and waited for a while, when the tall Tom West came over and opened the passenger door and got into the car.

"Kate, didn't I tell you?" Tom West's voice softened a lot with a grim look on his face, "We're going to keep a low profile on the crew." ”

"Afraid of what?" Kate Jeffrey started the car, "we're friends." ”

The Land Rover was very fast, did not slow down at all, and rushed out of the airport through the narrow passage at a lightning speed, and Kate added, "Do you have any instructions from the producer?"

"You have to train the actors strictly!" Tom West has an obviously unusual relationship with Kate, "so that the actors can meet the requirements of filming after a month, and they must also ensure that they do not get hurt." ”

He smiled grimly, "I'll train them well!"

As the car moved away from the airport, Tom West suddenly asked, "Gather with me tonight?"

"Nope. Kate shook her head slowly, "Tomorrow." ”

Tom West was a little disappointed, and Kate laughed, "When we have a break from training, we can find a place at the airport, I saw it today, the airport is very big, there are very few people, and there are no people at all in some places. ”

Tom West didn't speak, just nodded.

Back at the hotel, Matthew had dinner with a few American actors, chatted for a while, calculated the jet lag, took the initiative to say goodbye and go back to the room, and called Britney.

"Hi Matthew. ”

He could hear that Britney on the other side was happy and said, "Boo, I'm in London." ”

"Hmm. Britney was very concerned, "How is it to live over there, the crew will prepare ...... for you."

Before she could finish speaking, Matthew heard another woman shouting, "Miss Spears, it's time to rehearse!"

Knowing that Britney was preparing for next year's world tour, Matthew said, "You get busy first, and I'll call you later." ”

Britney's voice was apologetic, "I'm sorry, Matthew. ”

"It's fine. Matthew reassured her, "Let's go to rehearsals." ”

He hung up the phone and began to bust himself with his business, reading books and newspapers would not stop because he came to England, and after completing the progress of the plan and taking a shower, he dialed Britney's phone again.

No one answered this time, and Britney should still be busy.

The next day there was still training, Matthew had to sleep, woke up early in the morning and saw an apologetic text message from Britney, replied to her, cleaned himself up, and went downstairs for breakfast when he happened to meet Michael Cullitz, and the two simply went to the airport together.

They came to the vicinity of the airport entrance, with Michael Cullitz inside and Matthew outside, side by side into the passage.

A Land Rover roared from behind.