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"I'm going to have an affair with you?" Matthew shook his head, "those guys really don't have anything to write about." ”

Then, he thought that this might be the handiwork of the crew of "Scorpion King", as long as they can win attention, the Hollywood crew's propaganda will not matter whether the means are low-level or high-level.

As long as the profits are lucrative enough, it doesn't matter if Universal Pictures' CEO, Ron Meyer, is on the line himself.

Irina Boyar didn't worry too much, she was thick-skinned enough, and she knew that Matthew was even thicker than herself, and this so-called revelation was nothing to him as a faceless person.

Matthew pulled out his phone and edited a text message to routinely notify Helen Herman.

Soon, the phone vibrated and he glanced down at Helen Herman's reply.

"I see. ”

The reply was only a short line, and Helen Herman apparently didn't pay attention to it.

"Let's get started. Irina boyar reminded.

Matthew put away his phone and said, "Okay." ”

Although it was an online interview, the interview was conducted in the form of a dialogue, but it was entered by a special person.

Before Elena Boyard asked, the person in charge of the photo took a photo of her and Matthew sitting opposite each other, and then passed it to the chat room.

The online interview began.

"Two trailers for "The Scorpion King" have been released, and there are a lot of action scenes in them. Elena Boyard didn't relax just because the interviewer was Matthew, and asked seriously, "We can all see that the action scenes have risen to a higher level than "The Mummy Returns", how challenging was the filming this time?

Matthew replied with the same seriousness, "If it wasn't too challenging, I wouldn't be interested in it at all, and I wouldn't have invested so much time and energy into it, most of the challenges in it are physical, and I'm fascinated by this type of script." I've seen a lot of movies where great Hong Kong filmmakers use fighting to tell stories, rather than just fighting for the sake of fighting. This kind of script appealed to me and I wanted to try it. ”

The question is that Yelena Boyard agreed with the crew, and the answer was basically finalized by the crew, and Matthew retold the answer in his own way according to the needs of the crew's publicity.

"The crew has great ideas, but it takes a lot of effort to implement good ideas, you have to go on the right path, and you have to be different from others. ”

And then Matthew started the again, which was to resonate with potential viewers, telling them 'Look, how hard I've worked on this film', "Many, many times, when I got to the set in the morning, I couldn't even get out of the car, and then the parking attendant would wait patiently for me to slowly move my body out of the car, because my limbs hurt so much." ”

These answers are to highlight him as the leading actor, "But after that time, I found that my body has really undergone a lot of changes, and I can feel that I have become stronger and more flexible." When I realized this, I instantly had the confidence to increase the intensity and make the film even more exciting. ”

Elena Boyard and Matthew asked and answered, very seriously and honestly cooperated together to lie, and many people in the chat room were affected by their interviews.

A netizen called "I like the mummy" left a message, "This actor is really hard, and the crew of "The Mummy Returns" is like this, but unfortunately that film only has two short action scenes, which is not enjoyable enough, this time it's okay, you can watch it happily!"

Another netizen named "Lily Loves Strong Men" said: "Have you seen Matthew Horner's stills and fitness photos? This is a real male god! I like it!"

Elena Boyar asked, "As you know, you practiced kickboxing specifically when you were filming this film, is it true?"

"To be exact, I was practicing kickboxing long before I was shooting. ”

This time, Matthew didn't lie anymore and said honestly, "I started practicing a long time ago, probably after filming "The Mummy Returns", I started practicing boxing before auditioning for "The Mummy Returns", and I found that I have some talent in this area, and I am very interested in these sports. ”

"No wonder you're so good in the trailer. Elena Boyar duly complimented Matthew and asked, "You were training with a group of martial artists, right?"

Matthew nodded, "Yes, they're all well-trained people, and they're really good teachers for me." They all have their own skills that they are good at, and they teach them to me wholeheartedly. ”

In the chat room, more people crowded in, and Matthew looked at the number of people online, it was already more than 50,000.

Elena Boyard continued, "Was there a time during the filming of "The Scorpion King" that particularly impressed you?"

"A long-shot fight scene designed by the crew is unbelievable!" Matthew pointed to the camera lens, and waited for the cameraman to take the picture just right, he added, "In that action scene, I was a little injured and hurt my teeth. ”

He shrugged his shoulders slightly and continued to talk nonsense, "Actually, when I was rehearsing for the action scene of this movie, my teeth were broken, but fortunately, the injury was not very serious. ”

Of course, you can't just talk about the injury, Matthew added, "The whole crew was very ambitious, and they designed a few long-shot action scenes that lasted for several minutes, which many people have never even heard of. The usual fight scenes are shot into two or three second shots, and then spliced together by post-editing. The shots designed by the crew do not rely on post-editing, nor do they speed up slow motion, but rely on the almost actual competition and performance between the actors, and the reason why the crew did this is precisely out of my trust in the results of the training. ”

"It's hard to shoot with such a shot, isn't it?" asked Elena Boyar.

"It's very hard!" Matthew said with some exaggeration, "for a long shot of a fight to work well, the actor has to be moving all the time, and he has to make sure that he doesn't give the back to the camera." So I had to do it almost entirely on my own, with no stand-ins. I was very open because the crew would keep me safe. ”

The two sides talked about the crew and the film again, and then it was time for netizens to ask questions.

The first selected netizen asked, "Your figure looks amazing, have you been modified with special effects?"

Matthew saw the problem and said to the entry clerk, "There is no retouching, my figure in the camera is the same as in reality." ”

The second netizen asked about Matthew's acting experience, "I just checked it and found that you have been working with stars and famous directors since your first role, do you have a special background?"

"I'm just an ordinary actor. Matthew was very humble to the fans, "I'm from rural Texas, and I've always been honored to work with so many people, and if I want to say why, it's probably my luck." ”

The latter person asked a somewhat pointed question, "Is it true that there are initiatives in Hollywood, such as audition room sofas or special services for directors in exchange for roles?

"It's really real. ”

Similar situations are actually widely spread in North America, and it is not a secret, and Matthew does not deny it, of course, he will not be stupid enough to mention specific people and things, "I once met a director who invited me to his room in a hotel to discuss the role, and then showed some not-so-good intentions, and after I found out, I left immediately. ”

After all, this kind of thing is more sensitive, and then the technical staff selected Yahoo Entertainment's insiders as netizens to ask questions, and the questions asked were basically related to "Scorpion King", and this interview was originally for the promotion and marketing of the film.

The interview ended relatively smoothly, and with the cooperation of Yahoo Entertainment and Yelena Boyal, Matthew did not encounter too many difficult problems.

In addition to the content of the interview published on Yahoo Entertainment, it was then pushed into some paper media by Universal Pictures, and "The Scorpion King" is about to be released, and Universal's promotional offensive continues to strengthen.

Whether it is Universal Pictures or the crew, it is actually clear that the box office almost means everything about "The Scorpion King", although there are many revenue channels for Hollywood films, but if a brainless action film like this can't even guarantee the basic box office, do you still want to expect it to have high income in the TV rights, DVD and videotape markets.

That's simply not possible.

The crew also convened a special preview screening of the media and film critics, and Matthew did not participate, but the reaction afterwards was basically praised, and almost all the media reporters and professional film critics who participated in the test screening praised the film......

Matthew wasn't as optimistic as the test screening results, though, because Helen Herman made it clear to him that most of Hollywood's test screenings were just business.

Since it is a business, money can naturally play a key role in it.

He himself did not mix in this kind of thing, firstly, as an actor, there is no need for this, and secondly, his status is far from enough.

It is no exaggeration to say that in the entire pre-screening publicity plan of "The Scorpion King", he is a marionette in the hands of the crew and Universal Pictures, thinking about his current status, and then thinking about the investment and producer of the film, it is not difficult to understand this relationship.

Matthew and Helen Herman have no complaints about this, and at this stage, there is nothing more important than the box office hit of "The Scorpion King".

The publicity of the crew of "The Scorpion King" did not stop there, and with more than ten days before the premiere of the film, after reaching an agreement with Matthew and Helen Herman, a public professional accepted the commissioning of the crew and made a special trip to New York to convince a key figure in the next promotion.