Chapter 21: Familiar Faces
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"Quiet, quiet!" shouted the bearded man, holding up his megaphone, "give me silence!"
There were hundreds of extras here, and once there was a riot, the consequences were quite serious, and immediately the crew stepped forward to maintain order, and the chaotic team finally calmed down.
Taking advantage of this time, Matthew has already squeezed to the front, standing diagonally opposite the bearded, Helen Herman and Ridley Scott, and Michael Sheehan next to him stares at Ridley Scott, eager to swallow him in one gulp.
This is a Hollywood A-List project, and everyone wants to show their face in the film, let alone a person with a strong purpose like Matthew, even those who regard acting as a hobby.
The hundreds of extras gathered here are mainly from three quarters, one is Matthew and Michael Sheehan who dream of stardom, the second is purely hobby fans, and the third is some residents of the town.
It is mainly the first two types of people who are squeezing forward.
The bearded man, an executive producer, came to the edge of the woods, raised a megaphone, and shouted, "Now I'm going to adjust the queue, and those who don't obey the command will be cleared!"
Starting from the front, he pointed to a strong man with a beard like a bird's nest and said, "You go forward!"
Then, he said to the person next to him, who was obviously a head shorter, "You go to the back." ”
Walking all the way from the front of the line, the bearded man sent many of the people who had squeezed to the front to the back, and called some of the people behind to the front.
"Are we going to go to the back?" said Michael Sheehan, worried.
Matthew had been paying attention to the bearded man and shook his head at this time, "Don't worry, it won't!"
Michael Sheehan didn't understand where he got his confidence and asked, "Why?"
"Didn't you notice?" Matthew gestured to the other side with his eyes, "The bearded man called out to the front, all of them were tall and strong. Those who rushed to the back were all skinny guys. ”
Michael Sheehan took a closer look over there and saw that it was.
"You're really observant. Some admiration rose in his heart, "I didn't see it." ”
Matthew smiled and didn't say anything more, instead his eyes turned diagonally to Helen Herman, who was talking to Ridley Scott without any flattery on her face, as if she was familiar with the old man.
She was able to win this batch of roles for the angel agency, and it was definitely not as simple as luck as she said.
"You stand back!" the bearded man came over to Matthew and Michael Sheehan, pointing to a small man on the left, "You stand back too!"
He looked at Matthew and Michael Sheehan and walked away.
Michael Sheehan looked at Matthew, who shrugged, "Being strong is also a kind of capital. ”
The bearded executive producer took matters into his own hands, and the array of actors who played the barbarians gradually became orderly, and Ridley Scott always stood on the periphery, without any intention of interfering.
After the bearded man's rectification, the extras were adjusted, and those who stood in front and could be directly photographed by the camera lens were all strong men who were more than 1.8 meters tall, carrying weapons one by one, and they were menacing.
Subsequently, Ridley Scott personally took the scene to schedule the shooting.
"Remember!"
Filming was about to start, and the bearded man finally said, "Take out the energy you had in rehearsal and give me a shout!"
The extras didn't have a complicated shot, just standing on the edge of the woods, screaming angrily at the other side of the clearing, demonstrating against the Roman legions.
Barbarians, certainly unlike the regular army, demonstrate in a primitive and simple way.
The bearded man stepped out of the set, raised his megaphone, waited for Ridley Scott to head his head, and shouted, "Go!"
Matthew grabbed the tomahawk with both hands, held it high above his head, opened a large mouth, and his face was slightly distorted, looking fierce.
"Oh-ah-oh-wow-"
He let out all kinds of earth-shattering screams from his mouth, and the loud voice suppressed the screams of Michael Sheehan next to him.
"Oh-"
All the extras raised their weapons and let out all sorts of weird screams!
For a while, there was a group of neuropaths on the set, and all of them were seriously ill.
The rail-mounted camera slid past the front, and the crowd, especially those in the front row, shouted louder and more excited.
Matthew put down the axe, changed his position, pointed the blade of the axe forward, and made a few chopping movements, and Michael Sheehan, who was next to him, took off the shield he was carrying, pulled out the sword at his waist, and began to hit the shield hard......
Whoever has a shield also strikes his shield with his weapon!
This Germanic barbarian army is full of momentum.
"Stop!" Ridley Scott's voice suddenly rang out, "Good! Well done!"
The bearded man immediately laughed, and this scene was just a sign that he had done a good job of rehearsing.
Matthew put down his weapon and cleared his throat, shouting too loudly just now, and his throat was a little uncomfortable.
"Don't relax, everyone!" the bearded voice sounded again, "Let's take another one!"
The second shot is similar to the first, except for the howling, which is slowly approaching the Roman legions.
These have been rehearsed before, and as long as there is no disorder, it is not a hassle to shoot.
According to what Matthew learned, these were all long-range shots, which basically flashed in a flash, plus the beard was well arranged, and in just one hour, three shots were taken.
After an hour of shooting, I was not very tired, and the filming was not as exhausting as the previous waiting, but after shouting in his throat intermittently for so long, Matthew felt uncomfortable, but fortunately, the crew had a lot of money, and someone had already transported more than a dozen boxes of bottled mineral water.
From after breakfast to now, Matthew and the other actors basically didn't drink water, walked to the place where they received water, took a bottle of mineral water, unscrewed the lid and carefully poured a few large mouthfuls into their mouths, so as not to destroy the makeup on their faces, and the cold water entered their throats, and the previous hot feeling gradually disappeared, and the whole person was refreshed.
After drinking the water, Matthew suddenly saw that not far away, Helen Herman was leaning against a tree, holding a small notebook to write things down.
"She doesn't seem to have drunk any water in the morning, has she?"
Matthew grabbed another bottle of mineral water, grabbed the prop axe and put it on his shoulder, and walked towards Helen Herman.
"What are you busy with?" he handed Helen Herman a bottle of mineral water, "drink some water." ”
Helen Herman glanced up at Matthew, put away her notebook and took the mineral water, and nodded gently, "Thank you." ”
"You're welcome. ”
Matthew smiled, took the axe and left.
Unscrewing the mineral water, Helen Herman took a sip, looked at Matthew's back, and his information flashed through his mind, which was one of the few extras on file with her angel company who had played a role with lines.
Matthew returned to the extras with his tomahawk on his shoulder, and Michael Sheehan leaned over again, "Matthew, you don't really want to soak her, do you?"
"you. Matthew shook his head, "Didn't I tell you?"
Michael Sheehan didn't believe it, "You don't want to soak her, why do you keep running to her?"
"It's very simple, it's familiar!" Matthew stood next to Michael Sheehan, looking at Helen Herman, who was still drinking water, "This company has just been established, she must be new to actors, you often go to say hello to her, and when she has a suitable job or role, she may think of you first." ”
"That's right!" Michael Sheehan suddenly realized, "Why didn't I think of that?"
He immediately wanted to go over there, "I'm going to say hi to her right now." ”
"Assemble! assemble!"
Before Michael Sheehan could move, a crew member shouted, "Put all the water bottles back! Don't stay on the set! Everyone, gather now!"
A few minutes later, filming began again, but instead of Ridley Scott, the person directing on the spot was replaced by a younger assistant director.
Taking advantage of the free time before the start of filming, Matthew took a special look and found that Helen Herman had gotten together with Ridley Scott again.
"Is your father alright?" Ridley Scott, who knows Helen Herman very well, "in Los Angeles now?"
"Went on holiday to New Zealand. Helen Herman laughs, "He loves summer." ”
Ridley-Scott nodded, "It's the same as before." ”
Helen Herman looked back at the Roman army array and asked curiously, "Isn't filming going over there?"
"I guess it's going to be after noon. A trace of unhappiness flashed on Ridley Scott's face, "These stars now earn more money than before, have more influence than before, but their professional ethics are getting worse and worse." ”
Helen Herman knew who he was talking about, "Is Russell Crowe hard?"
"Hmm. Ridley Scott doesn't deny it, "a good actor when he's filming, a ...... when he's not filming"
He shook his head, as if he didn't want to talk about Russell Crowe anymore, and took the initiative to change the subject, "How did you start a small brokerage company?"
Helen Herman turned her head and said, "If you want to break through on your own, you can also accumulate experience." I just came out of the mailroom and I don't have any customers in my hands, so instead of waiting for my qualifications, I might as well come out and break through, even if I fail, it is a valuable experience. ”
Ridley Scott seems to admire Helen Herman, "There aren't many young people these days who are as pragmatic as you. ”
He was an old friend of Helen's father, thought for a while, and said, "There is a temporary problem with an actor in a small role in the crew, and I am going to replace him, do you have a suitable one?"
Helen Herman immediately understood that this was Ridley Scott who wanted to help her, and a figure that often appeared in front of her flashed in her mind, and relevant information followed, an actor who had played with Angelina Jolie and Winona Ryder, and had two lines, and it was certainly not a problem to deal with the small role in Ridley Scott's mouth.
"Yes. She quickly said, "When?"
Ridley Scott looked at his watch and said, "It's time for me to go back, Russell Clow is probably coming soon." In this way, we will have lunch together at noon and talk in detail at that time. ”