The day after signing the actor's contract, Matthew was informed by the crew that he would go to the crew on September 15 to gather and rush to Edward Air Force Base near Los Angeles to receive basic military training provided by the military, and then take the crew's charter flight to Morocco for four to five months of filming.

He plays the role of Sergeant Hut, who belongs to the Delta Force, and is simply a fierce soldier.

In this regard, Ridley Scott and Jerry Bruckheimer are experienced and have a good eye for looking at actors.

Subsequently, Matthew receives a call from James McAvoy, who also passes the audition for the role of a soldier named Eurek.

This is also good news, at least there are acquaintances in the crew.

With less than a week to go before the crew's training camp, Matthew did not continue to wait in Los Angeles, and flew to East Asia to meet Britney Spears in Japan, which can be said to be the dumping ground of American pop culture, Britney's record label and agency will certainly not miss the opportunity to make money and expand its influence in the Japanese market, Britney Spears will hold concerts in five different cities in Japan.

As in the previous cases, Matthew and Britney met in a hurry, not having much time to get along, and Matthew spent less than two days in Tokyo before returning to Los Angeles due to the imminent assembly of the Black Hawk Down crew.

After returning, he began to prepare for his next trip to Africa.

In Matthew's cognition, Africa is synonymous with chaos and poverty, he specifically checked on the Internet, Morocco is in a much better situation, it is a rare country in Africa with political stability, but it is located in the northwest of Africa, directly connected to the Sahara Desert, and the climate is relatively hot.

For this reason, Matthew went to Los Angeles' Chinatown and bought the holy products to dispel heat and resist heat - wind oil essence, cool oil and Huoxiang Zhengqi water, in case of emergency.

On the day of the rendezvous, Matthew called a taxi, with a large suitcase of luggage, and arrived at the crew station in Pasanady on time.

He didn't come early, and there were already a lot of actors gathered in front of the small building and in the hall where the crew was located, but Matthew didn't see any familiar people, so he found a place close to the glass curtain wall in the hall and waited patiently.

It didn't take long for him to see James McAvoy walk in and hurriedly beckoned, "James, this way." ”

James McAvoy came to Matthew's side with a bag on his back and a suitcase in tow.

"When I came over...... James McAvoy pointed out of the glass façade, "I saw Tom Hardy." ”

Matthew shook his head slightly, "Just pretend he doesn't exist." ”

James McAvoy put down his suitcase and said, "It's a pity that Michael isn't there." ”

Not to mention the audition, Michael Fassbender didn't get an audition invitation from the crew at all.

Matthew patted him on the shoulder, "It's not for us to decide. ”

"Look!" James McAvoy poked Matthew, "Tom Hardy is in." ”

Matthew turned his head to look at the door and saw Tom Hardy coming in with another person he knew, frowning slightly, "How is he with Johnny Lee Miller?"

The man who came in with Tom Hardy was Angelina Jolie's ex-husband, Johnny Lee Miller.

James McAvoy didn't find it strange and said casually, "Tom Hardy and Johnny Lee Miller's agents seem to be the same." ”

Matthew nodded, didn't mention this matter again, took the initiative to change the topic, and chatted with James McAvoy for more than 20 minutes, and the two buses rented by the crew drove to the front of the small building, and they dragged their luggage and lined up to get on the bus.

Edward Air Force Base is one hundred and fifty kilometers from Los Angeles, after getting in the car, James McAvoy took out his mobile phone and played a game, and soon fell asleep in his seat.

Although it didn't take long to get the script, he had already memorized the scenes that belonged to Sergeant Hut, and now the main thing to do is to put the characters under the whole environment.

Like this kind of film based on real events and involving military and international politics, the actor needs to understand not only his own role, but also the background of the whole film, limited to the social class he is in and the limitations of his vision, he is not sensitive to international politics at all, and can only understand it through the information in his hand.

According to Matthew's understanding after reading the information, the chaos in Somalia must be the result of the colonization and plundering of Africa by these Western countries, and the stationing of US troops in Somalia seems to be in response to the invitation of the United Nations, but in fact it is a face project of Zipton.

At that time, the Cold War had ended, and Somalia was neither a strategic place nor any valuable strategic resources, so at first the United States was not interested in stationing troops for peacekeeping, and when the United Nations took the initiative to ask the United States to provide assistance, the elder Bush took over this image project and sent troops to deliver relief materials.

Since then, the situation in Somalia has continued to deteriorate, forcing the United Nations to adopt new resolutions to use force to maintain security and relief operations in Somalia and to enforce peace.

At this time, Zipton was newly elected president of the United States, and according to Matthew's assumption, perhaps Zipton thought that if the world saw that the US military took action to bring peace and clothing to the Somali people, it would have a great public relations effect, and decided to continue this image project.

So, the Black Hawk helicopter was shot down from the sky.

Of course, his knowledge of politics and military affairs is extremely limited, and these are all nonsense after reading the materials.

The background of this kind of incident must be much more complicated than he thought, and even what was expressed in the script.

Reading the script, thinking about these haves and nots, Matthew didn't know when he fell asleep, and when he woke up, the bus had already left the Los Angeles area.

"Hey man!"

A white actor in his twenties next to him on the other side of the aisle leaned over and asked, "Is there any gum?"

Matthew took the bag and looked for it, took out a whole piece and gave it to him, "Take it." ”

The man probably had a cheerful personality and was not polite, and then said, "Thanks, buddy." ”

He took a piece open and threw it into his mouth, then said to Matthew, "I'm Ben Foster." ”

"Matthew Horner. After Matthew finished introducing himself, he pointed to James McAvoy, who was still sleeping, "He's James McAvoy, my friend." ”

The two chatted in a low voice, and under Matthew's side knock, Ben Foster, who had a cheerful personality, quickly vomited his old bottom clean.

Originally from Massachusetts, he's Jewish and has already played roles in "Silver Flashpoint," "Liberty Heights," and "Future Flash," but all in small roles.

"What's your role?" asked Ben Foster.

Matthew didn't hide it either, and said directly, "Sergeant Hutter." ”

"It's still your character. Ben Foster was not without envy, "The role is much heavier than that of my soldiers." ”

After chatting for a while, Matthew saw that the bus was gradually quieting and more and more people were sleeping, so he took the initiative to interrupt the small talk with Ben Foster and closed his eyes and continued to sleep.

Finally, after a two-hour drive, the bus arrived at the entrance of Edward Air Force Base, because this is one of the most important military bases of the US military, the bus could not enter, and nearly 100 actors, including Matthew, could only get off the bus and walk.

After getting off the bus and picking up his luggage, James McAvoy was still sleepy-eyed and followed Matthew towards the base gate.

At the front of the line, the bearded Jack and the Pentagon's coordinator on the set were negotiating with the janitor.

The bright sun was shining on his face, James McAvoy came to his senses completely, reached out to find his phone, but he didn't touch it, and quickly said to Matthew, "My phone was left in the car." ”

Matthew took his suitcase and said, "The car hasn't left yet, hurry up and get it, I'll be waiting for you here." ”

James McAvoy was not polite to Matthew, stuffed his backpack into his hand again, and ran to the side of the bus, and as soon as he ran away, the guards on the other side of the base gate began to let go, and the actors lined up in a scattered line and walked towards the base.

Matthew didn't move, standing here waiting for James McAvoy to come back.

Probably seeing the team move, several big-name actors who had been hiding from the sun in the car also got out of the car, and Matthew saw the actor Josh Hartnett, followed by Johnny Lee Miller, and Johnny Lee Miller followed by Tom Hardy.

Further behind, James McAvoy is trotting back with a cell phone.

When James McAvoy ran back to Matthew's side, Josh Hartnett happened to come over, and he looked at Matthew, and Matthew smiled at him, and the big actor smiled back.

Then, Matthew felt a sword-like gaze, and it was Tom Hardy.

Matthew ignored him and pulled up his luggage to leave, James McAvoy glared at him and took the backpack and suitcase from Matthew......

Suddenly, Johnny Lee Miller, who was walking with Tom Hardy, slowed down, he turned his head to look at Matthew, visibly stunned for a moment, and a look of disbelief flashed across his face.

Matthew also noticed Johnny Lee Miller's gaze, and even vaguely saw a strange look on his face, but calmly pulled the suitcase, slightly behind Tom Hardy and Johnny Lee Miller, and walked towards the base gate.

"Did Johnny Lee Miller recognize me?" his mind turned.

Johnny Lee Miller entered the base gate, glanced back, saw that the two people behind him were still going through security, and asked, "Tom, do you know those two?"

"Recognize. Tom Hardy hurriedly said, "The tall and athletic one is called Matthew Horner, and the other is James McAvoy, both bastards." ”

Johnny Lee Miller shook his head slightly, "That doesn't make sense." ”