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It was a cold month in December, the sky was overcast, and occasionally a few drops of rain would fall on his face, so Matthew wrapped up his coat and trained with the other actors, led by the assistant producer, to a huge hangar with many support departments such as makeup, costumes and props, and with the help of professionals, began to complete their respective looks and prepare for the shoot.

There was no Ronald Spears scene in today's shooting, but Matthew was not a bystander, having already changed into a standard airborne division paratrooper outfit.

Compared to the veterans of E Company played by Michael Fassbender and Michael Coolitz respectively, Ronald Spears is not in E Company at the beginning, but a lieutenant in D Company.

So, Matthew's character will be added to the filming later.

However, he will not be idle, and like other trained actors who have no role for the time being, he needs to act as a head in some huge scenes.

The agreement he signed at the beginning also had provisions in this regard.

Compared with those pure extras, these character actors who have completed their training are more like soldiers.

Gary Gozmann greeted them even before filming began, and in some of the long shots, they were asked to act as German soldiers fighting against Company E.

The crew has complete guarantees, and Matthew and others have also received instructions from the brokerage company, so naturally they will not refuse.

This is also a common practice in Hollywood crews, and some scenes with a large number of people will not only involve actors, but even idle personnel from other parts of the crew into the shooting.

After Matthew put on his makeup, just like during the audition, he changed into a paratrooper uniform, put on all his combat equipment, held a Chicago typewriter, and walked out of the hangar with the other actors, and under the leadership of the staff, he crossed a narrow road to the set carefully laid out by the crew.

The set was set up as an airfield ready to go, with model airplanes parked in front of the runway, anti-aircraft gun positions at intervals, and extras in British equipment standing behind anti-aircraft guns, looking like they would fire at any moment.

It looked like a battlefield where battle was about to begin.

In the small set, hundreds of actors and behind-the-scenes staff gathered.

Matthew was in the middle of the queue, following the crew, to a model airplane where they were to be used as a backdrop.

Since their faces are painted in a thicker tactical camouflage than the actors who appeared, they don't have to worry about their faces being captured by the camera lens, and the long shots plus the camouflage on their faces are enough to cover up their faces.

"Look!"

James McAvoy, who was next to him, suddenly gestured to Matthew with his eyes, "Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg are here." ”

Without his reminder, Matthew also saw the two Hollywood giants talking to director Phil Alden Robinson and actor Damian Lewis.

"...... after filming this drama"

Presumably seeing a superstar like Tom Hanks, James McAvoy was a little excited, "Are we going to be big stars?"

Matthew patted him on the shoulder, "You're thinking too much, we're little actors in a big production." ”

James McAvoy gradually calmed down, shrugged his shoulders, and didn't say anything more, in fact, he also understood that the most important thing to participate in this series is to add a heavy stroke to his resume and become a capital to find new roles in the future.

The staff arranged a group of seven of them here, and told them not to walk around, and after the assistant director came, they left, and there was still some time before the start of filming, Matthew chatted and farted with James McAvoy, while looking around, curiously looking at the entire set.

There were a lot of people and things on the set, but they were orderly and not scattered in the slightest.

Among the many people who came and went, he vaguely saw a lot of familiar faces, probably when he watched pirated movies, and the most familiar one was remembered as an important supporting role in the later parts of Tom Cruise's "Mission Impossible", and he didn't know what the other party's name was.

An assistant director came over and told him about the filming for a while, Matthew and these people are just background paintings, and the requirements are not strict.

"Don't face the camera!" he said, pointing to where the camera was set up, "do what a soldier should do before battle." ”

The assistant director quickly left, and all seven of them had different understandings, one lay down his gear bag and lay on the ground to read a letter, one sorted out his pistol, James McAvoy pulled out a cross and read a word, and Matthew simply took off the Chicago typewriter he was carrying and disassembled it for examination.

It's not just a prop, it's a real Thompson submachine gun, just without bullets.

"Clear!" a loudspeaker sounded, "Attention departments!

In just a few minutes, everyone except the actors was evacuated from the airport.

Matthew didn't care what orders were given from there, just like a real soldier, he took apart every part of the Thompson submachine gun and carefully inspected it.

This is very much in line with the image of a non-commissioned officer who wields a Thompson submachine gun before the battle, after all, this firearm is notoriously stuck in the shell.

When filming began, Matthew didn't know, he was completely immersed in the role of a non-commissioned officer who was about to go to battle, and it can be said that he had already regarded himself as Ronald Spears, and he didn't care what others did, and did his own thing.

The Thompson submachine gun was disassembled, reloaded, and each cartridge was removed to check, during which James McAvoy crouched down and handed over a tobacco-free prop cigarette, which he also took out the lighter and lit it, and smoked it.

He took out a pistol, a water bottle, a bullet clip, a grenade bag, a gas mask, and even a raincoat and examined it.

Finally, when he picked up the dagger and found a small towel to wipe it, James McAvoy pulled him, "Okay, change the venue!"

Matthew packed up all his gear and followed James McAvoy as he walked across the airport, asking, "Done shooting here?"

"Five shots......" replied James McAvoy, "it's all done!"

They followed an assistant director to the open space on the left side of the airport and lined up with other actors in airborne division costumes to serve as a backdrop for Damien Lewis's filming.

Since Matthew's character, Ronald Spears, would not be head-on in the first episode, the first phase of filming began, with Matthew, like James McAvoy, who played the late recruit of E Company, only acting as a background painting during the shoot.

These people have undergone more than a month of professional training, and some long shots that need to show the qualities of military personnel are more like military personnel than extras.

In the next few days, Matthew's filming was basically spent in this situation, and he also saw the biggest official actor in the crew - David Swinmer.

That is, Ross from "Friends".

Matthew hadn't watched the series, and he had heard it all about James McAvoy.

However, Matthew has a deep impression of Captain Sauber played by David Swinmer, and many veterans in the original book have talked about him, believing that he had a great influence on the later E Company.

He remembered that in his memoirs, Captain Herbert Sauber created Company E, not only because he deliberately emphasized physical and tactical skills to save many lives, but also because everyone hated him and became more united.

Matthew even connected with Tom West through this character, and it was precisely because of Tom West's existence that the British and Americans, who had never dealt with each other, united as a whole, and under the plot of a German and an Englishman, they killed the devil instructor.

As for Matthew himself, he didn't reveal what he did to anyone, and he wouldn't admit that it had anything to do with him.

Back in London, as Helen Herman advised, Matthew was as low-key and dedicated as possible, putting all his energy into the role and filming, and he was just an inconspicuous character actor, as long as he didn't meet Kate Jeffrey's weirdness, he wouldn't attract attention.

After Kate Jeffrey left, the crew was much more stable, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg both came to the set, and the majesty of the Hollywood giants was enough to shock most people.

According to James McAvoy, Kate Jeffrey's father once came to the set to meet Tom Hanks, but Tom Hanks politely declined.

During the shooting, in addition to completing his own work, Matthew also kept his eyes wide open and his ears pricked up, carefully observing the live performances of the main actors, as well as the filming requirements of the director, etc.

These are all rare experiences for him.

The first episode was filmed for a full twenty days, and then the crew worked non-stop on the filming of the second episode.

This time, Matthew no longer has to act as a background actor, and his character Ronald Spears officially debuted during filming.

In the dressing room, with all the gear put on and the make-up artist applying tactical paint to his face, Matthew picked up his Chicago typewriter and went to the set.

Originally an abandoned airport camp, the crew improvised a devastated and ruined French village, and reserved a number of hidden camera slots in the temporary building to shoot scenes indoors and on the street from different angles.

When Matthew arrived, a large number of soldiers gathered on the set to serve as background paintings, and Matthew saw James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender in it.

"Hey, Matthew!"

On the set, an assistant director beckoned him, "Come here, come here!"

Matthew hurried over and stood by a collapsed brick wall, and after a while, Damian Lewis and another main cast member also came over.

His first scene was a dialogue scene with the male lead.

The assistant director assisted the three of them to stand, and the director observed through the camera, Matthew knew his weight, did not say anything, and acted exactly as he was told.