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If assisting Will Smith in the competition for the leading role in "I Am Legend" has become a thing of the past, then on the supporting actress Annie, Matthew and Francis Lawrence also have inevitable contradictions due to their different demands.

Francis Lawrence insisted on using his girlfriend, black actor Paula Barton, and showed no intention of backing down.

Matthew recommended Alexandra D'Addario, and although the role didn't have to be Alessandra D'Addario, he didn't want to back down either.

With the attitude and stance that Francis Lawrence has shown in the past, if he backs down, Francis Lawrence will definitely gain an inch.

When it comes to Matthew's current coffee position, it is not only the salary that reflects his status, but also the power in the crew, just like the salary, if you start to take the first step, more people will come and force you to back down the second step.

Of course, there is another reason that Matthew never said.

He doesn't like to play with black actors, and he doesn't want to have too much interaction with black actors, like Dwayne Johnson's typical mixed race, which is still acceptable, Paula Barton should forget it.

In fact, he was still patient with black actors, as long as the other party pulled out the banner of racial discrimination at every turn to ask for benefits, he could turn a blind eye.

But the black actress who took the initiative to find the door really disgusted him to the extreme, and his impression of this group became very bad, and he didn't want to cooperate with this group at all.

Hollywood-style political correctness, he will not be stupid enough to challenge, but he will not be regarded as a golden rule.

A white leftist like Francis Lawrence is willing to offer black actors as their ancestors, and he can do it in other crews, as long as his interests are not touched, he can turn a blind eye and turn a deaf ear.

When it comes to his interests, that's another matter.

Matthew looked at Francis Lawrence, who was sitting on the other side, and was sure he saw the action just now.

Francis Lawrence was reflexive, and Huo stood up from the sofa chair with a little anger on his face, but he glanced at Matthew a few times and sat down slowly.

He chose to endure for a while.

Francis Lawrence's gaze swept over the producer Aziwa Gosman, Aziwa Gosman has been talking to David Heyman since he shook hands with Matthew Horner, obviously did not see Matthew Horner's provocative move, if he suddenly attacked at this time, it is estimated that Aziwa Gosman will only think that he is dissatisfied with Will Smith's exit and is making trouble.

In that way, he is passive.

Francis Lawrence sat in his chair and did nothing but look harder and harder.

For a film like this kind of big-budget and big-budget film, he always thought that a black actor like Will Smith was more suitable for the male lead, and if there was no black male lead, it was necessary to use a black actor for the second role.

Black actors deserve to be featured in more mainstream Hollywood productions that Hollywood owes to black people over the past few decades.

What's more, when he became the director of this project, he promised Paula Barton that he would do his best to help her get a supporting actress when he first got the script outline and character setting.

Moreover, the diversity of the cast also helps to attract audiences of different ethnicities.

In fact, he has always believed that the failure of "Hell Detective" is not a problem with the script and his director, the biggest problem is in the cast, there is no heavyweight black character, which does not conform to the current social environment, which can be called the failure of the film.

If one of Keanu Reeves or Rachel Weisz is replaced by a black actor, it will definitely attract a large number of minority audiences, and the box office of the film is bound to increase.

Although Matthew Horner is a nominal producer, he is a director after all, and he is naturally in an advantageous position upstream.

"The main purpose of this meeting is to let everyone know each other. "Aziva Gosman's intentions are good," the crew has already begun to prepare, and the project has entered the official implementation stage. ”

Aziva Gossman coughed lowly, "I'll talk about a few points. He paused for a moment, then said, "Filming is expected to start in August this year, and I am communicating with the New York side to try to shoot all the location scenes in New York." ”

Francis Lawrence did not say this, which Aziva Gosman has said before, and now it is just to confirm.

The corners of Matthew's mouth moved slightly, this expression changed very little, long-term self-training and a lot of actual shooting work have allowed him to control the muscles on his face relatively easily, even if someone stares at him, he may not be able to detect it.

The crew's location scenes were filmed on location in New York as much as possible, which was undoubtedly very beneficial to him.

Aziva Gosman continued, "Auditions for several other important supporting actors will start next week, and the crew will have until June to decide on the main cast to give the actors enough time to prepare. ”

Matthew asked directly, "What day is the audition for supporting actress Annie?"

"Next Tuesday. Aziva Gosman said.

Matthew nodded, and didn't say anything more, in fact, he was also showing his attitude to Aziva Gossman in this way.

Francis Lawrence crossed his arms over his chest, and although he didn't speak, he had already decided in his heart that he would come to the crew next Tuesday.

Just like Matthew won't give up, he didn't want to give up easily, no matter what, he had to fight, even if not for Paula Barton, but for the group of black actors.

"One last point. Aziva Gosman added, "The script is almost decided. ”

David took out two scripts that looked like they were about 100 pages long and distributed them to Matthew and Francis Lawrence, and Aziva Gosman's words did not stop, "You guys take it back and read it, and if you have any comments, communicate with me in time." ”

Aziva Gosman is a relatively mild producer and screenwriter, the kind of person who listens to opinions, like the script of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," which was filmed with some revisions.

He looked at Matthew and then at Francis Lawrence and asked, "Do you guys have a problem?"

Matthew shook his head slowly, "No." ”

"I don't have a problem. Francis Lawrence said.

"That's good. Aziva Gosman, like most of the filmmakers in this circle, never talks nonsense at meetings, and simply says, "That's it for today, let's keep talking." ”

Matthew stood up, said goodbye to David Heyman and Aziva Gosman, respectively, and walked out of the office and left the studio.

Seemingly unwilling to meet Matthew, Francis Lawrence waited a few minutes before exiting the office.

David Heyman looked at the closed office door, thought for a moment, and said to Aziva Gossman, "Did you notice that there seems to be some problem between Matthew and Francis Lawrence? ”

Aziva Gosman was flipping through the latest report from the props department, and without looking up, said, "They're just working relationships, and they're not trying to make them friends." ”

This is very reasonable, although Matthew is very good at dealing with people, after filming a film, the crew always praises him, but it is far from the point where making a film will make many people in the crew automatically become friends.

However, David still said, "Before we lowered the price through Will Smith, Francis Lawrence tried his best to support Will Smith and wanted to kick Matthew away, and it is estimated that the news has reached Matthew's side......"

"Hmm. Aziva Gosman replied and said, "If the contradiction between the director and the actor is too sharp, it will indeed affect the normal work." ”

He thought for a few seconds and said, "I'll find a way to limit the conflict between the two to outside of work." ”

As a filmmaker who oversees the whole picture, Aziva Gossman hasn't paid close attention to this aspect, and he has too much work to do.

Matthew left the studio and did not leave Warner Studios, but went to the studio where "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" was located.

With the recommendation of time, the filming of this film is nearing the end, and the next week will be filmed with scenes that have nothing to do with Leonidas, and Matthew will not participate in the filming for the time being, in fact, only the last section of the shot about Leonidas remains.

Zack Schneider plans to wait until the last two days to shoot that tragic scene.

He came to the studio, and he had booked it before, because after this afternoon, James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender had completed all the scenes of their roles and would officially leave the crew.

Entering the studio, Matthew has been standing on the periphery of the set, not going over to disturb Zack Schneider's filming, and after waiting for a long time, Zack Schneider's voice shouting to call it a day was heard on the set.

According to the convention of mainstream commercial film crews in Hollywood, when the main actors finish their work and leave the crew, the crew will give gifts, James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender are no exception, and when they finish removing their makeup, Zack Schneider comes to them on behalf of the crew.

The gift from the crew was the weapon they used in the filming, James McAvoy chose the shield, and Michael Fassbender asked for the Spartan dagger he used.

It wasn't until the two came out of the crowd that Matthew appeared.

"You guy!" James McAvoy snapped his fist and touched Matthew, "I thought you weren't coming?"

Matthew opened his arms, hugged him first, then Michael Fassbender, and said, "You're leaving, I'm going to come and see." ”

He asked, "Is there a plan for the future?"

Michael Fassbender said, "We're going to go on vacation to Hawaii next month. He asked, "Are you going?"

Matthew thought for a moment, "I'm not sure right now, if there's time, we'll go together." ”