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Warner Studios, not far from Studio 11, where "The Three Hundred Spartans" is located, moved in a new crew last month, but the crew is currently very small, and the project seems to have just been promoted, and it has not yet entered the real planning stage, and the shooting will definitely start much later.

The new week kicked off, Matthew came to the small training studio where the crew of "Spartan 300 Warriors" was located, and just after changing his clothes and entering the training ground, he heard someone talking about seeing the big star Will Smith come to Warner Studios.

Of course, Matthew knew that a hundred meters further from this studio would be able to see the studio where the crew of "I Am Legend" was located.

Will Smith came over early in the morning and was supposed to audition for the actor in "I Am Legend".

He walked over to the weapon rack and had just taken his usual Spartan dagger when James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender walked over.

The two guys are still wearing special T-shirts with "I died in the Battle of Hot Springs", but James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender are much stronger than before, and after two months of professional training, the muscle contours on their bodies are quite obvious.

"Matthew. Michael Fassbender also took a prop dagger, lowered his voice, and asked with concern, "Is Will Smith here to compete with you for the role?"

James McAvoy raised an eyebrow and said, "I've seen everywhere at Warner Studios these days, the facilities here are old, there are no surveillance cameras, we have ready-made weapons here, do you want me to find a hood and go out and ......"

"Don't mess around!" Matthew quickly interrupted James McAvoy and emphasized, "This is Will Smith!

He knew that James McAvoy and Michael Fassbinder were similar to him, and they were bold and ruthless, otherwise they wouldn't have led those things in the first place.

Matthew added, "Rest assured, it's just the crew pressuring me and Helen to lower our stakes." ”

Negotiating with similar means, not to mention Hollywood, is a common occurrence in the entire business world, and James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender quickly figured it out.

That being said, Matthew called Bella Anderson over before training and asked her to pay attention to the situation on the crew of "I Am Legend".

After two months of basic fitness, all the actors who played the Spartan warriors also began basic swordsmanship and movement training.

For example, the filming of this kind of epic war film full of action scenes is recognized in the actor circle as much more difficult than that of literary films, even if there are stuntmen as stand-ins, but many action scenes, the actors also need to be in person, so a lot of pre-training and rehearsals before filming are necessary.

Even a talented guy like Matthew thinks it's more time-consuming and labor-intensive than filming a literary film and locking yourself in a room to study the character.

"Wait, Matthew. The action director stopped Matthew's training and walked over and said, "This is not right. ”

He took the spear from Matthew's hand and made a demonstration, while saying, "You throw the spear against the enemy at short and medium distances, don't throw it high into the air like you throw a javelin, shoot flat." ”

Matthew nodded, "I see." ”

The training will definitely add a lot of modern elements and more ornamental action, after all, this is a movie.

After an hour of training, the action director gathered all the Spartan warriors, including Matthew, to practice the Spartan array, although the actors were not as exaggerated as the three hundred warriors, only more than thirty people, more Spartan warriors were added in post-production with computer technology after the filming was completed, but it was definitely not an easy thing for more than thirty people to be in the same array, like an army, as much as possible, instead of stragglers.

It takes a lot of training.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the training was temporarily over and it was time to break, and Matthew had just walked to the rest area when Bella Anderson came over.

Will Smith left Warner Studios fifteen minutes ago. Bella Anderson whispered to Matthew, "Francis Lawrence, the director of 'I Am Legend,' sent him all the way to the studio gates. ”

Matthew nodded, "I see." ”

Bella Anderson added, "I heard from a maintenance worker at the studio that Francis Lawrence and Will Smith were saying that they would support Will Smith to take the lead actor or something. ”

"Hmm. Matthew was silent for a while, and then admonished, "Bella, you continue to pay attention to the situation on the crew side of "I Am Legend". ”

"I understand. Bella Anderson nodded slightly.

"Aziva Gossman and the crew chose to have Will Smith come to the audition today. Matthew shook his head, "It's going to force me to make more concessions." ”

Bella Anderson can see this too, "The afternoon is Helen's new round of negotiations with the crew, and their purpose is obvious. ”

Before, she was also curious about why Will Smith cooperated with Aziva Gossman and the crew of "I Am Legend", and now it is not difficult to see that Will Smith intends to win the actor.

"When is Helen coming?" asked Matthew.

"It's going to be noon. Bella Anderson pulled out her phone and looked at her, "I contacted her half an hour ago, and she said she would ask for clarification before coming here." ”

Training soon began again, and Matthew put the Will Smith audition aside for the time being to concentrate on training, and he and several stuntmen had to rehearse the action scenes during the shooting, and if he didn't concentrate, with his strength and speed, it was easy to hurt people.

After training at noon, before lunch began, Matthew met Helen Herman, who had rushed over.

"Will Smith had a no-makeup audition ......"

In a restaurant outside Warner Studios, Helen Herman said to Matthew, who was eating lunch, "The person who hosted the audition was director Francis Lawrence, and the participants were Aziva Gossman and David Heyman, as well as a cameraman, and I can't ask what the specifics were." ”

She crossed her hands on the table, "However, after the audition, Francis Lawrence strongly recommended that Aziva Gossman use Will Smith for the male lead......!

Matthew raised his head and looked across the side, Helen Herman sighed, "The existence of Francis Lawrence, the director, is a very big trouble for us, I heard from the Black Eyed Pea Choir and Avril Lavigne's agent who has worked with him, Francis Lawrence is a real leftist, very sympathetic to black people, and currently has a close relationship with a black actor named Paula Barton, and it can even be said that he has a black heart under his white skin." ”

Matthew is not too surprised by Helen Herman's words, he has also seen a lot of white people who really promote and like black people in the past few years in the circle.

Without the sincere support of these people, Hollywood-style political correctness would not have evolved into what it is now.

Matthew has a bit of a headache, even if you look at the whole country, Will Smith is the best among blacks.

Helen Herman said, "I stayed in CAA's mailroom, and I specifically asked for the relationship in the past two days, and supporting Will Smith as the director of "I Am Legend" is a deal reached by Francis Lawrence and CAA, and CAA's big-name agent Kevin Howayne also made a commitment to Francis Lawrence that he would support Paula Barton to play the supporting actress in the script. ”

"What?" Matthew frowned, "I want this character too." ”

Helen Herman heard Matthew talk about his plans a few days ago, and immediately reminded, "It's better to decide on the male lead, and it's not too late to advance your plan." ”

Matthew put down his knife and fork, "A director still has a great impact on the crew. Helen, are we not going to be more cautious so as not to capsize. ”

"Hmm. Helen Herman nodded cautiously, "Francis Lawrence is clearly on Will Smith's side, and wants his rumored girlfriend to play a supporting actress, even if we successfully sign with the crew, it won't be a good thing for you." ”

Matthew scratched his eyebrows, "There are so many things a director can do. After all, he is not a rookie actor and has a lot of experience in filming, "If Francis Lawrence wants to target me on set, it is really easy. ”

Compared with actors who do not have any production rights, directors naturally have an advantage.

Fingers lightly clasped the dining table, Matthew frowned and thought for a while, and asked, "Helen, I want to get this role, and I have to be named a producer"

In fact, the best way is to kick Francis Lawrence out directly, but in such a project, it is not easy, even very difficult, for an actor to kick the director out.

But if he can be among the producers, it will be enough to firmly overtake Francis Lawrence.

Of course, if he can find the right opportunity, his first choice is to kick Francis Lawrence out.

Matthew and Helen Herman exchanged their ideas, and Helen Herman agreed.

In another restaurant near Warner Studios, Aziva Gossman and Francis Lawrence are sitting at a table enjoying lunch.

"In my opinion, Will Smith is a better fit for this project than Matthew Horner. Francis Lawrence took the initiative to say, "Will Smith has always been very popular with white audiences, and among minority audiences, there is an innate advantage that Matthew Horner can't match." ”

Aziva Gossman did not speak, always thinking.

Francis Lawrence added, "In terms of acting, Will Smith is much better than Matthew Horner, this is a one-man show, I very much doubt Matthew Horner's acting skills, with his past handsome and cool acting style in films, can he afford such a film?"