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Hollywood cheats and is cheated on every day, like how many A-list stars have never stolen, broken up and divorced, but what these people did was far worse than the shocking scandal of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie back then.

At one time, Matthew thought that this was the natural sensation caused by the fame of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, plus another big star, Jennifer Aniston, but now after mixing in Hollywood, thinking back to the gossip news of the year, it is not easy to look at it.

Judging from his current thinking mode and perception of Hollywood publicity and marketing, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston definitely made "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" burn.

Matthew thinks of himself as a person, and when he thinks of this, he feels that this is a textbook movie promotion and marketing.

His energy then returned to the script itself, and he began to read it a second time, and because of the relationship between reading it once, Matthew mainly looked at the main plot scenes this time.

After reading it for the second time, he has a more specific concept of this script, which is a typical Hollywood commercial entertainment film script, it can be said that it is the same as most Hollywood commercial film scripts, the framework of the story is very thin, light on the plot and heavy on entertainment effects, heavy on creating explosive points and light on logic, like a palace supported by a needle, for example, the husband and wife have lived together for two years, but they have not found each other's real occupations, and this alone is difficult to be convincing.

However, when Matthew saw the description of the interview at the beginning again, combined with some memories, he felt that there seemed to be another angle to study the script.

Although the hero and heroine love each other and are married, they do not fully understand and trust each other, which may not be uncommon.

In this world, everyone hides their own little secrets and carefully protects their own space, just like the two people in the film each have a secret arsenal, until one day, an accidental thing makes this disguise begin to peel off, and in the face of each other's new image, both sides will be uncomfortable, so friction is inevitable, quarrels and contradictions will follow - war will break out.

Subsequently, the hero and heroine smashed the house to pieces like other family couples, but they used guns.

Although he has not experienced marriage, Matthew has watched the marriage of many celebrity couples in Hollywood in recent years, how similar they are to the heroes and heroines described in the script, love came and the head was hot and chose marriage, but in fact, they didn't know each other at all, and there were many secrets hidden in the depths of the two sides.

When these secrets are revealed, those celebrity couples will use another situation, like the hero and heroine in the script, to fight.

Matthew closed the script and placed it on Helen Herman's desk, who looked at him and asked, "What's in mind?"

"The standard Hollywood-style commercial entertainment script. Matthew was pretty sure of that.

"That's an accurate assessment. Helen Herman made a rare joke and added, "This kind of script is the one with the highest insurance factor." ”

Matthew, of course, understood this, nodded slightly, and didn't say much.

Helen Herman reverts to her usual conscientious attitude, saying, "I spoke to screenwriter Simon Kinberg in detail to get a general idea of the style and philosophy of the project. The concept of his screenplay originally came from Hong Kong films, borrowing many of the sleek, dynamic and romantic elements of Hong Kong gunfight action films, and the finished film is roughly a combination of action, thrill, romance and humor. ”

Listening to Helen Herman's words, Matthew tried to recall his impressions about this film, which was originally left with a relatively deep memory because of the relationship between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

After reminiscing, he realized that the style of the film was, as Helen Herman said, a combination of action, thrills, romance and humor.

"That's the general situation now. ”

Speaking of which, Helen Herman seemed to remember one more thing and changed her words, "The overall situation of this project is relatively reliable, in addition to us, there are also some people who have been informed, and Brad Pitt's agent has also indicated to Aziva Gossman that Brad Pitt is interested in this project." ”

Matthew scratched his head a little, "Brad Pitt, I'm feeling a lot of pressure. ”

Helen Herman clearly doesn't see it that way, "You're not as good as Brad Pitt, but you have an advantage, and for the last three years, you've ...... Well, the three films you starred in were box office hits, achieving a very high investment-to-return ratio, and you are positioned as an action star, and you have also proven yourself continuously in action movies. Also, your salary is much lower than that of Brad Pitt, but in the category of action movie lovers, Brad Pitt's appeal is not necessarily higher than yours. ”

Matthew understands what Helen Herman means, if you simply talk about coffee position, acting skills and popularity, he has an obvious gap with Brad Pitt, but the film market is not so divided, his advantage is that he is very compatible with the action genre of this project, Brad Pitt has basically never acted in pure action movies in the past, and the only "Troy" he starred in has not yet been released.

Helen Herman seemed to guess what Matthew was thinking, saying, "'Troy' was released in May, and if it did as Warner Bros. expected, it did at the box office like 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy, we're in real trouble." ”

"What if it doesn't live up to expectations?" asked Matthew.

"Brad Pitt won't have any advantage in front of you. Helen Herman is very affirmative, "even at a disadvantage. ”

She reminded Matthew, "Brad Pitt is far inferior to you in terms of box office investment in the movies he has starred in in the past three years, and don't forget that production companies pay more attention to this aspect when selecting actors for commercial films than coffee positions." ”

"I just felt a little bit stressed. Matthew shrugged, "It's not like you're trying to back down." ”

As he climbs up step by step, when competing for roles, the chances of meeting former A-list stars and superstars will definitely get bigger and bigger, and if he encounters a once famous character, he will take the initiative to retract, and he doesn't have to mix in Hollywood, just stick to the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series and wait for death.

Helen Herman added, "Brad Pitt is just one of the competitors, the audition is in late May, and I'm not sure how many people Aziwa Gossman and Doug Liman will send out audition invitations." ”

Matthew nodded and stood up with the script, "If there's nothing else, I'll go first." ”

Helen Herman was not polite to him either, and waved her hand directly.

Matthew turned around and was about to go out, then turned around and asked, "The property that the crew of "National Treasure" borrowed for filming today seems to be hanging up for sale at a real estate brokerage company, can you help me ask." ”

Helen Herman nodded slightly, "I see." ”

Subsequently, Matthew took the script and left the angel agency directly, and in the next few days, he basically studied the script and characters, from the analysis of the script and the movies he had seen, the importance of the two protagonists of this film completely overwhelmed the storyline, and it can even be said that this is a commercial film driven by the charm of stars and characters.

It's no wonder that Aziva Gosman and Doug Liman only use famous stars, and don't consider newcomers at all, and newcomers don't say anything else, and their appeal alone is insufficient.

In addition to studying the script and figuring out the role, Matthew deliberately found a firearms club where he usually practiced, hired a more professional firearms coach with a high salary, and appropriately increased the frequency and time of his own gun practice, especially increased the training program of mobile shooting, since he is determined to compete for this actor, whether he succeeds or fails, he will be 200% ready.

In addition, Matthew also went to the video chain rental store to find a large number of killer-related movies to watch, especially the genre with Hong Kong-style wasteism, such as "Changing Face", and some Hong Kong movies also entered his viewing schedule, such as "Bloody Heroes" in which Xiao Ma played the killer and so on.

This killer actor is a little different from the action roles he has played before, less realistic, and more romantic and comedy.

In a way, it's also a challenge for him.

Matthew is not afraid of challenges, action movies are a super genre in Hollywood, and they are also mainstream commercial films, and he can't limit himself to a small range in one big category.

Matthew spent most of the time leading up to the start of the summer season in retreat preparing for auditions, but he received a phone call from Orlando Bloom, who reminded him not to forget to attend the premiere of "Van Helsing" in early May.

Next, Matthew received an official invitation from Universal Pictures and Stephen Sommers, who had just worked with Universal Pictures on "Dawn of the Living Dead", and had an old relationship with Stephen Sommers, even if Orlando Bloom didn't call, he would definitely attend the North American premiere of "Van Helsing".

Two full years have passed since the initial project was established, and although Hollywood has continued to invest heavily in big productions, the huge production cost of $160 million announced by "Van Helsing" is still the top production in Hollywood today.

Universal Pictures also seems to be full of confidence in the film, and invested heavily in a large-scale premiere with many A-list stars to participate.

In the list exposed by the media, like Matthew's fame and coffee position, can only be regarded as average.

On the day of the premiere of "Van Helsing", the attention of the entertainment media in the United States turned to the Hollywood Chinese Theater on the Walk of Fame, and the first film that opens every summer is also highly anticipated by fans.