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"Michael, we're old friends now. ”

In the reception room of Horner Manor, Matthew looked at Michael Bay, who had come to visit him, and said, "Let's talk about it." ”

Michael Bay was not polite either, saying, "Matthew, we've worked together on Mercedes-Benz commercials before, and I've always wanted to work with you on a movie. ”

Matthew smiled and instead of answering Michael Bay's words, he asked, "Do you have a new project to prepare?"

He has a good impression of many of Michael Bay's films, even "Escape from Clone Island", which hit the street as the last straw to overwhelm DreamWorks, is very exciting to watch.

When it comes to editing sabotage, explosions, crashes, and action sequences, the quintessential commercial director does have his own unique features.

Helen Herman has told him before that Michael Bay's action editing style has led a technical revolution in Hollywood's action film editing, and many of his short-shot action scene cuts are textbook classics.

This person's shortcomings are also obvious, and they have become more and more prominent in the past two years, that is, they don't know moderation.

Michael Bay is a man who was born for explosions, always cramming as many action shots into the film as possible, and some of the bombers are dizzy.

Of course, if this were not the case, Michael Bay would not have been the person who was supposedly born when the comet hit the Earth.

"Have you ever heard of Transformers?" replied Michael Bay.

"Hasbro toys?" Matthew, of course, knew about Transformers.

Did Michael Bay want him to star in Transformers? He'd heard about the DreamWorks project before, and he had already started filming.

Michael Bay didn't go around in circles, and said directly, "DreamWorks is working on this film, I'm the director, Steven is the producer, and now the filming has ended, and the post-production has reached the final stage......"

He glanced at Matthew and said, "The protagonist of this film is a Transformer, a robot, and we use a full CG production, which requires voice actors. ”

Hearing Michael Bay say this, Matthew understood, "Are you going to ask me to voice Optimus Prime?"

Although Brother Zhu Zi is the first machine traitor in the universe, he still likes Brother Zhu very much, and he can dub Brother Zhuzi, as long as the salary is in place, it is not impossible to consider.

"Not Optimus Prime. Michael Bay smiled and said, "Optimus Prime's voice actor is Peter Cullen, the voice actor of the animated version. ”

Frankly speaking, the entire cast of the crew is too weak, which is very bad for publicity, and it is difficult to support a film with such a high production cost with Transformers toys and animation fans alone, and the crew needs a character with a strong topic, and they can't pay too much.

So, after consulting with Spielberg, he decided to make a fuss about voice actors.

Michael Bay added, "We wanted to invite you to voice Megatron. Matthew, your voice in The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta is wild, rough and domineering, with an aura that makes your subordinates unstoppable and willing to die, which fits well with Megatron's setting. ”

Matthew didn't speak immediately, Optimus Prime and Megatron almost represent most of the Transformers, in fact, once on his side, Megatron was more attractive than Optimus Prime, I still remember when I just saw the Transformers cartoon, everyone in the school competed to be Megatron, such a domineering big brother, more charming than Optimus Prime, who is invincible every time in the cartoon.

"Dubbing doesn't take much time, a week or so at most, and the crew can adjust the working hours according to your schedule. Michael Bay took a thin script from his briefcase, shoved it in front of Matthew, and said, "This is Megatron's character script, you can take a look at it first." ”

Matthew took the script, didn't open it, and said, "Michael, you ask the crew to contact my agent, Helen Herman." ”

Michael Bay nodded slightly, not expecting Matthew to respond directly.

The crew specially allocated a sum of money to invite Matthew Horner to dub the voice, in fact, it was also to gain popularity, the box office appeal shown by this Hollywood A-list star is too strong, and he has been in a very bad situation since the fiasco of "Escape from Clone Island", if it were not for Spielberg's support, it would probably fall to the point where there is no film to film, "Transformers" cannot have an accident, and he can't afford the consequences.

If "Transformers" succeeds, he will be able to turn over, and if it fails, the future will be unimaginable.

Later, Michael Bay said a few more polite words to Matthew and left Horner Manor.

Sending Michael Bay away, Matthew called Helen Herman and told her the matter briefly, to get the work matters, or leave it to Helen Herman to discuss, he does not exclude dubbing the characters he once liked, but the premise is that the "Transformers" crew offers a salary that meets his requirements.

If the salary is not enough, there is no need to talk about it.

Of course, the remuneration of voice actors cannot be compared with direct acting, which he knows very well.

Not long after Michael Bay left, Matthew received another call from Clint Eastwood himself, and the old cowboy admired him for making Spike Lee so ugly, and Spike Lee's reputation was discredited, and he could no longer continue his flamboyant journey with racial issues.

With his performance on the talk show, even if he wants to make trouble in the future, no media will pay attention to him.

Clint Eastwood also revealed that after the talk show, there was a consensus within the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that they would not accept Spike Lee and The Insider's Oscar nominations.

Hearing Clint Eastwood's words, Matthew suddenly realized that he had been biting himself like a mad dog with Spike Lee before, just to take revenge, it turned out that there was a deeper purpose behind it, and if things continued, he would be very rewarding as a black director and the first person to stand up, right?

Sure enough, behind many behaviors in this circle, there are their own interests.

From Spike Lee, Matthew thought of Will Smith, and vaguely remembered that I saw an advertisement a while ago, and a film starring Will Smith was released this holiday file, which seems to be based on a real story of a black man, and Will Smith's wife Jada Smith jumped out, not just because of a male protagonist dispute.

If everything had gone according to Spike Lee's vision, a purely black film would have benefited a lot from it.

The famous Will Smith is really not an ordinary person.

After noon, Matthew left Horner Manor and went to a fitness club in Westwood to introduce Niebora to David Ellison.

Probably stimulated by the film "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta", David Ellison suddenly became interested in fitness, and asked Matthew several times where his muscles were trained, and then Matthew introduced him to Neborah's fitness club.

"I heard you've practiced hand-to-hand combat?"

David Ellison changed into a professional gear, got into the ring, looked at Matthew who was warming up opposite, and said, "Let's have a try, how about it?"

Matthew moved his wrist as he looked at David Ellison's thin frame and asked, "Have you practiced it too?"

David Ellison also took a good time to move his joints, saying, "I practiced hand-to-hand combat with my dad's bodyguards. ”

"That's good. Matthew hadn't practiced with someone in a long time, "Let's try." ”

He glanced at David Ellison and said to Neborah, who was leaning over to watch the bustle, "Full set of protective gear." ”

Neborah immediately took the helmet and chest guard, and when he handed it to Matthew, he whispered, "Keep it up, you're not of the same magnitude." ”

Matthew nodded slightly, "I know." ”

"David. He walked over and said to David Ellison, "Put these on." ”

"It's ......," David Ellison was stunned for a moment.

"Just in case. Matthew couldn't help but say something, so he put the chest guard on David Ellison's head, and David Ellison looked at Matthew's strong muscles hidden under the sweatshirt, and honestly put on the full set of protective gear.

After getting ready, the two parted, and with a simple fist bump, David Ellison's eyes were fixed on Matthew.

He had literally practiced with a bodyguard, and he kicked Matthew in the soft underbelly with a flying kick.

Matthew reached out and easily moved David Ellison's leg away, and at the same time raised his foot and kicked David Ellison's footing leg, just like Nieborah said, he only used three or four points of force, and even then, David Ellison couldn't stand and pounced directly.

"Stop!"

David Ellison immediately raised a hand and said very crisply, "I throw in the towel!"

Only this once, he saw that if he continued, he would only be abused.

Matthew walked over and reached out to pull David Ellison up, and David Ellison shook his previous leg and complained, "It hurts me." ”

"I used less than a quarter of my strength. Matthew spread his hands and said.

"Forget it, don't compare. David Ellison shook his head, "I'm no match for this monster of yours. ”

He took off his protective gear and threw it to Nebora outside the ring, turned his head to look at the rest area not far away, and said to Matthew, "Shall we go over there and talk?"

Seeing David Ellison's appearance and knowing that he might have something to say, Matthew nodded, "Okay." He beckoned to Nebora and said, "I'll go to the rest area with David." ”

Neborah had known Matthew for a long time, and immediately replied, "Go ahead, I'll have the rest area closed for the time being, so that no one will disturb you." ”

Matthew was the first to get out of the ring, David Ellison also got out of the ring, and the two went to the lounge area together, asked for two sports energy drinks, and even the waiter sent them away.

"Something?" asked Matthew.

"Hmm. David Ellison took a sip of his glass and said, "I met the director of Universal Pictures in the morning and talked to him about Fast and Furious. ”