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Sitting behind the monitor, Tom Hanks has basically not spoken since the audition, but the pen in his hand will occasionally write a few sentences on the actor's profile, and it is this short comment that will determine the success or failure of each actor in this audition.

He lowered his head and drew a red "X" on the profile of an actor in the previous audition, and did not write anything, this kind of person doesn't even need to watch back the audition video, and can be eliminated directly.

The actor made a really bad impression on Tom Hanks, he was tall and strong, very suitable for playing a tough guy role, but he walked crookedly, stood loose in front of the camera lens, and even in a military uniform, he looked like a gangster thug and gangster, not a hard-blooded soldier on the battlefield.

There is no need for such a person to think about it at all.

Tom Hanks put down his pen, looked up, just in time to see another actor coming over, and couldn't help but nod slightly, this one is much better than the one just now!

The other party is getting closer and closer, and compared with the previous one, it is simply the gap between heaven and earth.

This person has a tall posture, a straight waist, and every step is particularly steady, although the face looks quite young, but the expression is resolute, and the eyes are bright, which makes people feel that they are the kind of person who can be trusted and relied on at a glance.

Tom Hanks couldn't help but flip through the actor's profile and glanced down, and the name marked on it was Matthew Horner.

He picked up a pen and drew a circle on Matthew Horner's name, this person's appearance and temperament are very suitable for playing a tough guy soldier, and in terms of external conditions alone, among the five actors who have entered the audition room, he is the most suitable for the role of Ronald Spears.

If anything, he looks a little younger, but with a makeup artist, it's not a big problem.

Of course, Tom Hanks would not be so arbitrary, so he only drew a circle, depending on how well he auditioned, and if he did not perform well, the pen of decision was in his hand, and he could change the circle to a red cross at any time.

"Matthew Horner......" Tom Hanks said without warning, "introduce yourself." ”

In the audition room, the rest of the crew looked at Tom Hanks in surprise, no one seemed to think that he would take the initiative to speak, today's audition has been carried out so far, this is the first time Tom Hanks has spoken to an actor!

The other four actors are basically casting directors asking questions.

The actor in front of the camera introduced himself, and everyone else in the crew looked over, only to see this person dressed as a standard World War II American paratrooper outfit, standing there like a javelin, with a tough and resolute face, and a sonorous and powerful speech, which made people vaguely feel a temperament that belongs exclusively to men and soldiers.

These people instantly understood that it must be the temperament and external conditions of this little actor named Matthew Horner that impressed the demanding Tom Hanks.

They are all participants in the project, knowing that Tom Hanks, who initiated and directed "Band of Brothers," is under tremendous pressure, with companies such as HBO, DreamWorks and the BBC throwing up to $100 million in production costs at the miniseries, and if they mess up, even if he is Tom Hanks, the consequences are quite serious.

So, from the script to the props to the costumes to the actors, even if it is an inconspicuous small detail, Tom Hanks is very demanding.

Especially in terms of actors, it is said that he and Steven Spielberg have rejected many relationships that are not suitable for playing military at all.

No one dares to joke about a $100 million project.

Matthew stood there and gave a rough overview of his CV as Tom Hanks had requested.

No one in the crew was dissatisfied with his resume, after all, he had played the role used for previous publicity and promotion in Ridley Scott's "Gladiator", and played the leading role in Britney Spears's MV, which basically met the crew's requirements for actors to have certain qualifications and not too high popularity.

After listening to the actor introduce himself, the casting director looked at Tom Hanks, saw that Tom Hanks didn't mean to speak, and according to the previous audition process, he said, "Walk around the audition room." ”

Matthew immediately stepped out of his long legs and walked around the audition room.

Subsequently, at the request of the casting director, he made several other movements, all of which were mainly aimed at showing his posture and appearance.

"Give him a copy of the script. The casting director said to an assistant, "You go play with him." ”

An assistant director walked up to Matthew and gave him the script, which was only one page long, and the page was never full, and there was no strict framework for the performance of the role of Ronald Spears.

The scene design of the script is simple, two E Company recruits are digging foxholes, and Ronald Spears, the new company commander of E Company, passes by near them and hears the soldiers talking about him.

The audition began quickly, with the assistant director playing two roles by himself, and of course he was only reading the lines for the two roles.

"Have you heard?" the assistant director dutifully said, "The new company commander, Captain Spears, killed German prisoners of war after he landed on D-Day!"

Then, he changed his tone, "I heard that Captain Spears first gave smoke to German prisoners of war, and then ......"

According to the script, it was time for Matthew to play, but the script only stipulated that he would interject at this time, but did not write what he was going to do and how he should say it.

Ronald Spears faced with this situation, what exactly he did and said was entirely played by the auditioning actors.

This was something that Matthew did not expect, and even Helen Herman did not expect.

Therefore, unlike the appearance conditions such as posture and appearance, which are fully prepared, the performance audition can only rely on his on-site performance.

Fortunately, Helen Herman collected a lot of information for this audition, including not only the original book of "Band of Brothers", but also David Kenyon Webster's diary memoirs, and Matthew was diligent and hard enough to study these carefully and make a lot of analytical notes, especially the character of Ronald Spears, who used a lot of time to gradually sketch an outline.

There is no such scene in the original novel, and Matthew guesses that it should be part of the script, but no one from the audition actor gets the script, and he can only imagine what a hardcore military man would say and do from the character of Ronald Spears.

After all, under normal circumstances, what a person says and does is inseparable from his character.

Matthew could only think of one line, one that fits perfectly with the character of Ronald Spears, a hard-core military man.

He walked up to the assistant director, holding a Chicago typewriter in one hand and pocketing the other, without any expression on his face, and asked coldly, "Do you want to smoke?"

"I ......" the assistant director was stunned by him, and then reacted, "No...... No need. ”

Matthew turned around and walked away with a blank face.

"Stop!"

The casting director shouted to stop the performance, looked at Tom Hanks, Tom Hanks didn't say anything, pressed the playback button on the monitor, watched the performance just now, and couldn't help but nod his head slightly when he heard the line spoken by the actor.

Although this response does not quite match the setting of the script, it has the same effect, and this young actor seems to have put a lot of effort into fully grasping the essence of the character of Ronald Spears.

"He didn't read the original books, did he?" Tom Hanks, who worked his way up and likes hard-working actors, "that's good." ”

Picking up the pen, he drew a circle on Matthew Horner's profile, and the performance lasted half a minute, which he thought was enough, the acting skills of the young actor were enough for the role, and the rest of the consideration was whether he could make the role brilliant.

"Matthew Horner. Tom Hanks spoke again, "I have a few questions for you to answer. ”

Everyone, including the casting director and assistant director, looked at Tom Hanks, who was clearly impressed by the little actor, at least in some way.

In the previous four auditions, Tom Hanks didn't talk about asking questions, and he didn't even say much.

The casting director flipped through Matthew's profile and drew a triangle directly on it that represented his focus.

Matthew nodded, still standing there like a javelin.

Tom Hanks put down his pen and asked, "Why don't you respond positively?"

Matthew knew what he was asking and said, "This kind of nonsense does not need to be explained, and I think neither denying nor admitting it is the best answer." As I got in the script, Ronald Spears had just taken over as the commander of Company E, and Company E had been replenished with a large number of recruits, and it was likely that some people would not be convinced of him, the commander of the company, and the fact that he had shot German prisoners of war was not a bad thing for the rapid control of Company E and the deterrence of recruits. ”

He was able to say these words thanks to Matthew's month-long preparation, and he would not have been able to say it now without Helen Herman's materials, without long hours of repeated study, and without insisting on taking notes and doing written analysis even with limited writing ability.

Tom Hanks picked up the pen and drew another circle on top of Matthew's profile.

The rest of the crew also nodded secretly when they heard Matthew's words, and among the five people who entered the audition room one after another, he was indeed the best one.

But none of these people spoke, they knew very well that they were just chaperones, and the real examiner was now only Tom Hanks.

"The script we gave you says Ronald Spears may have killed prisoners of war. Tom Hanks then asked, "What do you think about it if he did kill prisoners of war?"