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After leaving Great Britain for only a month, Matthew returned to London to prepare for the audition of "The Return of the Mummy". Helen Hermann accompanied him this time. From the first day of staying in the hotel, she kept going in and out of the Pinewood Studios where the crew was located to inquire about the latest situation of "The Return of the Mummy" and the audition.

Judging from the news Helen Hermann found out, the audition situation was not optimistic.

"The Return of the Mummy" is a sequel movie that continues the main cast of the previous work "The Mummy". Among the newly added characters, there are only a few important characters, and Scorpion King is one of them.

"Mummy" sold for more than 400 million US dollars worldwide. The sequel will inevitably attract much attention, and of course the main characters in it are not short of competitors.

According to Helen Hermann, the crew of "The Return of the Mummy" has nearly twenty auditions for the role of Scorpion King.

The number of auditions alone seems to be less competitive than when he auditioned for Ronald Spears, but in fact the opposite is true.

Because director Stephen Somos has his own candidate, if it weren't for his lack of power, the producer and Universal Studios required auditions for the role to be held, and I'm afraid the Scorpion King had already confirmed the actor.

Although his previous work was a big hit, like most Hollywood directors, Stephen Somos did not have absolute power in the crew, and even his name was not on the producer list.

In Helen Herman's words, it's similar to the first part. Stephen Somos, the director and screenwriter, is more like a filming commander. Not to mention the final editing rights, even when it comes to employing important roles, his opinions are important, but they have no right to decide.

Matthew has been in Hollywood for a year and has a good understanding of this most basic situation. The director does not reach the point of a few people such as Spielberg or James Cameron, and does not have much say in front of large studios.

After all, the producer-centric system is popular in Hollywood.

"The nearly twenty actors who participated in the audition were each very competitive."

In a drink shop at the Songlin Studios, Helen Hermann told Matthew the latest situation, "But at present, the candidate proposed by Stephen Somos is the one who has the highest chance of winning."

Matthew turned the coffee cup in his hand and asked, "Who is the person Stephen Somos proposed?"

"A professional wrestler." Helen Hermann said a name, "Dwayne Johnson."

After hearing this name, Matthew gradually remembered. Isn’t this the bald man who he can’t remember?

Helen Herman continued, "Stephen Somos strongly recommended producers Sean Daniel and Universal Studios to use Dwayne Johnson to play the Scorpion King."

Matthew frowned, "Even if the decision is in the hands of the producer, Sean Daniel will give priority to the director's opinion, right?"

"He will definitely consider the director's opinion." Helen Hermann looked at the watch, "but the news I got was that Sean Daniel didn't like Stephen Somos' recommendation, otherwise there wouldn't be an audition."

After spending a long time with Helen Hermann, Matthew gradually got used to the way she spoke and could understand the subtext. If he couldn't find a better candidate than Dwayne Johnson, Sean Daniel would definitely use Stephen Somos's advice.

"Dwayne Johnson is very famous, right?" Matthew asked tentatively.

"More famous than you," Helen Herman thought for a while, and said, "Jack had served as a personal assistant to Sean Daniel before. I heard him talk about Sean Daniel. It is said that Sean Daniel is a very conservative southern white man."

Matthew knew that the Jack in Helen Hermann's mouth was the bearded man on the crew of "Gladiator".

"You don't have to think about these things," Helen Herman reminded. "What you have to do today is pass the first audition!"

"By the way, skin color..." Matthew thought of another thing from Helen Herman's words, "Does the crew have any requirements for skin color?"

Helen Herman shook his head, "Don't worry about this. What kind of skin color is the ancient Egyptian? Not to mention Hollywood, there is no conclusion in the academic community. Arnold Voslu, who played Imoton, was born in South Africa, was a white man. In Hollywood, black actors were black, white actors were white, and Asian actors were yellow."

She smiled at a rare occasion, "This is not a historical biopic, it's just a commercial entertainment movie."

Matthew nodded, stopped talking, turned to look outside the beverage shop through the huge glass curtain wall, and considered the afternoon audition.

It has been three days since I arrived in London. If I can't pass the audition, I can only go home.

The beverage store is built at a fork in the Songlin Studio and is located very well. Due to the London authorities' series of tax refund preferential policies for film crews, not only British TV movies, but also many Hollywood crews choose to shoot in the UK.

Songlin Studio is the oldest and most complete studio in London, and is also the preferred venue for many crews filming in London.

There are people coming and going in the studio, and it is normal for five or six or even more crews to start construction at the Songlin Studio at the same time.

It was almost noon, and the traffic flow near the fork in the road junction surged. Now it is the hot season, and many people will come to the beverage store to buy cold drinks.

Three children came from a distance and gradually approached the beverage shop. Matthew looked over curiously. It was rare for children in the studio to see that there were a young man behind the three children, looking at which crew they were dressed like.

Soon, a woman, two men and three children entered the beverage shop and each ordered cold drinks and walked towards it.

Matthew also saw clearly that the girl had brown hair that is very common in the British, with freckles on her face. One of the two boys had black hair and the other was relatively rare red hair. They were both around ten years old.

The girl walked past her, looked at Helen Hermann with her back facing the door, and suddenly stopped.

"Hello, Helen." She took the initiative to greet Helen Herman.

Helen Hermann also saw her, stood up immediately, and smiled and said, "Hello, Emma." Then, she waved to the two boys, "Hello, Daniel. Hello, Rupert."

The two children seemed not familiar with Helen Hermann, but just smiled, pointed to an empty table, and said, "Emma, ​​let's go there and wait for you."

Girls are generally precocious, Emma nodded and said to Helen Herman, "Do you know you're here?"

Helen Herman said with a smile, "I didn't inform her, I might be back in a few days."

Matthew had already recognized who the girl was, and then interrupted, "Will you introduce it, Helen?"

"Are you Helen's boyfriend?"

Unexpectedly, the girl took the initiative to speak, "Hello, I'm Emma Watson."

"I'm Matthew Horner." Matthew explained, "Helen's client."

"Oh..." Emma Watson smiled embarrassedly, "Sorry, I misunderstood."

Matthew smiled and shook his head, "It's okay."

Emma Watson seemed to be familiar with Helen Herman, and chatted with her for a while, then went to find his own companion.

"Is this an actor?" Matthew asked intentionally.

"The heroine of Warner," Helen Herman said directly, "The last time I came to London, I went to this crew."

Matthew immediately understood, "You want to poach people."

Helen Hermann did not answer, but did not deny it.

The two sat down for a while, Helen Herman called and called Matthew to go to the studio rented by the crew of "The Return of the Mummy". After waiting for about forty minutes, someone came over to ask Matthew to go to the styling room.

No makeup artist came to put on makeup. A female dressmaker provided him with a boxer shorts with a close-fitting design. After Matthew changed his clothes in the dressing room, he gave him a black burqa similar to the one he wore when the boxer appeared.

Matthew put on a black burqa to cover his muscular body, and after leaving the door, he followed an assistant to the audition room.

He will not have bad associations because of his costume. This is a very formal audition. Not only will the casting director and producer of the crew participate, but the representatives of the actors' union will also supervise the audition throughout the whole process as usual.

This is not Hollywood in the 1950s and 1960s. Even if someone really wants to do anything, he will not be stupid enough to choose the audition room of the crew.

Entering the audition room, Matthew stood directly opposite the camera as required, and his eyes quickly swept across from the opposite side. He had seen the photos collected by Helen Hermann before, and immediately recognized Stephen Somos and Sean Daniel sitting next to the monitor.

These two people directly determine the fate of the audition actor, especially the latter.

Hollywood is a very serious pattern, and even the crew audition is no exception. Since it is not an audition with makeup, Matthew quickly finished introducing himself according to the requirements of the casting director.

"The resume is OK." Behind the monitor, Stephen Somos looked at Matthew's actor profile and whispered to Sean Daniel, "It's just that I'm a little thin."

Sean Daniel ignored him and said to Matthew, "Take off the burqa."

Matthew took off his black burqa and handed it to the staff next to him. He only had a pair of boxer shorts left on his body. He had a majestic figure and smooth muscle lines, just like David under Michelangelo's carving knife.

Then, under the command of the casting director, Matthew showed his strong body and toned muscles from different angles.

Stephen Somos didn't speak anymore, and anyone could tell that the actor was quite strong.

Sean Daniel nodded. Although the actor did not have a nearly perverted body like Dwayne Johnson, his body shape and muscles fully meet the requirements of the crew.

More importantly, this person has far more experience than Dwayne Johnson, and is not a...

He shook his head, did not continue to think about it, nor did he ask Stephen Somos for his advice, and picked up a pen and wrote a line of words on the information in front of him.

"Examination with makeup!"

After writing, he nodded to the casting director, and the casting director said a few formulaic words, and the actor left the audition room.

Sean Daniel glanced at Stephen Somos and said to the casting director, "Let the next one come in!"

Matthew and Helen Herman left the Pinewood Studios and just returned to the hotel where they checked in, they received a notice from the crew.

"Congratulations, Matthew." Helen Hermann put away the phone, "You're passing."

Matthew breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Celebrate with a drink tonight?"
Chapter completed!