"Hello, Miller, are you back to Los Angeles?"

I just arrived in Paris on a flight from Los Angeles to France. Before Matthew left the airport, he received a call from Johnny Lee Miller, "Video tape? What video tape? Ah, I remembered it. Sorry, Miller. It's a coincidence that I'm not in Los Angeles now. I just arrived in Paris and the airport hasn't been out."

He raised his cell phone so that the radio sounds in the airport can be heard, then he took back his cell phone and continued, "I heard it? That's right, I'm a very credible person! No, no... I'm not hiding from you, you should know that I participated in the filming of "Brothers"? I met Tom Hardy on the crew of "Brothers". The crew is now premiering in Normandy..."

Matthew still had the old way, and continued to drag it back and talk nonsense, "HBO sent me an invitation letter signed by Tom Hanks and Stephen Spielberg, I can't stop coming, right? Miller, understand more, I will contact you as soon as possible when I return to Los Angeles."

"What?" He pretended to have a bad signal, "Hey...hey...hey...hey...I can't hear you? Let's do this for now."

As he said that, Matthew hung up the phone.

Dragging his luggage out of Charles de Gaulle Airport, he found a car to rent it, and did not stop in Paris, so he directly asked the driver to rush to the Normandy area. Since the filming of "Black Hawk Down" had just ended, he handled financial and tax filing affairs in Los Angeles, and he could only come over the day before the premiere.

When Matthew arrived at Karentan, where Jewish Beach was located, it was already completely dark. He came to the hotel where the crew received and fell asleep. There was still a long activity in the following days.

The next morning, he saw James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender in the restaurant, and both of them were also invited.

Then, Matthew saw more acquaintances, Michael Culliz, Iron Bailey, Scott Griens, etc.

Not only did Matthew say hello to them, but they also hugged them one by one. At the beginning, they were all comrades who were unanimous to the outside world. Although they had conflicts with each other, they were all controlled within a very small range.

Although the years were short, these people were almost the same as Matthew and would probably remember them forever.

Without the joint confrontation with the devil instructor, Matthew would not have been so close to James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender.

After dinner, I went back to my room and changed into a black formal outfit. Everyone took the bus provided by the crew to the Normandy Cemetery. There was a commemorative event in the morning and the premiere in the afternoon.

Media reporters gathered in Normandy Cemetery, DreamWorks and HBO prepared a considerable array of events, not only invited veterans who participated in the Normandy Landing, but also invited the US military's guard of honor, and everything seemed serious.

When the actors got off the bus, they all received a bouquet of flowers from the flower basket near the car door, calmed down and started to joke. While getting off the bus solemnly, they walked towards the cemetery monument square while the lights of the media reporters turned off.

Matthew arrived at Karentan late and didn't have time to see the event process. Fortunately, he didn't have to act alone. He followed the team and did whatever others did, so that he would not make any mistakes.

In this kind of occasion and activity, the negative impact may be greater if you make mistakes.

The monument square in front of the Normandy Cemetery was full of people. On both sides of the steps leading to the monument were also standing by US military honor guards. On the left, there was a row of cannon salutes. Matthew speculated that the cannon might be fired in a while.

He followed the team and walked along the steps to the monument, with a solemn expression and a very heavy look. He placed the bouquet under the monument and slowly left.

When he left, he saw Tom Hanks and Stephen Spielberg on the side of the monument, who were interviewed by reporters.

Then, Matthew and the others returned to the square. They had received instructions in advance, and no one was talking nonsense, and the whole square seemed extremely quiet and solemn.

After standing in the square and waiting for a while, the commemoration began, an American general with stars stood in front of the monument and spoke a few brief words, then the sad Scottish bagpipe sounded, and then the salute...

Matthew didn't know what to do, just wandered around in the team. Anyway, this commemoration event was more like a promotional and marketing than a commemoration.

But after he participated in the whole process, he had to admire these Hollywood companies for having too many tricks in publicity and marketing, and had a great influence.

Such an event far exceeds the scope of entertainment news.

I returned to the hotel to rest at noon. Before leaving in the afternoon, Matthew changed into a dark gray formal outfit and carefully put away the black dress. Just like the last time I participated in the premiere of "Gladiator", this was also from rental. He originally planned to rent one, but he was strongly opposed by Helen Hermann. Although he was still a young actor, he could not wear the same dress when attending two different occasions.

In this regard, men should be as particular as women.

Matthew also understood why clothing rental companies are popular in Los Angeles. If you pay for a dress every time you attend an event, many little stars may go bankrupt.

The premiere of "Brothers" was placed in the Utah Beach Memorial Plaza. DreamWorks and HBO spent a lot of money to build a giant tent like a cinema on the square. A long red carpet was laid in front of the tent as usual. Hundreds of reporters gathered on both sides of the red carpet, and the formation was much larger than the premiere of "Gladiator".

However, media reporters' focus is on the main cast members such as Tom Hanks, Spielberg, Damian Lewis and other World War II veterans. Like actors who trained with Matthew, they walked unimpeded to the entrance of the tent.

There is a special interview area here. As more and more people gathered, reporters gradually attracted attention. When Damian Lewis came, all the actors in the crew stood at the door of the tent, holding hands and shoulder to shoulder. If the E Company was the same as that of that year, they left a large group photo.

Matthew couldn't find the opportunity to show his presence in front of the media, so he simply entered the tent early like everyone else. After waiting for a while, the event finally ended. "Brothers" began to be screened like a movie on the big screen.

HBO plays some edits from the first two episodes and the next eight episodes of the series. Matthew watched it very seriously, not only because of the scenes he played, but also this type of war TV series, which is very new to him.

Although I participated in the shooting of "Brothers", the shooting through naked eyes is completely different from watching the final film.

After watching the edits of the first two episodes and the last eight episodes, Matthew was somewhat surprised. It turned out that the TV series could still be filmed like this. In addition to the war scenes that were not inferior to movies, there were also almost impeccable from shooting to costumes to scenes, which allowed him to almost smell the smell of earth in the trench and the bloody smell on the ground through the screen.

Moreover, there are neither slogans nor preaching in the series. Just like when filming and in the script, they are recreating the joys, sorrows, sorrows, and joys of ordinary soldiers back then as much as possible.

After the premiere was finished, Tom Hanks stepped onto the stage and answered questions from media reporters. Because they were talking clichés, Matthew couldn't help but feel bored. Looking at the promotional poster of the series in front, he suddenly felt that "Brothers" was not all advantageous. This series is very realistic and serious, but by the standards of war TV series I have watched, it is not without flaws.

For example, there is no scene in the TV series where generals or White House's heads pointing out the country in front of the huge map. It is full of a group of soldiers running around and retreating when they encounter difficulties. They are completely unorganized and disciplined, have no strategic vision, and have no high-level perspective.

For example, no American soldier has the pure spirit of sacrifice to the European people. Whenever a new combat mission is issued, he is always silent and tired of war, and has no enthusiasm and enthusiasm to take the initiative to fight. Even in the face of war, most people will be afraid.

For example, soldiers actually have thoughts and have self-judgment standards. They think that the right things do not need to be confirmed by others, especially disgusted with the irrelevant rewards above. They shouldn't be the chief who shouted on the stage, and the soldiers were extremely excited?

For example, if the soldiers dare to appreciate the enemy, the drama actually gives the German army a lot of positive performances, describing the enemy's courage and tenacity. In this type of TV series, aren't the enemies all the enemies who are slutty, stupid, stupid, and timid in the mouse?

Besides, it’s too far from the times. I didn’t feel it when I was filming. Now that I have watched the premiere, I suddenly found that there are almost no emotional scenes between men and women. Think about the military TV series I have watched before, and there are not many love triangles, how can I be embarrassed to finish it?

Also, Americans are too delicate, Richard Winster is good in command, Ronald Spears is iron-blooded, but in general, there are no good soldiers. It is important to save their lives at critical moments. Some officers were scared to death. What kind of soldiers are they? Insert some American soldiers holding M1A1 blasting tubes in their hands and shouting the slogan "Kill Hitler", and accompanied by a red sun and green pines all over the mountains, will make the drama more touching and also give the audience a profound main theme education.

He looked at Tom Hanks, then at Stephen Spielberg below the stage. It was still the problem of these two producers. Their concepts were not good and they were really backward. They should learn well...

"What do you think?" asked Michael Fassbender next to him, "So tragic?"

Matthew shook his head, "I think a lot, entertain myself."
Chapter completed!