Chapter 14 Some Talents
After sending the person early in the morning, Matthew hurried to Universal Studios and met his agent Dennis Kurt. He didn't mention anything about yesterday's events, and it was useless to mention them now. Accompanied by the agent, he signed a further agreement with the crew, then put on makeup and put on a white coat, entered the studio and waited for the filming to begin.
Perhaps because the character is related to lines, the assistant director also gave him a character script, but only one page, with a few lines of words written on it.
The role of this character is very simple, walking towards the heroine of Winona Ryder in the corridor and entering the room of supporting actress Angelina Jolie.
After getting this role, Matthew's role is more serious than that of an extra, but he is not as good as an ordinary character actor.
Matthew was still wearing yesterday's white coat, standing outside the shooting venue to read the script. Dennis Kurt stretched out his head from behind and his eyes were aiming at the script.
"Not only are there positive close-ups, but there are two lines!" Dennis Kurt opened his mouth in surprise and muttered in a low voice, "All such characters must be auditions for regular auditions, or do they have any connections within the crew..."
Matthew shrugged and said nothing.
Dennis Kurt looked at him in surprise. Yesterday, Winona Ryder squeezed him out, but at the end of the 180-degree turn at night. What is the origin of this man named Matthew Horner?
Has anything to do with Angelina Jolie? He shook his head. Angelina Jolie is just a supporting actress and cannot compete with Winona Ryder!
Suddenly, he thought of a possibility. Could it be that Matthew had a relationship with another producer, Georgia Kekendis?
The more Dennis Kurt thinks, the more likely it is. Otherwise, it is impossible to explain all this. It is impossible for the senior executives of Sony Columbia Pictures to directly intervene, right?
Unable to bear the curiosity in his heart, he leaned into Matthew's ear and asked in a low voice, "Do you know Georgia Kekendis?"
Matthew turned his head and smiled at Dennis Kurt, but he didn't say anything, neither admitting nor denying it.
Dennis Kurt immediately decided that he was accusation and quickly calculated in his mind how to make a profit? One thing he knew was that he must satisfy Matthew Horner and not be as clumsy as he did yesterday.
"That...Matthew." He thought he should explain, "Yesterday, I was really in urgent need..."
"I know." Matthew played the script and said, "I'm memorizing the lines."
Dennis Kurt immediately raised his hand and said, "Okay, OK, I won't disturb you."
Matthew didn't speak, and looked at the character script seriously and remembered every part. The script was very simple, and it was not a problem to understand it at all. There were only a few lines, which was not complicated.
After waiting for a while, Angelina Jolie came to the set. Matthew smiled at her. Angelina Jolie nodded slightly. Just like yesterday, the heroine and producer Winona Ryder was the last to be present.
Director James Mangod finished the preparations for the filming and called the actors together to talk about the opera, and Matthew was also called over.
"Let's go." James Mangod asked several actors to follow him into the arranged corridor and to the door of the first room, and said, "In this scene, the heroine and the supporting actress are not acquainted. Winona, your character is very curious about the supporting actress and sees the male caregiver walking towards the supporting actress' room."
He pointed to Matthew, "Look back along his back until he entered Lisa's room."
Winona Ryder nodded slightly. This kind of scene was too simple for her.
James Mangod signaled the door, "The two characters passed by in this position."
He looked at Matthew, "You keep walking along the corridor, don't be too fast or too slow, just walk normally, and then enter the room, do you understand?"
Matthew said quickly, "I understand."
James Mangod signaled to the assistant and said, "So, let's go first."
Then, an assistant director came over to arrange their positions. Matthew knew that he could not do anything randomly and did it completely according to the crew's requirements.
Angelina Jolie entered the room, Winona Ryder stood at the door of the previous room, Matthew took the medicine box handed over by props, and waited in the hall taken yesterday.
Two cameramen were ready to take their seats, and someone stood on his side with a blindfold.
Although it is a positioning, it looks no different from a formal shooting.
Seeing this, Matthew was a little nervous, his legs trembled slightly. Although he wanted to be a Hollywood star and rolled in the crowd of beauties in the pile of money, this was his first performance against the camera.
Nervousness is a normal mood.
"Just relax." The crew was still making final preparations. The person next to Matthew holding the blindfold suddenly whispered, "Your play is simple, relax and be more natural."
Matthew turned his head, smiled at him, and nodded again.
At the same time, I sighed in my heart that it is easy to add icing on the cake and it is difficult to provide timely help. Everyone hid from him yesterday, but today someone took the initiative to remind him...
"start!"
James Mangod's voice sounded, Matthew quickly threw away his random thoughts, raised his foot and walked forward, but just as he took the first step, James Mangod's voice sounded again, "Stop!"
He looked at Matthew, "You're slow!"
Matthew smiled embarrassedly. As soon as he was about to say something, James Mangod said loudly, "Go back to position and start over!"
No one talked too much, whether it was the actor or the staff behind the crew, they quickly returned to their respective positions. Matthew stopped thinking about it this time and focused on waiting for the director's orders.
"start!"
With the order of James Mangod, the crew immediately started to operate.
Matthew walked towards the corridor in front, and Winona Ryder came towards him. When the two were about to meet, Winona Ryder turned to look at Matthew, and the camera was photographed as if her eyes were hers.
The camera moved, and Matthew noticed immediately.
"Stop!" James Mangod shouted "Stop," you look at the camera lens!"
Matthew knew that the director was talking about him, so he quickly said with apology, "I subconsciously..."
"Next time!" James Mangod seemed to have a good temper. "Every department is back, do it again!"
Although he was just a filming director on the set, he knew very well about the crew's dynamics. Winona Ryder actually bowed to Angelina Jolie. It is said that this young actor and Julie entered Winona Ryder's office last night. No one knew what happened in the middle, but the result was obvious.
James Mangod doesn't want to mix up with these bad things, so a little performance will be done casually.
When Matthew returned to the starting point, Dennis Kurt was standing nearby. When he saw him coming back, he said, "Don't be nervous! Don't perform! You usually walk and talk, do whatever you want now! Don't think that this is a performance!"
Take a deep breath twice, and the circus nodded slightly. The agent has a problem with his character, so what he says now is more credible.
The other behind-the-scenes jobs of the crew were not as fast as the actors. Matthew stood here, slowly adjusting his breathing, putting down those messy thoughts, and he didn't think about anything. His brain gradually became blank. After a few seconds, the slight shaking on his legs stopped, and his nervous mood was also relaxing.
After James Mangod called for the start again, all Matthew's nervousness disappeared and he walked forward. In his eyes, there was no camera, no director or agent, and even the oncoming Winona Ryder, just walking forward on his own.
He passed by Winona Ryder and walked straight to the room where Angelina Jolie was. Winona Ryder turned to look at Matthew, and the camera turned to follow Matthew's tall back.
Matthew turned into Angelina Jolie's room, and in his usual tone of speaking, "Lisa, you have to take medicine on time! Otherwise I will report it to Dr. Potts."
These are his two lines.
"stop!"
Hearing this voice, Matthew shook his head, and then heard James Mangod announce, "This one is over!"
Matthew was puzzled, "It's past? Isn't this a move?"
"It's normal." Angelina Jolie opposite seemed to hear his words, "When you move, you will take the right shot, and the director will also use it."
She stood up, "In Hollywood, time is money."
Matthew smiled and said politely, "Thank you."
Although Angelina Jolie always draws a line with him and sometimes looks arrogant, she is quite friendly to him in this crew.
Matthew guessed that maybe he did help Angelina Jolie some time before and after these two times.
Angelina Jolie walked out of the semi-enclosed room and was about to shoot the next scene, but Matthew's work on the crew was announced to be completed.
However, he signed a daily salary contract, and even if he worked less than half a morning, he would still be able to get a salary of 200 US dollars.
"It would be great if there were 200 dollars a day." Matthew sighed quite emotionally, "I earn more than 5,000 dollars a month, and I am also very comfortable."
Unfortunately, this kind of job opportunity is not available every day, and for temporary actors who have just entered the industry, they may not be encountered once every few months.
“Excellent performance!”
On the outside of the set, Dennis Kurt followed Matthew with a fat face and couldn't see his facial features. "Not many actors who have just debuted can handle such a scene within three steps!"
"Really?" Matthew asked, then laughed. The fat man was obviously trying to please him.
Dennis Kurt said seriously, "Judging from my experience, you have some talent in this regard! I dare not say how good the talent is, it is okay to be too medium."
Matthew didn't take this seriously at all, and Dennis Kurt asked him, "Are you leaving?"
"I'll watch it here." Matthew didn't think about leaving immediately. He didn't know when the next time he entered the studio.
Dennis Kurt hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm leaving, and I'll deal with your pay."
Matthew nodded, "You go first."
The crew is preparing for the next filming, and Matthew stands on the outside of the set, his eyes basically circling on Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie. These famous stars are all goals for learning.
Chapter completed!