Chapter 100 3-Person Team

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After leaving Great Britain for only a month, Matthew returned to London to audition for The Mummy Returns. Helen Herman accompanied him this time. From the first day of staying at the hotel, she kept going in and out of the pine forest system where the crew was located. Studios for an update on The Mummy Returns and auditions.

Judging from what Helen Herman has heard, the audition situation is not optimistic.

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

"The Mummy" sold more than 400 million US dollars at the global box office, and the sequel is bound to attract attention, and the main characters in it are certainly not lacking in competitors.

According to Helen Herman, the cast of The Mummy Returns had nearly twenty auditions for the role of The Scorpion King.

Judging by the number of auditions alone, it might seem that the competition was not as fierce as when he auditioned for Ronald Spears, but it was the exact opposite.

Because director Stephen Sommers has his own candidates, if it is not for his lack of power, producers and Universal Pictures require that auditions must be held for the role, I am afraid that the Scorpion King has already determined the actor.

Although the previous work sold well, like most directors in Hollywood, Stephen Sommers has no absolute power in the crew, and his name is not even on the producer list.

In Helen Herman's words, it is similar to the first film. Stephen Sommers, the director and screenwriter, is more like a filming director, not to mention the final editing rights. Even in the employment of important roles, he Although important, their opinions do not have the right to decide.

Matthew has also been in Hollywood for a year, and he has some understanding of this most basic situation. The director can't reach the level of a few people such as Spielberg or James Cameron. Multiple voices.

Hollywood is, after all, a producer-centric system.

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

In a beverage shop at Pinewood Studios, Helen Herman told Matthew the latest situation, "But for now, the candidate with the highest chance of winning is Stephen Sommers' proposal."

Matthew turned the coffee mug in his hand and asked, "Who is Stephen Sommers suggesting?"

"A professional wrestler," Helen Herman said, "The Rock Johnson."

Hearing the name, Matthew gradually remembered, isn't this the bald head he can't remember his name?

Helen Herman continued, "Stephen Sommers strongly suggested to producer Sean Daniel and Universal that Dwayne Johnson be cast in 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'll definitely take the director's opinion into consideration." Helen Herman looked at his watch, "but what I've heard is that Sean Daniel didn't like Stephen Sommers' recommendation too much, otherwise he wouldn't have The audition is over."

Having been with Helen Herman for a long time, Matthew gradually got used to the way she speaks and can understand the subtext. If there is no better candidate than Dwayne Johnson, Sean Daniel will definitely use Stephen Sow. Moss' suggestion.

"Is Dwayne Johnson famous?" Matthew asked tentatively.

"More famous than you." Helen Herman thought for a while, then said, "Jack used to be a personal assistant to Sean Daniel, and I heard him talk about Sean Daniel. It is said that Sean Daniel is a very thoughtful person. Old-fashioned white southerners."

Matthew knew that Helen Herman's Jack was the bearded man on "Gladiator".

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

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

Helen Herman shook his head, "Don't worry about this, what skin color the ancient Egyptians were, let alone Hollywood, there is no conclusion in the academic world. Although Arnold Vosloo, who played Immorton, was born in South Africa, he was white. In Hollywood, black is black, white is white, and Asian is yellow."

She smiled rarely, "This is not a historical biopic, just a commercial entertainment film."

Matthew nodded and stopped talking. Through the huge glass curtain wall, he turned to look outside the beverage shop, thinking about the audition in the afternoon.

It has been three days since I came to London. If I fail the audition, I can only go home.

The beverage shop is built at a fork in the Pinewood Studios, and the location is very good. Due to a series of tax rebates by the London authorities for film crews, not only British TV movies, but even many Hollywood production crews will choose to shoot in the UK.

Pinewood Studios is the oldest and most well-equipped studio in the London area, and the location of choice for many of the London-based crews.

People come and go in the studio, and it can be said that five or six or more crews start work at the Pinewood Studio at the same time.

It was almost noon, and the flow of people near the crossroads surged. Now is the beginning of 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 store. Matthew looked over curiously. Children in the studio were rarely seen. There was a young man behind the three children. Assistant to the crew.

Soon, one woman, two men, and three children entered the drink shop, and each asked for a cold drink and walked towards them.

Matthew can also see clearly that the girl has brown hair, which is very common in the UK, with a little freckles on her face. One of the two boys has black hair and the other has red hair, which is relatively rare, and they are both about ten years old.

When one of the girls walked by, she looked at Helen Herman, who had her back to the door, and suddenly stopped.

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

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

The two children seemed unfamiliar with Helen Herman, just smiled, pointed to an empty table, and said, "Emma, ​​we'll wait for you there."

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

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

Matthew had already recognized who the girl was, and then chimed in, "Why don't you introduce me, Helen."

"Are you Helen's boyfriend?"

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

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

"Oh..." Emma Watson showed an embarrassed smile, "Sorry, I misunderstood."

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

Emma Watson, who seemed to know Helen Herman well, chatted with her for a while, then went to find her partner.

"Is this an actor?" Matthew asked deliberately.

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

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

Helen Herman didn't answer, but didn't deny it either.

The two sat for a while, and Helen Herman called and told Matthew to go to the studio rented by the crew of "The Mummy Returns." After waiting for about 40 minutes, someone came over and asked Matthew to go to the modeling room.

No makeup artist came over to make up. A female costumer provided him with a pair of boxer shorts with a close-fitting design. After Matthew changed it out in the dressing room, he gave him another one similar to the one the boxer wore when he appeared. Black burqa.

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

He will not have bad associations because of the costumes. This is a very formal audition. Not only the casting directors and producers of the cast will participate, but the representatives of the Actors Guild will also supervise the audition throughout the process as usual.

This is not the Hollywood of the 1950s and 1960s, and even if someone really wanted to do something, they wouldn't be stupid enough to choose it in the audition room of the crew.

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

These two directly decide the fate of the audition actors, especially the latter.

Hollywood is a very stereotyped place, and even the cast audition is no exception. Since it was not an audition with makeup on, Matthew quickly finished his self-introduction according to the requirements of the casting director.

"The resume is okay." Behind the monitor, Stephen Sommers looked at Matthew's casting information and whispered to Sean Daniel, "It's just that his body is a little thin."

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

Matthew took off his black burqa and handed it to the staff next to him. There was only a pair of boxer shorts all over his body. He was sturdy and his muscles were smooth, 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 Sommers didn't speak, anyone could see that the actor was quite strong.

Sean Daniel nodded. Although this actor does not have an almost 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 think further, did not seek Stephen Sommers' opinion, picked up the pen and wrote a line directly on the information in front of him.

"Audition with makeup!"

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

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

Matthew and Helen Herman left Pinewood Studios and just returned to the hotel where they were staying when they were notified by the crew.

"Congratulations, Matthew." Helen Herman put away the phone, "You passed."

Matthew breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Have a drink to celebrate tonight?"

Helen Herman shook her head, "It's not yet time." She waited for Matthew to leave, picked up her phone and dialed a number, "Jack, can you help me meet Sean Daniel?"