Chapter 131

The scorching sun was scorching hot, and Morocco was not cool at all in January, but the filming of the crew continued without interruption. The film will be released at the end of the year, and the filming is still behind schedule. Ridley-Scott re-arranged the shooting plan. The arrangement is particularly tense, and overtime has gradually become the norm.

Matthew finished putting on his makeup, carried his CAR-15 rifle on his back, and entered the set with his helmet on. After a short distance of tens of meters, he felt that his military uniform was soaked through.

Having just returned from the cool Los Angeles, it was inevitable that he was a little uncomfortable. He went back to North America a while ago, and spent the 2001 New Year with Britney in the City of Angels. Just one week later, he was called back to Morocco by the crew.

Before you know it, time has entered 2001, and it has been two years since he came here...

Thinking of this, Matthew walked into the filming studio and felt something stepped on his feet. He quickly concentrated, avoided the broken bricks in front of him, and came to the front of the falling Black Hawk helicopter.

Of course, the U.S. military will not really provide a helicopter to crash the crew. This is a carefully crafted prop.

Under the command of the assistant director, Matthew came to where he was standing, but within a few minutes, many actors who played American soldiers came to the area where the Black Hawk helicopter fell.

Shooting began immediately, gunshots rang out one after another, and explosions shot into the sky from time to time.

Throughout the afternoon, the crew was filming the shootout between the U.S. military and Somali militiamen. Unlike the pre-Christmas filming, Ridley Scott reduced the number of black extras, and the filming became smoother. Some of the scenes passed in one shot, and as the evening approached, the scene of this scene had come to an end.

"Matthew! Matthew Horner!" shouted Jack the Bearded. "Come here! Come to the helicopter."

Returning the straw and water bottle to the assistant, Matthew hurried to the bearded Jack, who was standing in front of the Black Hawk helicopter, surrounded by many actors.

Seeing Matthew coming over, the bearded Jack urged, "During the filming, Matthew finished throwing the prop grenade, you have to run quickly, the pyrotechnic team has just planted a large dose of explosives, and the power is stronger than what they planted before, understand? ?"

Matthew nodded slightly, "Understood."

In the next scene, Sergeant Hut, played by him, wants to blow up the crashed Black Hawk helicopter. Although it is only a model, the gunpowder usually used for shooting is just a fake, and it will definitely not achieve the effect.

everything's ready,

The crew then cleared the scene, and only the actors involved in the filming were left near the helicopter, and Matthew was the one closest to the helicopter.

"Start!" Ridley-Scott himself shouted to start shooting.

"Attention! Attention!" Matthew shouted loudly and came to the Black Hawk helicopter, took out the grenade, twisted it, threw it, turned and ran back, shouting loudly as he ran, "Be careful of the explosion! Be careful of the explosion! Attention! Concealment! Pay attention to concealment!"

Like a soldier dodging a bomb, he ran very fast, and even ran to the actor who was originally behind in a few strides.

boom -

The explosion sounded, and a flame shot into the sky.

Matthew felt that the heat wave was coming from behind, and he quickly lowered his head and lowered his posture, and ran faster.

Fortunately, the explosion just looks fierce. In fact, the gunpowder used is mainly to create a pyrotechnic effect, and the power is not large.

"Card!" Ridley-Scott shouted to stop shooting and announced directly, "It's here today."

After taking off his make-up and washing his body of gunpowder and sweat, Matthew went back to the hotel and fell asleep. The next day, he came to the set before six o'clock and continued to participate in the filming. The first scene filmed today was Orlando Bloom in the crew. 's last scene.

Orlando Bloom's recruit Tody Brembo, while rappelling, fell and was seriously injured, leading to a chain reaction.

This scene, the crew carried out beautification processing.

In "Black Hawk Down: A Modern Warfare Story" that Matthew watched, recruit Tody Brembo fell while he was rappelling. Tody Brembo was an M60 auxiliary gunner with a lot of ammunition on his back. Speeding up his glide, plus the delay in the helicopter's entry into the control point made the hover a little higher than it should have been, 70 feet, and Tody Brembo almost fell straight on. On the ground, resulting in severe neck injuries.

"It seems embarrassing that a 'well-trained' soldier would miss himself, so the writers made up a story where the pilot dumped him in order to avoid RPG-7 rockets."

This was Matthew's boring conjecture as he watched the shoot.

The filming went well, and Orlando Bloom managed to fall from a platform more than a meter high to an underground cushion.

"Hi, Matthew." Orlando Bloom, passing by Matthew as he was about to remove his makeup, said deliberately showing off, "I'm going to be free."

Matthew reached out and gave him a slap. "Congratulations, Orlando, you are one step closer to hell."

Orlando Bloom laughed, "My next stop is the City of Angels, and what awaits me is cool weather and beautiful girls." He suddenly leaned closer and reminded in a low voice, "This morning, I heard Johnny Lee Miller is complaining about you, be careful."

"Thank you." Matthew knew that the conflict with Johnny Lee Miller had already spread among the trained actors, and it was difficult to keep such a thing a secret as long as a third or fourth person witnessed it. He was confident, "Johnny Lee Miller didn't dare to do anything to me."

"You'd better be careful." Orlando Bloom reminded again, "James and Ben are both gone."

Matthew nodded cautiously. In any case, Orlando Bloom was kind. Although he didn't get along for a long time, Mr. Blossom left a very good impression on him. No matter how he looked at it, he was a warm-hearted and cheerful young man. .

"Okay." Orlando Bloom waved to Matthew, "I'm leaving."

Matthew also waved his hand, "Let's meet again in Los Angeles."

Afterwards, the crew finished filming another scene and moved to the periphery of the street building to film some scenes of the US military barracks.

In other words, basically all the literary dramas to be filmed are precisely the weakness of Matthew, especially at the end of the script, a dialogue scene between Sergeant Huth played by him and the hero Josh Hartnett.

This scene is related to the theme of the whole film, and Matthew encountered some difficulties in acting.

"You're going back?" Josh Hartnett asked as he walked into the tent, "Let's go now?"

Matthew was holding a plate, like a real soldier, ignoring the blood on his hands and face, eating to himself, "There are brothers in the war zone..."

"Card!" Ridley-Scott shouted to stop filming and said directly, "Matthew, your problem."

Matthew put down his plate, raised his hand, and Ridley-Scott continued, "Expression! Your expression! You are worried about your comrades! I don't see your worry!"

He said to the surrounding, "Reset, start shooting again!"

Matthew hurriedly adjusted himself, recalling the content that he had simulated and practiced in the past. In the past year or so, he had simulated the performances of many acting masters, and quickly found the content suitable for this scene.

Such performances are somewhat opportunistic and, in the words of David Astor, his teacher at the Los Angeles School of Performing Arts, have no soul.

However, it is enough to be used in such a scene. After all, there is no need for an explosion of acting skills here. Ridley-Scott only needs to be on the average.

The shooting started to become unsmooth after several NGs, but Matthew also has an advantage, and the mistakes will not be repeated a second time.

Of course, Josh Hartnett on the opposite side is not much better than him. In Matthew's words, the two are about half a pound.

To be precise, the styles of the two are somewhat similar. They are both tall and robust young actors with outstanding appearance and average acting skills.

Under normal circumstances, actors with similar styles are prone to conflict when they stay in the same crew, but Matthew and Josh Hartnett get along pretty well. On the one hand, the roles of the two are quite different, and on the other hand, Josh -Harnett is relatively low-key and modest, and will not easily conflict with people.

After NG more than a dozen times and making mistakes in almost important places, Matthew finally found that deep feeling that the character needs.

"Every time I go home, they ask me." Matthew not only adjusted his facial expressions, but also made full use of small gestures such as looking left and right, "Hut, why did you join the army? Are you addicted to war? I don't say a word. Say, why? They don't understand, they don't understand why we fight, we fight for our brothers and sisters! It's that simple!"

After a long pause, Matthew suddenly added, "It's very simple!"

After he finished speaking, he put down the dinner plate, picked up the magazine and weapon, turned and walked out of the tent, leaving only a heavy back for the camera.

This one is finally done.

Matthew goes to touch up his makeup, Ridley-Scott replays the footage just taken, and bearded Jack stands behind him.

"Unfortunately..." Ridley-Scott shook his head.

Bearded Jack knew that the boss had something to say, and asked rightly, "What a pity?"

"Helen's client, dedication, hard work, appearance, mind and other conditions are very good." Ridley-Scott stood up and looked at the direction of Matthew's departure, "Acting skills have yet to be honed."

"Well." Bearded Jack replied, "He can't handle a role that is too complicated. I heard Helen say that he is positioned as an action-type actor for the time being."

Matthew's filming in Morocco became intermittent and he left twice in between, but his vacation was not long, not more than a week. By the beginning of February, Sergeant Hut's scenes were finally filmed, and he returned. After arriving in Los Angeles, he flew to France after only two days to attend the premiere of "Band of Brothers", but Johnny Lee Miller, who had also completed the scene, contacted him. !!