Chapter 164

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Everyone looked at the assistant director and didn't understand what happened. Even if the crew had to temporarily change the shooting plan because of the unwillingness of the tourists to cooperate, it didn't matter, right?

The assistant director panicked, his face full of disbelief, as if he had seen the outbreak of the Third World War.

"Fernandez!" Chuck Russell exclaimed, very dissatisfied, "Calm me!"

"Something happened! Something happened..." Fernandez didn't mean to calm down at all, he was still like just now, "My brother... My brother..."

He was incoherent, and Matthew was completely at a loss.

"What happened to your brother?" asked a staff member who knew him well. "You told me yesterday that he went to work in a big company in the World Trade Center?"

Hearing the word World Trade Center, Matthew was surprised and asked Mira-Wang next to him, "What date is it today?"

Mira-Wang replied immediately, "September 11th."

September 11th! September 11th... In addition to the World Trade Center just now, Matthew instantly thought that the shocking case that once changed the whole world happened.

Sure enough, the assistant director cried and roared, "I just heard the news that the World Trade Center was attacked, the South Tower of the Twin Towers has collapsed, and my brother is working on the 78th floor of the South Tower..."

"how is this possible?"

"No way?"

"This kind of thing can't be used as a joke."

Most of the crew did not believe it, or could not believe it. After all, in the past 100 years, the American mainland has not encountered a serious attack.

Matthew believed it was true, but he didn't say it. He didn't say a word. It was the wisest choice to keep silent at this time.

Soon, someone took out their mobile phone and made a call to confirm that what the assistant director said was the truth.

"Oh, God……"

"how so?"

"Is a world war about to break out?"

The crew then became chaotic, and most people took out their mobile phones to make calls, especially those with relatives and friends in New York.

Matthew also made two calls, one to Britney, his girlfriend, and another to Helen Herman, an important business partner, to make sure they were safe.

Britney was filming the music video in the Irvine area of ​​Orange County, and Helen Herman had just returned from Warners Studios to Angels, both very far from where the incident happened in New York.

He then texted James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender, who responded quickly, apparently not in New York.

Then, Matthew put away his mobile phone and acted as one of the countless ordinary bystanders, just like those in the crew who had no relatives or friends in the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.

As for taking advantage of this incident to get some benefits, let's forget it. First, he doesn't know how to fish, and secondly, he can realize that this kind of incident is not something that small people can mix.

It is impossible for the crew to shoot again today. Although few people's relatives and friends happen to be working in the World Trade Center like the assistant director's brother, the impact of this incident on most people, especially Americans, is still huge.

Not to mention that everyone is panicked and wants to work with peace of mind, but it is impossible.

Director Chuck Russell simply announced that he will be off today, and he will talk about work tomorrow.

Matthew can also see that most of the crew's minds have flown to Manhattan, New York, and are no longer working.

Returning to the make-up trailer, he came out after removing his makeup. He saw that many people were on the phone, including Mila Wang, who was an Englishman.

"Who would have thought such a thing would happen." Kelly Hu came over at this time, her makeup trailer was adjacent to Matthew, "Fortunately, my family is all in Hawaii."

She asked Matthew again, "You've called, but not in New York?"

"Family?" Matthew shook his head. "I have no family for a long time. I called my friends and they weren't in New York."

"We are all lucky." Hu Kaili said again at this time.

Matthew agrees, "Those who aren't in New York are lucky."

Not in New York, not in Manhattan, this time is a kind of luck.

Even far away from the World Trade Center Twin Towers, what kind of shadows and nightmares will be left after seeing the collapse of these two world-famous buildings?

The two chatted for a while, and Matthew left here and took a walk in the crew's tow shop while thinking about 911.

What he remembers most clearly is that shortly after 9/11, the Washington authorities and George W. Bush determined that bin Laden was the mastermind behind it, and then launched a war on terrorism that affected the whole world, and the situation in the whole world changed.

But what are the specific changes? He really couldn't tell, anyway, the news that he saw on the smartphone at that time was the change in the world situation...

A person who is running around for a basic livelihood doesn't care much about this aspect. For small people, the world is not as important as filling their stomachs.

What about Hollywood? He looked at the sun in the sky, tried hard to recall the entertainment gossip he had seen, and gradually remembered something related. It seemed that after the 9/11 incident, black actors became particularly active in Hollywood, and it seemed that the first black Oscar film was released. Later, it was still like a movie star. In the future, the use of black actors will gradually become Hollywood-style political correctness. If there is no main or positive black character in a big production, it must be suspected of racial discrimination...

In the future, the competition in Hollywood will be more intense. I am afraid that many mainstream commercial films will no longer mind having blacks as the protagonists. Maybe one day a black and LGBT film can easily win the best picture Oscar.

Matthew shook his head and stopped thinking about it. No matter white or black, those who block his way are all bad people!

Then, he remembered the impact of 9/11 on the place where he once lived.

The 911 incident was so famous that many people at the time thought that the U.S. police had deliberately chosen this number as their alarm number after 911, but the fact is the opposite.

According to Matthew's guess, Uncle Bin Laden and his world's number one underworld organization may have deliberately chosen this day to launch an attack.

Matthew then returned to his trailer, which had satellite TV, and saw more news about 9/11.

Anyway, Manhattan, New York looks really miserable.

The 9/11 incident had a profound impact on the entire American society. Matthew and the crew lived in the Gobi Desert. Although he couldn't feel it, he could see its impact on the crew. After the crew started work the next day, some people were still unsure. , making frequent mistakes during work, Chuck Russell and Sean Daniel, who had just arrived, had no choice but to continue to give the crew a holiday, and they simply gave the crew a week-long holiday.

Matthew didn't go back to Los Angeles. He went directly to the Irvine area to meet with Britney, and booked a room at the same hotel for six days. The day before the holiday ended, he returned to Black Rock, Nevada. The desert area continues its role.

In the past six days, he has paid attention to a lot of current affairs news. Now the current affairs news is almost completely occupied by news related to the 9/11 incident, and he has also updated the relevant condolence blog posts on his blog.

At the same time, it also paid attention to the film industry. The 9/11 incident directly hit the film projection industry.

The entire North American box office sales have almost reached the lowest value in more than ten years in these six days, especially those films with heavy themes, all of which have been abandoned by the audience. It seems that the 9/11 incident has made the psychological endurance of North American audiences extremely fragile. .

Matthew couldn't help but think of the film he was involved in. This film is still in post-production and is expected to be released before the end of the year.

He subconsciously felt that there might be a problem with the box office. After all, this is a very cruel war movie, in which there are a lot of scenes of American soldiers being killed. After the 9/11 incident, mainstream audiences can psychologically accept such a movie. ?

Matthew feels that the prospect is not very good, and there may be a war on terrorism. The eyes and attention of the whole society will not leave the 9/11 incident. Maybe it will encounter waterloo at the box office.

But this kind of thing is not under his control. The whole society is like this. I am afraid that the film company can do nothing but postpone the release.

Back in the Black Rock Desert, the crew finally got out of that strange mix of sadness, restlessness, and inability to concentrate, and despite the occasional mistakes, filming could go ahead.

And Matthew's condition is still very good, the number of NG's in literary dramas is relatively high, but the action scenes are filmed very smoothly, often the time wasted on literary dramas is all recovered through action scenes, and the crew has been advancing as planned.

Sometimes, Matthew also wonders, is there any kind of movie that is played from beginning to end, does not need to say many lines, but also has an expression from beginning to end?

It seems that I am very suitable for this type of film.

It is a pity that there are too many action scenes, and the film is always regarded as a brainless film by the media and critics.

Half a month later, the crew ended the location scenes in the desert area and returned to Los Angeles to continue shooting in Warner Studios.

The crew also launched a pre-promotional poster. On the main poster, other characters were removed, and it was entirely dominated by the male protagonist Matthew, and then accompanied by the green leaf of Hu Kelly as an embellishment.

Originally, the poster was to be released in mid-September, because the 9/11 incident has been pressing until now.

"What about us? Wasn't the poster originally with us?"

In a three-person dressing room, Clark Bernard stood there with a look of anger on his face, "Why aren't we anymore? Why delete us?"

Dave Villa spread his hands and shook his head again, "I don't know."

"I know!"

Steven Brand, who had been silent for a while, said suddenly, "I asked someone, and it was Matthew Horner who put pressure on the crew through Helen Herman to remove us all from the poster. deleted!"

Clark Bernard's eyes widened, "He's bullying!"