Chapter 25

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Compared to half-hearted people like Helen Herman, Ridley Scott is undoubtedly the standard professional.

"He knows how to use his voice and body." Ridley-Scott's words are relatively objective, "but the force is too much, the performance is superficial, and it is still far from enlightenment."

Helen Herman nodded slightly.

Ridley-Scott added, "There's not much to see in a scene, and there are not many good actors in Hollywood who are really enlightened."

Different from acting as the protagonist in finding a place to rest, as the absolute protagonist of these scenes, Matthew sat on a very comfortable high-back chair. The makeup artist and an assistant director stood opposite him, carefully examining his face. Newly added scars to identify possible problems.

This can be said to be the most comfortable time for Matthew to stay on the set these days.

In the designated temporary rest area for the actors, there are special snacks for him to replenish his energy, electrolyte drinks to quench his thirst, and even the crew temporarily equipped him with an assistant to help him with other matters other than filming.

Of course, these are only limited to these few scenes. Once the filming is completed, all the treatment will be gone.

"I don't know how Russell Crowe will be treated?"

Matthew would be relatively free this time, and he was quite bored by the peasants discussing the emperor's golden pole.

After waiting for a while, the temporary assistant came to inform him that he was going to enter the venue to prepare for the shooting of the next scene.

Next will be the action scenes, but the real actor is only Matthew, and the camera only captures the close-up shots of him wielding the warhammer, which is why the crew dared to use him temporarily.

Action scenes like that kind of sparring are either shot by stuntmen or have to go through a period of professional training.

Matthew came to the set, and there were already some extras dressed as Roman soldiers and barbarians, lying on the ground with corpses, serving as the background for the shooting.

"You take this as the center point!" The action guide who had communicated with Matthew before came over and made the last instruction, "The left and right motion range should not exceed one meter!"

"Also, didn't you swing the sledgehammer before?" he said again, "How can you fully exert your strength, just swing the hammer!"

"Okay!" Matthew nodded.

Before filming, he had heard from the action director that the action scenes of "Gladiator" followed a realistic and powerful line, not the exaggerated style that Hollywood is popular today.

Matthew doesn't understand anything about the hype like qigong and dance, but he has fought a lot in the streets, and swinging a hammer is even more of a skill.

After the action guide left, the makeup artist came over to take a look again and confirmed that Matthew's makeup was fine before leaving the set.

Taking advantage of the gap before shooting, Matthew took a look. This time only one camera was used, and it was set up directly opposite him.

The shooting started soon, and when he heard the voice of the scene, Matthew swung the sledgehammer, like knocking several concrete pillars horizontally, one stroke on the left and one stroke on the right. The war hammer with the totem was made of resin, but it weighed five or six pounds. But in his hand, it was like a real hammer, whistling with wind.

There were no "enemies" around, so Matthew could only smash into the air, smashing four or five hammers back and forth, his tense expression relaxed unconsciously.

After all, it's two different things for someone to fight and no one to practice alone, plus his lack of experience...

"Stop!" Ridley-Scott shouted again at Matthew, "You shot a Roman soldier! Not a balloon!"

Matthew stopped, took a breath, and Ridley-Scott yelled, "Reset, reshoot!"

The next filming did not go smoothly. The scene seemed simple, but it was not easy at all to perform a one-man show, especially a one-man show with close-ups and close-ups.

There were six more NGs later, except for one time when the cameraman had a problem with the zoom, and the rest were caused by Matthew.

"Ten minutes to rest!"

Fortunately, Ridley-Scott was just a little impatient, not angry.

But the extras who got up from the ground looked at Matthew a little bit badly, especially those who played the barbarian soldiers, they were envious, jealous and hated for this opportunity for his extras, but now because of his questioning They had been lying on the wet ground for so long, it was strange to see him.

Matthew turned a blind eye to these, and went back to the lounge area to sit on the chair, not knowing how to adjust.

"Drinking water?" asked the temporary assistant.

"No need." Matthew was not arrogant, and was very polite to others, "Thank you."

The makeup artist came over and said, "Make up!"

Matthew nodded and cooperated very well with the makeup artist. This makeup artist was also very seductive and didn't look like a man.

He doesn't like men who are naughty, and even said that he can be very annoying.

Hate? Matthew suddenly had a little inspiration, hate...

This inspiration was caught by him and spread rapidly in his brain.

In the shooting just now, the problem with NG a few times was that he lacked the real ruthlessness in the face of desperation in the close-up close-up, and he did not look like the kind of person who was struggling to the death.

This feeling is very subjective. In Matthew's view, it is like acting, which is difficult to explain.

Hating this word made him think of a way. When the next time you shoot, can you imagine the surrounding air as the person who didn't pay the salary and the person who charged him and threw him into prison? So there is motivation and there is a goal of hatred...

After thinking about it for a while, Matthew felt that there was a certain feasibility, and he couldn't think of any other way.

Ten minutes passed in a blink of an eye, and after the temporary assistant came to inform, Matthew stood in the middle of a group of lying dead extras again.

This time, unlike the previous shoots, he inspired all the negative energy he once had, staring at the front, as if the boss who ran away with arrears was in front of him!

"Start shooting!"

Hearing this, Matthew picked up the hammer and smashed it forward, with an expression that he wanted to smash people into flesh.

Then, he swung the hammer again and swept it to the left, in his eyes, the uniform that grabbed him, still looking at him with contempt.

huh-huh-

The wind continued to sound, and Matthew's expression became more and more fierce, as if he wanted to smash the earth under his feet.

"what……"

Behind the director's monitor, Ridley-Scott saw the close-up shot from the camera, his white eyebrows suddenly raised, and the performance of the people on the monitor was completely different from the previous shooting.

The current effect is not to say that it is excellent, but it is much better than the last time. At least it is used for a small role in such a commercial film. There is no problem at all.

How can it increase so much in a short period of time? Ridley-Scott is well-informed, but somewhat curious.

But this curiosity is fleeting, this is a small actor, he will not pay much attention.

Further away from the set, Helen Herman folded her arms, with assistant Amanda standing beside her.

"Director Scott didn't say stop." Amanda said suddenly.

Helen Herman put away his exploratory gaze and asked, "I asked you to sort out his information yesterday. Has he received professional studies?"

She couldn't remember this.

Amanda said with certainty, "The data shows no."

"This guy..." Helen Herman raised a hand, put it to his mouth, and coughed, "It seems to have some potential."

She made a decision, "Amanda, prepare a long-term contract when you return to Los Angeles."

In the woods that did not affect the shooting, the bald head, tall man and Michael Sheehan were also paying attention to the shooting on the set.

"No wonder he can get such a role." The bald head shook his head, "People have such ability! Look, look at this crazy energy, do ordinary people perform it?"

The tall man tapped his head and said, "He did both well in these two scenes. If he can get such an opportunity, he must have the corresponding ability."

He looked at Michael Sheehan, "This is your friend, you know him, right?"

"Haha..." Michael Sheehan laughed twice, he had always considered himself Matthew's good friend, and at this time he could only echo, "It seems so."

The bald head patted his thigh, stood up and said, "That kid really seems to be leaving the team we are performing. With his performance today, it should be no problem to be an ordinary character actor."

Michael Sheehan laughed dryly again, and suddenly heard Ridley Scott's voice through the loudspeaker, "Cut!"

"Stop shouting?" he muttered inwardly, "Great, another mistake!"

"This one is over!"

But then the voice that came over made him stunned on the spot.

On the other side, the Macon with the round shield stared at Matthew closely, wishing to kill him with a sword-like gaze!

"This bastard who stole my character! I will definitely find him to settle the account." He muttered to himself viciously.

There are three scenes with Matthew as the main subject. The first two scenes are the most difficult, and they are close-ups and close-ups. The last scene is the scene where the character is killed by a Roman soldier in the distant view, which is relatively easy.

After a fifteen-minute break, after the scene was NG four times, Matthew finished filming relatively smoothly.

"You can go and remove your makeup," the assistant director told him.

Matthew took a sip and saw Helen Herman approaching.

"You go to remove your makeup first." Helen Herman said only one sentence, "I'll go to the makeup group to find you later, let's talk."

Matthew first went to the costume group to change his clothes, and then walked to the makeup group station. Many extras who will not be used next are also going to the makeup group, but they are the same as makeup, and they also need to line up to remove makeup. Go to the makeup trailer in the morning and have a makeup artist remove his makeup for him.

Entering the makeup trailer, the charming male makeup artist was not there, and the female assistant asked, "Let me call him."

"no need."

Although I vaguely heard that homosexuality is popular in this industry, Matthew felt a chill when he thought of the note. He greeted the female assistant, "You can help me."

Such a role is troublesome to put on makeup, and it is also very troublesome to remove makeup. After a long time, Matthew returned to his original appearance. The refreshing feeling on his face made him stretch after standing up.

"Thank you." He said politely to the female assistant and got out of the makeup trailer.

He probably took too long to remove his makeup, and the makeup team was quiet again. Not long after Matthew walked forward, he suddenly saw a man in a barbarian costume standing in front of him, who seemed to be waiting for him.

Matthew carefully identified it and was sure he didn't know this person.