Chapter 96 3 New Movies

(Ask for a recommendation ticket! Ask for a recommendation ticket!)

"Have you read today's paper?"

In the office, Helen Herman saw Matthew sitting in the chair opposite and said, "Gladiator made more than $34 million in North America in its first weekend, which is very good."

Matthew shrugged, "Does it help me?"

"A little bit." Helen Herman said honestly, "It's not particularly big."

"Let's talk about the new job." Matthew is more concerned about this.

Helen-Hellman changed the subject, "Hollywood has a lot of film projects every month, most of which will recruit external actors, and there are not many roles suitable for you." She took out a document from the drawer and pushed it to Matthew, "This is what I asked the company to collect. There are commercial films and independent productions."

Matthew understood her subtext, "It's okay for you to be in these crews?"

"Most of them don't..." Helen Herman frowned slightly, and then said solemnly, "Even if there is, it's impossible to use it casually. Some favors are used once, and they don't exist anymore. They must be left at a critical moment."

Matthew is not a rookie who has just entered the society and can understand Helen Herman's words.

Helen Herman added, "I'll try to get you a job as much as possible, but you have to do your best in the audition and so on."

It is impossible for her to use her father's relationship to solve problems for every role. Many Hollywood crews are indeed smoky and there are various transactions, but in some crews, audition and actor performance are also key factors in determining the role of the role.

"Let's talk about the next job." Helen-Hellman said no more long-winded, "I have selected three for you in the recent cast recruiting cast, namely DreamWorks' "Almost Famous" , Universal's The Mummy Returns and The Fast and the Furious."

The first film Matthew has never heard of, but the latter two know that the first two "The Mummy" and the latter "Fast and Furious" have been seen before, and the impression seems to be very good at the box office, and they are all successful commercial films. Models, especially "Fast and Furious 7", what was the name of the actor at that time, and the film party used his death to make public announcements, which was overwhelming.

DreamWorks' "Almost Famous", he did not have any impression.

If you can get the main characters in "The Mummy Returns" and "Fast and Furious", it will definitely be popular!

Seeming to understand what Matthew was thinking, Helen Herman added, "It's impossible to get the main character, we're going for the main supporting role."

Seeing Matthew nodding, she added, "I have studied the situation of these three crews. According to the difficulty of getting the role and your future development, DreamWorks' "Almost Famous" is our priority. "

This was far beyond Matthew's expectations, and he couldn't help asking, "Why not "The Mummy Returns" and "The Fast and the Furious"?"

"The Mummy Returns" is the sequel to the hit movie "The Mummy," and even a supporting role is highly competitive." Helen Herman apparently had already done research, "The Fast and the Furious is a non-mainstream drag racing movie. A supporting role in a film isn't going to make your career much better, it's just an option."

She explained, "Almost Famous was originally going to be filmed last year, but it was delayed due to funding issues. DreamWorks hopes that this film will catch up with the next awards season, put out a lot of resources and raise $60 million. The money went into filming, and the film, which involved bands and rock, was much more accessible to the industry itself.”

Helen Herman coughed in a low voice, "The production of this film is DreamWorks. According to Eric Polk's feedback, your dedicated and diligent performance in the "Band of Brothers" crew won the production team unanimous approval, which is good for your audition for "Almost Famous"!"

"Also!" She pointed at Matthew's flaws,

"You also need a role to hone your acting skills. I don't ask how good your acting is, but it must not be too bad!"

"Then..." Matthew still didn't give up, "What about "The Mummy Returns" and "The Fast and the Furious"?"

"I have prepared three-point materials for you. In addition to the "Almost Famous" crew, I will also deliver to the "Mummy Returns" and "Fast and Furious" crews." Helen-Hellman also does not object to Matthew's participation in these After all, the film is also an opportunity for a character actor like him. "If you can audition for three crews and the schedule does not conflict, you can also participate in the shooting of these two films."

She raised a finger, "However, from now on, you must first prepare for the audition for the role of "Almost Famous", a supporting actor in this film is the most likely role for us, my job, It will also be placed in the negotiation with this crew, and the other two crews will only deliver your information."

Matthew is very clear that Helen Herman has never been a talkative person. He said so much to tell him that the supporting actor of "Almost Famous" is the most likely to get it.

The other two crews looked very good, but Matthew knew that if the characters were not available, these two films were not as valuable to him as "The Girl Who Moved Souls."

Now only the crew chooses him, how can he choose the crew.

"The role you want to audition for..." Helen Herman pointed to the information in front of Matthew, "It's all there, go back and take a good look."

The two talked about work for a while, and Matthew picked up the information provided by Helen Herman and said, "Is there anything else? If I have nothing to do, I'll go first."

"Don't go yet." Helen Herman helped her black-rimmed glasses, "I have asked someone to collect materials related to 'Almost Famous' and the characters, and I will be back in the afternoon. You wait for him to come back and get the materials before leaving. "

The phone rang at this time, and she picked it up, listened for a while, and said, "Okay, I see."

Helen Herman put down the phone and said to Matthew, "Your last payment of $20,000 has arrived, go to finance to sign."

Matthew picked up the documents, left Helen Herman's office, and went to the finance room on the same floor. After signing the signature, the finance department directly withheld the agent's $2,000 commission and paid it to the "Forbidden Tarot" crew. $10,000 in liquidated damages, and the remaining $8,000 was credited to the account.

It's only after ten o'clock in the morning. Matthew didn't sit in the company waiting, he simply went to the second-hand car market by car. He was lucky. Fifteen hundred dollars for this white Ford.

He has been a car repair apprentice for a period of time and has a certain understanding of cars. Although this second-hand Ford model is a bit old, it is generally good and worth the money.

After finishing the formalities and looking for a place to have lunch, Matthew drove his first car back to the Angel Agency, and browsed the Internet news in the lounge. There are not a few people jumping off the building, and it seems that the United States is going through a huge economic disaster.

He doesn't understand the stock market, and he doesn't know anything about indexes and other things.

Matthew shook his head, turned off the web page, and went to the entertainment news. Now the hot spot of entertainment news is undoubtedly the divorce battle between Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. The once loving couple attacked each other and seemed to have become enemies. .

"This is Hollywood..." He sighed.

According to his understanding, long-term marriage is simply a luxury in Hollywood, and the love of most Hollywood stars always comes and goes quickly.

Matthew didn't think much about it, he had no experience in this area, and only knew one truth - cherish the present!

As for the future, who can say for sure?

After flipping through the news for a while, Matthew remembered his previous plans and went to register for a blog. Just as he was about to write something, someone came to inform him that the person who collected the information had returned.

Matthew got a thick stack of documents, said hello to Helen Herman, and drove back to the Westwood District. After returning to the apartment, he immediately opened the document Helen Herman handed him.

At the top of this document is an introduction to the cast and roles of "Almost Famous", which highlights a supporting actor named Russell Hammond, the role that Matthew needs to fight for.

Below the "Almost Famous" material is "The Mummy Returns" material, and then "Fast and Furious" and a few other small projects.

From the order in which the materials are placed, we can also see the priority of Helen Herman.

Matthew already trusts Helen Herman quite a bit in terms of business. He first picked up the materials from "Almost Famous", and then looked over it carefully.

This is a film about a rock band and touring. There is no specific content in the material. It only states that the role of Russell Hammond that Matthew strives for is the band's guitarist and is entangled with the band's male lead singer and female assistant. .

In other words, this is a bisexual character.

According to the mainstream aesthetics of Hollywood, playing such a role does require a certain amount of acting skills.

In addition, the information also shows that the crew has identified two actors, namely Kate Hudson who will play the heroine and Jason Lee who will play the lead singer of the band.

Helen-Hellman also personally marked with a pen under Kate-Hudson, the daughter of veteran Hollywood actress Goldie Hawn.

After looking at the information and thinking for a while, Matthew felt that this role was really difficult for him.

Afterwards, he put this information aside and took out the information of "The Return of the Mummy". Like "Gladiator", this is a project invested by Universal Pictures. The Mummy series is a monster movie brand established by Universal Pictures for many years. , "The Mummy", the predecessor of "The Mummy Returns", can be said to be a reboot. After the great success, this sequel also appeared logically.

For the two "The Mummy", Matthew is somewhat impressed, and is also curious about which supporting role Helen Herman wants him to compete for.