Chapter 198 Successfully won
Please give me a monthly ticket and a recommendation ticket!
After finishing the audition, taking off the makeup and changing back to his clothes, Matthew and Helen Herman left Disney Studios together. They all knew that before Will Turner's audition with makeup was over, the crew could not give a notification, and fortunately, they didn't have to wait too long.
"I just got a message."
Helen Hermann was not idle either. He went back to the car and said to Matthew, "Jeffrey Rush accepted the invitation from the crew and is likely to play the villain Captain Barbosa."
Matthew saw the name on the videotape brought from David Astor, "Is it the Oscar winner in the past few years?"
"The Oscar winner in 1997." Helen Hermann said simply, "a famous actor in Hollywood."
"Oh..." Matthew just nodded. He was not familiar with this person. "No matter who his villain is, I only care about whether I can get the role of Will Turner."
Helen Hermann thought about it and said that the same is true. If Matthew couldn't get Will Turner, an Oscar winner, would it be meaningless to reduce his salary space.
These will be discussed later after the audition is confirmed.
"Assistant, do you have the right person?" Helen Hermann said again, "Do you want me to recruit one for you?"
Matthew shook his head, "No need." He certainly wouldn't let his personal assistant come from the agent, "I'm in touch."
There is a more suitable candidate in this regard. Matthew called her in the crew of "The Return of the Mummy" and "The Scorpion King". However, she has returned to the UK for the time being and is not sure whether she will come to Los Angeles again.
He wanted to wait for the time being, there was no news for the audition, and when he was sure to get this role, if Mira Wang was interested in returning to Los Angeles to develop, he could talk to her. If he didn't come back, he would also find a more reliable candidate.
Without any last resort, Matthew would not turn his personal assistant into an agent.
He has not received higher education, but he knows the basic principle of being defensive. His lawyer comes from Helen Herman's introduction. The stylist is also recommended by Helen Herman. If the personal assistant is also closely related to Helen Herman, you can imagine that Helen Herman knows everything about his moves.
This is not to say that he is targeting Helen Hermann, but to the most basic precaution. As far as he knows, the agent joins hands with the star's assistant to cheat the star in Hollywood.
In addition to personal assistants and accountants who assist in taxation and finance, Matthew also does not intend to let Helen Herman intervene. Even if there is a more suitable candidate, it is not impossible to change the stylist.
The stylist was not just providing services to him. It was a completely private stylist, which was still a bit too luxurious for him.
Back at the Angel Agency, Circus did not change the car immediately and followed Helen Herman to her office. He was about to ask her if he had something to do.
"Helen." Matthew asked, "I heard that a merchant sent me an endorsement invitation?"
"That's right." Helen Herman opened the drawer, took out some invitation letters, and threw them on the table. "They are all very low-end brands. Do you want to shoot endorsement advertisements for brands like KFC and McDonald's? This is seriously inconsistent with my positioning of you. When you go further, it will become a drag on the downward trend."
Matthew picked it up and flipped it up. It was indeed as Helen Herman said. Most of them were low-end fast food chain brands in North America, or some inexplicable brands, including things like Indian god oil. Could it be that the tabloid hype last month brought him amazingly masculine?
He is not a rookie now, and he also knows that few stars in the rising stage are willing to endorse such low-level and chain brands that mainly sell junk food.
"Then I'll push it all." Matthew has passed the stage of urgently needing money to maintain the most basic life. "I don't want to take it anyway."
This is also for the sake of long-term higher income.
In my impression, those chain fast food restaurants have been scandalous and really responded. They don’t earn much more money, but they will become his pig teammates on the road ahead.
Helen Hermann threw these invitation letters back into the drawer and said to Matthew directly, "I will notify you if there is a brand endorsement that suits you." She thought about it and said, "Although you are just a third-tier star, it is very difficult for Hollywood stars to receive the top brand endorsement, you must be cautious when accepting endorsements."
Matthew ignored other words and asked, "I am still a third-tier star now?"
"What do you think?" Helen Hermann said directly, "Did you have any other movies that have played the lead role in addition to "The Scorpion King"? "The Scorpion King" is $100 million in North America and $200 million in the world. It's really good. Strictly speaking, you are now in the upper third line and have reached the threshold of the second line, but you need another successful work to prove that you have the appeal of the second line."
She reminded Matthew again, "After " "The Scorpion King" is offline, will the media still pay attention to you?"
"No." Matthew spread his hands, "The paparazzi haven't followed me for a long time."
Helen Hermann said, "This just shows the problem. You are not very attractive to the media enough. The media is an important channel for creating stars."
"If you can get Will Turner," Matthew drank all the water in his cup, pulled open the chair and sat opposite Helen Hermann, and asked, "The Pirates of the Caribbean has succeeded again, I can always squeeze into the second line."
Helen Herman nodded, "There is absolutely no problem. If your character is very outstanding and you can make a billion dollars in the global box office, you will have no problem going directly to the front line."
Matthew thinks about his acting skills, and then thinks about the weirdo Johnny Depp. Even if he can get Will Turner, can he suppress Captain Jack Sparrow? Don’t think about his acting skills. Although Johnny Depp is not known for his outstanding acting skills, the crazy and non-mainstream Captain Jack Sparrow is simply tailor-made for him.
In terms of acting, he definitely cannot compete with Johnny Depp.
Thinking of this, Matthew suddenly laughed. The audition has not been confirmed to be approved. It is a bit too early to think about these things now.
He thought about it and asked Helen Herman again, "What about super A? How can you become the top star in Hollywood?"
Helen Hermann said without thinking, "You go and search for the resumes of Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise and Julia Roberts."
Matthew shrugged, looked up at the wall clock, stood up and said, "If there is nothing else, I'll leave first."
After leaving the Angel Agency, Matthew drove home directly because he was going to audition today, many routine activities were cancelled, and the fitness club had already said hello.
It was completely different from more than a month ago. He drove home without any paparazzi or reporters. As Helen Herman said, after "The Scorpion King" was removed, he was not particularly attractive to media reporters.
After all, this is Los Angeles, and there are so many stars.
Matthew knew very well that he would need to use a successful film to consolidate his current position and go further, "Pirates of the Caribbean" can be said to be the best opportunity.
In my impression, this series was a great success and filmed many films in succession. It seemed that Johnny Depp was promoted from a non-mainstream to the top Hollywood superstar. Not only did he become famous all over the world, but he also counted money to get cramps in his hands.
For several protagonists, this series is like a money printing machine. As long as he can get the role of Will Turner, the future will undoubtedly be guaranteed. Even if the future development is not smooth, he can rely on this series to make a living, and the income is estimated to be quite good.
There is a saying in Hollywood that if you want to make money, go to the sequel.
Lying tilted on the sofa, looking at the Scorpion King hanging on the wall with his sword, Matthew stopped thinking about these things, the audition with makeup was over, and now he could only wait patiently for the result.
He believed that his performance could impress Jerry Brookheimer.
Captain Jack Sparrow is a sissy and his style is neither yin nor yang, to be precise, and Orlando Bloom's temperament happens to be feminine, and the two characters can easily cause a strange homogeneity.
Even if it is not an actor like him, even senior movie fans can roughly imagine that the situation of two male protagonists is far less outstanding than the one who is soft and hard, and the one who is literary and martial.
Matthew's self-sense analysis makes sense. In the past three years, he has undoubtedly deepened his understanding of the profession of actors and the film industry.
The waiting time was quite long. During the audition, Director Cass said that he would definitely reply this week, but on Friday, Matthew had not received their reply. Even with Matthew's character, he was a little anxious. Helen Hermann also asked with his relationship, and the answer given by the other party was that Jerry Brookheimer had never made a decision.
When Jude Law voluntarily withdrew from the audition and Toby Maguire went through the motions, Matthew felt that something was not good. The unknown Christopher Masterson would not be the final winner, right?
In this case, wouldn't it be cheaper for Orlando Bloom to hook up with Stephen Somos?
Fortunately, the worst situation did not happen. At about four o'clock on Friday afternoon, Matthew received a call from the cast director himself. There was only one content on the phone. He passed the audition and successfully won the role of Will Turner!
Matthew breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that he would be guaranteed in the future, but rather a guarantee of living a free and comfortable life.
Of course, he won't lose his motivation because of this.
Chapter completed!