Chapter 65 Intentional or Unintentional
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September came soon. On the day of the audition, Matthew got up early, called a taxi, rushed to the Warner Studio in Burbank an hour in advance, and after joining Helen Hermann, they entered the studio where the crew of "Brothers" were located, preparing to participate in the upcoming role-playing audition.
When they came to the styling room and waited for a while to put on makeup, Matthew found that they were not the earliest. There were already many male actors sitting on the bench in the corridor, some of which were accompanied by his agents.
"Let's wait." Helen Hermann found a bench to sit down, "You are the fifth one."
The relationships within the rules sometimes provide a lot of convenience, and Eric Pock appropriately revealed some audition information to them in advance.
Matthew sat next to Helen Hermann and waited, feeling a little impatient. This role was not only related to future development, but also to the immediate benefits.
The Los Angeles District Court has passed the out-of-court settlement application by attorney Wilson. He is currently in contact with the company behind the crew of "Tao Tarot". If a settlement agreement is reached, it will inevitably require a lot of money.
The reward of this character can completely get rid of the trouble of breach of contract.
Matthew's mentality has changed compared to the past. He has an urgent desire for this role and is even determined. However, the decision of this role is in the hands of top tycoons like Tom Hanks, and is not controlled by him and Helen Hermann at all. They have no choice but to decide for success or failure.
He is inevitably worried about gains and losses.
Before the audition began, the styling room started calling for actors to enter, which was an audition with makeup. Before each actor went to the audition room, he would become a soldier of the 101st airborne division.
Matthew sat upright on the chair, and the tension and anxiety in his affection became more and more obvious.
This is the most fierce competition, the longest preparation time, and the least confidence he has ever been in the actor circle.
"Nervous?" Helen Herman kept observing Matthew, "This is not like you."
In her impression, Matthew was bold and shady, and had a sense of aging.
"I'm less than twenty years old." Matthew also wanted someone to talk and relax, "I haven't experienced such a big scene."
Helen Hermann then remembered that he was only nineteen years old. There were not many young people with the same abilities as Matthew.
Matthew rubbed his face hard, feeling his muscles gradually soothe, and then he said, "It's much better now." He gave Helen Herman a thumbs up, "As soon as you open your mouth, I'll relax."
"Hmm?" Helen Hermann didn't understand what he meant.
"You naturally have a kind of peaceable temperament." Matthew deliberately made himself forget his nervousness through nonsense and completely relaxed, "It is my most solid support."
Helen turned around and ignored Matthew. She had already seen that Matthew gradually returned to normal.
After relaxing, Matthew no longer sat here with his eyes looking around. There were more than a dozen actors sitting in the corridor at this time, almost each of them had a tough face and strong body. As long as he dressed up properly, he would definitely be a qualified tough guy image.
In terms of appearance alone, none of these more than ten people is worse than him.
Matthew knew very well that this audition was different from the previous one. In addition to the appearance that met the requirements, he had to come up with more things to impress the crew.
To be precise, it impressed Tom Hanks.
The door of the styling room opened from the inside again, and a young man walked out and shouted, "Matthew Horner! Is Matthew Horner here?"
Matthew immediately stood up, raised his hand and signaled, "Here."
"Come in!" the young man waved his head.
Helen Hermann also stood up and nodded to Matthew, "Go, I believe in you."
Matthew glanced at Helen Hermann, said nothing, and followed the young man into the styling room.
This is a huge room, mainly divided into three parts. The makeup part is composed of more than a dozen dressing tables on the left side of the door, and the prop cabinets for various World War II US military weapons and equipment, as well as military uniforms and clothes racks and locker rooms opposite the door.
Matthew had known this before that it not only provides services for the audition of the character Ronald Spears, but also provides the other three characters with slightly worse roles.
When he entered the styling room, Matthew no longer considered anything else. He acted entirely according to the crew's arrangement. He first followed the young man to the makeup department, sat in front of the makeup mirror, and let a female makeup artist take the makeup. The makeup artist was simpler than expected. Due to the audition role, the makeup artist did not even put on the foundation makeup. He only appropriately trimmed his eyebrows and facial lines based on Matthew's facial contour and facial features, making the whole person look more mature and more masculine.
After putting on makeup simply, Matthew came across from the entrance of the styling room. Under the leadership of a male dressmaker, he found a well-fitted military uniform, received matching military boots and helmets, entered a dressing room, and changed his clothes.
After leaving the locker room, standing in front of the large mirror at the door, Matthew saw that his clothes were not particularly regular, so he pulled the hem of the paratrooper's uniform. Just as he was about to adjust it, the dressmaker came over.
He said to Matthew, "Let's go, go to the prop set first, and after receiving other equipment, I'll help you complete the final look."
Matthew nodded, stepped on a pair of thick imitation of World War II military training, followed the costume master to the many cabinets where weapons were placed, and received one "weapon and equipment" after another from a prop master.
This is an audition with makeup, which means that each actor's costume during audition is infinitely close to the actual shooting status.
The amount of equipment received in the prop group made Matthew's tongue shocked. After all, he was not a soldier. It was difficult to understand that an ordinary airborne soldier would carry so much equipment, and also understand why the costume master said that he would complete his styling after receiving the equipment.
With the equipment he received, Matthew, led by the dressmaker, returned to the big makeup mirror. The dressmaker stood at the front of him first, and helped him wear the weapons and equipment one by one from top to bottom.
The costumer is skilled in his business and has hung helmets, scarves, armed belts, grenades, Thompson bullet bags and pistol bullet bags on the front of Matthew.
Then he turned to the back of Matthew and placed the kettle, grocery bag, pistol and grenade bag on his back.
"Soldier!" The costumer turned to the front of Matthew and signaled the weapon props, "You can get a gun."
Matthew grabbed the Chicago typewriter and had professional training with Hawke Breton. He held the gun in his right hand, clamped the stock under his armpit, and pointed the muzzle downwards towards the ground. This was one of the most commonly used Thompson tactical actions by American soldiers during World War II.
The dressmaker took a step back, looked at Matthew's look, came over to help him straighten his helmet, pulled down his paratrooper uniform, turned to his back and squatted down, and stuffed the paratrooper's trousers into his boots.
Matthew always stood in front of the makeup mirror and let the costumer help him finish his look.
He relaxed his whole body and his brain was empty, not thinking about where he was, looking at the person in the mirror, and treating himself as a paratrooper who was about to step onto the battlefield.
Suddenly, Matthew felt something was wrong behind him. The dressmaker moved one hand up along his trouser's legs. Before he could react, he pinched his firm hips and pulled down the paratrooper's pants.
The next second, Matthew turned around and looked at the dressmaker. The dressmaker stood up as if nothing had happened. He didn't even look at Matthew and said lightly, "Okay."
It seemed like he was just helping him tidy up his pants at that moment.
Matthew couldn't understand whether the costumer was intentional or helping him tidy up the paratrooper pants, but he had experienced too many hardships and was more cautious. He couldn't help but hold the Chicago typewriter tightly with his right hand, move his left hand back, grabbing a prop grenade, and his eyes landed on the costumer's smooth and white forehead.
The grenade looks the same as it is, it is actually made of plastic, but Matthew is confident that he can use this plastic grenade to make the head opposite him feel bloody.
The dressmaker seemed to have noticed it and pointed to the waiting area at the door, "Go and wait there, someone will call you to audition."
When he heard the audition, Matthew's impulsive head calmed down instantly. As long as he took action, all the mistakes were his. This audition would definitely be over.
Most importantly, he was unable to determine whether the dressmaker was intentional.
"Hey..." Someone came over at this time, as if he was the person in charge of the styling room. He pointed at Matthew and said in an orderly tone, "If you finish, go there and wait, don't stand here and be stunned!"
Matthew nodded, loosened his left hand from the grenade on his back, and his right hand gradually relaxed. He glanced at the costumer and walked towards the waiting area. He had been struggling in society. He was not a person who was dizzy with blood. Even if he wanted to do something, he had to endure it for the time being.
Even if the dressmaker deliberately did it, will anyone testify for him in the entire styling room?
If you can't bear it, you can only get out of the crew; if you can bear it for the time being, you might have a day to embarrass the costumer.
When he arrived at the waiting area, Matthew didn't sit, standing there like a javelin, patiently waiting for someone to inform him to go to audition.
Time passed by minute by minute, and some auditions came back one after another. Some of them were depressed, some were excited, and some were very calm. However, after everyone took off their makeup, they quickly left the styling room.
Matthew waited for nearly an hour before an assistant came to his name.
The man stood at the door of the styling room and shouted, "Is Matthew Horner here?"
Just like last time, Matthew raised his hand and signaled, "I'm here."
The assistant took action on him, "Follow me and go to the audition room No. 5."
Without saying a word, Matthew followed the assistant out of the styling room, passed through the long corridor, turned left to a door, waited for the assistant to open the door, and walked in with him.
The moment he stepped past the door, Matthew straightened his body, and his legs became strong and powerful. The ten days of assault training made him look like a soldier.
Chapter completed!