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Four days before the actor audition for "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", Helen Herman got the exact news from the crew that Brad Pitt withdrew from the audition for the role of John Smith early on the grounds of poor health. The side also seems to have a prejudice against him, and has no intention of trying to retain Brad Pitt.

As a result, Matthew's biggest competitor announced an early exit.

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston's shocking gossip intensifies as Brad Pitt soothes pregnant Angelina Jolie and prepares Divorce case, but also to carry out crisis public relations to whitewash oneself as much as possible, at least to maintain the image among fans.

Although Jennifer Aniston has stated that she will not ask Brad Pitt for a breakup fee of one dollar, the interests of the two parties are deeply entangled, especially the joint venture plan B company.

Compared to these, the audition for "Mrs. Smith" is not so important to Brad Pitt.

No matter how this gossip evolved, Matthew finally achieved the desired result.

Of course, in order to get the role of John Smith in "Mrs. and Mrs. Smith", he first had to pass the audition.

Matthew has been preparing for the audition for this role for a long time. In addition to strengthening firearms training and continuing to maintain combat training, he also rehearsed all the key scenes in the script with the help of other contracted actors of Angel Agency.

Adequate preparation work, lack of strong competitors, coupled with his own suitable play and the box office of the three recent films he starred in, Matthew passed the audition hosted by Akiva Goldsman and Doug Liman very smoothly. , and even a literary play they developed, it also played quite well.

After shooting so many films, Matthew's acting is still far from the Oscar level, but it is not without progress. Most of the ordinary scenes in commercial films are not difficult to deal with.

When it comes to acting, practice makes perfect.

After passing the audition for the male lead, Helen Herman immediately began to negotiate with the crew. As the male lead in the film, Matthew naturally wanted to gain some power.

"I have prepared two plans for the remuneration, one is the basic remuneration plus post-production share, and the other is the payment of remuneration that does not involve share."

In the office, Helen Herman told Matthew about the situation, "The crew has a relatively sufficient budget and is very confident in the success of the project. It is estimated that the possibility of accepting the basic salary plus the later share is very small."

She said directly, "If the crew pays the film directly, my bottom line is 10 million US dollars, and I will strive for more than 10 million US dollars, but you should not have too much hope."

Matthew nodded lightly, "I understand, I'm still a second-tier star."

Sequel films can naturally require higher remuneration, but non-sequel original works, second-tier stars want to get more than 10 million US dollars in remuneration, it is a bit difficult.

But it's not impossible. For example, when Johnny Depp filmed "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl", he got a near-first-tier salary with a second-tier coffee position.

This also depends on the operation and negotiation ability of the broker.

Matthew is also satisfied if he can get $10 million in pure remuneration for a single film.

Seeing that Matthew was thinking, Helen Herman asked, "Do you have anything to add?"

"Well." Matthew nodded and said, "On the one hand, you have to fight for me as much as possible. Haven't the film crew started the audition for the heroine yet? I ask for advice on the heroine."

Without waiting for Helen Herman to speak, he said, "You've seen the script more than once, Helen. This is a project that relies entirely on the hero and heroine. If I don't have chemistry with the heroine and don't call, the film will be very good. It might be over."

"I have already considered this." Helen Herman obviously thought very comprehensively, "I also mentioned this to Akiva during the initial negotiation yesterday, and they also considered it. The audition is placed behind the male lead in order to choose a female star who can have a good chemical reaction with the male lead and has a certain appeal."

As a producer, Akiva Goldsman is not as successful as Jerry Bruckheimer and Sean Daniel, but he also has a wealth of experience in the industry. Matthew can think of this, and he can also consider it .

Helen Herman said at this time, "I will try my best to get you the right to participate in the female lead audition in the subsequent negotiations."

"Okay!" Matthew nodded again.

In this way, he can also have a certain right of advice in the heroine's audition.

He thought about it and asked, "Which female stars have both Avazi Goldsman and Doug Roman invited to audition for the heroine."

"I know of six," Helen Herman said quickly, "Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Cate Blanchett, Gwen - Stephanie and Aishwarya Rai."

Hearing these five names, Matthew immediately filtered their information in his mind.

Needless to say, Julia Roberts is now the top female star in Hollywood; Nicole Kidman is an Oscar-winning actress and is also firmly in the ranks of first-tier actresses; Catherine Zeta-Jones is famous and can also be classified Among the actresses who are lower in the first line or at the top of the second line; Kate Blatchett is much less famous than the first three, and is also Queen Galadriel in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

These four people are all popular actresses in Hollywood today, and Matthew naturally knows them.

But who are the last two? Gwen Stephanie? He only knew Gwen Stacy.

As for Aishwarya Rai, the name sounds very Asian, and he doesn't remember the name of a famous Hollywood actress.

When in doubt, Matthew would ask, "Who are Gwen Stephanie and Aishwarya Rae? Sound so strange?"

"Gwen Stefani is a female singer, but she also occasionally stars as a guest actress, which has been recognized by many people." Helen Herman said directly, "Aishwarya Rai is from Bollywood in India, The 1994 Miss World beauty pageant winner is now in Hollywood."

"No wonder I don't know." Matthew mumbled.

Since breaking up with Britney Spears, he has not paid much attention to the pop music circle. It is more normal that he does not know female stars like Aishwarya Rai from Indian Bollywood.

Helen-Hellman added, "These two should be the audition candidates that Akiva could not save face to select, and the chance of passing the audition is so small that it can be ignored."

"The other four candidates..." Matthew rubbed his chin and asked, "Who does the crew like more?"

"Nicole Kidman." Helen Herman said lightly, "Akiva and Doug think her temperament is very suitable for Jane Smith."

Matthew frowned, it seems that Nicole Kidman is not very popular with North American audiences. The film that left him the most impressive is "Frightening Island". It seems that after winning the Oscar, it has been unlucky, and later all fell to the ground. It's time to play a female villain in a commercial film.

This is enough to reflect that Nicole Kidman didn't do well in the back, and it is estimated that most of the films she starred in were street goods.

However, he did not speak. After all, he has not signed a contract with "Mrs. Smith", so he will wait until the official contract is signed.

Now that neither Brad Pitt nor Angelina Jolie will appear in the cast of "Mrs. and Mrs. Smith", Matthew is confident that in terms of commercial box office appeal, he will not be worse than Brad Pitt at all. Even better.

A heroine who can call the hero is quite important.

Matthew just felt that he had to find a heroine who called him, and Nicole Kidman might as well forget it.

Don't say anything else, age alone is a headache. Nicole Kidman is thirteen years older than Matthew, even if Nicole Kidman put enough drugs on the face to put it on the face. The difference in front of the HD camera lens is still there.

If it is reduced to a difference of four or five years, it will be much easier.

Helen Herman then went on to talk more about contracts and role preparation.

Akiva Goldsman and Doug Liman require actors to be proficient in weapons and have some basic fighting knowledge in order to create a realistic image of the action. Once a week.

The crew specially hired instructors who had served in the Navy SEALs to teach simplified special forces technology and counter-terrorism. They will start from the most basic, such as understanding weapons, gun posture, and how to use them safely and effectively, and then develop into moving through, Shooting difficult targets, etc.

In addition ~www.readwn.com~ After the basic learning is completed, you must also learn how to rely on wisdom in action, adapt to changes, and not panic.

Although Matthew's quality in this aspect is extremely good, he has no objection to receiving training again, and these will not officially start until the heroine is confirmed.

Not only movement training, but during the initial negotiation, Akiva Goldsman and Doug Liman also asked Matthew to learn dance, especially tango, in the early preparations, in order to cope with the scene of the hero and heroine dancing in the shooting. .

The negotiation of such a large-scale project film will not be done overnight. The final contract signed by the two parties often has dozens or even hundreds of pages, and many of the terms must be negotiated and negotiated by the film party and the agent representing the actor one by one.

As one of the key remunerations, it is not easy to reach an agreement.

The filmmakers naturally want to compress the actors' remuneration as much as possible, and of course the actors want to get more income, which is also a typical labor-management negotiation.

Matthew was patient and continued the planned preparations while awaiting the outcome of the Helen-Hellman negotiations.