Chapter 133

"This is Mr. Matthew Horner."

In the press room, after the press officer of the crew introduced, Matthew stood up and bowed slightly, with a warm and bright smile on his face, plus the beard that the crew of "Black Hawk Down" had not shaved off, it looked kind of Maturity beyond age.

The reporter's response was mediocre, and the press officer introduced, "Mr. Matthew Horner is the actor of Ronald Spears, the fourth company commander of E Company."

As soon as these words came out, some reporters immediately raised their hands, and the characters were obviously more attractive than the actors.

After the press officer called the name, a staff member took the microphone over.

"Hello, Ma... Mr. Matthew Horner, I'm a reporter from Empire magazine." The reporter stood up and asked, "Can you tell me the truth about Ronald Spears killing prisoners of war?"

The second episode of the TV series has relevant plots, and in the subsequent editing, it also focuses on the content of this aspect, which is why he asked this question.

Matthew was noncommittal, and deliberately said something intriguing, "Have you noticed, everyone said that this kind of story was heard from the person at the scene, but when you ask that person, he will say that he came from Another person on the scene heard it."

Although the TV series has taken a virtual account of whether Spears actually killed prisoners of war, killing prisoners of war is arguably a relatively common phenomenon in Hollywood war movies.

There was a scene during the filming, Matthew still remembers, when Captain Winters, played by Damian Lewis, asked his men to escort the prisoners of war, he asked the soldiers to take out the bullets in the gun, leaving only one, when he wanted to come, it was In order to prevent soldiers from killing prisoners of war indiscriminately, it also shows that killing prisoners of war may have been relatively common at that time.

After all, killing prisoners of war is the easiest and most effective way to deal with it.

Then two reporters asked questions, all of them procedural questions, and Matthew's media time was over, also because he played Ronald Spears, like James McAvoy and Michael - Fassbender didn't get the chance to enter the press room at all.

There are more than a dozen actors in the press room, and each has a limited time for media interviews.

However, Matthew will also participate in two promotional events in Los Angeles, one of which is a fundraiser for old, sick and under-cared veterans.

The weekend after the premiere in Utah Beach, "Band of Brothers" officially landed on HBO, which was broadcast to paying subscribers. HBO is not a public television station with more than 15 million subscribers.

Even among the pay TV stations in the United States, it is also the most expensive group.

In other words, HBO is a customer base at the very top of the TV audience's food chain.

Huge publicity, sophisticated production, high production costs, and influential producers, coupled with that special history, allowed "Band of Brothers" to get a beautiful weekend premiere data.

The first episode of "Band of Brothers" garnered more than 10 million viewers on Sunday night's premiere and the next morning's rerun, not as much as a public television show, but two-thirds of HBO's subscribers Watched this TV show.

Over the next few weeks, viewership dipped, but "Band of Brothers" maintained its current episode with more than 8 million viewers.

More explosive than the number of viewers is the reputation of "Band of Brothers".

The critics gave this mini-series unanimously high praise, and even if the broadcast has not ended, they all believe that it will become a classic in World War II film and television works.

The word-of-mouth of "Band of Brothers" also exploded among ordinary audiences. Even after the ninth episode was broadcast, when the rating users exceeded 100,000, the IMDB rating remained firmly above 9.5 points.

"The great thing about "Band of Brothers" is that it describes the war with compassion and compassion from beginning to end. Most of the time in the play, it describes the life of ordinary soldiers, and there are almost no senior generals. Compared with the high-fidelity war scenes , a group of vivid and unforgettable little characters make the audience more moving."

There are too many reviews like this, too many to be seen.

"From today until the end of the world, we will always be remembered. We are the lucky few, we are brothers who are close to each other, and whoever fought blood with me today is my brother."

After ten weeks of airing, the premiere of "Band of Brothers" on HBO came to an end.

Thanks to the attention of the series, Matthew has also received some attention for his role as the fourth company commander of E Company. Unfortunately, the news media reported on him far less than expected. Even the hero Damian -Lewis is no exception. It seems that the focus of the audience and the media is on the plot of the episode.

This can be said to be a miniseries where the plot goes far beyond the characters.

Fortunately, there is not much attention, but there are always some.

In an elegantly furnished apartment in Cambridge, England, Amanda is sitting in front of a computer, flipping through the column page of "Band of Brothers" on the IMDB website. In the character introduction column, there is a character that has attracted her attention for a long time.

"Ronald Spears: Played by Matthew Horner. Spears was the platoon commander of the original D company. He was ordered in a critical situation in the Battle of Bastogne. He succeeded Decker, who lost his ability to command, and became the commander of the E company, gaining the trust of the entire company. . A legend of the Second Battalion, brave and decisive, sometimes ruthless, the standard Jagged soldier, with another hobby of 'collecting' loot."

Amanda looked at the picture above the character introduction, the steel helmet covered half of her head, revealing a determined face below.

"Matthew..." Amanda laughed. "Are you really going to be a star?"

She still clearly remembered that the actor, who was slightly older than herself, said at the beginning that he was going to visit his class from the crew, but unfortunately he had been busy with his studies and finally failed to make it.

The reason why she is in the UK, it is a bit inconvenient to subscribe, and also watch "Band of Brothers", is mostly because of Matthew Horner.

What I didn't expect was that the little character Helen originally called was quite outstanding.

Amanda watched the stills and applied for an IMDB account, and left her first movie review in her life on the web column of "Band of Brothers".

"Charming character in Band of Brothers - Ronald Spears!"

"After watching "Band of Brothers", Ronald Spears, the fourth commander of Company E, left a deep impression on me..."

After Amanda wrote a sentence, she couldn't write anymore. It was the first time she wrote this kind of thing, and after a long pause, she started typing on the keyboard again.

"Ronald Spears's Matthew Horner played one of the most characterful characters in Band of Brothers, at least I think so, and his performance gave Ronald Spears a composure, Fearless, hateful, gritty...I like this character more than Winters."

On the other hand, although the media is more concerned about the plot, it is not that the role of Ronald Spears has not been ignored.

After the seventh episode of "Band of Brothers," Entertainment Weekly featured Ronald Spears as the highlight of the episode.

"...Ronald Spears never denied the fact that he killed prisoners in the show because he wanted everyone to know that his cruelty was in line with the laws of the battlefield. We as audiences can like Winters' caring soldier, but It is Spears who truly symbolizes the essence of the soldier on the battlefield."

"The character played by Matthew Horner is equally ruthless compared to Sober, but his theories come from the wars he faces. When he coaches the timid Bloy in the third episode, he suggests that soldiers should 'no With pity, without sympathy, without remorse'."

"Entertainment Weekly" paid more attention to the role of Ronald Spears. As for Matthew who played the role, he only mentioned it incidentally.

During the filming, Matthew had a lot of scenes, but after watching ten episodes, he found that the role of Ronald Spears was actually playing soy sauce in the episodes with more identity.

Although there are some regrets, it is not unexpected. After all, the actor of the film is Richard Winters, and the main character is also the people around Richard Winters.

"Actually, you are still very popular with the audience."

In a suite at the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Britney was wearing only a men's shirt. She sat on the sofa and looked at her laptop. Matthew said, "Come and see, there are a lot of people commenting on you on Yahoo."

Matthew got two glasses of water, walked over and sat next to Britney, looking at the screen.

Britney pointed to the laptop that came with the hotel suite, and said, "Just here, someone specifically asked questions."

Matthew has seen it, and it is indeed related to him.

"Who played Lieutenant Ronald Spears in Band of Brothers?"

The person asking the question obviously doesn't know Matthew, but there are very few people who know Matthew now.

Someone below replied: "It's called Matthew Horner! A newcomer."

This question did not end, and someone left a message behind: "I like this character very much! When I saw that he was just called to the top E company commander in the episode, he rushed out of the bomb smoke like a plug-in, and then he was on the enemy's territory again. Running back and forth, it was amazing! Then I kept paying attention to him."

Britney dragged the web page down, contrary to Matthew's expectations, there were still many people leaving messages.

"I feel like this actor is playing a very good character, he's tall and strong, dark-haired, rough and handsome, very stern, he has the look of a leader, and he acts like a leader, um... a strong , aggressive, brave, and resourceful infantry platoon leader."

"Such a handsome actor, and the mysterious atmosphere caused by so many incidents has created enough momentum for him. Then a rotten Decker company commander unexpectedly fell off the chain when he officially entered the game. At this time, there was a loud noise of cannonballs on the ground. Matthew Horner made his debut, and as soon as he became a company commander, he played like a monster..."

After watching for a while, Matthew was quite content, but after looking at Britney in front of him, he returned to the ground from the clouds. )!!