Chapter 155 Don't Think Too Much

In order to make the actors feel at ease in their training without being disturbed, the crew specially rented a small studio at Warner Studios, which was transformed into a temporary training venue after simple adjustments. The sponge pad ensures that the actor does not get hurt. m.

Matthew changed into his training uniform, came out of the locker room, and saw the assistant the crew had provided for him.

It was a Chinese girl with short and medium black hair. After seeing him, she took the initiative to say hello, "Hi, Matthew, we meet again."

Seeing a familiar person serving as an assistant, Matthew was in a good mood and responded immediately, "Nice to meet you, Mila."

He walked over and asked, "Have you decided to come to Hollywood to develop?"

Mila Wang took the work bag from Matthew's hand, followed him with it, and said, "I came to Los Angeles only this month, and I came here after seeing the job advertisement of the crew in the newspaper. I was in the crew before. However, they happily accepted me."

Other actors and action director Tim Madsen hadn't arrived yet. Matthew and the two temporarily went to the rest area on the edge of the venue and found a random seat to sit down and wait. Mira began to skillfully organize the work package.

"The old way?" Mira asked.

Matthew nodded slightly, "Whatever you want."

He doesn't have high demands on this.

Mila took out the towel for wiping sweat, put it on the shelf next to it, took out the water glass, looked at how much water was in it, and asked, "The crew has prepared energy drinks, specially equipped."

Seeing that Matthew had no objection, she went to the eating area to get electrolyte drinks and food for energy.

At this time, the other actors entered the training hall one after another, and Matthew looked at them quickly, and the first thing he saw was the heroine.

The heroine has black hair, is estimated to be in her mid-thirties, and looks Asian or mixed race.

The other three actors are relatively familiar, and they may have met at the Angel Agency. They should be the three actors recommended by Helen Herman to the crew.

Of the three actors, one is rather vulgar, one is tall and fat, and the other is very strong in his thirties.

Although the skin color of these three people is not white, Matthew can see that they are all white actors.

Fortunately, black people have not been spoiled by Hollywood in this day and age. If he paid attention to Hollywood entertainment gossip in the past few years, in such a medium-sized production crew, none of the main actors were black, and they might be black uncles in the circle. They are outraged by racism.

Behind them, there are some actors, who are basically small actors with action scenes in the crew.

Soon, the action director Tim Madsen also arrived, he explained a few words to the action director group, and the actors were quickly divided into different groups.

Male protagonists like Matthew are of course directed by Tim Madsen himself, and several other main actors are also trained by special personnel.

"I saw all the footage you shot on set."

The two of them took up a third of the training hall, and Tim Madsen stood in the middle and said to Matthew, "I have developed a routine for you that combines agility and strength."

Matthew knows that the action routines of filming are completely different from actual combat, and he doesn't think he is great because he has practiced boxing and kickboxing. Maybe the thin Tim Madsen can't beat him in actual combat with bare hands. One, but definitely a pro when it comes to motion design for the film.

"In the action scenes of the script, you often face one-to-many situations." Tim Madsen explained in detail, "Mochaus is a powerful killer and warrior, but he does not break away from the category of human beings. In the case of a large number of people, it is impossible to face the enemy head-on, and fighting and escaping are necessary."

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Matthew nodded, "Tim, it's not intuitive enough to just say it. Why don't you do it like this, can you do a rough exercise? "

Tim Madsen certainly wouldn't say no, "Yes."

Then, he took the knives, spears, bows and other props successively, and demonstrated some carefully designed action routines.

"Can you?" asked Tim Madsen, firing a final arrow. "How do you feel?"

Matthew raised a thumb. "Excellent."

The action in the movie must be viewed first. Although this movie adopts realistic fighting and rejects fancy dance, it will not be like the Hollywood movies in the 1970s and 1980s. Many action scenes are unsightly.

Then, under the guidance of Tim Madsen, Matthew started some basic training, such as the posture of holding a knife, how to draw a bow, etc., all of which must be done well, otherwise they will be in the camera. It's a joke.

Compared with his absolute protagonist, the training of other actors is much easier.

After all, this is shooting a movie, not letting the actors go to the Bosera Contest.

Matthew came to a large mirror with a prop knife and practiced the action of drawing the knife continuously. Not far away, the black-haired actress who played the leading role was standing in front of the mirror and was stretching her muscles. He blinked. Looking at it, this actress is very easy to do several high kicks. It is guessed that either she has been specially trained before, or she is a dancer.

The actress also noticed Matthew and came over while he was resting.

"Hi..." She greeted proactively.

Matthew also responded politely, "Hello." He thought for a moment and introduced himself, "Matthew Horner."

"Kelly-Hu." The actress also introduced herself.

After looking at her without a trace, Matthew pointed to the place where she was just now and asked, "Have you practiced dancing?"

In spite of the loose training suit, he could tell that the actress was well-built and had an indescribable feeling.

"No." Kelly Hu first shook his head, then said, "I'm a black belt in karate."

Matthew was stunned for a moment, the woman didn't look alike at all, he couldn't help laughing and said, "It's surprising."

Kelly-Hu looked at Matthew and said, "I heard from the crew that you practiced boxing and kickboxing."

"I'm just a hobby." Matthew said in his heart that this woman wouldn't have a problem with her head, so she wanted to come over and try to figure it out for herself, "I practice and play when I have nothing to do."

It turns out he was thinking too much, and Kelly-Hu added, "It helps with action scenes?"

Matthew nodded lightly, "Yeah." He looked at Kelly-Hu's oriental woman's face and asked, "Are you Chinese?"

Kelly-Hu admitted generously, "I have a quarter of Chinese ancestry, and my great-grandfather is Chinese."

Matthew pointed to her hair in a ponytail. "No wonder you have beautiful long black hair."

He was just about to take a break, so he just stood here and chatted with Kelly Hu for a while. Kelly Hu is the heroine. He will have a lot of opposite scenes with him in the future filming. Familiarity with him now will also help in future filming.

After chatting for a while, Matthew also learned some basic information about Kelly Hu. For example, although she is of Chinese descent, she does not speak Chinese. Because she has practiced karate and Japanese swordsmanship, she has a better impression of Japan.

After about ten minutes, the two returned to their respective areas and continued their respective exercises.

After Matthew practiced for a while with knives and knives, Tim Madsen was worried that the actor was bored, and asked him to temporarily switch to practice bows and arrows as a remedy.

The training hall, which was temporarily converted from a studio, has a huge area, and the areas on the four walls also have their own divisions of labor. The side near the dressing room and the dressing room is the temporary resting place for the actors. There are entrances and exits on the left and right sides. There is a solid wall, and a target is erected on the side of the wall, which acts as a practice for the actors.

Picking up a recurve bow, Matthew followed Tim Madsen's instructions, took a prop arrow, clasped it between his fingers, and pulled the bowstring.

The wooden bow looked very hard, but it was soft when pulled. Matthew easily pulled it into a full moon, aimed at the target not far away, and loosened the bowstring.

The arrow flew out with a swish, brushed the target, and hit the wall.

Then, he drew out a second arrow and bent the bow again, this time his head was better, and the arrow hit the target.

It's a pity that the arrows are all blunt and can't hit the target at all.

The morning’s training passed in an instant, and Matthew returned to the resting place. Mila handed over the towel immediately. He took it and wiped his sweat. He took the cup that Mila sent him and took a sip, and said, “Let’s go, Let's go to lunch together."

Seeing that Mira didn't move, he said, "See you again after a long time, I'll treat you."

This is the end of today's training session. Ma Xiu is going to go to the locker room to change his clothes first, and three actors who belong to the Angel Agency with him come over.

"Hi, Matthew," said the one who looked a little sleazy. "We meet again."

Matthew couldn't remember where he had seen him, and said with a smile, "Yeah."

Mira stood very close behind him, reminding in a low voice, "Duff Villa."

Matthew remained calm and reached out his hand, "Duff, it feels great that we can work together."

Duff Villa quickly shook his hand, "I think so too." He then introduced Matthew to the other two actors, first pointing to the tall man and saying, "This is Clark Bernard. "He pointed to the very strong one and said, "This is Steven Brand."

In the future, I will work in the same crew, and I can't see you when I look up. Matthew also politely shook hands with the two of them and greeted them.

However, the two are obviously not as good at communicating as Dave Villa, the tall Clark Bernard is fine, and the sturdy Steven Brand has been tensed and seems to have a problem with him. .

But Matthew didn't care very much, these three people were not on the same level as him at all.

Several people exchanged a few words, Matthew and Mira took the lead to leave, and the other three looked at the back of the two and did not leave.

"Don't think about it." Duff-Villa reminded, "Let's go."