Chapter 74 Roaring

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In the afternoon, Matthew took a flight back to Los Angeles. The next morning, he packed his bags and went to Warner Studios to report. Together with other actors who passed the audition, they took the chartered flight of the "Band of Brothers" crew and arrived in London.

Along the way, he has not been idle, and has met many people.

Since they are both unknown actors, their roles have been determined, there is not much competition, and they have to leave the country to go to the UK to film, these young actors, especially extroverts like Matthew, are chatting. gradually become familiar.

Matthew has met a few people who seem to have good personalities, such as Michael Kulitz, Ian Bailey, Doug Allen and so on.

He has no chance to make friends with the heavyweight characters in the crew for the time being. Those people are in business class and first class, and what he is in is only the ordinary cabin.

However, Matthew also inquired that several of the main actors of the crew would not train with them, and that the character actors included some British actors in addition to those selected for the audition in Los Angeles.

The filming location is mainly in the UK, and the British are definitely among them.

It is said that the actor Richard Winster is played by British actor Damian Lewis.

When they arrived in London, the crew first arranged accommodation for their cast members from North America. Since the main filming location was Hatfield Airport outside London, they chose hotels with convenient transportation nearby. According to the previously signed contract, Matthew Allotted to a single room.

In fact, in terms of board and lodging, the crew will not embarrass the cast and crew. Almost all the important actors live in separate rooms. Michael Kulitz, whom he met on the plane when he came here, lives in the opposite door. The height is close to 1.9 meters. , will play the role of Sergeant Denver-Landman, nicknamed "Big Bull" in the script.

After allocating the room and having a simple lunch, everyone gathered out of the hotel and headed to Hatfield Airport, the filming location.

This is an old airport that has long since been out of use, but the military facilities of the year are still there, and it has become a filming location often used by many WWII or war-themed crews in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Many of the Civil War scenes in Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" were filmed at this airport.

There is another advantage here as a shooting location. There is a tall iron fence around the airport, which was built to military standards. Except for a few exits, the airport is almost a closed space, which can effectively reduce media harassment.

The hotel where Matthew and the others stayed was very close to a temporary entrance and exit of the airport, and they all walked over. This entrance and exit was very narrow, and there was a lift bar to restrict the entry of vehicles.

Enter the airport and walk to the training grounds on the left, the British actors are already waiting for them.

There is no need for training today, the main thing is to get familiar with the venue and get to know it.

Walking from the airport all the way, Matthew observed and chatted with the assistant producer who brought them over, and learned a lot of information.

Hatfield Airport can not only provide office space for the crew, but also the large empty hangar can be used for scenery, and more than 1,000 acres of open space can be used to build 11 outdoor scenes including urban, wild and forest. , including Bastogne in Belgium, Eindhoven in the Netherlands and Carentan in France, etc.

In other words, most of the crew's scenes will be filmed at Hatfield Airport.

The unusually tall and strong Michael Kuritz came over and asked Matthew, "Have you heard anything useful?"

Matthew tightened his shirt. "We're going to spend most of our time here in the next few months."

Just entering November, the temperature in London is very low, especially since he came here from Los Angeles, he is obviously uncomfortable.

Looking up at the sky, the **** was gone, Matthew sighed in the palm of his hand, and it is estimated that the current temperature will be below freezing.

It will not be easy to train in this weather for the next month and a half. Fortunately, he is mentally prepared before he comes.

When the group of more than a dozen actors arrived at the training venue, Matthew found that there were nearly ten British actors waiting there. It was probably because the weather was a little cold, and many of them had impatient expressions on their faces.

"Why so late?"

A woman in her thirties with an obvious British accent asked the assistant producer in a bad tone. The assistant producer also knew that her side was late, and said helplessly, "Sorry, Kate. The plane is late."

"Late?" The woman was also an assistant producer, a little arrogant, "We've been waiting for you here for fifteen minutes!"

"Mr. Gary Goldzman is here."

Someone reminded that the woman was reluctant to keep her mouth shut. Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg would not handle the chores of the crew. In fact, the person who manages the daily affairs of the crew is Gary Goldz. Man.

There was another guy who came with Gary Goldzman.

The man was tall and strong, no less than Michael Kulitz next to Matthew, and he walked like a soldier.

Matthew immediately thought that this might be their training instructor.

Before coming, Helen Herman said that Hollywood will hire absolute professionals for training in this area, and the training intensity is very high. It is said that before the filming of "Saving Private Ryan", the main actors including Tom Hanks They have all undergone professional training, not only physical fitness and weapon use, but also individual soldier tactics and the military's code language and sign language signals during World War II, have been systematically studied.

This kind of epic film and television drama, especially serious themes, must not be sloppy.

"Everyone, welcome to the crew!" Gary Goldzman shouted, standing in front of the crowd, "Welcome to Band of Brothers!"

He introduced the tall man beside him, "This is Tom West, a just-retired British Royal Marine Corps officer with rich experience in military training. In the next month, he will be in charge of your militarized training. "

Then, Gary Goldzman gestured, Tom West took a step forward, put his hands behind his back, and said grimly, "I will send you a detailed training plan tomorrow morning, and you will undergo the royal Navy-like rigorous training, I guarantee you will be qualified soldiers!"

He didn't say much, and then backed off after speaking. Gary Goldzman said a few more words, nothing more than to boost morale and so on, and also ensured that the crew would do a good job in logistical support.

No one doubts this. Hollywood's various systems are sound, and everyone will abide by the rules. The crew uses actors from the Actors Union. Once a dispute arises, the union will bring a lot of trouble.

After coming here for more than half a year, Matthew also knows that the trade union organization here is not a decoration, and he does not understand other industries. It is not a matter of a year or two for the major unions in Hollywood to strike or fight against the six major companies.

Next, the two assistant producers brought all the actors to familiarize themselves with the venue. In addition to the training ground, there were also several locker rooms nearby. The locker rooms were built in the original airport dormitory building and should be fully equipped and closest to the dormitory building. It's an old airport warehouse.

This warehouse is huge and divided into many rooms, where some costumes and props are stored.

However, these can only be used when shooting, and no one cares for the time being.

After walking around Hatfield Airport, I finally picked up their training clothes and put them in the corresponding wardrobe in the locker room.

At the airport, the woman named Kate came to a Land Rover and waited in the driver's seat for a while. The tall Tom West came over and opened the co-pilot door and got in the car.

"Kate, didn't I tell you?" Tom West no longer had the grim look on his face before, and his voice was much softer. "We have to keep a low profile in the crew."

"Afraid of what?" Kate-Jeffrey started the car. "We're friends."

The Land Rover was very fast, without slowing down at all, and rushed out of the airport through the narrow passage. Kate said, "Does the producer have any orders?"

"Strictly train the actors!" Tom West and Kate's relationship is obviously unusual. "Let the actors meet the shooting requirements after a month, and ensure that they are not injured."

He showed a cold smile, "I will train them well!"

The car was getting away from the airport, and Tom West suddenly asked, "Come to my place tonight?"

"No." Kate shook her head slowly, "Tomorrow."

Tom West was a little disappointed, and Kate laughed. "We can find a place at the airport during the training break. I saw it today. The airport is very big, there are very few people, and there are no people at all in some places."

Tom - West did not speak, just nodded.

Back at the hotel, Matthew had dinner with a few American actors, chatted for a while, calculated the jet lag, took the initiative to say goodbye, went back to the room, and called Britney.

"Hi, Matthew."

He could hear that Britney on the other side was very happy and said, "Boob, I'm in London."

"Well." Britney was very concerned, "Is it okay to live there? The crew prepared for you..."

Before she could finish, Matthew heard another woman shout, "Miss Spears, it's time to rehearse!"

Knowing that Britney was getting ready for next year's world tour, Matthew said, "Go ahead and I'll call you later."

Britney's voice was apologetic, "I'm sorry, Matthew."

"It's okay." Matthew comforted her, "Go to rehearsal."

He hung up the phone and started busy with his own business. Reading and newspapers would not stop just because he came to the UK. After taking a bath after finishing the plan, he called Britney again.

No answer this time, Britney should still be busy.

The next day, Matthew had to go to bed, and woke up early in the morning to see an apology text from Britney, and sent her a text message. After cleaning up, he happened to meet Michael Kuritz when he went downstairs for breakfast. The two simply went to the airport together.

They came to the door of the airport, Michael Kulitz was inside, Matthew was outside, and entered the passage side by side.

A Land Rover roared from behind.