Chapter 86 Well Done

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For his role, Matthew has made adequate preparations in the past few months, and Ronald Spears is also a role carefully chosen by Helen Herman combining his own strengths and weaknesses. The expression on his face most of the time is gritty, without much adjustment from the actor.

This can properly cover up the shortcomings of Matthew's lack of acting skills.

Matthew stood on the side of the two main actors, Damian Lewis and Neil MacDonald, waiting for filming to begin.

He had been preparing for so long and was looking forward to the shooting.

"Band of Brothers, Episode 2, Scene 11, Act 5, start now!"

The moment the sound of the record sounded, Matthew immediately entered the state. He had practiced this scene in front of the mirror no less than 20 times, and he was already familiar with it.

Unlike his self-rehearsal, there are more actors and cameras around him, but he is not a newcomer and will not make the low-level mistake of looking at the camera lens again.

"Lieutenant Spears!" Damian Lewis asked, looking at Matthew, "how are you over there?"

Matthew shook his head slightly, "Not very good."

Damian Lewis asked again, "How many people have D Company assembled?"

Matthew's face showed helplessness, "There are not many people, about twenty..."

"Stop!" Director Richard Longklein shouted to stop filming, "No!"

Hearing this, Matthew immediately got rid of his role and quickly recalled his performance just now, trying to find out where he made a mistake.

After all, the director called to stop when he was speaking.

Director Richard Longklein stood up and waved to the three actors in front of the camera, "It has nothing to do with you, there is a problem with the scene design."

He came between Matthew and Damian Lewis, looked at Matthew first, then Damian Lewis, frowning and thinking.

Matthew subconsciously wanted to touch his face, but suddenly realized that there was still camouflage on his face, so he had to touch his helmet.

"Redesign the scene!" Richard Longklein stepped out from between Matthew and Damian Lewis, "I'm going to adjust the scene."

In the original scene, Ronald Spears, played by Ma Jiao, stood here, said a few words to Damian Lewis and left, and then went to the German prisoner of war, which can be regarded as an introduction to this role.

Richard Longklein obviously has his own ideas, and after a brief exchange with Tom Hanks, he also received support from Tom Hanks.

As for the opinions of the actors, including Damian Lewis, none of the three are well-known actors and can basically be ignored.

In the vast majority of cases, the actors are also not able to speak.

Soon, Richard Longklein completed the adjustment and came to the middle of the three actors.

He first looked at Matthew and said, "You don't stand here when filming starts."

Matthew thought he was going to cut out Ronald Spears' role here, and was a little conflicted, but nodded and said, "Okay."

Richard Longklein turned to both Damian Lewis and Neil MacDonald and said, "You continue the conversation in the last scene about Lieutenant Meehan and the Supreme Commander of E Company."

Damian Lewis and Neil MacDonald have no problem.

"Matthew!" Richard Longklein turned around again, pointing to Damian Lewis and Neil MacDonald, "Come over from the battalion headquarters and wait for the two of them to finish their discussion. When you come over, your lines remain the same."

He demonstrated the position in person, and then said to Matthew, "When you leave, remember to ask them for cigarettes, and you will smoke the Germans next time."

"I see," Matthew said.

His role was not cut, but a little bit more than in the script.

"Okay!" Richard Longklein shouted back to the director's seat, "You rehearse once.

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Matthew quickly got acquainted with the new design with Damian Lewis and Neil MacDonald before filming resumed.

This time, Matthew was standing outside the camera leaning toward the battalion headquarters, listening carefully to the conversation between Damian Lewis and Neil MacDonald.

"...if he goes missing, Dick," Neil MacDonald said to Damian Lewis. "Aren't you the top commander of E Company?"

Hearing this sentence, Matthew walked over immediately. When he was near the two, Damian Lewis turned his head and looked over at the right moment, and took the initiative to say hello, "Hi, Lieutenant Spears."

Matthew came to him and shook hands with Damian Lewis, "Hi, Dick."

Damian Lewis asked, "How many people has D Company assembled?"

"Not too many." Matthew's face was basically expressionless, "About twenty people."

"You're the only officer?" Damian Lewis asked again.

Matthew nodded lightly, "For now, yes." He paused deliberately and said, "Still waiting for orders."

From the very beginning to the present, he has no unnecessary movements or expressions, and he is as cold as a rock.

In the film and television works and related materials studied by Matthew, the Jagged Soldiers are basically like this.

He took the initiative to ask, "Do you have a cigarette?"

Damian Lewis shook his head, Neil MacDonald took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handed them over, Matthew took the next word without saying a word, turned and left directly.

Director Richard Longklein's voice came over at this time, "Okay! This one is over!" Then he shouted again, "Transition shooting!"

The crew was about to move to the adjacent studio to shoot the scene of the German prisoners of war. Matthew entered the actor's rest area and sat down. Immediately someone brought a thick blanket and a cup of hot coffee, although what he wanted most was a cup of hot tea, even if it was scented tea. The last one is also fine, but as a character actor, you can't pay too much attention to this aspect.

Matthew put on the blanket and took a sip of hot coffee, feeling a little warmer.

Time has entered the year 2000, and although late January is not as cold as December, it is still windy.

These actors play the soldiers who landed in France in June. Of course, they can't wear too thick clothes. They are basically single clothes when filming.

Half a cup of coffee was in his stomach, Matthew just put down the cup, and the makeup artist came over to touch up the makeup. Fortunately, there was no need to make too many adjustments to the oil on his face, and the weather was cold and it would not be smeared by sweat, so it was completed soon.

"It's so cold!" Michael Fassbender rubbed his hands and walked into the rest area, pulling a chair to sit next to Matthew. "The hellish weather in the UK is killing me."

Matthew looked at him and asked, "Your part is done."

"Not yet, but I won't be needed for the time being." Michael Fassbender went to pick up a cup of hot coffee, "I'll come in and warm up."

He took a sip of coffee and gave Matthew a thumbs up. "You did a great job! You don't look like a newbie at all."

"Really?" Matthew asked.

Michael Fassbender nodded seriously, "Of course it's true?" He put on his nose upturned, "Do I need to please you?"

Matthew immediately shook his head, "No need."

"I want to ask you..." Michael Fassbender's face was full of curiosity, "How long have you been preparing for this role?"

"I think about it..." Matthew calculated, "Four or five months."

Michael Fassbender was a little surprised, "For such a small role, how many months did it take to prepare?" He gradually became enlightened, "No wonder you were the best in training, and it was not bad when you were just shooting."

It is common for an actor to prepare for a lead role for several months, and it is less common for an actor to prepare for a small role for four or five months.

"Matthew!"

An assistant director walked in at this time, "It's almost your part, go to the studio to prepare."

"I'm going right now."

Matthew said hello, walked out of the actor's resting place, and walked into the muddy path. On both sides of the path, there were fake trees erected by the crew, which looked the same as the real ones.

Doing these things is the bare minimum for today's Hollywood movies.

Not to mention others, after Matthew watched a lot, he was not surprised.

After the crew was adjusted, filming began again, and Matthew put on his helmet and entered the shooting location.

He has done enough research on the character to know that he doesn't have to show too much when shooting, as long as he maintains the state of the previous shot is enough.

Hearing the sound of director Richard Lonklein shouting the start, Matthew, with a cigarette in his mouth and a Chicago typewriter in his right hand, stepped on the muddy path and walked towards the German prisoners.

Scott Goenrith, who participated in the training together, passed by him, and Matthew seemed to have not seen it, and his eyes were firmly forward.

He looked at the German prisoner and took out the pack of cigarettes he wanted from his pocket, "Cigarettes?"

An extra who played the German soldier came over, and Matthew handed him the whole pack of cigarettes, "Here you are."

The extra smoked all the German soldiers, Matthew swept across the faces of the German soldiers, and spit out a smoke ring...

"Good!"

This happened once, and director Richard Longklein seemed very satisfied, "Matthew Horner, well done!"

Hearing the director's words, Matthew took off his steel helmet and showed a bright smile.

After a short adjustment, the shooting continued. This time, it was full of close-ups of Matthew's shooting. After five shots were taken, the director announced that it was complete.

Matthew took off his helmet and jumped off the mound, ready to remove his makeup.

All his shots were shot today.

In this scene about Ronald Spears's shooting of German prisoners of war, the crew did not give a clear answer, and adopted a subtle way of expressing it, just like a rumor among veterans.

In the filming of the second episode, there were not many scenes about Ronald Spears. Matthew then filmed a scene with troops supporting E Company, which completed all his scenes in this episode.

The crew filmed at Hatfield Airport for a month. Even Matthew was physically and mentally exhausted. The crew also gave two days off for the actors who had no part to shoot afterwards.

Matthew originally wanted to use these two days to visit Britney, but after the phone call, he could only change the plan. Britney's global tour had already kicked off, and there was no time to see him at all.

However, he is not alone in the UK, and there are acquaintances in the crew who hang out together.