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"Hello, Mr. Daniel."

In the coffee shop, Helen Herman was wearing a lady's business suit and introduced herself to the person opposite with a smile, "I'm Helen Herman, the agent of Angel Agency."

On the opposite side of her is Sean Daniel, brown-haired and bald, in his fifties, wearing old-fashioned flat-rimmed glasses and a relatively old suit, with an unremarkable face that is quite serious, and the appearance alone gives people a kind of Old-fashioned feel.

Sean Daniel squeezed Helen Herman's outstretched hand lightly, nodded and said, "Hello, Miss Herman."

As he spoke, he quickly looked at Helen Herman, and saw that she was wearing a dark suit that fit well, her hair was meticulously combed behind her head, and a pair of ordinary black-rimmed glasses stood in front of her eyes, except for a pair of ear studs. , with no other accessories in sight, and exudes a calm and capable temperament all over his body.

The first impression this female agent gave him was very good.

Although Sean Daniel did not show it, he subconsciously felt that this woman named Helen Herman was a conservative.

"You have something to do with me?"

Recently, there have been many agents looking for him, such as Dwayne Johnson's agent. Their purpose is known without guessing.

Knowing that the producers were busy, Helen Herman didn't need to hide it, saying, "My client Matthew Horner passed his first audition for The Scorpion King, one of four cast members to audition with makeup on. one."

"You are well informed." Sean Daniel was not surprised.

Helen Herman smiled and continued what he just said, "In the role of the Scorpion King, Matthew has an advantage that others do not have. In the popular "Gladiator", he plays a barbarian. The leader, similar to the Scorpion King in some ways, and he was hand-picked by director Ridley Scott."

Sean Daniel has naturally seen "Gladiator", which is also produced by Universal Pictures, and also remembers that barbarian character, the one Ridley Scott used. Not to mention how good it is, at least it should not be bad.

In fact, Helen Herman is very clear that compared to the last three competitors, Matthew also has his own advantages, and when Sean Daniel came out, he wanted to point out Matthew's advantages.

Compared to Dwayne Johnson, Matthews is at a disadvantage in body shape, but his acting experience can crush him.

"Matthew Horner just finished filming Hanks and Spielberg's 'Band of Brothers.'" Helen Herman lays out Matthew's strengths, "since November last year, he has been in Under the strict military training, he never relaxed during the filming of "Band of Brothers". The training and filming for more than half a year made him look very much like a soldier, and during the filming of "Band of Brothers", no matter how difficult the action scenes were, the horse Xiu is always on set to shoot.”

Compared to the other two competitors, Matthew's acting skills are mediocre, but he has an absolute advantage in terms of body and training!

When Sean Daniel heard this, a thought naturally popped into his head, "The role of the Scorpion King is basically an action scene, an actor with rich experience, the crew will definitely have a lot less trouble when shooting, trouble often means time and money... …”

Helen Herman could see that Sean Daniel listened to these words.

Someone who can control a large production crew is definitely not easy, so after she called Jack, she carefully formulated a strategy, from the first appearance to impress Sean Daniel, to the advantages of Larry Matthews, all are Planned for Sean Daniel.

There is still a very important point in the plan, but it is necessary to find suitable opportunities.

"I see." Sean Daniel didn't say anything, as if he didn't hear Helen Herman say these words, "Let's wait for the audition with makeup, Dwayne Johnson and the other two actors are also very good."

Listening to Sean Daniel's inadvertent mention of Dwayne Johnson, Helen Herman said, "I'm looking forward to auditioning with makeup! Although Dwayne Johnson's father is a rare black world champion in professional wrestling, he is also a world champion. Champion, playing a role like The Scorpion King has its own advantages, but I believe Matthew is better!"

In order to confuse the public, she deliberately emphasized, "Mr. Daniel, Dwayne Johnson has never participated in the shooting of any movie!"

As if this sentence was the point.

Sean Daniel's face is not looking good anymore, this is not for Helen Herman, it is too common for agents to praise their actors in front of the person who has the power to decide the role, and belittle competitors. He has long been immune to these. .

Originally, he had a certain skepticism about the completely blank actor information of Dwayne Johnson, and because of some inexplicable factors, he didn't really like Dwayne Johnson to play the main supporting role in the film. He heard that Dwayne Johnson's father was The rare black world champion in professional wrestling...

As an old-fashioned white southerner, something in Sean Daniel's heart gradually slipped out.

For the film's Hollywood-style political correctness, he has already forced himself to use a black actor in the supporting role, and really doesn't want to see a second one among the important roles.

"Just here, I have something else to do." He stood up and waved at Helen Herman casually, "Goodbye, Miss Herman."

"goodbye……"

Helen Herman watched Sean Daniel leave the cafe, feeling that her words should have played a role, left a note, and walked out.

Compared with the other two thin actors, she always believed that Dwayne Johnson was Matthew's competitor. She didn't expect Dwayne Johnson to be out of the game just now, as long as Sean Daniel was able to show him Deductions are enough.

As an entertainment agent, it's her job to win roles for clients. Helen Herman is just doing what she needs to do to maximize the chances of clients getting jobs, but she is also very clear that these are supporting roles. If If Matthew's audition is not good enough, what he said and did was nothing but useless effort.

Back at the producer's office at Pinewood Studios, Sean Daniel opened the filing cabinet, took out the cast materials submitted by Dwayne Johnson, sat on the boss's chair, stared at it for a long time, and the more he looked, the more Stephen felt. -There is something wrong with this pro wrestling champion that Sommers recommended.

Dwayne Johnson is very well-known, and the stunt of appearing in a movie for the first time is indeed conducive to the promotion of the film, but "The Mummy Returns" is the sequel to the hit movie "The Mummy", which has limited publicity and is not as good as bringing disadvantages.

The biggest drawback is that Dwayne Johnson has never acted in a movie. It doesn't matter if he just plays a small character who acts as a background. The problem with an important supporting role like the Scorpion King is a big problem. He has seen countless new actors play important roles for the first time. There will always be various situations, and the troubles brought to the crew are endless.

The time and budget for shooting with Dwayne Johnson ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ will inevitably increase.

Then there is the salary. Dwayne Johnson is a big star in the professional wrestling world. Even if it is the first time to appear in a movie, the salary is not cheap, and the salary of the crew is too low, so the other party is very likely to refuse to appear.

In contrast, the other three young actors have no such concerns.

and also……

Sean Daniel suddenly threw Dwayne Johnson's information on the desk, and stopped thinking about it. He found so many reasons, but it was because of something that could not be stated clearly.

He picked up the phone and dialed the assistant's number, "It's me, you go check it out and give me the details of Dwayne Johnson as soon as possible, including his family situation! Be careful, keep a low profile, especially don't talk to Stephen Somo. Say hello."

He also considered before that if there are no other suitable candidates, it is not impossible to use Dwayne Johnson, but after hearing Helen Herman's inadvertent words, this possibility is becoming infinitely smaller.

The assistant's work efficiency is very high. After all, Dwayne Johnson is a big star in the professional wrestling world. He quickly collected detailed information and sent it to Sean Daniel's desk.

After Sean Daniel looked through it, he confirmed certain things and made a decision in his heart.

However, he did not change the list of auditions with makeup, Dwayne Johnson will still participate in the audition, and Stephen Sommers is the director of the crew. Although he is a producer with more power, there is no need for a deadlock.

On a Monday in June, before dawn, Matthew got up early and cleaned himself up neatly. In order to avoid the possibility of a protruding lower abdomen during the audition, he only ate two eggs for breakfast, and then accompanied Helen Herman. Next, come to Pinewood Studios, enter the dressing room of the styling room, and prepare for the next audition with makeup.