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The scorching sun was scorching hot, and Morocco was not cool at all in January. However, the filming of the crew continued without interruption. The film will be released at the end of the year, and the filming is still behind schedule. Ridley-Scott re-arranged the shooting plan. The arrangement is particularly tense, and overtime has gradually become the norm.

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Matthew finished putting on his makeup, carried his CAR-15 rifle on his back, and entered the set with his helmet on. After a short distance of a few dozen meters, he felt that his military uniform was soaked through.

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Just came back from the cool Los Angeles, and it was inevitable that he was a little uncomfortable. He went back to North America a while ago, and spent the 2001 New Year with Britney in the City of Angels. Just one week later, he was called back to Morocco by the crew.

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Unconsciously, time has entered 2001, and it has been two years since he came here...

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Thinking of this, Matthew walked into the filming studio and felt something stepped on under his feet. He quickly concentrated, avoided the broken bricks in front of him, and came to the front of the falling Black Hawk helicopter.

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Of course, the U.S. military will not really provide a helicopter to crash the crew. This is a carefully crafted prop.

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Under the command of the assistant director, Matthew came to where he was standing, but within a few minutes, many actors who played American soldiers came to the area where the Black Hawk helicopter fell.

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Immediately, the shooting started, gunshots rang out one after another, and explosions shot into the sky from time to time.

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Throughout the afternoon, the crew was filming the shootout between the U.S. military and Somali militiamen. Unlike the pre-Christmas filming, Ridley Scott cut down the number of black extras, and the filming became smoother. Some of the scenes passed in one shot, and as the evening approached, the scene of this scene had come to an end.

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"Matthew! Matthew Horner!" The bearded Jack shouted, "Come here! Come to the helicopter."

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Returning the drinking straw to the assistant, Matthew hurried to the bearded Jack, who was standing in front of the Black Hawk helicopter, surrounded by many actors.

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Seeing Matthew coming over, Bearded Jack urged, "During the filming, Matthew threw the prop grenade, you have to run quickly, the pyrotechnic team has just planted a large dose of explosives, and the power is stronger than what they planted before, understand? ?"

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Matthew nodded slightly, "Understood."

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In the next scene, Sergeant Hut, played by him, wants to blow up the crashed Black Hawk helicopter. Although it is only a model, the gunpowder usually used for shooting is just a fake, and it will definitely not achieve the effect.

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Everything was ready, and the crew then cleared the scene. Only the actors involved in the filming were left near the helicopter, and Matthew was the one closest to the helicopter.

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"Start!" Ridley-Scott himself shouted to start shooting.

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"Attention! Attention!" Matthew shouted loudly and came to the Black Hawk helicopter, took out the grenade, twisted it, threw it, turned and ran behind, shouting loudly as he ran, "Be careful of the explosion! Be careful of the explosion! Attention! Concealment! Pay attention to concealment!"

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Like a soldier dodging a bomb, he ran very fast, and even ran to the actor who was behind him with a few strides.

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Boom—

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The explosion sounded, and a flame shot straight into the sky.

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Matthew felt a heat wave coming from behind, so he quickly lowered his head and lowered his posture, running faster.

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Fortunately, the explosion just looked fierce, but in fact the gunpowder used was mainly to create pyrotechnic effects, and its power was not great.

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"Card!" Ridley-Scott shouted to stop shooting and announced directly, "It's here today."

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After taking off his makeup and washing his body of gunpowder and sweat, Matthew went back to the hotel and fell asleep. The next day, he came to the set before six o'clock and continued to participate in filming. The first scene filmed today was Orlando Bloom on the set 's last scene.

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Orlando Bloom's Tody Brembo, a new recruit, falls and is seriously injured, causing a chain reaction.

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This scene was beautified by the crew.

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In "Black Hawk Down: A Modern Warfare Story" that Matthew watched, recruit Tody Brembo fell during his descent. Tody Brembo was an M60 auxiliary gunner with a lot of ammunition on his back. Accelerating his glide, plus the delay in the helicopter's entry into the control point made the hover a little higher than it should have been, 70 feet, and Tody Brembo almost fell straight on. On the ground, causing severe neck injuries.

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"Probably it's embarrassing that a 'well-trained' soldier would miss his own hand, so the writer made up a story where the pilot dumped him in order to avoid RPG-7 rockets."

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This is Matthew's boring conjecture while watching the filming.

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The filming went well, and Orlando Bloom managed to fall from a platform more than one meter high to an underground cushion.

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"Hi, Matthew." Orlando Bloom passed by Matthew when he was about to remove his makeup, and said deliberately showing off, "I'm going to be free."

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Matthew reached out and gave him a slap. "Congratulations, Orlando, you are one step closer to hell."

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Orlando Bloom laughed, "My next stop is the City of Angels, and what awaits me is cool weather and beautiful girls." He suddenly leaned closer and reminded in a low voice, "This morning, I heard Johnny Lee Miller is complaining about you, be careful."

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"Thank you." Matthew knew that the conflict with Johnny Lee Miller had already spread among the trained actors. As long as a third or fourth party witnessed this kind of thing, it would be difficult to keep it a secret. He was confident, "Johnny Lee Miller didn't dare to do anything to me."

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"You'd better be careful." Orlando Bloom reminded again, "James and Ben are both gone."

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Matthew nodded cautiously. In any case, Orlando Bloom was kind. Although he didn't get along for a long time, Mr. Blossom left him with a very good impression. No matter how he looked at it, he was an enthusiastic and cheerful young man. .

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"Okay." Orlando Bloom waved to Matthew, "I'm leaving."

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Matthew also waved his hand, "Let's meet again in Los Angeles."

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Afterwards, the crew finished filming another scene and moved to the periphery of the street building to film some scenes of the US military barracks.

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That is to say, most of the filming is literary drama, which is precisely Matthew's weakness, especially at the end of the script, a dialogue scene between Sergeant Huth played by him and the hero Josh Hartnett.

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This scene is related to the theme of the whole film, and Matthew encountered some difficulties in acting.

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"Are you going back?" Josh Hartnett walked into the tent and asked, "Let's go now?"

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Matthew was holding a plate, like a real soldier, ignoring the blood on his hands and face, and eating on his own, "There are still brothers in the war zone..."

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"Card!" Ridley-Scott stopped filming and said directly, "Matthew, your problem."

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Matthew put down his plate and raised his hand, Ridley-Scott continued, "Expression! Your expression! You are worried about your comrades! I don't see your worry!"

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He said to his surroundings, "Reset, start shooting again!"

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Matthew quickly adjusted himself, recalling the content he had practiced in the simulation. In the past year or so, he had simulated the performances of many acting masters, and quickly found the content suitable for this scene.

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Such performances are somewhat opportunistic and, in the words of David Astor, his teacher at the Los Angeles School of Performing Arts, have no soul.

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However, it is enough to be used in such a scene. After all, there is no need for a big explosion of acting skills here. Ridley-Scott only needs to be on the average.

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The shooting went on for several NGs, and it started to get rough, but Matthew also has an advantage, and mistakes won't be repeated a second time.

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Of course, Josh Hartnett on the opposite side is not much better than him. In Matthew's words, the two are about half a pound.

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To be precise, the styles of the two are somewhat similar. They are both tall and robust young actors with outstanding appearance and average acting skills.

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Under normal circumstances, actors with similar styles are prone to conflict when they stay in the same crew, but Matthew and Josh Hartnett get along pretty well. On the one hand, their roles are quite different, and on the other hand, Josh Hartnett -Harnett is relatively low-key and modest, and will not easily conflict with people.

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After more than a dozen NGs and mistakes in almost important places, Matthew finally found the deep feeling that the character needs.

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"Every time I go home, they ask me." Matthew not only adjusted his facial expressions, but also made full use of small gestures such as looking left and right, "Hut, why did you join the army? Are you addicted to war? I don't say a word. Say, why? They don't understand, they don't understand why we fight, we fight for our brothers and sisters! It's that simple!"

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After a long pause, Matthew suddenly added, "It's very simple!"

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After speaking, he put down the dinner plate, picked up the magazine and weapon, turned around and walked out of the tent, leaving only a heavy back for the camera.

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This one was finally filmed~www.readwn.com~ Matthew went to touch up his makeup, Ridley-Scott replayed the shot just taken, and bearded Jack stood behind him.

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"It's a pity..." Ridley-Scott shook his head.

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Bearded Jack knew that the boss had something to say, and asked rightly, "What a pity?"

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"Helen's client has very good conditions such as dedication, hard work, appearance, and brain." Ridley-Scott stood up and looked at the direction Matthew was leaving, "Acting skills have yet to be honed."

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"Well." Bearded Jack replied, "He can't handle a role that is too complicated. I heard Helen say that he is positioned as an action-type actor for the time being."

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Matthew's filming in Morocco became intermittent, and he left twice in between, but his vacation was not long, not more than a week. By the beginning of February, Sergeant Huth's scenes were finally filmed, and he returned. He arrived in Los Angeles and flew to France after only two days to attend the premiere of "Band of Brothers", but Johnny Lee Miller, who had also completed the scene, contacted him. !!