Best Movie Star

There was applause in the screening room, and Matthew, along with producer Akiva Goldsman and director Guillermo del Toro, was congratulated by others, many of them well-known.

"thanks."

Every time he shook hands with people, he expressed his gratitude, "I am very honored to have you here."

Suddenly, a face that had only been seen in newspapers appeared in front of him, it was a middle-aged man with brown hair.

"Excellent performance." The man reached out and shook his hand, "I hope we can have the opportunity to cooperate in the future."

Matthew shook hands with him, "I missed a collaboration because of the schedule." The reason he refused last time was because the schedule was not suitable, and the schedule was indeed inappropriate, "Director Nolan, I also hope There is an opportunity to work with you.”

Both of them smiled, and it was impossible to say more on this occasion, Christopher Nolan quickly left.

This operator will soon become the new **** of business directors. Matthew has seen "The Dark Knight" and knows the illustrious reputation of the series.

At the end of the premiere, Matthew attended the post-screening press conference, simply accepted the routine interview, and left the theater.

"Another busy night."

After getting in the car, he looked at the entertainment reporter who was following and said to the driver, "Go back to the Waldorf Astoria Hotel."

The car left the lower city and drove towards Fiftieth Street.

Matthew looked out of the car window. The arched gate of Washington Square was particularly conspicuous under the illumination of neon. He couldn't help but think of the purpose of the predecessor of Washington Square. He wondered if there would be a real "Dark Demon" here at night?

He had heard from Amanda before that Washington Square was once a swamp. It was a cemetery at the end of the 18th century, where people who died of yellow fever were buried at the time. Later, tens of thousands of skeletons were excavated. In 1819, it even became a hanging display. At the scene, will these **** pasts leave any traces?

Like hanging, isn't it easy to cause hanged ghosts?

Hang the ghost? Matthew suddenly thought of something from this. He vaguely remembered watching a horror movie about the Hanged Ghost... By the way, the horror universe that I remembered before seems to be related to this Hanged Ghost horror movie. What is this movie called? And who is the director?

If you don't know the movie, it's called "The Hanged Man", right?

He sat in the car and thought about it for a while, but he didn't think about it in the end.

When I lived on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, I didn't watch many horror movies because of my personal hobbies. At most, it was "The Death Comes" and "The Chainsaw", and most of them were watching typical Hollywood special effects. blockbuster.

Just like the route he's taking now.

Such a route will naturally not please some people, such as film critics in New York.

Unlike Los Angeles, where film critics are known for their vitriol, Rex Reed, who used to kiss a donkey's **** because of him, is a typical example.

But they won't change the course he chooses.

The treatment of this "I Am Legend" in the critics may not be any better than those of his previous films.

He still remembers that before he became famous, he was just listed as the first potential client of Angel Agency by Helen Herman. When communicating with Helen Herman, he said to the female agent: "I want to be the most famous in the world. movie star".

Helen Herman replied at the time: "OK, we can see how the other big stars are doing, and then we will develop a roadmap."

They looked at the 10 most famous movie stars in the world at the time, and together they figured out what was the pattern of their success, and they looked at the 10 most successful films in history, 10 of which were special effects films, and at the same time There are 9 special effects movies with alien creatures appearing.

So it was easy for him and Helen Herman to decide to play "The Scorpion King" and "Pirates of the Caribbean."

In the case of relevant memories, the blockbuster mode of "I Am Legend" allows him to take over the project without much thought, and the rest is how to perform well.

But it's not easy to perform well. "I Am Legend" is his best performance. According to his standards, if the past films can give him 90 points, then the role of Robert Neville , he can hit a hundred for himself.

Jerry Bruckheimer once said to him, "If you have the energy to go from zero to ninety, you can go from ninety to one hundred, so the actor needs to focus the maximum energy to be able to do it. The last ten.

Just in Matthew's wild thoughts, the car arrived at the hotel, and he went back to the room alone.

Originally, he wanted to call Miranda Kerr, but then he thought that the Victoria's Secret Angels had all gone to London, and this year's Victoria's Secret show would be held in London.

David Ellison has already booked the tickets. This year's Victoria's Secret show had a bit of an accident. The main show for the catwalk was originally scheduled to be at the British Museum of Natural History, but there was a theft in early November. Victoria's Secret had to temporarily change the location to Somerset House, and the time was postponed from the beginning of December to the end of the year.

Back at the hotel, changed his dress, and took a shower. Matthew sat in front of the computer, especially turned on the computer and looked at the blogs and social accounts of several well-known film critics in New York. Now many professional film critics have realized that they have The problem is that they have also begun to keep pace with the times, and have opened positions on the Internet.

In particular, Rex Reed, not only has a blog, but also has a certain reputation on social networking sites by virtue of his ability to excel.

When Matthew opened Rex-Reed's social account, the film critic had updated his blog with the content of "I Am Legend", and apparently just watched the film's early stage.

Film critics have always looked down on Matthew, and Rex Reed is no exception.

"The title of "I Am Legend" is very powerful, but unfortunately there is no real 'legend' in the film. All the gimmicks outside this film can express what it hopes to express more than the film itself. For example, the sadness of "I'm the only one left in the world" created in the first half of the film has been fully expressed in the two trailers; almost all the action scenes of the film are also concentrated in the second trailer; The empty New York seems to be less attractive than the dozen or so empty posters of the world's major cities."

Later, Matthew saw the blog of "The New Yorker" film critic Richard Brody. The film critic, who has always been known for his sharpness, had just released a film review five minutes ago, which was more pertinent to "I Am Legend". .

"The sadness of the last days has laid the lingering despair of "I Am Legend". In the first half of the movie, when there is only one legend left in the world, Matthew Horner's performance is very good to endow a kind of hopeless loneliness with idealism. , but after the turning point in the second half, the movie fell into a rut and just created an ordinary hero."

As the leading actor of the film, Matthew rarely agrees with a professional film critic's point of view. The last third of this film is indeed vulgar, but this is not because the crew is not in control, but intentionally, as a production budget. A mega-system with a $150 million publicity and distribution budget of $80 million has to cater to the needs of the market.

Both Akiva Goldsman's script and Guillermo del Toro's filming prepared two very different endings for the film, but in the end it left Robert Neville like a traditional hero in keeping with Hollywood The usual formula for commercial films.

The ending of the second version is relatively literary, and of course the results may be better, but jumping out of the ending of the routine may also bring huge risks.

No one wants to take such a risk, let alone Akiva Goldsman, who holds the post-production power. Even if he decides, I am afraid he will not choose another ending for the public release.

He's a business star, and Hollywood movies are a business after all.

After looking through the Internet for a while, Matthew looked at the time. It was past midnight. He called Helen Herman. There was a call over there. Five minutes later, Helen Herman's phone called. return.

"Just received a call from Warner Bros., and the box office came out ahead of time." She didn't say much, "Go check your mailbox yourself, I just sent you an email."

Matthew immediately logged into his mailbox and saw a new email from Helen Herman~www.readwn.com~ The email was very short, with only one simple statistic - "I Am Legend" had an early box office of 14.6 million US dollars!

Seeing this number, he snapped his fingers, turned off the computer, whistled into the bedroom, and got a good night's sleep.

Lying down comfortably and at ease, Matthew's head was full of only one thought. Will the box office of "I Am Legend" break through the $100 million mark in its first weekend in North America?

Last year, he starred in "Three Hundred Spartans", which set a new record for the North American film market in November. If it can also set a new record in December this year, it must be great.

And it's good for the other side as well.

If the film is a box office hit, the halo effect on him is bound to be further strengthened, and for some people, the projects he is optimistic about will be more attractive.

Just waking up the next morning, Matthew got another call from Helen Herman.

"Go and read the media comments." Helen Herman said indifferently, "Your performance has been widely praised."

Matthew immediately asked the hotel to deliver a dozen newspapers, picked out the entertainment section of each, and looked at each other.

"Solitary persistence, inadvertently touching, driving a strong body... Matthew Horner used an excellent performance to dance the first half of the doomsday waltz."

"There is a bleak and tragic beauty in the overgrown ruins of New York in steel and glass, and Matthew Horner's light and slender acting in it makes the concept of 'The Last Man on Earth' more convincing."

"Even if the second half of the film is clichéd, Matthew Horners' layered acting is involuntarily degraded to a physical show with no brains; nonetheless, his performance is better than relying on CG-addicted special effects. head……"

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