I was just thinking about taking the arts exam and you said I've been playing supporting roles

Chapter 487 The entire crew was utterly horrified!

The filming location for "Dallas" was not in Dallas, but at the New Orleans studios!
Although the film is based on a true story, namely a real event that took place in Dallas County, Texas, the filming location was ultimately not chosen by directors Jean-Marc Vallée and Rachel Winter due to considerations such as cost and filming schedule.

Chen Jin arrived at the film set two days before filming began, while another lead actor, Matthew McConaughey, arrived at New Orleans Airport at almost the same time.

Rachel and director Mark had obviously arrived long ago; they were there to make many preparations beforehand.

"Wow, let me see, is this a future superstar who lost 39 pounds in a month?"

Matthew McConaughey, a future Oscar winner, is a witty person.

Before setting off, Chen Jin sent him her flight information. The two arrived at the airport almost one after the other, so Matthew was waiting for them there so they could go to the filming location of "Dallas" together.

"You're not bad either, a future Oscar-winning actor!"

Chen Jin looked at Matthew McConaughey, who was as thin as a stick, and felt quite impressed.

This person also lost about 48 pounds in a month, which is even more impressive than Chen Jin's.

"Haha, Chan, I'm Matthew McConaughey!"

Matthew then reached out his hands to Chen Jin, and the two hugged tightly in the airport hall, showing a mutual appreciation between comrades who had been trying to lose weight together.

"Ouch, this hug hurts!"

Chen Jin clutched her chest, which ached from the impact of their embrace. Her body had shrunk so much that she was now just a skeleton.

Actually, you can touch it with just a slight touch!
“Haha, me too!”

Matthew rubbed the spot where he had been bumped, and then the two of them laughed again.

This smile truly contains so much.

Even if the two people have never met before, they feel like old friends who have known each other for a long time, and they have a kind of resonance in their hearts.

This is a kind of fit that nothing else can provide.

Two people who share the same goal for the role understand each other's dedication to the character and appreciate each other's efforts for the script and the role. Based on this alone, they know that they are the same kind of actors.

This is the most precious compatibility, plus they had actually talked a lot on the phone, text message and video before, so the two of them had already been spiritually connected for a long time.

Meeting is simply to deepen each other's impressions.

"Let's go, Renn!"

Matthew was used to Chen Jin's feminine attire because he had been working on the script these days.

Chen Jin's attire actually helped him immerse himself in the role and adapt to the filming process earlier.

Chen Jin is even less of a problem.

The moment I saw Matthew, the image of Ron, the male lead in the movie, seemed to appear right before my eyes in reality.

The two, along with their respective assistants, got into a taxi heading to the filming location.

Rachel obviously didn't have the money to hire someone to pick them up, so she might as well go by herself.

This is why the two of them decided to travel together; saving the production team some money is certainly a good thing, especially after learning that Chen Jin (Matthew) was an investor in "Dallas".

"Rachel will probably be startled by us!"

Matthew got into the car and smiled at Chen Jin.

Chen Jin could imagine the scene that was about to unfold, and laughed, "You're alright, my appearance is a shock to him!"

"Hahaha!"

“If I hadn’t been thinking about the character of Ron these past few days, I would have been captivated by your outstanding appearance too!”

Matthew wore a thoughtful expression, much like Ron in the movie.

Chen Jin experienced this firsthand when she was watching the film.

"Really? Ron?"

Chen Jin's voice was slightly low, conveying a gentle and sensual feeling.

Matthew raised an eyebrow. As a future Oscar-winning actor and an excellent performer, he could get immediate feedback on Chen Jin's every move. He knew that Chen Jin was in a state where she could get into character and out of character at any time.

The performance has reached a level of complete control.

"Yes, Renn, you are beautiful!"

Matthew shrugged, just like Ron in the movie.

"I think we can talk about cooperation, like starting a club or something!"

As Chen Jin recited lines from the script of "Dallas," Matthew nodded slightly in agreement: "Okay, I accept your suggestion!"

"But... I don't think we can succeed with just the two of us sickly guys!"

How do you know if you don't try?

"..."

The two of them were acting out a scene, not looking at the lines at all, but guessing the plot and showing off their acting skills.

The two assistants sitting in the back and front passenger seat didn't think anything of it, but the taxi driver was obviously terrified. He initially thought Chen Jin and Matthew were a couple, and he could tell at a glance that Chen Jin was a man.

But now, their obsessive conversations have made him start to doubt their relationship.

In fact, the relationship between Ryan and Ron in "Dallas" is purely platonic; there is no romantic relationship between them, only mutual understanding and support as fellow patients.

This is the most precious thing.

The taxi driver kept glancing at the rearview mirror as he drove, observing the two people putting on an act behind him.

It made him feel increasingly terrified.

He only found out when Chen Jin and Matthew started laughing hysterically and exchanged a few words.

Those two bastards are actually actors.

fuck!

Did you guys use the back seat of my car as a film set?
The taxi driver was terrified.

After that, Chen Jin and Matthew returned to normal and started talking about the surrounding scenery, filming, and movies.

During the interview, Matthew asked Chen Jin if she had been to the set of "The Wolf of Wall Street," as he also had a cameo role with five days of filming. He had heard about Chen Jin's outburst on set, and the public's perception of Chen Jin was—

A Chinese actor acted like a diva in front of Leonardo DiCaprio?
Fortunately, the news didn't spread widely because both Leonardo DiCaprio and Paula Thunberg managed to downplay the issue.

This was done without authorization by staff members of the "Wall Street" production team.

Little Li was very angry.

He was certainly happy that Chen Jin was exposed, but the consequences of this incident, once it escalates, are actually more serious than Chen Jin's downfall.

A lose-lose situation.

Leonardo DiCaprio will definitely be exposed for the reason why Chinese actors act like divas in front of him: because of his racial discrimination. Once he's implicated in this, whether Chen Jin lives or dies is unknown, but he'll certainly die.

Because with this level of public interest, the whole world will know about it.

He's definitely lost his Asian market, and many people in North America will boycott him; most importantly, Chen Jin's fame is much lower than his, so his downfall won't be a big loss, and he can still thrive back in China.

Leonardo DiCaprio, on the other hand, will suffer a huge loss. Not only will his commercial appeal be severely damaged, but his salary will also plummet.

Those six major corporations are more than happy to seize this opportunity to exploit the actors.

Leonardo DiCaprio is no exception.

Do you believe this?

Chen Jin asked Matthew in return.

"I definitely don't believe it. Leon is someone that most people wouldn't dare to offend!"

The underlying meaning of this statement is quite clear: very few actors in North America would dare to disobey him, after all, he is now the most sought-after superstar in the world, and who would be so arrogant as to act like a big shot in front of him?
Matthew McConaughey certainly wouldn't dare. And Chinese actors, needless to say, would be even less likely to do so, so this rumor is completely unbelievable.

But Chen Jin leaned closer to him and said, "Haha, this... is true!"

"?"

Matthew stared at Chen Jin in shock.

"It's true, but it wasn't about him acting like a big shot. We just had a falling out!"

Chen Jin clearly had to put on airs in front of Matthew, even though the guy didn't seem like the type to be racist, but what if he was?
Chen Jin didn't want to go through that again.

Therefore, he had no choice but to bring this up first, so that Matthew would also know some of his temperament.

"You're probably wondering why I can sit here calmly in front of you after doing all this!"

"That's not..."

Matthew laughed. He was just curious why, if this was true, Leonardo DiCaprio hadn't publicized it.

"Because he doesn't dare!"

"He wouldn't dare do that!"

As she spoke, Chen Jin secretly recounted to him what had happened on set.

Matthew looked at Chen Jin with disbelief, asking incomprehension, "Why? Why would this guy's manager do this?"

"Is he crazy?"

Matthew spread his hands, and Chen Jin shrugged: "I want to know too!"

"Forget it, don't think about these unpleasant things!"

Matthew suddenly patted Chen Jin on the shoulder: "Leon's career has been too smooth. His manager has achieved his current status by relying on him and has completely lost sight of himself!"

That's certainly a very insightful point.

Matthew is different from Leon, and also different from Bale.

Christian Bale was single-mindedly focused on winning an Oscar, pushing his acting limits to the extreme; Leonardo DiCaprio also wanted an Oscar, but he was luckier than Bale because he had the power to choose scripts in Hollywood.

He'll eventually find a script that suits him, and his Oscar dream will surely come true.

Unless, of course, you're just incredibly unlucky.

As it turns out, Leonardo DiCaprio's luck wasn't exceptionally bad; he was nominated for an Oscar five times before finally achieving his dream, and the script he chose was finally accepted.

In this respect, Matthew is undoubtedly much luckier than Leonardo DiCaprio.

He was nominated for an Oscar only for "Dallas" in his entire career, and he won the award on his first nomination.

His life before that can only be described as full of hardships.

Therefore, he understands the difficulties of an actor and the thoughts of many people, because he truly worked his way up from the bottom to become an Oscar-winning actor, unlike Bale, who started as a child star and is much better than Matthew.

Matthew was unfortunate from a young age; his parents divorced and remarried, and he lived in a trailer for a time.

He worked very hard because of this, hoping to become a lawyer and change his fate.

In North America, only a few professions offer the opportunity to become elites; his difficult life made him want to change his future, so he went to the university in his state to study law, but eventually found that storytelling was more suitable for him.

Film quietly entered his world, and he then transferred to film school, beginning his career as a director and actor.

After graduation, I started as a hand model, also known as a stunt double, then became an extra, a bit player, and so on until now.

Even now, his fame in North America is only so-so, not even second-tier.

Not to mention top-tier and top-tier celebrities.

Bale is somewhere between A-list and top-tier, while Leonardo DiCaprio is top-tier.

But his experience as a hand mold maker has honed Matthew's acting skills to an extraordinary level.

His performances are all based on experience; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to deliver one of the top 100 cinematic moments in "Interstellar," a textbook example of crying scenes!

This is the ability that life has given him.

Therefore, he felt quite sympathetic towards Chen Jin's plight.

He and Chen Jin had a great chat along the way. They were both considerate of others and shared the same goals and interests, which made them even more excited for the upcoming filming.

"Hahaha!"

After getting out of the car, watching the taxi driver's strange expression as he sped away, Matthew and Chen Jin laughed rather carefree.

They genuinely didn't intend to scare the guy, but unfortunately, his attitude was terrible, and he started swearing towards the end, so the two of them ended up talking about AIDS.

This scared the taxi driver so much that his face turned white.

Although the whole world knows that there are three ways HIV can be transmitted, who can guarantee that they can talk to such a patient?
There wasn't even time to hide.

"Have we gone a bit too far?"

Chen Jin looked at the New Orleans filming location, which had a classic Hollywood movie vibe, while Matthew grinned and said, "He called us sons of bitches, so it's normal for him to go back and have his blood drawn!"

"Haha, Matthew, I've noticed you look a bit like Ron!"

"You're more like Ryan!"

The two looked up at the filming location and then walked inside.

If you get close, you can hear the staff working inside.

"anyone there?"

Matthew knocked on the set door, and only then did many staff members look up. Rachel Winter, who was chatting with director Marc, turned her head away.

“Rachel, Mark!”

Matthew greeted the two of them.

Bang!

Rachel dropped what she was holding to the ground, and the director Mark next to her stared wide-eyed, mouth agape in utter disbelief.

"Oh God, what have you been doing these past few days?!"

"My O'Connor!"

Rachel looked like she'd seen a ghost; she was clearly terrified by Matthew's appearance.

Then, Chen Jin walked in.

"Hi~~~"

He waved to the somewhat petrified crowd, and Winter's expression, which had just begun to recover, turned to one of utter shock once more.

Oh my god!

Oh my god, oh my god, God, what did I just see?
Rachel glanced at Mark beside her and saw that he also had an extremely horrified expression.