Britney Spears

Britney Spears is a supporting character in the novel "最佳影星" inspired by the celebrity persona of Britney Spears.

She is one of the love interests of the protagonist, Matthew Horner.

Personality
At the start of her career, she had been quite naive and honestly a bit foolish, possibly due to psychological trauma caused by her father's method of parenting. However, thanks to Matthew pointing out some flaws in her behavior and helping her amend them, she had become quite mature and self-confident by early twenties.

Background
As a teen, she participated in the All-New Mickey Mouse Club where she honed her talent for singing and songwriting. By the age of 15, she had signed with Jive Records; by the age of 17, she had released her debut album - ...Baby One More Time - which was a super hit and turned her into an instant pop star.

Volume 1 (1999)
During the summer of 1999, her record company auditioned young actors for the role of the male lead in her new MV - Sometimes. Matthew Horner auditioned for the role and got it thanks to her recommendation as she approved of his mean-spirited remarks about Christina Aguilera, unaware that evoking that reaction from her had all been a part of Matthew's plan. A few days later, rumors spread about her enmity with Christina Aguilera after a reporter named Jelena Boyar broke the story in her tabloids U.S. News, which Matthew had secretly informed her about. Inexperienced at dealing with the media, Britney accidentally confirmed the rumors which turned the entire event into a scandal.

A few weeks later, the shooting for her MV finally began. Due to a few complications, the director had been changed from Martin Jackson to Zack Snyder. During the shooting, she and Matthew became good friends as his sweet talking and her inexperience with guys complemented each other. One day, while she was filming one of her dancing scenes, she twisted her ankle and injured her foot. At that time, Matthew arrived, picked her up and rushed to her van to take her to the hospital.

The next day, the tabloids were filled with photos of Matthew carrying her and gossip scandal about the two of them being in a relationship. She didn't seem to care too much about the tabloid reports but her father and agent were annoyed with the reports. Two days later, Matthew visited her at UCLA School of Medicine where she had been shifted; the two talked for an hour before her agent asked him to leave.

After staying in the hospital for a week, she had been discharged and the final bit of shooting continued. The next day, her agent and Helen Hermann, Matthew's agent, held a press conference to publicly clarify Matthew and her relationship, however, it didn't prove to be very effective as she was tricked into speaking about her intimacy with Matthew. To her, the questions didn't seem to be dubious as she spoke without any scruples about how Matthew visited her many times at the hospital and how the two occasionally talked on the phone.

Even after the filming of her MV was over, she and Matthew remained in contact. One day, she called him to have dinner together and Matthew took her to a Chinese restaurant with private rooms that he had previously visited. During the dinner, she informed him that she had been doing publicity for her album - ...Baby One More Time - and had a radio interview today but was informed at the last minute that Christina Aguilera had been invited along with her. She claimed that Christina Aguilera must have been behind it but Matthew was able to easily tell that the radio station had planned to invite both of them together to have them fight on air and increase their ratings. After dinner, Britney left as she had a curfew at 9 PM set by her father.

Next week, she met with Matthew in the morning as they were both free. The two walked around in a park near Matthew's apartment where he informed her that he had just given an audition for an important supporting role in the miniseries Band of Brothers. The two anxiously waited for the call from Matthew's agent which eventually came with an affirmative reply. Ecstatic, Matthew hugged Britney, tightly, before the two began making out; Matthew officially asked her to be his girlfriend and she agreed. However, the new couple was soon separated as Britney had to go to New York for prepare for the premiere of her MV. A week later, Matthew surprised her by appearing at her hotel room in New York. The two stayed together for the first time until early next morning when Matthew sneaked out of her room back to his room provided by Britney's record company. Matthew told her to keep their relationship a secret as revealing it could have an adverse effect on her popularity; she acquiesced.

Volume 2 (2000)
Afterwards, Britney began the world tour for her album which kept her busy for the entire next year. She met with Matthew very few times with most of their contact being through calls and texts. Matthew assured her that he didn't have any problem with waiting and the two continued their relationship over the phone. Unfortunately, her record company informed her that they were planning to release her new album right away which led to her going right back to work on her new album after finishing her first world tour.

Volume 3 (2001)
She and Matthew met a few times when he flew over to different cities to meet her. Finally, late in the year, she got a week free from work and visited Matthew at his new house in the suburbs north of Burbank. The two had intercourse after months before falling asleep together for a few hours. In the afternoon, Britney recorded Matthew cooking for her on a video camera that he had bought to improve his shooting skills. By evening, Britney had to leave as she still had a curfew enforced by her father.

Volume 4 (2002)
After becoming famous thanks to the success of The Scorpion King and getting the role of Will Turner in Pirates of the Caribbean, Matthew flew to Nashville, Tennessee to visit Britney who was preparing for her new album. He had planned to ask her to move in with him now that his career was picking up but she, instead, suggested that they should break up as their long-distance relationship had slowly killed their love. Also, she stated that she would remain busy for the next few years and be unable to handle work and love together. Matthew remained depressed for a few days before he pushed himself to work to get over it.