Zack Snyder

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

Background
He worked for years as a director in the advertising and music video industry.

Volume 1 (1999)
He replaced Martin Jackson, the director of Britney Spears' new MV - Sometimes, after the latter was assaulted and injured by Michael Sheehan. After joining the crew, he changed the shooting location for the beach scenes to Malibu Beach. He met Matthew Horner who played the male lead in the MV during the filming.

Volume 2 (2000)
He ran into Matthew at a club near Warner Brothers Studios. The two chatted for a while before he left.

Volume 4 (2002)
When Sean Daniel, a successful producer of Universal Pictures, approached him to direct the remake of George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead, he instantly agreed as he also wanted an opportunity to enter Hollywood like his former colleague Michael Bay. After making a tentative production plan, the crew settled on casting Matthew Horner as the male lead as the latter was currently filming for Jerry Bruckheimer's Pirates of the Caribbean which many in the industry predicted would be a hit.

He, along with Sean Daniel, approached Matthew and his agent who showed interest in the project but asked to see the finished script before making any promises. Sean Daniel agreed and had the writer, James Gunn, alter the script to cater to the male lead to impress Matthew.

Volume 5 (2003)
By February, the script was completed. After reading the script, Matthew agreed to play the role of the male lead but his agent delayed the contractual negotiations until the release of Pirates of the Caribbean which would allow her to quote a higher price for her client. Zack Snyder had been unaware of this but the main reason that Matthew agreed to participate in the film was due to him betting on Snyder's debut film being a success considering the heights he would reach in the next decade.