Dennis Coulter

Dennis Coulter is a minor character in the novel "最佳影星."

Volume 1 (1999)
Matthew Horner called him to hire him as his temporary agent. When he heard that Matthew was a complete rookie without any previous experience acting, he brushed him off to one of the assistants in his agency. However, when he overheard Matthew mention that he had gotten a role in Girl, Interrupted, a $40-million production, he seized the phone back from the assistant and immediately agreed. Coulter saw it as an opportunity to grow his connections which had previously only extended to small B-movie productions. Next Monday, Matthew Horner, along with Dennis Coulter, arrived at Universal Studios and met Rubin, the casting director, who took one look at Matthew and sent him off to the Legal Department to sign a contract. Seeing him surprised at the absence of an audition, Coulter sneered at him for thinking that the crew would waste time on taking auditions for the role of extras. The agent quickly finished the formalities before abandoning Matthew and rushing back to Rubin to get his contact information.

Later that day, he heard that Matthew had been in a conflict with Winona Ryder and began berating him for being a fool and ruining his chance to increase his connections, conveniently forgetting that the only reason he was able to enter the crew was because of Matthew. He left the crew quickly lest he be seen together with Matthew. That night, he received a call from Rubin, the casting director. He attempted to quickly deny any connection with Matthew Horner but before he could speak, Rubin informed him that Matthew's role had been improved and to bring him to the studio tomorrow. He was greatly shocked by this since the only person that could shield Matthew Horner from Winona Ryder was Douglas Wick, the main producer of Girl, Interrupted. He instantly regretted yelling at Matthew and decided to butter him up tomorrow.

Next morning, Dennis Coulter was on his best behavior, obviously hoping to please Matthew Horner. Coulter even indirectly asked Matthew whether he got the role thanks to Douglas Wick but Matthew just acquiesced without directly saying anything. The next day, Matthew arrived at Starlight Agency to pick up his pay for the role. Dennis Coulter called him to his office to get him to sign a long-term contract. He talked about the contract before suddenly mentioned having lunch with Douglas Wick. Matthew rejected him before revealing that he doesn't know Douglas Wick. After humiliating him in front of his colleagues, Matthew stated his intention of ending their previous cooperation and left Starlight Agency. Dennis Coulter was laughed at by all his co-workers for being fooled by a guy whom he called a fool.

Volume 4 (2002)
Dennis Coulter ran into Matthew Horner at Walt Disney Studios where the latter was filming his scenes for Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl. He looked at Matthew, a veritable star, while he had hardly changed over the last three years, still just a small-time agent with only extras as his clients. He wanted to speak to Matthew but realized that the difference between their current status was too wide. Matthew just casually greeted him before leaving.