Jerry Bruckheimer

Jerry Bruckheimer is a minor character in the novel "最佳影星" inspired by the celebrity persona of Jerry Bruckheimer.

Volume 3 (2001)
He casted Matthew Horner for the role of Sergeant Hoot in his film Black Hawk Down as he felt that Matthew had an aura similar to that of a soldier.

During the filming, he heard a lot of good things about Matthew from the director Ridley Scott who even stated that Matthew was the most dedicated and sincere actor that he had ever worked with.

Volume 4 (2002)
He personally choose Johnny Depp for the role of Jack Sparrow as he believed that he alone would be able to bring out the role's brilliance. To convince him, Bruckheimer even paid him $10 million which was more than twice Johnny Depp's previous paycheck. After Matthew's success as the Scorpion King in The Scorpion King, Jerry Bruckheimer sent him an invitation to audition for the role of Will Turner in his new film Pirates of the Caribbean. Even though before the audition he had planned to cast another young actor for the role, he was very impressed by Matthew's skill with the sword that could serve as one of the film's bright spots and eventually decided to cast him for the role.

After filming began, the director Gore Verbinski suggested that they should modify the role of Will Turner into the main fighter in the film as they would be able to shoot some classic action sequences in the film thanks to Matthew's spectacular physique, agility and swordsmanship. Jerry Bruckheimer himself had had a similar idea and decided to implement after the director's thoughts matched his own.

Volume 5 (2003)
In January, he went to the National Archives in Washington, D.C. to view the Declaration of Independence upon which he based the plot of his new film National Treasure.

In April, during the film's publicity stretch, he approached Michael Eisner, Chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, after his assistant notified him that Disney had not provided them with the amount required for starting preparation of his new film King Arthur. Eisner stated that Disney didn't have too much cash on hand for film investment when Bruckheimer recalled the rumors he had heard about Disney preparing to acquire Pixar. A few months later, he finally managed to gather investment to start the film and decided to invite Matthew Horner to play the role of King Arthur but Helen Hermann declined the invitation as Matthew had already agreed to participate in Sean Daniel's Dawn of the Dead.