Matthew Broderick

Matthew Broderick is a minor, antagonistic character in the novel "狩猎好莱坞" inspired by the celebrity persona of Matthew Broderick.

Volume 1 (1986)
After the success of his film Ferris Bueller's Day Off, he held a party at a club in Santa Monica. At the party, one of his friends, Mark Stein, got into a fight with a young man named Simon Westeros. Although he was aware of his friend's trouble-seeking personality, he still stood on his side and asked Simon Westeros to apologize to his friend. Surprisingly, Simon Westeros ignored his order and left the club. Enraged at being ignored by a nobody, Matthew Broderick also kicked out Courteney Cox, the girl because of whom Mark Stein and Simon Westeros fought.

A few days later, his agent, Norman Brokaw, showed him a great script called The Butterfly Effect and got him the role of the male lead. While he was leaving W.M.A's office, he ran into Simon Westeros and learned that the latter was the The Butterfly Effect from Jonathan Friedman, Simon's agent. That afternoon, he called Norman Brokaw and told him to fire Simon Westeros since he didn't wish to work with him; Norman Brokaw assured him that he would do so.

After getting his agent's assurance, he put Simon Westeros behind him when suddenly Daily Variety published an article about the turmoil in W.M.A. over The Butterfly Effect, especially focusing on the disparity in pay between him, represented by Norman Brokaw, and Simon Westeros, represented by Jonathan Friedman. The article suddenly gained nation-wide coverage when many other daily newspapers and media outlets, including the Los Angeles Times, also began to follow up on the topic.

The next day, Norman Brokaw informed him that, due to public opinion pressure, 20th Century Fox had fired him from the project. Instead, he was forced to act in a different Fox film called Project X at a meager pay of $3 million. He was upset that he would only get paid $3 million despite the spectacular success of Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Matthew Broderick wanted to fire his agent but he knew that his agent would ruin him in retaliation since he had a lot dirt on him. As a result, he put the blame on Simon Westeros.

That afternoon, he learned the location of Simon Westeros' workplace from Kristy Swanson and took his henchmen with him to vent his anger on Simon. After they confirmed that Simon was indeed working, they waited until 11 o'clock when shifts usually changed at convenience stores. They followed Simon Westeros until he rode his bike down a dark road before Matthew Broderick sent his henchmen to beat up Simon. Mark Stein rushed ahead while waving his baseball bat which he smacked on Simon's back causing him to fall from his bike before the four other men pulled him into a deserted alley.

Matthew Broderick watched his henchmen attacking Simon and slightly regretted not following them. Suddenly, he heard a young man's scream resound which was followed by the screams of four other young men. Matthew Broderick was shocked and felt like the screams belonged to his friends but tried to force himself to believe that they were probably just pulling his leg. He had planned to get out of the car and walk towards the alley when he saw Mark Stein slowly crawling out of the alley before a dark shadow walked out and dragged him back which was followed by another horrifying scream. Matthew Broderick nearly pissed himself before he moved towards the driver's seat and drove off.