Chapter 1399

"Martin?!"

When Spielberg heard the name, he immediately exclaimed and smiled: "to be honest, he is also the most suitable director for this movie in my mind! "

after all, Spielberg added:" Martin's style is more realistic, and his tone is colder. The overall style is very suitable for the movie Infernal Affairs. Moreover, he must be able to portray the image and conflict of the police and gangs in the United States with American characteristics. I believe that if directed by Martin, the movie will be more successful. I I believe Martin himself will be very interested in the film. This content is very suitable for him. "

Li Mu nodded. Spielberg, as a Hollywood giant director, must have a good understanding of his Hollywood peers, and he must have a better understanding of the issues than himself. He was so optimistic about Martin, and believed that Martin would be interested in the script of the film, so this matter was basically stable.

So Li Mu asked him, "Steven, I'll arrange someone to mail you a DVD today. When you are resting, you can ask Leonardo and Tom to watch the movie together. Don't tell them what I want to do first, let them watch it first, feel it, ask them what they think of the movie, and then tell me."

Spielberg asked in surprise, "what, do you want them to do this movie?"

Li Mu said with a smile, "I can't hide anything from you."

After that, Li Mu said frankly, "yes, I really want them to play the role of Leonardo as the undercover agent of the police, and then Tom as his boss and the two partners."

"I see." Spielberg thought for a moment and said, "I think it's good. Leonardo is suitable for such a relatively complicated role. As for Tom, you can play anything you want him to. This guy is almost the best actor on the planet!"

Li Mu said with a smile, "well, please help me to see if they are interested in this movie. If they are interested, I will talk to them."

“OK。” Spielberg nodded and asked, "what about the other stars? Do you have a general idea? Especially with Leonardo. "

Li Mu said, "Matt Damon, what do you think?"

Spielberg thought about it and said seriously, "Matt is a good actor. I cooperated with him in Saving Private Ryan a long time ago, but Mr. Li, to be honest, I don't think Matt is very suitable for this role."

Li Mu asked curiously, "Oh? Why do you say that? "

Spielberg said: "I've seen the Hong Kong version of Infernal Affairs. I think that if you want to remake this movie in Hollywood, no matter how you change it, the setting of the story can't be changed. For example, the undercover of the police, who was originally a sunny, handsome and promising young man in the right way, has changed himself because of the undercover task Sang, depression and slovenness are the great contrasts of this character, which Leonardo can interpret very well; "

" but another dirty policeman who provides information for the underworld should have been a self indulgent, flowing little gangster, but after his success in the police, he would have become bright and beautiful, and he would have to Keep a perfect image in front of others all the time. If you are not prepared for this setting, then the image temperament of the role player has very high requirements, first is handsome, then is ruffian, Matt is really a good actor, but To be honest, he is not so handsome, but ruffian To be honest, I don't think it's his specialty. "

Speaking of this, Spielberg said seriously: "Mr. Li, in addition to having a deep understanding of the acting skills, character and personality of the actors, is often more superficial. Look at his appearance, he shows others' temperament visually, like Matt, he is great, so I chose him to play Ryan in saving Private Ryan, but, James Cameron has chosen 10000 times and won't choose him to play the leading actor in Titanic. I mean, you understand? "

"Well..." Li Mu frowned, pondered Spielberg's words, and fell silent.

In his last life, Li Mu didn't find this problem. He just thought that although the frames of the two films were basically the same, they were endowed with their own unique cultural characteristics. When Chinese audiences saw the original version of "Infernal Affairs", they would think that the American version of "Infernal Affairs" had no connotation, but Americans saw the Hong Kong version of "Infernal Affairs" and felt that there were too many twists and turns, There are also some wordy pretexts that are deep and lack of blood.

However, Li Mu is relatively objective. He thinks that both films are excellent films, and based on different cultures, there is no need to compare the high and low. Just like the story in Cheng Long's "double dragon club", even if twin brothers grow up in the western culture and one struggles in the streets of Hong Kong, their personalities will be totally opposite You can't always say that the one who grew up in the west can play the piano better than the one who grew up in the streets of Hong Kong.

But now, according to Spielberg, Li Mu really thinks Matt Damon in the American version of "the infernal" doesn't quite fit the role.

In the Hong Kong Version, the images of the two young people are Chen Guanxi and Yu wenle, both of whom have high beauty value. After several years of undercover in the underworld, Yu wenle has been hammered into Liang Chaowei, who is decadent and vicissitudes of life. It's not necessary to take pictures of how Liang Chaowei's undercover life has been in these years, but the transition of the image and temperament can show how hard Liang Chaowei has been in undercover for several years;Chen Guanxi, who is handsome and a little ruffian, has become the same handsome, sunny, decent suit and talented Liu Dehua after several years, which is also enough to see from the image how charming he has been in the police field in recent years. The contrast is not strong.

However, Matt Damon is not really a handsome man. Therefore, from the aspect of image temperament, he is not suitable to play a successful person in the upper class society. So let him play the role of Liu Dehua in Infernal Affairs, which is somewhat lacking in image temperament.

Spielberg means that Li Mu needs to find a role like Liu Dehua, who is handsome, looks very successful and nice, so that he can better play the front and back contrast of the role and the sharp contrast with his opponent Leonardo.

Just imagine that if Liu Dehua in the Hong Kong version of Infernal Affairs is replaced by Cheng Long, it's not quite right

Li Mu immediately gave up the plan of using Matt Damon when Spielberg pointed out this layer. However, he would not be able to figure out which actors are suitable for him for a while.

So he said, "let's get in touch with Martin Scorsese first. If he picks up the play, let him choose the role. What do you think?"

Spielberg immediately said: "President Li, based on my understanding of Martin, he will definitely take over the play, and he will definitely let Leonardo play the male number one, which coincides with you. However, frankly speaking, Martin's perspective on casting is not very good, so I suggest that the core role should not be chosen by him."

Li Mu nodded: "I understand. I want to choose a handsome man."

Then Li Mu asked him, "what do you think of Brad Pitt?"

"Handsome is very handsome, but he is not suitable to wear a suit and tie and play a successful young man," Spielberg said with a smile

Li Mu thought that the image of his brother's untidy beard was not suitable.

Johnny Depp is also handsome, but not suitable.

Tom Cruise? Come on, he was beaten down by himself, so he would not use him to play any of the films he participated in.

Keanu Reeves? This big brother is handsome, but it's 39 years old this year. It's obviously not in the same age level to play opposite Leonardo. Moreover, this big brother always gives people a sense of grandeur and righteousness, and it's easy to play bad guys

Li Mu didn't think of any suitable candidates for a long time, so he smacked his lips and asked Spielberg, "Steven, what's your good advice about this role?"

Spielberg thought and asked Li Mu, "have you seen Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor?"

"Yes."

Spielberg said with a smile: "then you should know the actor Ben Affleck who works with him more, right?"

"Ben Affleck?" Li Mu searches for the actor's impression, and suddenly feels bright.

"You mean to have Ben Affleck play opposite Leonardo?"

"Yes." Spielberg laughed: "Ben Affleck, acting is OK, image and temperament are OK, wearing a suit and tie can definitely control the role of a young successful person, and can also control the evil side, and is similar to Leonardo's age. It should be very appropriate to use him to play with Leonardo."

Li Mu nodded approvingly and said, "then make him the first choice. Then we can come to him for audition."

“OK。” Spielberg said with a smile: "let DreamWorks contact Martin next. Our personal relationship is very good. If he has no problem, then the production team will try to let him set up. After all, directors like to work with closely cooperated production teams. As for the candidates of other actors, we can discuss them later. At the moment, the most important thing is to confirm with Martin first It's very important to set your mind, then start the screenplay adaptation, remake the film and hope to achieve good results in Hollywood and North American market. "

"That's right." Li Mu agreed: "the script is very important. After Martin agreed to cooperate, I will communicate with the writers of the original" Infernal Affairs "team and let them participate in it properly."

After that, Li Mu said to Spielberg, "Steven, I'd like to ask you to make this movie."

"No problem!"