Chapter 1402

When Leonardo heard Spielberg's question, he almost subconsciously asked, "Steven, do you have the idea of remaking this movie?"

Hollywood doesn't pay much attention to Hong Kong films. Hollywood companies pay a little more attention to Hong Kong films. However, local Hollywood actors don't know much about Hong Kong films. Leonardo not only hasn't seen this film before today, but also hasn't heard about it. So he doesn't know that the copyright of this film was bought by Warner, and he doesn't know that the copyright is now back to Li Mu Hands.

"The rights to remake the film were bought by Warner a few months ago, but just by Li Mu," Spielberg told him

"Li Mu?" Leonardo asked happily, "that is, Li Mu is interested in remaking this movie, isn't it?"

"That's right." "Li Mu is going to work with DreamWorks to make the release, and he would like you to play the role of Chen Yongren," Spielberg said

Speaking of this, Spielberg said with a smile: "of course, if we remake this character, it can't be called that. The whole story structure will surely translate to the United States, between the gangs and the police in the United States."

"Great!" Leonardo said without hesitation: "I'm willing to play this role. It's so fucking willing! I like the character and the poor guy, just don't let him be so poor in the remake version... "

"Believe me Leo, if it's a remake, they should give your character a big funeral at the end, not only the Scottish bagpipe, but also 21 guns!" laughed Tom Hanks

Leonardo said excitedly, "Hey, Tom, just think about joining the role of Jimmy or something. When he went through all this, he got the love of a beautiful psychologist. But the psychologist has always been dissatisfied with his identity as a gangster. He even tried to draw a line with him. He accepted it, and Gradually alienated the female psychiatrist, but before he wanted to meet with the dirty police, he found the female doctor, put all his information in an envelope and gave it to the psychiatrist for safekeeping, and then told her to open it if she was in trouble. "

Tom Hanks nodded and said with a smile, "then he Bang, dead. "

"Yes!" Leonardo said excitedly, "the character is dead, but he has won his identity, won all the honors, and told his real identity to the woman he loves. Imagine that this woman loved him painfully before, but in her eyes, he is nothing more than a charismatic gangster, or even a criminal. But after his death, She finally understood everything, understood this man's identity and the great task he had been engaged in for so many years, which completely subverted all her previous knowledge of him, which would be a good comfort for the audience. "

Tom Hanks began to enjoy the discussion of the plot, so he asked Leonardo, "what do you think of that dirty cop?"

"He must die!" Leonardo said: "a good man can die, a bad man must die, a good man dies with honor, and a bad man dies with a bad reputation. That's the value that the audience can accept. I don't want to play a good man die, but the bad man is free, and then pretend that he wants to be a good man movie."

Tom Hanks said: "in this case, I think we can design another police officer. This police officer can be the partner of officer Huang. He knows that both officer Huang and Chen Yongren died in the hands of the dirty police, but there is no evidence to convict him, or he is not satisfied that he will only be sentenced to life imprisonment in the future, so he decided to punish the evil and promote the good. He will kill the dirty police as the whole film At the end, it can also give the audience a satisfactory account. "

Spielberg said: "what you two said is very good. I agree with these points, and I have another idea. Please advise me."

They listened attentively and Spielberg paused, saying: "in the original version, Liu Jianming had a girlfriend, who was a writer, while Chen Yongren had a female psychologist who cared about her very much. There was no intersection between the two female characters. In fact, the two characters were relatively thin on the whole. If we remake them, we might as well integrate the two female characters into one One. "

"Merge into one?" Tom Hanks frowned and asked him, "Steven, do you mean that this psychiatrist is not only the girlfriend of the dirty police, but also the psychiatrist of the protagonist, and then fell in love with the protagonist?"

"Yes." Spielberg nodded and said: "the female characters are actually very important in this kind of two male rival drama. The movie gives the audience the feeling that the bad guys seem to have everything, but they unconsciously lose everything, including his humanity, his future and his love. Although the good guys have been losing a lot, they have completed their mission and won He won the honor and the heart of a good woman, so that even if he died, he would be a hero and comfort the audience. "

Leonardo suddenly snapped his fingers and realized: "it's just like Mel Gibson's brave heart. Although William Wallace was beheaded in the end, he completed the mission of leading the Scottish nation to resist, won the respect of all people, and won the heart of the French Princess played by Sophie Marceau."Tom Hanks said: "according to the plot, the French Princess played by Sophie Marceau was originally the daughter-in-law of the king of England, but before the king of England died, Sophie Marceau told him that he was not carrying his grandson, but the flesh and bones of William Wallace, which was really too addictive."

Spielberg said: "to make a villain fall in love with the protagonist is a very useful plot operation. In this way, you can show the real winner of the positive and the negative through the choice of this woman, especially when the villain has almost everything and the protagonist has almost nothing, the audience's feeling will be more intense, and the audience will face the support When there are all villains and all the protagonists, they will completely subvert their own values. For example, Sophie Marceau in brave heart, no matter how she is packaged, her behavior is a standard marital infidelity. What's more, she is the active Party of infidelity and is pregnant with other men's children. But in this movie, no one will blame her, instead, countless people will blame her Her behavior claps hands, and her behavior will make the audience appreciate the protagonist even more. "

"Ha ha!" Leonardo said with a smile: "if you say that, Titanic is the same. Kate's Ruth is actually an adulterous woman, and I'm Jack, a poor boy who is trying to hook up with someone's fiancee."

"Yes." Spielberg said with a smile, "you even won the boat tickets by gambling."

After all, Spielberg put away his smile and said: "in fact, this is the psychology of the audience. They are willing to see the protagonist win everything, while the villain loses everything. In this case, even if the wife of the villain takes the initiative to derail the protagonist, the audience will not only blame, but praise, because it will strengthen the aura of the protagonist and please the audience at the same time, so I want to put" no " "Jian Dao" is a combination of these two completely non intersecting female characters, which can strengthen the tension of the plot and give the audience some consolation. "

Leonardo asked, "how should it be set?"

Spielberg said: "let's think about it, and sort out the timeline of the female character's recognition of the villain, the male leader and the story line of the three of them."

After dunning, Spielberg looked at Leonardo and asked with a smile, "but in a word, Leo, you are 100% sure to join this movie, right?"

"God." "It's not 100% certain, it's 10000%," Leonardo said seriously

“OK。” Spielberg nodded contentedly, looked at Tom Hanks again, and said, "Tom, the role of sergeant Huang, are you interested?"

"Me?" Tom Hanks was obviously surprised. He didn't think Spielberg would invite him to participate in the film. Since the hero's choice is Leonardo, another No. 2 actor who plays opposite him should also be a young man about the age of Leonardo. It's obviously not suitable for him, so he didn't think he would participate in the discussion.

However, Spielberg suddenly asked him if he was interested in the role of sergeant Huang. Tom Hanks couldn't make up his mind.

Police officer Huang's role is not a big one, not even the No. 3 man. Because the part of this role will not be heavier than that of the black boss, so it should be a No. 4 man.

For actors such as Tom Hanks, No. 4 actor will not be considered. On the one hand, the big names themselves don't like to play supporting roles. On the other hand, the production company will not give them the chance to play supporting roles. These actors with high price and high pay are frightening. Please come here and make sure to make No. 1 actor, No. 2 actor at the most, with top actors as supporting roles , how high the cost of the whole movie can be borne.

Spielberg also knew that the role was somewhat marginalized, so he tried to persuade Tom Hanks, saying: "Tom, the role may not have many parts, but it is very important for the whole movie. Whether it is me or Li Mu, your acting skills are highly respected, so I hope you can accept the role, Li Mu also made it clear, You and Leo have already reduced their movie pay in Flying Tigers. Infernal Affairs says nothing can make you sacrifice your interests, so they pay you movie pay according to the market price and give you a certain box office score. "

With that, Spielberg added, "but it doesn't matter if you don't want to, I can understand."

Tom Hanks smiled and said happily, "since Leo has made a decision so quickly, I won't think about it any more. I will cooperate with Leo one more time!"