Chapter 1402 (1/2)
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. ”