"Martin?!"

When Spielberg heard the name, he immediately exclaimed and said with a smile: "To be honest, he is also the most suitable director for this movie in my mind!"

After that, Spielberg added: "Martin's style is more realistic, the tone is cold, and the overall style is very suitable for the movie "Infernal Affairs", and he will definitely be able to shape the image and conflict of the police and gangsters in the United States with very American characteristics, I believe that if Martin directs, this movie will be a greater success, and I believe that Martin himself will be very interested in this movie, this content is too suitable for him." ”

Li Mu nodded, Spielberg, as a Hollywood bigwig-level director, must know his Hollywood counterparts very well, and he must see the problem more thoroughly than himself, he is so optimistic about Martin, and believes that Martin will be interested in the script of this movie, then this matter is basically stable.

So Li Mu asked him: "Steven, I will arrange for someone to mail you a DVD today, when you are resting, call Leonardo and Tom to watch this movie together, don't tell them what I want to do, let them watch it first, feel it, ask them what they think of this movie, and then tell me." ”

Spielberg was surprised and asked, "What, you want them to act in this movie?"

Li Mu smiled: "I really can't hide anything from you." ”

After that, Li Mu said calmly: "That's right, I really want the two of them to act, let Leonardo play the undercover agent of the police, and then let Tom play his boss, and the two are partners." ”

"Understood. Spielberg thought for a moment and said, "I think it's good, Leonardo is suitable for such a relatively complex role, as for Tom, you can let him play whatever you want, this guy is almost the best actor on the planet!"

Li Mu smiled: "Then you can help me see if they are interested in this movie, and if they are interested, I will talk to them." ”

“OK。 Spielberg nodded slightly, and then asked, "What about the other leading actors? Do you have any ideas? Especially the one who played opposite Leonardo." ”

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

Spielberg thought for a while and said seriously: "Matt is a good actor, I have worked with him a long time ago in "Saving Private Ryan", 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 have watched 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 background setting of the story cannot be changed greatly, for example, the undercover police agent, he was originally a sunny, handsome and promising young man on the right path, but because he took the undercover mission, he made himself vicissitudes, depressed and unkempt, this is a big contrast that belongs to this character, Leonardo can interpret this contrast very well;"

"However, another dirty policeman who provides intelligence for the underworld, he should have been a self-depraved and outraged gangster, but when he succeeds in the police world, he has to become glamorous, beautiful, and always maintain a perfect image in front of others, if you don't prepare this setting, then the image and temperament of this cosplayer have very high requirements, first of all, handsome, followed by ruffian, Matt is indeed a good actor, but ...... To be honest, he wasn't that handsome, and the ruffian...... To be honest, I don't think it's his specialty. ”

Speaking of this, Spielberg said seriously: "Mr. Li, in addition to choosing an actor, in addition to having an in-depth understanding of the actor's acting skills, personality and character, in fact, many times it is more superficial, look at his appearance, he visually shows the temperament of others, just like Matt, he is great, so I chose him to play Ryan in "Saving Private Ryan", but James Cameron chose 10,000 times, and he will not be selected to play the leading role in "Titanic", I mean, you understand?"

"Hmm......" Li Mu frowned, thinking about Spielberg's words, and fell silent.

Watching "The Departed" in his last life, Li Mu didn't find much of this problem, he just felt that although the framework of the two films was roughly the same, they were endowed with their own unique cultural characteristics, Chinese audiences have watched the original version of "Infernal Affairs", and they will feel that the American version of "The Departed" has no connotation, but Americans watch the Hong Kong version of "Infernal Affairs", and they feel that there are too many twists and turns, and there are some crepe pretenses that are deep and lacking in enthusiasm.

However, Li Mu is relatively objective, he thinks that both movies are excellent films, and based on different cultures, there is no need to compare the high and low, just like the plot in Cheng Long's "Double Dragon Club", even if they are twin brothers, one grew up in Western culture, and the other was thrown into the streets of Hong Kong to struggle, the personalities of the two people will be diametrically opposed, you can't say that the one who grew up in the West can play the piano, and the one who grew up on the streets of Hong Kong must be better than the one who grew up on the streets of Hong Kong.

But now that Spielberg said this, Li Mu really feels that Matt Damon in the American version of "The Departed" is a bit unsuitable for the creation of this character.

In the Hong Kong version, one of the images of the two when they were young was Chen Guanxi and the other was Yu Wenle, both of them had a high appearance, and Yu Wenle has been tempered into a decadent and vicissitudes of Liang Chaowei after a few years of undercover, there is no need to shoot how Liang Chaowei has been undercover in the past few years, but the transition of this image and temperament can very much show how hard Liang Chaowei has survived in the past few years of undercover;

And the handsome and slightly ruffian Chen Guanxi, after a few years, has become Liu Dehua, who is also handsome, sunny, wearing a decent suit all day long, and showing talents, it is enough to see from the image how prosperous he has been in the police field in recent years, the good guys are down-and-out, and the bad guys are chic, this contrast is not not strong.

However, Matt Damon really can't be regarded as a handsome guy, so a person like him, in terms of image and temperament, is basically not suitable for playing a successful person in high society, so let him play the role of Liu Dehua in "Infernal Affairs", which is somewhat lacking in image and temperament.

Spielberg's meaning is that Li Mu needs to find a character like Liu Dehua, who is handsome, looks very successful, and is very nice, so as to better play the contrast between the role itself and the sharp contrast with the opponent Leonardo.

Just imagine, if Liu Dehua in the Hong Kong version of "Infernal Affairs" is replaced by Cheng Long, it is indeed not right......

was pointed out by Spielberg, Li Mu immediately gave up the plan to use Matt Damon, but let him think about which actors are suitable, he can't think of it for a while.

So he said, "Why don't you get in touch with Martin Scorsese first, and if he takes this play, let him choose the role, what do you think?"

Spielberg immediately said: "Mr. Li, with my understanding of Martin, he will definitely take this play, and he will definitely let Leonardo play the male lead, which coincides with you, but, frankly speaking, Martin's casting vision is not very good, so I suggest that the core role is better not to let him choose." ”

Li Mu nodded: "I understand, I want to choose the commander." ”

After speaking, Li Mu asked him, "What do you think of Brad Pitt?"

Spielberg laughed: "Handsome is very handsome, but he is not suitable to wear a suit and tie and play a young and promising successful person." ”

Li Mu thought about it, the image of the buddy's sloppy beard was indeed not suitable.

Johnny Depp is also quite handsome, but not suitable either.

Tom Cruise? Forget it, he was suppressed by himself, so he wouldn't use him to act in any of the movies he participated in.

Keanu Reeves: This big brother is handsome, but he is 39 years old this year, and he is obviously not at the same age as Leonardo, and this big brother always feels full of righteousness, and it is easy to make people play when he plays a bad guy......

Li Mu thought about it for a long time and couldn't think of any suitable candidates, so he smacked his lips and asked Spielberg: "Steven, do you have any good advice for this role?"

Spielberg thought for a moment and asked Li Mu, "Have you seen Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor?"

"Yes. ”

Spielberg smiled: "Then you should know the actor Ben Affleck who has worked with him a lot, right?"

"Ben Affleck?" Li Mu searched for the impression of this actor, and suddenly felt enlightened.

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

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

Li Mu nodded approvingly and said, "Then make him the first candidate, and we can find him to come over for an audition when the time comes." ”

“OK。 Spielberg said with a smile: "Next, let DreamWorks contact Martin, we still have a very good personal relationship, if he is okay, then the production team will try to let him form, after all, directors like to work with a close production team, as for the selection of other actors, we can discuss it at that time, the most important thing at the moment is to determine a good intention with Martin first, and then start the script adaptation, remake the film and hope to achieve good results in Hollywood and the North American market, the adaptation of the script is very important." ”

"That's right. Li Mu said very agreeably: "The script issue is very critical, and after Martin agrees to cooperate, I will communicate with the screenwriters of the original "Infernal Affairs" team and let them participate appropriately." ”

After speaking, Li Mu said to Spielberg again: "Steven, when the time comes, I will trouble you to produce this movie." ”

"No problem!"