When Leonardo heard Spielberg's inquiry, he almost subconsciously asked, "Steven, do you have an idea for a remake of this movie?"

Hollywood doesn't pay much attention to Hong Kong movies, and major Hollywood companies pay a little more attention, but Hollywood's local actors know very little about Hong Kong movies, Leonardo not only hadn't seen this movie before today, but also hadn't heard of it, so he didn't know that the copyright of this movie had been bought by Warner, and he didn't know that the copyright was now in Li Mu's hands.

Spielberg told him: "The remake rights to this film were bought by Warner a few months ago, but it was just bought by Li Mu. ”

"Li Mu?" Leonardo asked happily, "That means Li Mu is interested in remaking this movie, right?"

"That's right. Spielberg said: "Li Mu is going to co-produce and release with DreamWorks, and he really wants you to star in the role of Chen Yongren." ”

Speaking of this, Spielberg smiled: "Of course, if we remake it, this character can't still be called like this, and the whole story structure will definitely be translated to the United States, between gangs in the United States, and the police in the United States." ”

"Great!" Leonardo blurted out almost without hesitation, "I'm willing to play this role, I'm so willing! I love this character, I love this poor guy, just don't let him be so pathetic in the remake......"

Tom Hanks on the side laughed: "Trust me Leo, if it's a remake, they should give your character a grand funeral at the end, not only with Scottish bagpipes, but also with a 21-gun salute!"

Leonardo said excitedly: " Hey, Tom, just imagine, joining this character called Jimmy or something, while he went through all this, he gained the love of a beautiful psychiatrist, but this psychiatrist has always been dissatisfied with his gang identity, and even tried to draw a line with him, he also accepted, and gradually alienated the female psychiatrist, but, before he was about 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 something happened to him。 ”

Tom Hanks nodded and smiled, "And then he ...... Bang, dead. ”

"Yes!" Leonardo said excitedly, "the character is dead, but he has earned his identity, Won all the honors, and also told his true identity to the woman he loved, just imagine, this woman liked him painfully before, but in her eyes, he was nothing more than a charismatic gangster, and even a heinous murderer, but after his death, she finally understood everything, understood the identity of this man, and the great task he had been engaged in for so many years, which completely subverted all her previous perceptions of him, which would be a good comfort to the audience. ”

Tom Hanks also began to enjoy this kind of plot discussion, so he asked Leonardo, "In that case, what do you think of that dirty cop?"

"He must die!" Leonardo said: "Good people can die, bad people must die, good people die with glory, bad people die with notoriety, this is the value that the audience can accept, I don't want to star in a movie where good people die and bad people get away with it, and then pretend that he also wants to be a good person." ”

Tom Hanks said: "In this case, I think we can design another policeman, this policeman can be Officer Huang's partner, he knows that Officer Huang and Chen Yongren both died at 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, and he will kill the dirty police, as the end of the whole movie, which can also give the audience a satisfactory explanation." ”

Spielberg said: "You two said very well, I agree with these points, and I have another idea, you can advise on it." ”

The two listened attentively, Spielberg paused, and said: "In the original version, Liu Jianming has a girlfriend who is a writer, and Chen Yongren has a female psychiatrist who cares about her very much, these two female characters have no intersection, and the two characters actually seem relatively thin on the whole, if we remake it, it is better to merge these two female characters into one." ”

"Blend into one?" Tom Hanks frowned and asked him, "Steven, you mean that this psychiatrist is both the girlfriend of the dirty cop and the psychiatrist of the protagonist, and then falls in love with the protagonist?"

"Yes. Spielberg nodded and said: "Female characters are actually very important in this kind of rivalry between two men, this movie gives the audience the feeling that the bad guy seems to have everything, but in fact he has lost everything unconsciously, including his humanity, his future, and his love, and although the good guy has been losing a lot, he has completed his mission, won honor, and won the heart of a good woman, so that even if he dies in the end, he is a hero, and he can comfort the audience." ”

Leonardo suddenly snapped his fingers and had an epiphany: "That's great, it's like Mel Gibson's "Braveheart", although the protagonist William Wallace was finally beheaded, he completed his mission of leading the Scottish nation to revolt, won everyone's respect, 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 later before the King of England died, Sophie Marceau told him that what she was pregnant with was not his grandson, but the flesh and blood of William Wallace, which was really enjoyable." ”

Spielberg said: "Making the villain's woman fall in love with the protagonist is a very useful plot operation in itself, so that the real winner of the good and bad can be highlighted through the choice of this woman, especially when the villain has almost everything and the protagonist has almost nothing, this feeling of the audience will be even stronger, and the audience will completely subvert their own values when facing the villain who has everything and the protagonist who has nothing, such as Sophie J. Marceau, no matter how it is packaged, her behavior is standard marital cheating, and what's worse is that she is the active party of cheating and is pregnant with other men's children, but in this movie, no one will blame her, but countless people applaud her behavior, and her behavior will also make the audience appreciate the protagonist more. ”

"Haha!" Leonardo smiled: "If you say so, "Titanic" is actually the same, Ruth played by Kate is actually a cheating woman, and Jack played by me is a poor boy who hooks up with someone else's fiancée. ”

"yes. Spielberg laughed, "You even got a ticket to get on the boat from gambling." ”

After that, Spielberg put away his smile and said: "Actually, this is the psychology of the audience, they are willing to see the protagonist win everything, and the villain loses everything, in this case, even if the villain's wife takes the initiative to cheat on the protagonist, the audience will not only blame, but will appreciate, because this will strengthen the protagonist's aura and please the audience at the same time, so I want to integrate the two female characters in "Infernal Affairs" who have no intersection at all, so that she can strengthen the tension of the plot, and at the same time give the audience some comfort." ”

Leonardo asked, "So how exactly should it be set?"

Spielberg said: "We have to think about this carefully, sort out the timeline of this female character's understanding of the villain, as well as the male protagonist, and the story line of the three of them." ”

After a pause, Spielberg looked at Leonardo and asked with a smile: "But, all in all, Leo, you're 100% sure you're going to join this movie, right?"

"Oh God. Leonardo said very seriously: "Not 100% sure, but 10,000%!"

“OK。 Spielberg nodded with satisfaction, looked at Tom Hanks again, and said, "Tom, are you interested in the role of Officer Huang?"

"Me?" Tom Hanks was obviously a little surprised, he didn't think that Spielberg would invite him to participate in this movie, because since the choice of the actor is Leonardo, the other male lead who plays opposite him should also be a young man of the same age as Leonardo, and he is obviously not suitable, so when he was discussing, he didn't think that he would also participate in it.

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

Officer Huang's role is not a big role, not even a male No. 3, because no matter how you look at this role, the role of this role will not be as heavy as the role of the black boss, so in the end, this role should be a male No. 4.

For actors like Tom Hanks, the male number four basically 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 opportunity to play supporting roles, these extremely valuable actors, high salaries are scared to death, please come over to film must shoot the male number one, and the last time is the male number two, take top actors to play supporting roles, how high the cost of the whole movie can be bearable.

Spielberg also knew that this role was somewhat marginalized, so he tried to persuade Tom Hanks, saying: "Tom, this role may not have too many scenes, but it is very important for the whole movie, whether it is me or Li Mu, I respect your acting skills very much, so I also hope that you can accept this role, Li Mu also made it clear that you and Leo have lowered their salaries in "Flying Tigers", Infernal Affairs Saying nothing will make you sacrifice your interests, so they will pay you according to the market price and give you a certain share of the box office. ”

After saying that, Spielberg added: "But it doesn't matter if you don't want to, I can understand it." ”

Tom Hanks smiled slightly and said happily: "Since Leo made a decision so quickly, then I won't think about it too much, and I will cooperate with Leo one more time!"