Preparations for Infernal Affairs are now underway. While Levy's chosen two protagonists are preparing their own drafts in their respective homes, Levy is already receiving his guests in Mystery, Inc.

"Mr. De Niro, I am very grateful that you would be willing to discuss with me about appearing in this film. It is my honor to have you perform this play. If there's anything you want to know about this movie, you can tell me all of them, and I'll answer them for you. ”

At this time, the person sitting in front of Levy and chatting with Levy can be said to be one of the most outstanding actors in the whole of Hollywood. Like Pete and Norton, Robert Brown. De Niro was also equally excited after receiving Levy's invitation, but unlike Pete and Norton, who immediately agreed to the invitation, De Niro still decided to talk to Levy at this time to see how the movie was prepared before making a decision.

"Director Levy, thank you for inviting me to participate in the movie, I can't imagine that there are still people willing to let me play a gangster boss." De Niro, who was sitting opposite Levy, nodded slightly, but there was some reserve and pride in his demeanor, "I've already read the script, it's okay, let me star, I'm willing to act, it's just that I want to know how much confidence you have in this movie." I know you've invited Pitt and Norton to act, do you want us to work together to make a classic movie, or a movie that makes money? ”

This question was the first thing that came to De Niro's mind after seeing the script.

Unlike the other actors, Robert. De Niro is a big star who has been famous for many years. As a top actor, he has acted in a lot of plays, and he has also played a lot of gangster characters. Letting him play a gangster character, and also bringing in other stars, the first thing he thought about was not how much good the film would do him if it succeeded, but that the film failed. Will it affect him, or even this movie, will it just want to make a fortune with his name.

That's what he's worried about.

De Niro knows that he doesn't have much time in the future: in the past few years, his performance has begun to decline, after all, he is nearly 60 years old, and when he gets old, he can't play many roles when he was young, and his acting path is much narrower, and he will play some tough guys or something. It's no longer suitable for him, and it's also an obvious fact that he even had to develop in the direction of comedy in the past two years.

He knows that the peak of his performance has basically come to an end, and in the future, it is estimated that he will perform more comedy to make everyone happy. He has long been full of honors, and he has nothing to pursue, acting a little funny. Light-hearted comedy, he is not averse either. It's just that this time Levy's movie invited him to perform again, which was unexpected.

He thought. He won't play these roles anymore, but Levy asked him to play them again. He wasn't sure if Levy really wanted him to play a different role. Or just hope that he will continue to play the name of the godfather and let him play a gangster again. Fanning the flames at the box office of the movie?

Levy is indeed a well-known director, but he has never worked with Levy, so he is naturally worried. It took him a lifetime to create his classic screen image. It will be difficult to have a better image in the future, it is his extremely precious memories and possessions, and he must not allow a movie to ruin them.

"I understand your concerns." Levy didn't refute De Niro's questioning, he just nodded and motioned for him to come with him, "I think, no matter how much I guarantee that I have the confidence to make a classic, it's just talking." Empty words, nothing interesting. I'll introduce some of the supporting roles in the movie so that you can see my confidence. ”

Supporting? Levy's words made Deneroma interested.

Therefore, he is very interested in who the supporting roles of this movie are: the protagonist of the movie is to pull the box office, and the supporting role is not. Whether the supporting roles you are looking for are attentive or not, to a large extent, also reflects the seriousness of the director.

"Liam Neeson has agreed to play the role of sheriff in the movie, which is the most important supporting role besides you......"

Walking on the way to the set, Levy whispered about the preparations, and the name he mentioned made De Niro nod slightly.

Liam Neeson was the first to decide to appear in the movie: this actor has been acting in literary films all these years, and he likes some roles that can portray the depth of the characters very much. The role of the sheriff in this movie is a very important supporting role in the whole play, and in terms of acting, it is also quite testing, which makes him agree to Levy's invitation with little hesitation. He has just finished filming the first part of the Star Wars prequel, and now he is idle without any film appointments, and he can come at any time to shoot this drama.

Being able to find this actor to play also shows Levy's confidence: Liam Neeson basically doesn't take on any commercial films, and if it is popular, he doesn't have much. Looking for such a supporting role, it is obviously for the movie, not for the sake of making money, and De Niro is also satisfied with this.

"In terms of the heroine, there is basically no problem...... But in this movie, they didn't have many scenes......"

A few heroines, it's not a problem. Naomi immediately agreed to star in the film, and although Aniston was busy, her role was originally very simple, and a week was enough to complete the filming, so she naturally had no opinion. These protagonists were quickly decided.

De Niro didn't care much about this: he had read the script of this movie, and he knew very well that in this movie, women came out to make soy sauce, which was not very important. Actually, Levy didn't overschedule their scenes for the sake of the box office, which is good.

"And again, it's our actors, the opening scene of the movie is an explanation of the two people before they went undercover ten years ago, in this paragraph, both of you are young actors. These two actors are the ones I got you to play you from 10 years ago, Ryan. Gosling, Hiss. Ledger, the two of them, play the role of you when you were younger. ”

Levi had already taken him to the studio that was being prepared, and standing at the door of the studio, Levi pointed to the people inside and introduced him to De Niro.

The two of them, it didn't take much effort to find them. Now Ryan Gosling is still playing tricks, he is a little actor who is not well-known, and Levy saw his name in the list of actors interviewed, so he asked him to play a role. And Heath Ledger was recommended by Naomi: Australians are still relatively united, and when he heard that Levy needed young people to play, Naomi recommended Heath Ledger, and Levy was also very satisfied with this actor, so he let him play.

De Niro's eyes scanned over them, he hadn't heard of these two young actors, and he didn't know what their performance level was, but this level of seriousness was indeed rare.

And then there is the actor who plays a small supporting role in the movie. It was another undercover officer from the police who was in charge of the last undercover shooting, and I asked Jackie. Phoenix is here. His acting skills are still okay, and I believe he can play this role well. And the other one is a friend of the protagonist in the gangster, and I gave Matt Dillon to play this role. ”

Jack Queen. Phoenix is Rivan. Phoenix's younger brother, but unlike his brother who was not small but died young, he has been in Hollywood for a long time, but he has never been too famous. However, he does still have some acting skills, and it is definitely not a problem to play a small supporting role in the movie.

And the other character, Levy, chose Matt. Dillon. This actor was also an idol figure in his early years, but his fame has long been consumed, and now he has basically transformed into an acting school - but the more tragic thing is that his fame is much worse than before. However, it is feasible to let him play a small role and attach importance to it in the movie.

At this time, the two of them were also preparing for the scene. Although one of them used to be a star, and the other has a lot to do with stars, their preparations at this time are also the same.

These people were selected by Levy one by one, and now, he is also happy to introduce them to De Niro, so that De Niro can see how his cast is.

"These people ......" De Niro knew very well that Levy introduced these people to him because he believed in the acting skills of these people and could satisfy him. He is confident that through these people, De Niro will be convinced that he really wants to make this movie well.

And De Niro now really believes it: in the room, several young actors who look quite young, they are now preparing for their roles: De Niro knows very well that their roles are actually very few, just a matter of a few minutes, and they are accompanied by a lot of editing, in fact, it is not that difficult, it can be said that they are all tricks, but in the house, the preparations of these tricks are quite serious, and their attitudes don't seem to be playing tricks at all.

The quality of the actors, ability is one thing, and attitude is one thing. Even the tricks found have this attitude, and Levy's seriousness can be known: if the director is not serious, why should he carefully choose the little tricks?

Compared to how confident he is, it is better to let De Niro see how his actors are carefully selected. The careful selection of these actors is enough to prove how much he values this play.

"Where did you find these actors?"

Looking at the practice of these actors, De Niro asked Levy with some surprise.

"What, aren't you satisfied?"

"How so? I'm quite satisfied. Looking at their performance, De Niro sighed for a while, "Director Levy, I take back my question just now." A director who can take movies so seriously and can find so many good actors to play a play should not be questioned by me. I believe that your dedication to this movie is unparalleled, and I also believe that being able to participate in this movie will be another thing for me to be proud of! (To be continued......)