When the news came out that Levy was preparing a new film, and that the starring actors of this new film were as many as four new and old Hollywood actors, the whole Hollywood could be said to be a sensation. Such news even stole Jim Carrey from winning the Golden Globe Award, and American Beauty took the limelight from the Golden Globe Award for Best Feature Film. Even Levy, who won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, was asked the most not about his feelings about winning the award, but about his new movie.

Levy himself didn't expect the movie to attract so much attention: he didn't have to be prepared to release the news on this day to surprise the world, it was Bob who had just got the script out and he announced it at this time. He originally thought that it was awards season and people were more concerned about the films that were nominated, but who would have thought that people would be extremely enthusiastic about his new films.

Although Truman's world was nominated for an Oscar, it was already a glory in Levy's past. Compared to that movie, what people want to know more is the news of this new movie from Levy. And one of the biggest reasons why people are so interested in this movie is that this movie seems to be different from previous movies.

Levy likes to use famous actors in filming, which everyone knows - his own three movies use famous actors, although he also has his own habit of promoting people, but they are all mainly supporting roles, and the most important actors are all famous stars. If he wants to make a new film, of course, he will also find famous actors, which is not expected, but he found four famous actors in one go, which shocked a large number of people.

Almost everyone in Hollywood knows that if there are two great actors in a movie, then the movie is undoubtedly a movie of two heroes fighting the situation. As long as there are two top actors. Playing to your heart's content in the play can make many people excited. And this movie found four top actors at once - De Niro can be said to be a superstar who has long been a god, Liam Neeson is also a top actor who has won the Tony Award, Pete and Norton are very respected among young actors, and the four of them, put together, will have a strong interest in what kind of effect it will have.

These four people. Any two people working together can be said to be a strong team, four people in one play, what will this play be like? This question has affected countless people.

What's more, this is still a work directed by Levy - just four stars, but it is not necessarily a good movie, and it is not impossible for stars to make money together. But if there is a good director to direct. That's a different story. This director has just won the Golden Globe Award, and he has always paid attention to the literary and artistic nature of the film over the commercial, and his films will definitely not be used to make money.

The media are well aware. Levy's TV series made him a lot of money, and money was not a big deal for him, so he found four stars. It's definitely about making a classic movie – if it's not about making a movie a classic, why bother with four stars? He only looks for one star, and he can also make a good movie. And finding four at once, does this mean that he has a strong self-confidence in his next movie?

With Yu Wei, who won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, he found four top actors to make a movie in one go, what kind of movie would it be? That's what people are all interested in. After the Golden Globe Awards, this has also become one of the hottest topics.

"What we're planning to make is a gangster film." The media quickly got an answer to this question - in fact, Levy didn't want to hide it in the first place. As the script is written, filed with the Screenwriters Guild, and the new crew begins to build, a lot of staff and actors have been found, and it is impossible for this film to hide from the media all the time. At this time, it's not a bad thing to break the news.

In front of the media, Robert De Niro confided in the news of the movie, "This is mainly a movie about the struggle between the police and the gangsters, and I naturally play the gang boss in the movie...... It's a rather interesting story, a script that director Levy saw in Hong Kong, translated it into English himself, and then turned it over to Richmond to adapt. The film crew is still the old team of director Levy, and I believe this will be a good movie. ”

De Niro's words made many media outlets excited again. This was also the effect that Levy hoped for: in fact, this movie can be said to be a gangster film or a police movie, because he depicts a lot of police situations, but in essence, it is closely related to the background that the gang cannot get rid of, so you can say whatever you want. However, Levy knows very well that if it is a police movie, then many people will not care much, but if it is said to be a gangster film of De Niro, the effect will be different.

Gangster films? Robert De Niro as a gangster boss? This news has made many media excited. De Niro is an actor who played The Godfather 2, and he was Scorsese's queen actor at the beginning, he has acted in too many classic gangster films, in a sense, this is a golden photo. Obviously, with him, Levy's expectations for this film can't be low.

Moreover, the film itself, the rest of the lineup is not bad: the screenwriters, editors, and cinematographers around director Levy are all teams that have been recognized by the world, and these people will not shoot the movie badly if they cooperate. The other actors are also very high-quality, and the combination of these people is completely using the strongest team to create a movie.

Moreover, De Niro's words also revealed another information: Levy actually knows Chinese and can translate the Chinese script into English? It's incredible. What's even more incredible is how optimistic he is about this script, and even willing to translate it into English and then adapt it? How good would it be to have a script that Levy values so much?

Boy? Scarface? Once Upon a Time in America? Even, The Godfather? Where is the limit of Levy's ambitions?

Gangster films themselves are a theme that is easy to appear classics, and many directors have shown their unparalleled talents on this theme. Amplifying the beauty and ugliness of human nature with the help of the life and death of gangsters is a good way to make the movie highlight the theme. And Levy has always shot movies very well, and this time he chose the theme that is most likely to appear in classic movies, which inevitably makes many media think about it.

It's just that, while the media is imagining, they are also noticing something else.

"If Director Levy is really going to shoot gangster films, then he has to figure out first, gangster films are not literary films, but purely commercial films, does he really understand how to shoot commercial films?"

After knowing the direction of Levy's filming, some media also raised objections. After all, this kind of film is very different from the previous films made by Levy. In addition to the depth of ideological content, gangster films need to be paid attention to at the same time, and another important aspect is that they have to shoot big scenes, fast-paced, while showing the beauty and ugliness of human nature in life and death, they must also have commercial elements, and people are also skeptical that Levy can shoot these well.

The elements of commercial films are different from literary films, literary films need to show the hearts of the characters, and commercial films need to show classic scenes. With the style of literary films, it is the consensus of Hollywood people to make commercial films, and they are also worried about whether Levy can really do a good job. Although Levy is indeed a big-name director, he really has never played a commercial film in the true sense. Moreover, looking at the actors he found, they are more oriented to the acting skills of the actors, can such a mentality be able to shoot a good commercial film?

Of course, even if Levy made the gangster film just a literary film, it is likely to be very successful. But if that's the case, it's always going to feel like something is missing.

Moreover, another suspicion of people is for the script.

"In Hong Kong movies, there are indeed many good gangster movies, and some of the themes, shots, and stories of gangster movies are worth learning from Hollywood. However, after all, Hong Kong films are relatively backward film regions, and it is said that in Hong Kong, some scripts can be filmed without even spending shots, and even some big-name directors have used flying pages to shoot directly when filming - in such an environment, it is doubtful whether a good script can be born. Director Levy said that he liked a good script, but why didn't he write a script that was closer to American society himself, but had to buy a script from Hong Kong? How can the Hong Kong script be completely compatible with the American environment? Did he take these questions into account? ”

This question is also a bigger question from the media: It's not impossible for Levy to shoot gangster films, but why do you have to find a Hong Kong script? I heard that no company in Hong Kong wants this script and takes it to the United States to shoot a movie, is this really possible?

If you want to make a classic, wouldn't it be better to find a script in the United States? Why go to a foreign country?

"These guys, who haven't even read our script, have started to talk nonsense at us." Levy could only shake his head and smile at the media's evaluation: This kind of solipsistic thinking of Americans has always existed. Although their movies are really good, this kind of statement that they think they are the boss of the world and that no one else's work is good is really speechless.

"I don't care what the media says. I want to know now, what do our actors think of our scripts? ”

"The actors are very satisfied, they all say that the script is acceptable, and now, they are waiting for the filming to start at any time." Clarke's answer to Levy's question was immediate, "Bob has changed it very well, and the current script has taken almost all of the questions you said." ”

"That's good, since the actors are satisfied, and I'm satisfied, then, what else do we have to worry about? We use this script because it's good. Get ready, this movie, start shooting! (To be continued......)