When February arrived, Levy's film was officially announced in New York.

This time the start-up has attracted considerable attention, and the gathering of top stars has attracted quite a lot of attention.

This film is Levy's first commercial film - although Levy's movies have been good at the box office before, this time it is necessary to take into account the commercial element. The film invested 50 million yuan, invited a number of big-name stars, and also rented a building in New York and temporarily converted it into a studio for shooting, which is not comparable to previous small-budget films. Therefore, the film was not hastily filmed, and in New York, they also held a kick-off ceremony, on the one hand, for publicity, and on the other hand, to show their confidence in the film.

Before the Oscars arrived, Levy finally decided to start shooting his new film. At this moment, finding top stars to shoot movies, Levy is a good proof of his influence, courage and vision: not to prepare for the Oscar during the awards season, but to prepare for a new movie, this is tantamount to announcing to the outside world: it is not Levy who needs the Oscar, but the Oscar needs Levy. ”

These comments from the media are not known to praise Levy or to make Levy angry with Oscar. Regardless, however, it served as a promotional boost for the film, which was named 'thedeparted'.

This is a film that Levy uses to challenge the next level, which is already recognized by the world.

And in the crew, Levy seems to have shown his determination, and after the crew officially started, he gathered the main actors of the crew and talked to them.

"I'm excited to start working with you all today, and I hope you can do three things during the filming. It's not a hard thing, and I'm sure it's not a thing for you. ”

Although Levy said politely. But everyone can hear that Levi lectured everyone as soon as he entered the group, which was actually telling everyone to be obedient. Obviously, his expectations for the film are really high.

"First of all, I want to say, I think everyone also knows, my requirements: in my crew, I hope everyone does not drink too much, do not take medicine, this is the most basic requirement." When the script started filming, Levy was also with the actors. Once again, I reaffirmed my rules.

Levy's rules, Hollywood people still know something. As long as he works, he pays great attention to the efficiency of his work, and he is very disgusted with anything that may affect the filming process. However, generally speaking, the actors are also very clear that filming for a big director requires a lot of hard work and seriousness. Whether you like wine or medicine, you can wait until the filming is over, unless it is a person who is too stressed, and no one uses medicine when filming - Levy's request. The actors are all acceptable.

"Second, and one of the more important things: I want to shoot this film, all of you, while you're acting. Let me know as soon as you have any ideas. In this play, you need to present your charm, how do you think you can better present your charm. Just tell me. ”

This request was something that Levy hadn't said before, and these words were also what he thought of when he flipped through the original script of Infernal Morality.

In his previous life, he had heard some things, that is, when this script was filming, many people changed him: for example, the action director of this drama suggested that the scene of the police officer being beaten upstairs was deleted, which made the death in the back more explosive, and Huang Qiusheng, who played the police officer, added a sentence of desire to say and stop at the time of separation, which made the movie a little more changed, Zeng Zhiwei, who played the black boss, also underwent his own changes in the police station, not to mention the most important, and finally the part on the rooftop, In the original script, it was a fight, but Andy Lau changed it to a dialogue and wit, which made a classic.

In this movie, many places have to be played by the actors, find out the differences between themselves and others, and give full play to their own charm, so that they can shoot a good scene. Hong Kong actors can make their character image fuller through their own supplements, and Hollywood actors can do the same. It's not a good idea to copy Hong Kong's acting skills, and Levy prefers to let these actors perform differently.

And this requirement, the actors are very happy to accept: being able to have their own space to play is better than blindly sticking to the script.

"And the third one, I think everybody can do it -- I want everyone in the script to be treated equally during the time this film is made, and I don't want any of us to be big names. We have too many stars in our crew, and if this kind of thing happens to us, then the movie can't be made. ”

This is also what Levy must emphasize, if a group of celebrities are filmed, one of the most important things is to pay attention to making them not have a big-name temper. Levy doesn't want to have a headache over such a trivial matter, he wants these actors to be self-conscious. In the past, he could stare at a group of stars, but now he can't watch a group of three or four stars.

"Please rest assured, we are all professional actors."

For Levy's words, it was Brad who took the lead in making the assurance. Pete, he knew that Levy said these things to make the movie better, and he also knew that Levy would love to have someone respond.

And he did what he said. After the filming of the movie started, on the set, as long as he was fine, he helped the staff carry props and do coolies on the set, and it can be said that there is really no star shelf.

Pete believed that this was the only way to make Levy look at him differently.

He has always had a feeling that Levy doesn't like him, and asking him to film is just a choice, not an appreciation for him. This feeling made him somewhat uncomfortable and even a little uncomfortable.

He always asked himself that he was very attractive, and that others didn't like him, and he couldn't imagine this kind of thing. However, this is not a problem, and he believes that if he works hard, he can quickly change the way others see him.

As to why Levy had to be reversed - it was not without reason.

After entering the crew, Pete soon found that if nothing else, he should be said to be the worst protagonist in the crew.

In this regard, Pete is also somewhat self-aware. Compared with De Niro, he has no guts, and he can't compare with a Tony Award-winning drama actor like Mnison. Even Norton, who debuted much later than him, seems to surpass him a lot in acting talent. He has watched Norton's performance, although he has never been convinced, but in his heart, he has to admit that this is indeed an extremely talented actor: it is the most difficult to pay attention to various details in the performance.

In contrast, he doesn't have De Niro's genius, Liam Neeson's experience, and Norton's madness and seriousness, and if the director doesn't like him anymore, he will be in for a tragedy. However, although I don't have these things, I have my own efforts.

He doesn't want to be considered a completely suppressed one when the four of them play against each other after the movie is made, how to shoot better and make his characters glow with charm, which he cares about very much.

Although Levy said it was a gangster film, and some in the crew thought it was a cop movie, Pete always felt that it was more like a spy movie. There are many places that need to show wisdom in movies, and showing what is inside is the most important thing to show acting.

It was precisely because of the pressure of the performance that he deliberately ingratiated himself with Levy, hoping that Levi would give him some advice so that he would not be overwhelmed.

His efforts seemed to have worked, at least, when he went to ask Levy for help, Levy's advice to him was pertinent.

"When you act, the best time to play is when you bring this character to life. You can't dress up as a hippie character, you lack a lewd temperament. You can't pretend to be Clooney's temperament, and you lack the temperament of being unworldly. What you can play is a life-oriented person, and you can play any role that starts from a life-oriented person, you can play it very well, this is the starting point of your performance, and you need to think about it yourself. ”

When discussing the play with Levy, Levi also pointed out what he needs to pay attention to in acting, "At the beginning of the movie, we set up a scene for you: your character Andy is playing rugby with his teammates in the police academy. The purpose of this shot is to illustrate your charisma as a leader, and you can think more about your interactions with the police officers around you, and reflect your character through these interactions. ”

The names of the two main characters in the movie, Levy directly use Andy and Tony - no one knows what this means except him anyway - and for Andy, the policeman played by Pitt, Levy adds some plot from the American version. The judicial systems in the United States and Hong Kong are different, so naturally they cannot be copied when filming, and some things must be changed to be rationalized.

His suggestion, Pete accepted with a head on his head.

"Start with yourself and let yourself show the temperament of some successful people, rather than forcibly imitating the appearance of others. It's your forte, and you can. ”

Pitt is different from Andy Lau, their temperaments are very different, so they should also pay attention to themselves when acting. Although Levy had an impression in his mind, it did not prevent him from advising Pete to pay attention to his acting skills.

Pitt quickly found the right advice: start with yourself, give yourself self-confidence, make yourself attractive instead of imitating others - these things are not difficult to do.

"Thank you for your guidance, I'm sure I'll be able to do it." Peett nodded and thanked Levy, "I'm confident in my own charm. ”

"I'm also confident that as long as you use your charm in the right place, it's definitely a good thing to say about the movie."

Levy nodded, consciously or unconsciously, looking at the other place: over there, it was the actresses who were preparing. (To be continued......)