Leonardo and Tom Hanks were particularly engaged.
They rarely watch Chinese-language movies, and this is the first time they are truly attracted by a Chinese-language movie.
Whenever Tony Leung's acting skills exploded, Leonardo would hardly even blink. While observing Tony Leung's acting skills at every moment, he also put himself into such a role. He I feel that the role played by Tony Leung Chiu-wai is very full. This character not only runs through the entire story line, but also has a complex personality and psychology, which is also a great test for the actor's acting skills.
The character played by Tony Leung Chiu-wai is a good person at heart, but because he performs important tasks, he hangs out with criminals all year round. His years of undercover career have brought him great pain and psychological pressure. He wants to do it countless times. Quit, but every time when the mission requires it, he can grit his teeth and persevere. He has been guarding the secret of a good person for a long time and being a bad person. The more this happens, the more the secret in his heart wants to find an opportunity to blurt it out, just like A pressure cooker full of secrets. Whenever it reaches the critical value, the valve must be broken to release some pressure, otherwise it will cause an accident.
And Liang Chaowei could only tell the secret in front of the psychiatrist in a joking way. When he told the psychiatrist with a rare smile that he was actually a policeman, his expression became unprecedentedly relaxed and he could see. It can be concluded that deep down in his heart, this character desperately longs for the opportunity to say this sentence. When he says it, the whole person seems to have been redeemed.
The psychiatrist knows that he is a gangster and instinctively thinks that he is joking with him. This is also the result that Tony Leung's character wants. Telling the secret that cannot be told to a person who is least likely to believe it relieves himself. pressure, and at the same time there is no risk of leaking the secret. It can be seen that this character is already suffering deep down because of being an undercover agent.
For actors with strength and pursuit, their favorite roles are such difficult and challenging roles, especially Leonardo.
He originally had countless easy ways to succeed. For example, after "Titanic", he could have conquered the world with just one face, but he didn't. He no longer accepted a role like the protagonist of "Titanic" , but since then, I have stopped filming consecutive movies and started looking for various breakthroughs for myself.
"Gangs of New York", "Blood Diamond", "The Aviator", "The Departed", "Shutter Island", "Inception", "The Great Gatsby", "Knives Out"... This man is like a piece of A magnet specifically looking for challenging roles to play a variety of roles to their fullest.
Leonardo's courage not to make a sequel is almost unprecedented in Hollywood. Tom Cruise is very popular, and he has made six "Mission: Impossible" movies; Matt Damon is also very popular, and he has made "The Bourne Supremacy" Five films were also filmed; Vin Diesel was even more powerful, with one "Fast and Furious" filmed for eight films.
In Hollywood, making a sequel movie is the most cost-effective job for an actor, because making a sequel represents the success of the previous movie. The actor does not need to challenge a new role at all, nor does he need to take the risk that the new role will not be liked by the audience. He only needs to continue I am already familiar with the performance style in the previous work, and I can easily achieve success by continuing to interpret the character in the previous work.
Even if 10,000 "Mission: Impossible" films are made, Tom Cruise's performance style will never change, and there is no need to change at all. The only thing that changes is that the plot of each film is slightly different, and Tom Cruise's acting style will never change. · Cruise challenges some new extreme sports in each movie. In this movie, he climbs the Burj Khalifa, in the next movie, he rides on a transport plane, and maybe in the future, he will ride an intercontinental missile or ride on a space meteorite. It's just old wine in new bottles.
However, as long as Tom Cruise continues to make more money, he will continue to make a huge fortune from this movie until one day the audience is tired of this series and this character.
As for Vin Diesel, as long as he keeps looking like a dick and continues to sit in various sports cars and press the accelerator, "Fast and Furious" can continue to be filmed, and he can easily earn thousands a year Ten thousand U.S. dollars.
Be it Johnny Depp or Robert Downey Jr., none of these Hollywood big-shot actors with extremely high salaries dare to give up sequel movies and constantly challenge themselves. The only one is Leonardo.
It is precisely because Leonardo has such motivation to constantly challenge himself that when he was attracted by "Infernal Affairs", he instinctively hoped to have the opportunity to play the role of Chen Yongren in the play.
When the movie ended, Leonardo and Tom Hanks both breathed a sigh of relief. They looked at each other, and each could see the sadness in the other's eyes.
The ending of this movie is indeed a bit unexpected. I thought that after Tony Leung had suppressed the entire movie, he would be able to complete the mission at the end, regain his identity as a police officer, and return to the sun. Then the bad guys would be punished and have a happy reunion. The ending, but unexpectedly, just when both of them thought Liang Chaowei had seen the dawn of victory, a sudden bullet ended his life, allowing this character to end his life in the most tragic way after being depressed for a hundred minutes. Way to end.
What's even more damning is that at the end of the original Hong Kong version of "Infernal Affairs", Andy Lau's character was not arrested by the police, but continued to be his policeman, completely escaping the sanction of the law.
In the mainland version of "Infernal Affairs", Andy Lau was arrested by the police as soon as he stepped out of the elevator, and then the movie ended. However, in the original Hong Kong version, Andy Lau showed his ID as soon as he stepped out of the elevator, said "I am a policeman", and then got away with it.
Then, it was the accidental discovery of Chen Yongren's file that revealed Chen Yongren's identity to the world, so the police arranged a funeral for him. At the funeral, the psychiatrist played by Kelly Chen and Chen Yongren's ex-girlfriend played by Elva Hsiao came to the scene. Liu Jianming, played by Andy Lau, also came to salute Chen Yongren in police uniform.
Finally, the scene flashes back to what a police academy instructor said to other students when Chen Yongren was expelled from the police academy: "Those who don't follow the rules will get out like him. Are any of you willing to trade with him?"
Liu Jianming, played by Andy Lau, suddenly replaced Edison Chen in the crowd. He lowered his head and said, "I want to change with him."
Then, the whole play ends...
Leonardo buried his face in his hands. After a moment, he took a sharp breath and said, "I'm still looking forward to the fact that he can put on a police uniform and go to the psychiatrist..."
Tom Hanks smiled knowingly and said in agreement: "The script's portrayal of this character is too cruel. He has paid so much and got almost nothing. First he lost a few years of good time and suffered from dual identities. He suffered from stress, then lost the people he trusted most, and finally lost his own life."
Spielberg on the side said: "The character Chen Yongren is actually a martyr. For such a character, it doesn't matter what he got in the end, but what he sacrificed himself to defend."
Leonardo said: "This is too cruel for the audience. He died too suddenly and did not give him a respectful ending. The only thing that was somewhat humane was that the screenwriter gave him a police-style scene. The funeral can be regarded as giving the audience a little comfort."
Tom Hanks nodded: "Fortunately, the psychiatrist was also present at the funeral. In this way, at least she knew that the poor man had told him the deepest secret in his heart, but unfortunately, In the end, the dirty undercover policeman didn’t have anything wrong at all. He even went to the funeral to show off, and in the end he even resorted to sensationalism, as if to clear his name. I personally feel that this is a failure.”
Leonardo said with great agreement: "That's right! That's so damn right! Forgive me for swearing, Tom, but you spoke to my heart! I really don't understand what the screenwriter thought about this policeman , has been helping drug dealers sell countless drugs to the market for many years. Behind this, it is unknown how many people and families have been indirectly poisoned. Moreover, he also killed Chen Yongren’s boss, maliciously erased Chen Yongren’s files, and indirectly killed Chen Yongren. He, and the guy who shot Chen Yongren in the end, was his true comrade-in-arms. It was he who shot Chen Yongren to save the policeman from the abyss, and the policeman shot himself dead in the blink of an eye. Comrade-in-arms, my savior!”
As he said that, Leonardo said with some input: "So, look what he did? Helped to sell drugs, killed two policemen, and killed his savior! Whether it was the people on the opposite side or the people around him, He was completely ruthless and spared no room, and he was completely a heinous person. It was fine to let a heinous person get away with justice in the end. I can understand it as the cruelty of reality, but what does the last part mean? This dirty policeman actually Speaking from the bottom of his heart, he wants to change with Chen Yongren? Is the screenwriter trying to whitewash this heinous person? It is really unreasonable!"
Spielberg said: "So this is the difference between our Eastern and Western film cultures. Eastern film culture advocates the exaggeration of human nature. They feel that no matter how evil people are, they still have a kind side in their hearts."
"I cannot accept this kind of idealized rendering." Leonardo shook his head and said, "I respect reality more. In reality, an evil person like Liu will never have good thoughts in his heart, because you can judge from what he has done. It can be seen that if a person can do these things, it is impossible for him to have kind thoughts. On the other hand, a person with kind thoughts will not do so many heinous things, so I did not How to accept this kind of ending, a heinous person, but in his heart he wants to be a good person??? WTF! This is just like Bill Gates saying that he actually wants to be a pauper who can't afford to eat!"
Tom Hanks didn't expect Leonardo to be so emotional, and hurriedly comforted him: "Leo, it's just a movie, don't be too angry."
"I'm sorry Tom." Leonardo said very apologetically: "I was too involved, and this ending really made me feel too depressed!"
Spielberg patted him on the shoulder and said: "Hong Kong directors and screenwriters have their own thinking patterns, which should be different from Hollywood. In most cases, we still prefer happy endings, even if Sometimes it is necessary to leave some regrets, but in the end, I also hope that the good things outweigh the regrets. If the Hollywood screenwriters are allowed to escape from the plot of this movie and only use its settings, then it may be like what you said, and in the end, Chen Yongren He didn’t die, but got together with the psychiatrist.”
"Shit!" Leonardo sighed: "Except for the ending, I really like this character. This Hong Kong actor also played the role very well, which is very impressive."
Spielberg looked at Leonardo and asked him: "Leo, if we remake this movie, would you be interested in playing the role of Chen Yongren?"
(End of chapter)