Chapter 635: Everyone is familiar with police movies.
Li Yi not only found Chen Weijie, but also many Hong Kong filmmakers who had worked with him before, including Luo Xian, a Hong Kong police professional who was the first to cooperate.
As well as Lin Jinrong, Li Yi even gave the Hong Kong star face this time and called Wu Ting over.
Since you want to play, then play something big. Not only that, Li Yi plans to make "Infernal Affairs" truly the best lineup in Hong Kong Island!
Therefore, Li Yi asked Zhuo Yixiong to contact the Four Heavenly Kings who are as famous as Chen Weijie. In fact, in terms of career development among the so-called Four Heavenly Kings, Chen Weijie is regarded as the leader, while the other three are far behind.
However, the four heavenly kings also have feelings.
Not only that, Li Yi also plans to invite veteran movie stars from Hong Kong to star in several protagonists, main supporting roles, villains, etc.
If you are looking for young talented actors in Hong Kong, there may be relatively few, but if you want to find established and talented actors, including movie stars, you really don’t need too many!
This is a legacy left over from the golden age of Hong Kong Island.
As for the female characters, to be honest, "Infernal Affairs" really doesn't have any female characters. There are only two, one is psychiatrist Li Xin'er, and the other is MAY!
In fact, since the news of "Infernal Affairs" came out, many people from Li Yi's side have proposed themselves or found connections to participate in this movie.
This is not surprising. What surprised Li Yi the most was that he actually asked Chen Weijie to help intercede!
Huang Disheng is also the best actor in Hong Kong. To be honest, Huang Disheng's acting skills are flawless and he is worthy of the title of best actor.
But Li Yi didn't like him at all, not because of the previous grudges, but because this guy's butt was crooked. To put it simply, he was a banana man.
"This is a matter of principle!" Li Yi killed this possibility without even thinking about it!
For a director of Li Yi's level, the early grudges like Wu Ting can be forgotten, but Huang Disheng was born purely because of a matter of principle!
"Why did you suddenly speak for him?" Li Yi couldn't help but be a little surprised.
"Hey, he wasn't like this before, and he came from the same training class, so he can be considered a friend..." Chen Weijie sighed.
In fact, the Hong Kong film industry is very small, so it doesn't seem that surprising that Huang Disheng can ask Chen Weijie.
It can be said that more than half of the star actors in Hong Kong came from the training courses of Hong Kong Television Station in the early years.
Chen Weijie is, and so is Huang Disheng!
Li Yi and Chen Weijie entered the living room together, and everyone stood up one after another.
"Director Li!"
"Director Li!"
Perhaps most of the people here are older than Li Yi, and they are all Li Yi's seniors, but at this moment, everyone stood up.
Because Li Yi is the director, Qi Qi is the leading director.
Hong Kong media calls Li Yi the light of Hong Kong movies, which can be said to be recognized.
In fact, many veteran Hong Kong actors, even movie stars, do not live a comfortable life.
After all, the Hong Kong Film Awards, Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, etc. will produce one best actor a year, and occasionally two will be produced a year.
Therefore, there are really not too many people.
"Lao Zhuo, please send the script to everyone!" Li Yi said with a smile.
Of course, the scripts sent to everyone are not complete scripts, but character scripts and story outlines.
Li Yi did not hold a large-scale audition for Shenma. It can almost be said that if there are no problems, the main cast will be finalized today.
And these people present today can be said to be almost the most luxurious lineup that Hong Kong Island can produce.
The scripts may be thin or thick. After all, there are only those movie characters. Some have more scenes and some have less.
"Read the script first!" Li Yi smiled and sat down and motioned for everyone to read the script first.
Among the actors present, even the relatively young Lin Jinrong has filmed many films.
Not to mention veteran actors like Chen Weijie, who have made hundreds of movies in their career!
Of course, police movies are a must!
Everyone is extremely looking forward to and curious about Li Yi's police film, which is a revival of Hong Kong films.
After all, the name of a person is the shadow of a tree, and Li Yi has never missed a shot. Although he doesn't like to engage in big productions, it does not prevent him from being the number one film director in China at the box office and almost the number one in awards!
Everyone opened it and started reading.
For a moment, the living room was extremely quiet, with only the sound of people turning pages of the script.
Chen Weijie was also particularly curious about what kind of script Li Yi would come up with.
Hong Kong police movie, he is really familiar!
As soon as he opened the script and saw the passage on the title page, Chen Weijie couldn't help but be startled.
"Infernal Affairs" - Volume 19 of the "Nirvana Sutra" says: The most of the eight hells is called the Infernal Hell, which means suffering great suffering without interruption. Those who receive the Infernal Body will never die, and their longevity is the best among the Infernal Hells.
Great calamity.
Not only Chen Weijie, but also everyone else's eyes lit up when they saw the explanation of the movie title "Infernal Affairs".
Because if you think about it carefully, hell is used to describe the environment of undercover agents. It can be said that it is... too appropriate.
What is an undercover agent? You are in the heart of the enemy. You must be careful of your identity being exposed at any time, because once your identity is exposed, you will die!
Everyone started to look at the synopsis of the movie's story. In fact, there are quite a few undercover-themed police and gangster movies among old Hong Kong movies.
This is not new at all, it is the usual style of old Hong Kong movies.
But they soon discovered that "Infernal Affairs" was very different from the Hong Kong undercover police and gangster films they were familiar with in the past.
Usually in Hong Kong police movies, undercover refers to the police force sending police officers to undercover gangs, societies, criminal gangs, etc.
However, in "Infernal Affairs", they boldly set up undercover undercover gangs in the police, and also eliminated the undercover police arranged by the police in the underworld.
The setting of two heroes is not uncommon in police and gangster movies, but this special setting of two heroes is truly fresh and surprising.
How we feel about sending undercover agents to each other!
If a mainland screenwriter or actor were to read the script, their first reaction might be, is it a bit too outrageous?
Are you kidding me?
How powerful are gangs, societies, and criminal organizations?
Maybe it's possible if you place it in Colombia or the United States, but is it possible in Hong Kong Island?
But for these old Hong Kong people who have come from Hong Kong Island's special era, they don't find it strange at all.
Because what's even more outrageous is that this actually happened.
Is it possible to place undercover agents within the police force when gangs are rampant on Hong Kong Island?
It's really possible!
Everyone learns different things because of their different roles.
However, they all suddenly have strong confidence that this movie may really become the revival of police and gangster movies in Hong Kong!
Because the setting is too bold, and it can be said that this is the first time in the history of Hong Kong films.
Why can it be called the golden age of Hong Kong Island movies: everything is over the top and extremely crazy? It’s because Hong Kong Island movies dare to think and shoot!
