If Levi were asked to pick a favorite actor among the actors in this movie, he would definitely say it is Denzel Washington.
As an actor, Denzel Washington has always been considered one of the most outstanding actors in Hollywood.
This is not easy for him: Denzel Washington has a very decent appearance and a very strong figure. In addition, he is originally black, which means that his acting path is relatively narrow when he acts.
Because of his appearance, he cannot act as a small character. Because of his skin color, no one dares to give him a negative role. Because of his body shape, he cannot play weak characters. He can play well only in a very limited number of roles.
However, what is outstanding about him is that he plays these roles well.
Logically speaking, if you have the face of a positive character, you will naturally have to play more positive characters to express your own characteristics.
However, the role that Denzel Washington is most suitable for is the kind of role where it is difficult to distinguish between loyal and treacherous characters.
He has a righteous side and a cunning side. He can express the depth of such a character very well and combine the two sides of this person well. This is what he is best at.
He is this type of person in the movie Training Day, for which he just won the Oscar Best Actor award. The role Levi gave him, a very scheming policeman who doesn't act according to common sense, is just such a role, and he is very good at it.
Especially in this movie, he plays a police officer: he has played this role more than once and is also very good at grasping the role of a policeman.
"I really know a lot about the life of a police officer, you know. I am a black man, and it is normal to play a police officer, so I also try to understand the life of a police officer."
Washington listened to Levi's praise. He was also a little proud and even joked about it. However, this is a racial joke. He could make it himself, but Levi wouldn't be stupid enough to make a joke about it.
However, he can indeed be proud: if Tom Hanks's success lies in his taking the popular image of a white character to the extreme and making it acceptable to everyone, then Washington's performance took the image of black people to the extreme.
Of course, because black people are not mainstream, it is difficult for his status to compare with Tom Hanks. In his own role, he still performed very well.
Moreover, he is not only excellent at acting but also really good as a person.
Most black actors have many problems, including drug abuse and alcoholism. It is not uncommon for them to mess around with women and even associate with gangsters.
Denzel Washington is a pretty good character, though. But he also had a problem with alcoholism, and he even sought help from someone to detox because of his excessive drinking.
Levi has never used black actors for this reason because these people are too difficult to control.
Originally, Levi wanted him to pay attention to his acting, but what's surprising is that after he joined the crew in preparation for acting, there was never a time when Levi was concerned.
"I'm an actor. I can accept this requirement if you don't want me to drink alcohol at work. Besides, I'm the boss of the cast. If I don't film well, won't the others do whatever they want?"
In this regard, Denzel Washington also directly expressed his attitude when talking to Levi. And his attitude made Levi feel very pleased.
Obviously, as a famous actor, he has reasons for success.
Among the actors, he can be said to be the fastest to get into the role. After getting the script and reading it carefully, he quickly understood his task.
"In this story, science should really play a role, but my character doesn't understand science, so what he has to do is help others. I can't save the world, but I will help others save the world. Right?"
He quickly understood his mission, and after understanding it, he also liked this role very much, "This role is pretty good. After all, I still played some role in saving the world. In most movies, black people are only responsible for gags; compared to them, I am still somewhat improved..."
Levi just smiled at this kind of self-deprecation: he knew the consistent positioning of black characters in movies. However, he didn't intend to do that this time.
When Denzel Washington was hired, he originally hoped to beautify the image of black people so that black audiences could accept the film.
In terms of box office appeal, Denzel Washington is second only to Will Smith among all black actors in Hollywood.
Levi was quite satisfied with the speed with which he entered the role: As the highest-paid actor in this film, he was able to enter the film so quickly, which can be said to be of great benefit to the filming.
With his role model, there is no need to worry about poor film shooting.
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When May comes every year, it can be said to be an extremely happy season for movie fans.
The summer schedule arrives in May, and with it comes the release of a large number of commercial films every year. This summer is no different.
When movie fans watch all the movie release trailers, they can't help but be excited.
It has just arrived in May, and one of this year's most anticipated movies has already been released - Spider-Man, one of the top three superheroes in the United States, and the only superhero in Marvel who can compete with Superman and Batman for popularity, has finally been released.
This has made many comic fans very excited, and they are all looking forward to this movie.
In addition, two weeks after Spider-Man is released, Star Wars Episode 2 will also be released. Although many viewers were slightly disappointed with Star Wars: Episode 1 and felt that it was much worse than the original sequel, there is no need to worry as long as it is still a Star Wars series.
Two weeks after the release of Star Wars: Episode II, commercial blockbusters will continue to be released. Another commercial blockbuster, Resident Evil, was also released at this time.
This is Enigma's latest offering, with Columbia distributing the film. Although this movie is much inferior to themes such as Spider-Man and Star Wars, this game also has many fans, and they also have great enthusiasm and expectations for the game to be adapted into a movie.
On the one hand, this is because of their love for the apocalyptic horror atmosphere in the game. I don't know how many people were infected by that environment when playing Resident Evil.
On the other hand, this is also because of their worries: the game will be adapted into a movie, and they are worried that those wonderful experiences in the game will no longer be satisfying.
It is still difficult to play a two-dimensional story in a three-dimensional world. There are also many people who are skeptical about whether this movie can be successful.
However, even if we compare it to the movies released at the same time, people are full of expectations for this movie. At this time, Paramount also chose to release The Sum of All Fears.
However, although Morgan Freeman is starring, fans' expectations are much lower when they think of the protagonist being Ben Affleck - this guy has ruined more than one blockbuster, including Armageddon and Pearl Harbor. Those movies were bad, and people had somewhat lost expectations for his films.
It's better to choose Resident Evil - maybe the movie won't be good enough, but the game's foundation is still there. This summer, it is enough to have Spider-Man, Star Wars Episode 2, and Resident Evil.
However, although saying that is enough, movie fans always want to see more good movies released. Therefore, many actors are also considering another issue when watching the movie trailer: Levi said that he is going to shoot a movie. When will the movie he shot be released?
Many people find that the answer to this question is not difficult to find: Enigma Company has set up a special website for Levi's new movie. On this website, you can find the progress of his film.
However, this progress is somewhat unsatisfactory.
The movie is currently filming some of the simpler scenes, and based on the movie's website, it will move to other locations to film the necessary exterior scenes for the film once the early stages are completed.
This kind of shooting not only makes the movie's production cost very high but also makes the movie's production very long.
When the movie is ready to start shooting, it will be about June, and it will take three or four months to complete the shooting of the movie. Coupled with the post-production and publicity time, there is no hope for the film to be released this year.
According to the film's investment scale and shooting progress, it will most likely be released to the audience in May next year.
This speed can be said to be very slow, and this also draws people's attention to another problem.
"If we keep this pace... that means Levi will have no movies this year."
After people calculated the progress of Levi's movie shooting, they quickly came to this conclusion.
For a whole year, no movie was released, which was a first for Levi. In previous years, he was even able to produce two movies a year. He can be said to be a model-level director in Hollywood.
But this time, he has no movies in a year, which makes people feel that something is missing.
However, such a thing is not particularly surprising. After all, what Levi is shooting now is a real blockbuster. Since it is a blockbuster, it will definitely take time and effort.
Unlike literary and artistic films that can be produced in three weeks, it is nothing to take more than a year for a commercial blockbuster. It's not impossible that it would take longer.
Levi's film took more than a year, which is normal.
People were a little discouraged that the filming took such a long time, but it also made people a little excited that Levi was willing to spend such a long time and energy to shoot a movie.
A good director is willing to spend so much effort, and this movie will definitely be shot very well, right?
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