The movie "Goldfinger", which will be released on December 30, is the second time that Tony Leung and Andy Lau, two Hong Kong "movie kings", have joined forces after the "Infernal Affairs" series. It has been 21 years since the first "Infernal Affairs" movie.
"Goldfinger" is directed by Hong Kong director Chong Man-keung, who has written "Infernal Affairs" and directed classic Hong Kong films such as "The Overheard" and "Warriors". It recreates the commercial crime legend of the duel between two heroes behind tens of billions of dollars in Hong Kong's golden age. In the past fifteen years, the situation has been changing, and the fate of the two heroes is entangled.
On the evening of December 24, the director of the film "Goldfinger" Zhuang Wenqiang, producer Huang Bin, and starring Tony Leung came to the Thousand-person Hall of Shanghai Cinemas to participate in the film premiere with the audience.
The main creators of "Goldfinger" took photos with the audience.
Tony Leung was "bullied" by Andy Lau 20 years ago, and this time he has the opportunity to "bully" him back
"Goldfinger" is adapted from the "Jianing Group Case", one of the "Top Ten Strange Cases in Hong Kong". This case has broken the record in the history of Hong Kong public prosecution cases with the highest bail, the longest bail period, the largest public expenses, and the largest number of exhibits. item record. "Goldfinger" cheats, "white gloves" cheating, the money game has been played to its peak in the turbulent waves of the times and under the greed of human nature.
In the film, Cheng Yiyan, a civil engineer played by Tony Leung, traveled from Singapore to Hong Kong to pan for gold in the 1970s, and the myth of getting rich overnight was played out on him. Playing the role of a "cool villain", Tony Leung admitted that the type of role this time was very new and he rarely had the opportunity to try it. "Performing is very difficult, and it is very different from my own personality and the roles I have played in the past."
He analyzed his understanding of the character: "Cheng Yiyan is a very ambitious person. His pursuit of wealth becomes more and more out of control, and it turns into greed." Tony Leung said that at the beginning, he had been thinking about how to express the character to make money. The changes that happened after that, "On the set, I tried to use an exaggerated and arrogant performance method with the team that I have worked with for many years. I was not sure whether it would work. Later, after the filming, I thought it was okay. No movie before could make me so arrogant. It gave me a very fresh experience and I really enjoyed it.”
Tony Leung plays Cheng Yiyan
Unlike "Infernal Affairs" where good and evil were difficult to distinguish, this time Tony Leung and Andy Lau's situation in the film is clear-cut between good and evil. Liu Qiyuan, played by Andy Lau, is unable to do anything to his old rival throughout the entire movie. As glorious as Cheng Yiyan was, how frustrating was Liu Qiyuan's encounter with the wall. The facts are clear and the evidence is conclusive, but every time Liu Qiyuan tries to "bring the criminals to justice" it is in vain.
Andy Lau as Liu Qiyuan
Talking about the relationship between such a group of characters, Tony Leung slyly said, "Twenty years ago, I was bullied by him in "Infernal Affairs". It's rare to be able to bully me back in one scene."
Andy Lau, who did not attend the road show in person, had previously said when Emperor announced the project that he had re-examined Wai Tsai during this collaboration. This new role was a big breakthrough, and the "evil spirit" displayed by Tony Leung was surprising. . Speaking at the scene, Tony Leung Chiu-wai talked about his feeling of joining hands again, saying bluntly that it was "like meeting old friends again": "We have known each other since the TV station days and established a lot of trust when we were young. We naturally have a tacit understanding without much communication on the scene. There are many scenes on the scene even if there is not much. He spent a lot of time rehearsing, and he responded to everything I gave him during the performance. He is a rare opponent."
Tony Leung
This kind of thing is still happening from the 1970s to now
In the movie "Goldfinger", the depiction of extravagant scenes is breathtaking, and the story is constantly stimulating to the senses. Director Zhuang Wenqiang talked about the original intention of creating the film, saying that many of it were related to personal experience. "When I was a child, I noticed that some adults around me suddenly had money and then suddenly lost it. This happened several times, and I realized that they were buying something called stocks. I have always been curious, so I investigated on my own to find out what was going on. After discovering that things like this in the movie have continued to happen from the 1970s to the present, and people keep falling into the trap, I felt that this matter was worthy of being made into a movie.”
Some viewers were dissatisfied with the ending of the film in which the villain was only sentenced to three years for all his bad deeds. Zhuang Wenqiang responded, "The financial regulations in that era were not so perfect, and people with such money could hire the best lawyers on the planet. Side by side, have you ever thought that three years in jail is also part of his cost of making money."
Director Zhuang Wenqiang
After the lineup of "Goldfinger" was announced, many viewers couldn't help but lament while looking forward to it. After so many years, the lineup worth looking forward to still has such old faces. The decline of Hong Kong films has been a topic that has been mentioned frequently in recent years.
"The audience has been improving. It's 2023. We shouldn't see our characters still transporting drugs, working as undercover agents, and pointing guns at each other. The biggest crimes now are the Internet and finance. No one has a knife anymore. Money is being robbed. In the past, we imagined that a robbery would cost hundreds of thousands to a million, but now online fraud can cost hundreds of millions. Hong Kong movies should not stay in the era of Young and Dangerous." Many classic Hong Kong movies have been created , director Zhuang Wenqiang, who has five gold medals, hopes to create a "Hong Kong film that is different from the past" this time.
The movie "Goldfinger" is written and directed by Zhuang Wenqiang, produced by Huang Bin, starring Tony Leung, Andy Lau, Charlene Choi, and starring Simon Yam, Alex Fong, Chow Jiayi, Taibo, Chen Jiale, Jiang Haowen and Bai Zhi. The film will be released simultaneously in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and other countries and regions on December 30.
