Hong Kong singer-actor Andy Lau, one of many stars of the basic movie collection Infernal Affairs (2002 to 2003), plans to turn the trilogy into a musical.
Lau, 61, stated this whereas attending the screening of the remastered 4K model of the film in Hong Kong on Monday. The first film marks its twentieth anniversary on Dec 12, 2022.
The first movie revolved across the cat-and-mouse sport between undercover cop Chan Wing Yan (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) posing as a triad member, and Lau Kin Ming (Lau), a mole for the triad who’s within the higher echelons of police management.
Infernal Affairs additionally starred actors reminiscent of Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang and Chapman To.
Lau stated on Monday he plans to turn the movie into a musical and hopes to make it occur quickly.
“I don’t have a timetable for now, but I really want to do it,” he was quoted as saying by the Hong Kong media.
“I will take part in the musical, but it does not have to be the original role as I can take on other roles too.”
The film’s co-director Andrew Lau, who additionally attended the screening on Monday, dismissed the potential of a sequel, saying that three episodes had been enough for the saga.
However, he’s open to the unique solid reuniting for a film with a new theme, if there may be a appropriate script.
Andrew Lau additionally stated that Infernal Affairs couldn’t have been made with out the participation of Andy Lau, because the manufacturing price range was tight.
“A blockbuster film usually shoots 40 sets, but we shot only 22 sets,” he stated. “We asked (the actors) not to charge too much so that more of the budget could be spent on production.”
Andy Lau stated he was conscious of the tight price range at the moment and had minimize his asking charge.
“Other actors did so too,” he added. “The boss Peter Lam convinced others by saying, ’Andy has lowered his fees. Can you do so too?’”
The movie was the box-office champion in Hong Kong in 2002, grossing greater than HK$55mil. Two sequels adopted in 2003.
The first movie additionally gained a number of awards, together with Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Leung and Best Supporting Actor for Wong, on the Hong Kong Film Awards and Golden Horse Awards in 2003.
It was remade by Hollywood into The Departed (2006), profitable 4 awards, together with Best Picture and Best Director for Martin Scorsese, on the Oscars in 2007. – The Straits Times/Asia News Network
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