Reporters Chen Pinxuan and Jian Lizhe / Hollywood Wired report
Gold Award director Steven Spielberg returns with a strong return of the song and dance film! Directing a song and dance film for the first time challenged the classic musical "West side story" and brought the Broadway masterpiece to the big screen. In addition to the red plate released in North America, the film also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in the Musical Comedy Category (Rachel Zengler), Best Supporting Actress (Ariana Debosser), and Best Musical or Comedy Film, which was tied with "Inuyama" as the biggest winner of this year's Golden Globe Awards.
"West Side Story" won this year's Golden Globe Award for Best Musical Comedy Film. (Photo: Courtesy of Twentieth Century Pictures)
"I've always wanted to make song and dance films, and I've wanted to make them since I was a kid." In an exclusive interview with "Addiction Good Choice", Steven Spielberg said that he has added song and dance elements to several movies in the past to "test the water temperature", and now he is very excited to reinterpret "West side story" with movies. However, he loves to hum and dance on the set, and in an interview, he was embarrassed to speak in a low-key manner, claiming that he would become a "3C product destroyer" when he sang: "I don't want to sing bad about all the audience's computers, mobile phones and TV screens!" 」 The actor Anso Aiget also took the opportunity to mischievously lose the director "If Director Shi is a street artist, I will reluctantly force a dollar of sympathy from "Dou Nei", which caused the crowd to burst into laughter.
"The heart is the most important", Steven Spielberg and the actors said that "the director sings the spirit of the song", and the singing skill is secondary. "I also want to keep the image from disillusionment you." The 74-year-old Director Shi is humorous and self-deprecating, and also lets everyone see the super kind and modest side of the film master in private.
However, in addition to being happy, Steven Spielberg also sadly revealed that the film was dedicated to his deceased father. "My father is 103 years old," he said with emotion, "my father always said, 'I hope you can make this movie for me,' but unfortunately I didn't have time to show it to him." Therefore, Shi Dao specially put "Dedicated to Father" on the end of the film to fulfill this broken dream.
"West Side Story" actor Anso Eggert has dreamed of being a singer since he was a child. (Photo: Courtesy of Twentieth Century Pictures)
The protagonists of this "West Side Story" are Anso Eggert of "Desperate Robbery" and Latino rookie Rachel Zengler, both of whom have a natural voice. Among them, Anso caught a cold and burned in the audition stage, and still took the position of the male protagonist with superb strength. Steven Spielberg praised his admirable performance, and he did not cancel the audition when he was seriously ill, "We all knew that he couldn't make a sound at all, but came back three days later to audition and regained his natural voice." 」
"West Side Story" actress Rachel Zeng geller debuted in the film and won the Golden Globe musical comedy film queen. (Photo: Courtesy of Twentieth Century Pictures)
As for Rachel Zengeler, who has just returned to the Golden Globe Award for Best Musical Comedy Actress, in addition to being photographed by Steven Spielberg for the first time, she will also perform the live-action version of "Snow White" next, and her acting skills and singing strength are highly affirmed. "On the first day of filming, I had a tacit understanding with the director", she said happily: "My film debut is Steven Spielberg led me to the beginning, which is really the luckiest beginning in the world." 」
At the end of the interview, the three of them "pushed the pit" of the audience into the theater with their singing and whistle humor. Fans who like song and dance films, or who are like the host Jian Lizhe are Steven Spielberg's "final fans", from January 21, don't forget to go to major studios to enjoy the new version of "West Side Story" and welcome the new year with musical theater movies!
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