On the Casting Couch
No not that kind of casting couch action, I’m talking about Andrew Ross Sorkin’s Too big to fail movie adaptation here.
After a long and much speculated casting, HBO has finally released it final cast sheet and a lot of big names are in the lineup, Shalhoub, Giamatti, Woods, but I feel that more than a few is a little off. I mean come on, Billy Crudup as Geithner? and Topher Grace is in it?
Anyway, here’s the list for you guys to tear apart:
- Paul Giamatti as Ben Bernanke
- Topher Grace as Jim Wilkinson
- Ed Asner as Warren Buffett
- Tony Shalhoub as John Mack
- James Woods as Dick Fuld
- Dan Hedaya as Barney Frank
- Cynthia Nixon as Michele Davis
- Michael O’Keefe as Chris Flowers
- Ayad Akhtar as Neel Kashkari
- Kathy Baker as Wendy Paulson
- Billy Crudup as Timothy Geithner
- Joey Slotnick as Dan Jester
- William Hurt as Henry Paulson
Curiously absent are 3 names; Blankfein, Dimon, and Thain, so I guess they haven’t been cast yet.
Who are your choices to play these guys?
Here's mine:
Dude, Stephen Colbert as Thain would be EPIC!
I like the Eddie Jemison for Blankfein idea.
I'd like to see Jay-Z or LeBron James as Bernanke.
I would pay to see Colbert as John Thain provided he could still keep his commitment to the Report.
Honestly, I am really torn with this as a movie. I agree with your call on Wallace Shaw. He's a great underrated actor. I could also see Turbo Timmeh played by Gary Oldman. I don't know why, but Drexel Spivey would be a great addition to this cast.
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Vikram Pandit
Sarah Jessica Parker as Peter Schiff
They should have a scene where all the Wall Streeters are at a polo match and Sarah Jessica Parker can play one of the horses
The guy from Ghostbusters 2 and 24 for Timmy.
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LOL at Sarah Jessica Parker
@ Frieds and SF, Colbert would be absolutely epic for sure and I don't think he'd have any problems doing it, hasn't he been on a few movies lately? I remember he was in a cartoon... I could just imagine him lording over the people at ML as if it was his "nation". Haha
@Cartwright, yeah dude that's Peter MacNicol, one of my picks as well but I'm not 100% he'd pull it off.
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lol
What's wrong with Topher Grace?
Btw, I'd like to see both Stewart and Colbert in that movie! Would be such an epic!
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