Underrated Fictional Financial Characters in Movies

People tend to copy the style and persona of Gordon Gekko, Patrick Bateman and the like, but there are so many finance bros who don't get full credit.

Let me introduce you to Edward Lewis (from Pretty Woman)

Edward Lewis by Richard Gere in Pretty Woman, 1990 | Richard gere, Richard,  Movie stars

He's a legend on Wall Street, known for being a partner of a PE firm looking for some hostile takeovers. But let's be real, the real reason he's successful is that he's got a killer wardrobe and the charm of a young Richard Gere. He excelled in his studies at a prep school, an ivy league school... and is a playboy. He's got a rotating roster of hoes on speed dial and is always on the lookout for his next conquest. But don't worry, he's a gentleman about it (except for that one time he hired a hooker, but let's not talk about that). 

What are your underrated characters?

 
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Eddie Murphy - Trading Places

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 
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He's a legend on Wall Street, known for being a partner of a PE firm looking for some hostile takeovers. But let's be real, the real reason he's successful is that he's got a killer wardrobe and the charm of a young Richard Gere. He excelled in his studies at a prep school, an ivy league school... and is a playboy. He's got a rotating roster of hoes on speed dial and is always on the lookout for his next conquest. But don't worry, he's a gentleman about it (except for that one time he hired a hooker, but let's not talk about that). 

This is what females consider to be their perfect fantasy. Heavens. No, he cannot just be handsome, smart, and funny, no, he must be Gigachad incarnate, and she can be the plainest broad in the world and have him wrapped around the finger. Women...

...and the Truth shall set you free
 

Dated with a girl who made a comment during this movie that it was every woman’s dream to be courted in this manner (Gere throwing money at a working girl).

Didn’t pursue anything further. She later reached out to me asking why do men cheat.

Some people. Scary thing was she was educated and somehow worked in the legal system.

 

WolfofWSO

Some people. Scary thing was she was educated and somehow worked in the legal system.

Lol you think that's not the normal? And before anyone gripes, I have first hand knowledge too. I've lived it. Unfortunately it seemed like the majority of people in the legal realm are more Meghan Markle from Suits than a Robert McCormick. Or if you want a more modern version, H. Rodgin Cohen.

Change my mind

The poster formerly known as theAudiophile. Just turned up to 11, like the stereo.
 

Yep - another reason why it's my favorite show ever made and in my opinion the greatest series of all time. Simon and his crew often brought in former gang members to help provide insight and induce realism into scenes, often diving into the complex financial structures behind them. I've re-watched it three times now, always love seeing the BTS and the dozens of interviews on the topic. 

"You follow drugs, you get drug addicts and drug dealers. But you start to follow the money, and you don't know where the fuck it's gonna take you."

~ Lester Freamon

 

Will Ferrell in the Other Guys. A reformed pimp who becomes an accountant for the police station and chases down Ponzi Scheme perpetrators who are not properly filing scaffolding permits.

 

My favorite movie protagonists:

The Man with No Name - The Dollars Trilogy

T.E. Lawrence - The Lawrence of Arabia

Michael Corleone - The Godfather

Charles Foster Kane - Citizen Kane

Jefferson Smith - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

James Bond

 

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