The Big Short
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Christian Bale…manager in the black comedy The Big Short (2015), about the 2008 financial crisis. His work in the latter film earned Bale his third Oscar nomination. In director Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups (2015), his existentially confused wastrel wanders Los Angeles, engaging in sexual dalliances and probing his familial relationships.…
Read More…manager in the black comedy The Big Short (2015), about the 2008 financial crisis. His work in the latter film earned Bale his third Oscar nomination. In director Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups (2015), his existentially confused wastrel wanders Los Angeles, engaging in sexual dalliances and probing his familial relationships.…
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Steve CarellBattle of the Sexes and Vice…hedge-fund manager in Adam McKay’s The Big Short (2015), a black comedy about the 2008 financial crisis, and a talent agent in Woody Allen’s period romance Café Society (2016). In Battle of the Sexes (2017), Carell costarred with Emma Stone portraying Bobby Riggs and
Read More…hedge-fund manager in Adam McKay’s The Big Short (2015), a black comedy about the 2008 financial crisis, and a talent agent in Woody Allen’s period romance Café Society (2016). In Battle of the Sexes (2017), Carell costarred with Emma Stone portraying Bobby Riggs and
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Ryan GoslingHalf Nelson, The Big Short, and La La Land…in the Oscar-winning ensemble comedy-drama The Big Short (2015), which he followed by starring alongside Russell Crowe in the action-comedy The Nice Guys (2016), a box-office bomb that later gained a cult following. He then reunited with Emma Stone to play a pair of young lovers who try to hold…
Read More…in the Oscar-winning ensemble comedy-drama The Big Short (2015), which he followed by starring alongside Russell Crowe in the action-comedy The Nice Guys (2016), a box-office bomb that later gained a cult following. He then reunited with Emma Stone to play a pair of young lovers who try to hold…
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Tracy Letts…played an investment manager in The Big Short (2015), which relates the stories of several experts who foresaw the 2008 financial crisis.
Read More…played an investment manager in The Big Short (2015), which relates the stories of several experts who foresaw the 2008 financial crisis.
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Brad PittInglourious Basterds and Moneyball…banker in the black comedy The Big Short (2015), about the 2008 financial crisis. In the World War II thriller Allied (2016), Pitt starred as a Canadian intelligence officer whose wife (Marion Cotillard) might be a German spy. In 2017 he portrayed a four-star general in War Machine, a military…
Read More…banker in the black comedy The Big Short (2015), about the 2008 financial crisis. In the World War II thriller Allied (2016), Pitt starred as a Canadian intelligence officer whose wife (Marion Cotillard) might be a German spy. In 2017 he portrayed a four-star general in War Machine, a military…
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Margot RobbieBreakthrough roles in Pan Am and The Wolf of Wall Street…her uncredited appearance inAdam McKay’s The Big Short, in which she explained subprime loans while taking a bubble bath.
Read More…her uncredited appearance inAdam McKay’s The Big Short, in which she explained subprime loans while taking a bubble bath.
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Jeremy StrongEarly life and career(2012), Selma (2014), and The Big Short (2015). During this time he married Danish-born documentary producer and activist Emma Wall.
Read More(2012), Selma (2014), and The Big Short (2015). During this time he married Danish-born documentary producer and activist Emma Wall.
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Marisa Tomei(2011), and The Big Short (2015). Tomei had a recurring part in 2015 in the TV series Empire, and she played Peter Parker’s guardian, Aunt May, in such box-office hits as Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019), and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). In 2020…
Read More(2011), and The Big Short (2015). Tomei had a recurring part in 2015 in the TV series Empire, and she played Peter Parker’s guardian, Aunt May, in such box-office hits as Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019), and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). In 2020…
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