Little daunting to have the person staring at you. Set in an uncannily Eismanesque hairpiece between takes. Second day you are shooting,” said Carell, who was roaming around the

Interesting to have the person you are playing show up the first or His character a necessary pathos, but Eisman didn’t want it in theįilm, so McKay replaced it with something else, and the characterīecame “Mark Baum.” This didn’t prevent Eisman from coming to the setĪnd advising Steve Carell on how to be a better him. The book, Lewis reveals that Eisman lost a young child, which gives The biggest change was Steve Eisman’s character: In Gosling) - and the last names of three attention-shy traders fromĬornwall Capital. Had made some concessions: He’d changed Lippmann’s name - theĬharacter is now called Jared Vennett (“I pronounce it Ven-AY,” said Talking about my balls? Does he have to refer to me as a dick? McKay The duller job of fielding individual complaints: Why do I have to be

“The real people have been the biggest challenge,” says McKay, who had McKay, the director and co-writer, commented: Michael Burry was wearing when Christian Bale went to see him, andĬhristian was like, “Can I have your clothes?” I guess he has had to That when I went to see him? The answer is he didn’t. I asked Adam: How did he even know he was wearing Was so much like Michael Burry that I thought it was creepy - he did a I was shocked by how close,Įspecially the principals, captured the actual people. Otherwise, the various linked articles show a lot of interview material which shows the various characters are quite similar to their real-life counterparts.įor example, Michael Lewis, the author of the book, said the following in an interview with Vulture: Michael Burry, played by Christian Bale does not have his name changed. Steve Eisman became Mark Baum (played by Steve Carrell).īen Hockett became Ben Rickert (played by Brad Pitt). Greg Lippmann became Jared Vennett (played by Ryan Gosling). There are definitely some name changes that take place.

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