Best Casts of 2010? 'Wall Street 2' in the Running
Filed under: Drama, Casting, RumorMonger
Sometimes the unlikeliest movies attract the strongest casts. Is it the coincidence of schedules, the attraction of a high-quality director, or a dynamite script? Maybe it's all three in the case of Oliver Stone's Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps, which is drawing quality actors like the proverbial flies to honey.
A couple of months ago, we heard that Javier Bardem was the top pick for the role of a villainous hedge fund manager. Now Variety says that Josh Brolin is "reportedly circling a part," though it doesn't specify which one, and other rumors are circulating that actress Carey Mulligan (An Education) may be up for the role of Winnie, the estranged daughter of Gordon Gecko (Michael Douglas, reprising his role). Variety also reports that Frank Langella is "in talks" to play the old-time broker / mentor to up-and-coming trader Shia LaBeouf, whose character is engaged to Gecko's daughter. The latter bit of news sounds more solid than the other casting rumors.
Douglas won an Academy Award for the original Wall Street, and Langella was nominated for last year's Frost/Nixon, so the caliber of the cast is definitely trending upwards -- I'd love to see those two argue with each other! Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps is already a strong contender for the unofficial title of "Best Cast of 2010," and if they keep adding high-quality actors, it won't even be a contest. Of course, the quality of the film itself depends on the well-modulated execution of a good script, and that remains to be seen.
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8-10-2009 @ 2:47PM
Fredo said...
I think The Expendables will be the ensemble cast of the year 2010, of not of a lifetime. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1320253/
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8-10-2009 @ 3:37PM
CParis said...
I hope they're planning to get some women with a little more acting heft into this cast - otherwise, it sounds like a YARM of the first film, which isn't really in the pantheon of best pictures - not even among Stone's better works.
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8-12-2009 @ 1:27PM
Burke said...
Robert Rodriguez's "Machete" has the best cast in my opinion. An odd cast, but a good one. Although the new Peter Weir film The Way Back has some good front men too (Colin Farrell, Mark Strong, Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess).
Javier Bardem's my favorite actor though, kind of edgy about how I feel on his participation in this. Oliver Stone does have a nice repertoire, but Wall Street is definetly not one of his best.
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