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Casting 'Too Big To Fail': Which Celebs Should Appear In The Movie Of The Financial Crisis? (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post     First Posted: 05/25/10 06:12 AM ET   Updated: 05/25/11 04:55 PM ET

It was just a matter of time before Hollywood got its hooks into the financial crisis.

HBO recently announced that it had bought the rights to Andrew Ross Sorkin's sprawling bestseller "Too Big To Fail: The Inside Story Of How Wall Street And Washington Fought To Save The System -- And Themselves."

The news led to a very important question: who would play the Wall Street titans that became household names during the tumult of the last few years? Casting debates made their way to Twitter -- where financial bloggers like The Epicurean Dealmaker and Twitter-loving writers like Heidi Moore -- chimed in with their choices.

We took some of the best picks from the web and combined them with our own to come up with what we think is the the definitive cast. Our methodology: we considered natural resemblance, acting chops and, admittedly, a certain comedic charm.

Check out the cast below:


 
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A brilliant casting call, from the The Daily Beast: Wallace Shawn (the guy who thinks everything is "inconceivable!" in "The Princess Bride") as Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein.
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It was just a matter of time before Hollywood got its hooks into the financial crisis. HBO recently announced that it had bought the rights to Andrew Ross Sorkin's sprawling bestseller "Too Big To...
It was just a matter of time before Hollywood got its hooks into the financial crisis. HBO recently announced that it had bought the rights to Andrew Ross Sorkin's sprawling bestseller "Too Big To...
 
 
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11:16 AM on 03/30/2010
The sad part is that even if this was made.. none of the people would have been arrested and jailed at that time
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graffitijoe
snowballs chance n SoCal
07:28 AM on 03/29/2010
Joan Rivers as Pelosi.
11:06 AM on 03/27/2010
Lyle Lovett should play Geithner. Geithner saved the American economy; Lyle Lovett saved Calvin Klein's life.
07:32 AM on 03/27/2010
what about kazikari the guy who was in charge of tarp
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03:20 PM on 03/26/2010
Who's going to play Sec. of Treasury, head of the SEC and Chairman of the NY Federal Reserve?? Larry, Moe and Curly?
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archiebird
09:39 AM on 03/26/2010
you know, I was thinking more along the lines of "classic tv" stars. Like, Bernanke, Summers and Geithner could be played by, like, Larry, Curly and Mo. Pelosie could be played by Glenda the good witch of the north
08:40 AM on 03/26/2010
Susan Sarandon as Pelosi. Love them both!
02:18 PM on 03/28/2010
I love Susan Sarandon, but can she really play a woman as despicable as Pelosi?
08:37 AM on 03/26/2010
I think Susan Suranden would be able to nail the part, and I think she could be made to look like Pelosi. I think they both have heart.
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Margo Arrowsmith
Elizabeth Warren in 2016!
06:56 AM on 03/26/2010
Jessica Walters is someone I forgot about and she does look like Pelosi.

However, I would like to see someone with the strength of Glenn Close, who also looks looks like Pelosi, just make her look shorter.

That would be some star studded movie! More so than real life in some of those cases.
06:28 AM on 03/26/2010
Maybe they should take the positions for real.
04:35 AM on 03/26/2010
Quite an insult to Stephen Colbert.
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LemonMeringue
Happy Birthday, Steve Jobs - Feb. 24th
10:53 AM on 03/26/2010
He could be played only by himself. He is an original.
01:48 AM on 03/26/2010
Let's throw in Mickey Rourke as Ben Bernanke just for fun.
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sheaintsayin
Is my micro bio winking at me...? ;-)
11:09 PM on 03/25/2010
Satan has a role in there...
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TheRLeePost
A 'blue' Southerner
08:46 PM on 03/25/2010
Well, if no one else has already suggested it, Dr. Evil should play Ben Bernanke. Did you see his smug grins and pinkie finger deployments in photos after his reappointment to the Fed Chair. Geesh, they could have come straight out of an Austin Powers flick.

But, I'd rather see a film about the lead up to the whole thing instead of what they did to save the banks.

-RLee
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Faraja
Greed is Good
08:14 PM on 03/25/2010
lol! I always think Jamie Dimon looks like Richard Gere.