Kevin Spacey A Dirty Wall Street Sympathizer!

Principal photography recently began on Wall Street for a new independent film called Margin Call, a reportedly sympathetic chronicle of the first 24 hours of the global financial crisis. Kevin Spacey is one of the biggest names involved; he plays a veteran trader, and has an interesting objective. “I am trying to humanize bankers,” he told the New York Times. “Everyone talks about facts, figures and debt. I was more interested in what they were feeling.” But do the still-sulking real Americans on Main Street want empathy, or BLOOD? Spacey seems to think these guys need a good hug, not a stoning. “I listened with some degree of surprise about the weight of having knowledge that others don’t, how that shifted relationships—what guys couldn’t even tell their wives at the height of the turmoil." Your heart just bleeds for them, doesn't it?

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By Rachel Pincus in News on July 12, 2010 5:55 PM

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Splicer

The greatest trick that Spacey ever pulled was convincing the world that bankers were human.

bagelman

class traitor!

Torgo

Dude's just trying to pick up some hot Wall St banker ass. Leave him alone.

Theodore Wirth

I used to make it a point to watch Spacey movies. I have no problems with actors playing roles, but when they open their pieholes too wide, I can't take it.

Contrast that with Michael Douglas, who portrayed The Wall Street villain, Gordon Gecko. Did he ever cause a fuss about trying to do anything besides excel in his role like a good actor should?

No more Spacey movies for me--it's over dude!

Politburo

Kind of unfair to compare a 20 year-old major studio movie by a big name director to an indie film made today.

Without doing this interview, most people probably wouldn't have heard of the movie.

pd2009

Ironically, Michael Douglass wasn't trying to make Geccko cool (for bankers), he was surprised when people starting thanking him for being an inspiration...

matty

No it still doesn't bleed for them. Sorry, but maybe try picking a profession that actually creates and contributes to the economy rather than being a giant parasite to consumers and legitimate corporations and small businesses.