• 11 Oct 2010 at 6:30 PM

And The Role Of Ben Bernanke In HBO’s Too Big To Fail Goes To…Paul Giamatti

By Bess Levin

I…what? Was this Alan Greenspan’s idea (who suggested his part be played by David Hasselhoff)? Other interesting casting calls:

• Tony Shalhoub — John Mack (he’d wanted Robert DeNiro, so, awk)
• James Woods — Dick Fuld

More confirmed names:

• William Hurt — Hank Paulson
• Topher Grace — Jim Wilkinson
• Cynthia Nixon — Michele Davis
• Billy Crudup — Timothy Geithner
• Ed Asner — Warren Buffett
• Kathy Baker — Wendy Paulson
• Dan Hedaya — Barney Frank
• Joey Slotnick — Dan Jester
• Michael O’Keefe — Chris Flowers
• Ayad Akhtar — Neel Kashkari

Cynthia Nixon, Paul Giamatti Returning to HBO Via Wall St. [The Wrap]

Comments (11)

  1. 1
    Posted by AmericanBandersnatch | October 12, 2010 at 12:27 AM

    James Woods as Lehman Brothers? That will be a fairly challenging role. Of course, in high school I played the industrial revolution in a school play which wasn’t easy.

  2. 2
    Posted by darling NKI | October 12, 2010 at 3:08 AM

    But who will play ARS?

  3. 3
    Posted by TTBoy | October 12, 2010 at 3:59 AM

    With Ron Jeremy as “Cassano”.

  4. 4
    Posted by You Know I'm Right | October 12, 2010 at 10:51 AM

    Hilary Swank.

  5. 5
    Posted by APersonFamiliarWithTheMatter | October 12, 2010 at 1:00 PM

    … and Wallace Shawn as Lloyd Blankfein …

  6. 6
    Posted by Potable Alpha | October 12, 2010 at 1:44 PM

    I said it once and I’ll say it again:

    HP: Bruce Willis
    DF: Robert de Niro
    JD: Mark Harmon
    LB: Gollum
    VP: Kal Penn
    KL: Christopher Walken
    JM: Dan Hedaya
    BB: Jack Nicholson (w/beard)
    GWB: Leslie Nielsen
    DC: Larry David
    TG: NPH

  7. 7
    Posted by Potable Alpha | October 12, 2010 at 1:50 PM

    …wait…Danny Noonan as JC Flowers? In that case, Ken Lewis should be played by Rodney Dangerfield (RIP).

  8. 8
    Posted by Mike M. | October 12, 2010 at 3:45 PM

    I won’t be satisfied unless they rewrite history to include a “John Galt” speech which dominates the airwaves — hopefully written and performed by Alan Greenspan.

  9. 9
    Posted by Mike M. | October 12, 2010 at 3:45 PM

    I won’t be satisfied unless they rewrite history to include a “John Galt” speech which dominates the airwaves — hopefully written and performed by Alan Greenspan.

  10. 10
    Posted by Sona | October 19, 2010 at 9:04 PM

    Look at movie Against the Ropes and Man who wasn´t there. Tony Shalhoub is super for roles like this, I think it can fit it to him.

  11. 11
    Posted by Sona | October 19, 2010 at 9:04 PM

    Look at movie Against the Ropes and Man who wasn´t there. Tony Shalhoub is super for roles like this, I think it can fit it to him.

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