The Big Short

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  • NewsYahoo Movies Contributors

    How Realistic Was The Big Short?

    ‘The Big Short’ was a star-studded film that showed how four traders made a fortune from the financial crash of 2008. Starring the likes of Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale and Brad Pitt, it attempted to explain the complex economics behind the causes of the so-called ‘Great Recession’ and show us what life was really like on Wall Street. The character was based on a real life top trader at Deutsche Bank called Greg Lippmann.

  • NewsBen Bussey

    The Big Short and Spotlight Win At Writers Guild Awards

    Another of the key pre-Oscars awards ceremonies has taken place, bestowing honours upon two films hotly tipped for the upcoming Academy Awards.

  • NewsBen Arnold

    Christian Bale Learned The Drums In Two Weeks For The Big Short

    Method acting don Christian Bale managed to nail playing the drums in two weeks for his latest role, in the financial crash caper ‘The Big Short’. Doubtless slightly more fun than losing/gaining colossal amounts of weight – as he’s been known to do – he took a 'crash course’ to emulate the hobby of his character, real life hedge fund manager Michael Burry, for scenes in the movie. “It was a wonderful crash course, double kick drum.

  • NewsMike P Williams

    Christian Bale Exits Michael Mann Movie Over Weight Gain Concerns

    Oscar-winner and 2016 nominee Christian Bale had dropped out of Michael Mann’s Enzo Ferrari movie after concerns over the weight he’d have to gain. In order to portray the iconic carmaker, Bale would have to pile on the pounds to look like the overweight character he was set to play. Back in 2000 he bulked up to play egomaniac Patrick Bateman in ‘American Psycho’, only to turn skeletal for ‘The Machinist’ in 2004.