As the world copes with a mounting financial crisis fed by corporate corruption, the legendary financial predator who makes Bernie Madoff pale by comparison is returning to the scene of his crime. Michael Douglas, who won an Oscar for his searing portrayal of Gordon Gekko, is reprising his role in Wall Street 2, once again helmed by Oliver Stone.

You can also catch him as Uncle Wayne, a part that comes close to spoofing his real-life image as a Hollywood playboy, in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.

The legend endures.
“Everybody is fascinated with Gordon even though he was a villain. That’s what was so weird. I kept getting a run of drunken investment bankers coming up to me at bars saying, ‘You’re the man. You’re the man. You’re the reason I got involved in this business.’ And I’m going, ‘Whoa, but I’m the bad guy, right?’ And they were like, ‘No, no!’ So there you go. Greed is good.”…Read more…

Filed under: Parade by admin | 04.29.2009
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