Daniel: Jeremy Strong's intense preparation made it obvious he'd be a star
Vincent Daniel · Porter Collins and Vincent Daniel - Big Shorts and Big Longs (Capital Allocators, EP.325) · Jul 3, 2023 · at 16:53
Seawolf Capital co-founder Vincent Daniel recalls working with actor Jeremy Strong, who portrayed Daniel's character (Vinny Daniel) in Adam McKay's film The Big Short.
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“We knew from Jump, he was gonna be a star, because he took so much care and pride and work in being me, to the point where he would call me at night, 1010, 30. He goes, I have to talk to you. And I was like, all right. He goes, I have a scene tomorrow. It's this infamous scene where you guys are yelling at Lipman at a Deutsche Bank office, and they want you to say something that I know you wouldn't say. I go, what do they want me to say? They go, they said, they want you to say, I'm going to take out my gun and shoot you. I was like, I'd never say that. He goes, okay, what would you say? When I said, I would intellectually berate him to death. And he goes, you have to explain to me how. So for about 45 minutes, I went through my spiel of what I thought, and again, you have to teach an actor about what is it that you do, because actors thankfully don't know what the hell subprime mortgage is, and tranches, and CDS, so you have to teach him that. And he frickin' nailed it.”
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