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Christian Bale
Born: January 30, 1974 Birthplace: Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK | Michael Burry
Born: June 19, 1971 Birthplace: New York, USA |
Ryan Gosling
Born: November 12, 1980 Birthplace: London, Ontario, Canada | Greg Lippmann
Born: January 31, 1969 |
Steve Carell
Born: August 16, 1962 Birthplace: Concord, Massachusetts, USA | Steve Eisman
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Marisa Tomei
Born: December 4, 1964 Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA | Valerie Feigen
Born: November 19, 1963 Birthplace: New York, USA |
Finn Wittrock
Born: October 28, 1984 Birthplace: Lenox, Massachusetts, USA | Jamie Mai
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John Magaro
Born: February 16, 1983 Birthplace: Akron, Ohio, USA | Charles Ledley
Born: July 22, 1973 |
Jeremy Strong
Born: December 25, 1978 Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, USA | Vincent "Vinny" Daniel
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Rafe Spall
Born: March 10, 1983 Birthplace: East Dulwich, London, England, UK | Danny Moses
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Hamish Linklater
Born: July 7, 1976 Birthplace: Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA | Atwood "Porter" Collins
Born: June 27, 1975 Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
Byron Mann
Born: August 13, 1967 Birthplace: Hong Kong | Wing Chau
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Yes. According to director Adam McKay, this is true. "He's a guy who listens to speed metal," says McKay, "most of the time doesn't wear shoes. He would go weeks wearing the same clothes." -Meet Michael Burry Featurette
Yes. The real Michael Burry lost an eye to cancer when he was two years old. "You're never not aware that you have an artificial eye," says Burry. "You can feel it. You notice when you're looking at somebody and they keep moving to the side because your eyes are not lining up. You notice when the kids tease you 'cause you're cross-eyed, or that sort of thing." -Bloomberg Risk Takers
During our research into The Big Short true story, we learned that Michael Burry's introduction to the stock market began in approximately the second grade. He looked into American Motors, the company that made the real-life version of the toy jeep that accompanied his little plastic army men. By high school, Burry was investing real money in the stock market. -Bloomberg Risk Takers
In The Big Short movie, Christian Bale's character emphasizes the fact that he is not only a hedge fund manager, but also a doctor. The true story behind The Big Short confirms that the real Michael Burry was indeed a doctor. In 1990, he went to medical school at Vanderbilt and then began his residency at Stanford. His interest in investing soon began to take over, consuming his nights and spare time. He started a blog about it and put what little money he had into undervalued stocks. Consequently, his devotion to medicine began to suffer. He once fell asleep standing up while observing a complicated surgery, collapsing into the patient's oxygen tent. He was thrown out of the operating room by the surgeon, who was furious. Burry eventually left his residency at the age of 29. -Bloomberg Risk Takers
No. At best it paints an incomplete picture of the mortgage bubble/crisis. According to Greg Ip of The Wall Street Journal, the movie puts too much of the blame on Wall Street corruption, while failing to examine the less severe but more compelling causes for the bubble. While choosing to merely criminalize the bankers, it oversimplifies what actually happened. The movie also never answers the question as to how the mortgage bubble formed.
Further explore the true story behind The Big Short movie by watching the Michael Burry interview below.