We’ve already acknowledged Javier Bardem’s incredible talent for playing a villain sidekick, so you can imagine how excited we are to hear that he’s landed a role as a ruthless hedge fund manager in the upcoming remake of Wall Street. According to recent plot spoilers, his character is set to create as much as of a massacre in the finance world as No Country for Old Men’s Anton Chigurh caused in the desert.
The flick sees Michael Douglas’ Gordon Gekko fresh out of jail and looking to get his stock back up, which he just might manage with the help of new kid on the block Shia LaBeouf (who also happens to be engaged to Gekko’s estranged daughter). With the current state of the economy, I think it’s safe to bet that there won’t be a happy ending for anyone – except, of course, the actors who will still picking up a nice old pay cheques.
Oliver Stone is set to start shooting this summer, so, by the time film comes out, hopefully we’ll all be rolling in cash once more….
