At the film's recent press day, McKay, Lewis, Bale, Carell, Gosling, Hamish Linklater, Jeremy Strong, producer Jeremy Kleiner, and screenwriter Charles Randolph talked about turning the book into a movie and adapting it to the
screen, why McKay was the right person to direct, what drew them to the project, how the actors met their real - life counterparts in preparation for their
roles, the decision to combine a cinema verite documentary approach with other stylized elements, breaking the fourth wall, and using celebrities and pop culture figures as an entertaining storytelling device to explain
complex financial concepts to the audience.
Starting with his breakthrough
role in the timeless classic «The Graduate» to his highly praised turn in his upcoming film, «The Meyerowitz Stories,» Dustin's wide range of
roles — often portraying antiheroes or the marginalized — and the creative choices he has embodied in these
complex characters, has firmly placed him amongst the most compelling actors to have graced the
screen,» said Joana Vicente, Executive Director of IFP and the Made in NY Media Center.