- "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" is the first sequel movie since Oliver Stone became the director.
- The original plan of the film company was for Javier Bardem to act as the villain in the film, but because he couldn't spare the time to shoot the film, he switched to starring Josh James Brolin . Brolin once starred in Oliver Stone's last work " W. ", and he also collaborated with Javier Bardem in "Old Nowhere".
- The rating of the first episode " Wall Street " is R restricted, and the second episode is PG-13.
- The first day of Michael Douglas shooting this film was September 18, 2009. It was his 65th birthday exactly a week ago. And his first scene is to get out of prison.
- Naomi Watts and Catherine Elise Blanchett both rejected the role of Sylvia Moore in the film.
- Carey Mulligan made three weeks of meticulous preparations for the role of Winnie.
- John Bedford Lloyd, who starred as Bill Clark in this film, is the second time he has collaborated with Oliver Stone. He once starred in Oliver Stone's " Nixon Biography ".
- " Gossip Girl " heroine Blair Lively and " Glee " actor Lea Michele Sarfati were rumored to be candidates for the role of Winnie in the film. But in the end, the role fell on Carey Mulligan's head.
- This film is the second time Shia La Beouf has played a role named "Jacob". The first time was in " New York, I Love You " in 2008 .
- This film is the second time that Susan Sarandon has collaborated with Michael Douglas and Carey Mulligan in two years. She starred in " Solitary Man " in 2009 with Michael Douglas, and " The Greatest " with Carey Mulligan.
- In order to play the role of Briton James in the film, Josh James Brolin lost 30 pounds.
- In order to stagger the schedule of the tour of " An Education ", this film made special arrangements for the shooting of Carey Mulligan.
- One of the screenwriters of this film, Allan Loeb , is a licensed stock broker. He wanted to include the Madoff scandal in the story, but Oliver Stone finally rejected the proposal.
- The subtitle of the work "Money never sleeps" is derived from a dialogue in "Wall Street".
- Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen , Chuck Pfair and Sylvia Miles who starred in the first episode all continued to play their respective roles in the sequel, and Oliver Stone still made a cameo in this film.
- The filming time of this film is 23 years away from the first episode, and 23 years have passed in the story.
- In order to prepare for his role, Shian LaBeouf, who was not familiar with the financial industry before, studied the financial market with friends in the financial world, and even invested US$20,000 by himself, and finally made a profit of more than US$400,000.
- This is Oliver Stone's third consecutive film describing political events in the 21st century after " World Trade Center " and "W.".
- This film is the first time Oliver Stone's film has appeared in the Cannes International Film Festival . Both " Natural Born Killers " in 1994 and "U-turn" in 1997 were rejected by the Cannes International Film Festival.
- The filming academy was set at Fordham University, and Michael Douglas' last film "Solitary Man" was also filmed here. In the film, Ely Wallach improvised a whistle for his role, which is not in the script setting .
- The United States of America business tycoon, the 45th President of The United States of America, Donald Trump runs the game in the film.
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps quotes
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Julie Steinhardt: 1929. It'll get worse now, 'cause it'll go faster. Money markets will dry up, round the world by the end of the week. ATMs will stop spitting bills. Federal deposit insurance will collapse. Banks'll close. Mobs panic. It's gonna be the end of the world, Bill.
[He whistles]
Julie Steinhardt: See?
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Gordon Gekko: You tell it from me, babe: Gordon Gekko is back!