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You’ve seen the Wall Street 2 movie trailer…you’ve seen their casting choices….you’ve seen early photos from the filming of the movie…now feast your eyes on some movie trivia thanks to IMDB:
The first sequel to an Oliver Stone film.
Javier Bardem was the studio’s favourite for the role of the villain. However, he could not do the film, and so Josh Brolin was cast. Brolin previously starred in Oliver Stone’s film W. (2008/I).
Michael Douglas’ first day of filming was September 18th, 2009, exactly one week before his 65th birthday. His first scene filmed was Gordon Gekko getting out of jail.
Naomi Watts and Cate Blanchett reportedly turned down the role of Sylvia Moore.
According to Carey Mulligan, rehearsals lasted for three weeks.
Title was originally “Money Never Sleeps”. When Oliver Stone signed on to direct, he added “Wall Street 2″ to the title.
John Bedford Lloyd had played a role in Oliver Stone’s Nixon (1995).
Blake Lively and Glee star Lea Michele were both rumored to play Winnie Gekko.
The second time that Shia LaBeouf has played a character named Jacob. The first time was in New York, I Love You (2009).
Susan Sarandon second collaboration in two years with ‘Michael Douglas (I)’ and Carey Mulligan. She last starred with Douglas in Solitary Man (2009) and Mulligan in The Greatest (2009).
Josh Brolin had to lose 30 pounds in a month to physically prepare for his role.
Carey Mulligan’s schedule was planned with consideration of her publicity tour for An Education (2009), so most of her scenes were shot later in production.
New York cosmopolitans playing themselves were asked to don their own clothes and jewelry.
Donald Trump filmed a cameo role on November 25, 2009.
The film’s screenwriter Allan Loeb is a licensed stock broker. According to Loeb, he was most fascinated by the Madoff scandal, and how it had seemed so low-class. Director Oliver Stone has since dismissed the notion that Madoff would be referenced in the film.
Stanley Weiser, original writer for Wall Street (1987), was previously attached to the project. However, his involvement with the sequel fell through due to creative differences.
The “Money Never Sleeps” subtitle comes from the original Wall Street (1987). Gekko calls Bud early one morning, and after Bud answers the phone, Gekko says: “Money never sleeps…”
Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Chuck Pfeiffer, and Sylvia Miles reprise their roles from the original film.
After the studio couldn’t get Javier Bardem for the role Bretton James, ‘Edward Norton’, Martin Henderson, Simon Baker, ‘Mark Wahlberg’, Aaron Eckhart and ‘James Franco’ were considered to play the role, but Josh Brolin was eventually cast.
