Wall Street director Oliver Stone praises Royal Bank of Canada
Although Oliver Stone has never been capitalism's greatest champion, he has just shown some big love to a financial institution - the Royal Bank of Canada. In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, the director of the upcoming Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps explains some of the logistical challenges he faced while shooting the sequel to Wall Street.
Because his 1987 hit attacked the personal ethics of financiers -- and the director is pals with Hugo Chavez -- it's not surprising that several banks didn't want Stone to shoot scenes inside their New York offices. The director notes that the "conservative banks would not deal with us. Goldman sealed their floors to us." Funny how that works, isn't it, Oliver?
But an unlikely knight saved the day: "Our biggest break came when the Royal Bank of Canada called back, and they were extremely gracious, they said, 'By all means, we'd love you to shoot here.' The Royal Bank of Canada was one of the few banks that behaved impeccably in this period and made a profit and continued on. And everyone applauded Canada's behavior because they had different rules. Europe was going down, the whole world was affected. But here was the Royal Bank of Canada -- unlike the Royal Bank of Scotland, which was a disaster -- the Royal Bank of Canada was impeccable!
"That was a wonderful break for us, because it was a classy looking bank and gave us the right feeling that we needed for Goldman -- I don't want to say Goldman, I want to say "from The Bank" in the film. Don't pinpoint me."
Hey Oliver, we won't pinpoint you. But if you're interested in pandering to Canada on a regular basis, Michael Moore got there first.
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