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Seth
admires Chris but fears his own appointed mentor, senior broker Greg
Weinstein, played by Nicky Katt. Like Seth, Greg hails from a
conservative Jewish background. But thatīs where the camaraderie
stops between the two, especially when Seth starts becoming one of
the investment firmīs star sellers.
"Seth steals Gregīs thunder," explains Katt, "and he canīt handle
that. This is a guy who has immersed himself in vanity and
materialism and being number one."
Like
the rest of the cast, Katt personally interviewed several boiler
room workers, which helped him to understand the ethics, or lack
thereof, of the job. "Whatīs scary about it is that it doesnīt seem
like a crime to these guys. Itīs all very tempting and these guys
just do their thing and take their commissions and they never really
consider the legality of it. They know there are a lot of loopholes
in the laws," he says.
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Greg
Weinstein
