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Playing Seth´s boiler room mentor, the hyper-charismatic Chris, is his
Saving Private Ryan co-star Vin Diesel. Diesel once had a job
selling over the phone and it was an experience that always stuck with
him. "I remember how it was and this script was completely on the
money," says Diesel. "This movie seemed like a great chance to go back
and show the world how dangerous telemarketing can be."
He
sees the character of Chris as typical of boiler room players. "Chris
is an incredible salesman but he´s also a kid who still lives at home
with his mother, who has a sense of family," Diesel notes. "For a guy
like Chris, this job is everything because he´s not good at anything
else. But he takes this seriously; he works 18 hour days. He´s not a
kid who won awards or scholarships but this job brings dignity to him
and his family. He´s basically a guy who would have been a gangster if
he hadn´t been a salesman, so in a way this is the best possible
scenario for him. You know, they´re all basically blue collar or
middle-class kids and they´re lured by the idea that anybody can be a
millionaire."
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