![]() ![]() ![]() Tom Wu is irresistible as a swaggering young trader. But there isn’t a whole lot for him to do other than stand around looking stressed.Īnna Friel as Leeson’s wife plays the role with just a hint of Marie Antoinette, so she doesn’t come off quite as anemic as she might otherwise. Ewan McGregor does a good job playing Leeson as a driven but oddly naive young man. As a director, he does a fine job of making this film a good deal less boring than it might have been. But he’s also had a notable career as a director with credits like Pascali’s Island and A Kiss Before Dying. He’s best known for writing the screenplay of Fatal Attraction. ![]() It is written and directed by James Dearden. ![]() We simply watch Leeson on his steady path to catastrophe. It does at least break from the usual by not presenting a redemption arc. Unfortunately, Rogue Trader is not nearly as interesting as I’d hoped. And he managed to lose over a billion dollars for Barings, bankrupting it in the process. Leeson was their trader at the SIMEX exchange. He worked for the venerable Barings Bank, which had been in business since 1762. You may not know who he is but he was big news in 1995. “A Duke has been sitting on this exchange since it was founded!” So I was curious to see Rogue Trader, the 1999 biopic about Nick Leeson. My favorite part of Trading Places is when Winthorpe and Valentine destroy the Duke brothers. ![]()
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