http://www.inquisitr.com/3089577/michael-lewis-writes-jesse-livermore-screenplay/ I'm surprised no one posted this months back.
No man... Steve Buscemi!! I've always pictured Livermore to look something like him... Funny, kinda weird... like a little thin man who learns trading early on in bucket shops...
Hmm, just googled him... he looked like this... Which actor could play that? Maybe Fassbender with silly glasses...
Giovani Ribisi has done a "wall street" role via boiler room. And, plays an excellent sharp guy or a neurotic. This is the more commonly seen picture:
Why not? Brilliant how he played them, the bucket shops got burned by him...! Can't do that anymore....