Bale plays hedge fund manager Michael Burry, the first person to predict the collapse.

Rezendes wrotethe first article, published Jan. 6, 2002, in the Pulitzer Prize-winning series of revelatory coverage.

Christian Bale as Hedge Fund Manager Dr. Michael Burry in ‘The Big Short’

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Steve Carell as Money Manager Steve Eisman in The Big Short

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Ryan Gosling as Former Deutsche Bank Trader Greg Lippmann in The Big Short

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Tom Hanks as Lawyer James B. Donovan in Bridge of Spies

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Mark Rylance as Soviet Intelligence Officer Rudolf Abel in Bridge of Spies

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Leonardo DiCaprio as Fur Trapper Hugh Glass in The Revenant

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Mark Ruffalo as Boston Globe Reporter Michael Rezendes in Spotlight

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Michael Keaton as Boston Globe Editor Walter “Robby” Robinson in Spotlight

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Rachel McAdams as Boston Globe Reporter Sacha Pfeiffer in Spotlight

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Liev Schreiber as Then-Boston Globe EIC Marty Baron in Spotlight

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John Slattery as Boston Globe Editor Ben Bradlee Jr. in Spotlight

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Brian d’Arcy James as Boston Globe Reporter Matt Carroll in Spotlight

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Stanley Tucci as Attorney Mitchell Garabedian in Spotlight

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Bryan Cranston as Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo in Trumbo

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Michael Fassbender as Steve Jobs in Steve Jobs

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Kate Winslet as Apple Marketing Exec Joanna Hoffman in Steve Jobs

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Jennifer Lawrence as Inventor Joy Mangano in Joy

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Eddie Redmayne as Danish Painter Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl

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Alicia Vikander as Danish Painter Gerda Wegener in The Danish Girl

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