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"The Big Short" film, which stars Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling,
Christian Bale and Brad Pitt, is based on the true story of four
people who foresaw the credit and housing crisis.
"There was a level of fraud on a national scale that people were
not privy to that could happen again tomorrow," Carell said at
the film's premiere at the American Film Institute's AFI Fest on
Thursday evening.
"I think it's a cautionary tale and I hope it starts
conversations about how to change things and to avoid it
happening again because it could be far worse next time."
A New York Times best-seller for 28 weeks, "The Big Short" book
followed Lewis' previous volumes that inspired the 2009 and 2011
films "The Blind Side" and "Moneyball."
The movie's actors said "The Big Short", directed by "Anchorman"
director Adam McKay, was a learning experience in the world of
finance and real estate.
"Like most people, I thought I knew and I really didn't and I
learned a lot from reading the script, I learned a lot from
making the film and I learned a lot from watching the film,"
Gosling said.
"I think Adam McKay is a ... really great talent for taking this
information that feels alienating and somehow make it very
inclusive and accessible and entertaining."
The world premiere of "The Big Short" marked the closing of the
AFI Fest film festival.
(Reporting By Reuters Television in Los Angeles; Editing by Tom
Heneghan)
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