Brian Koppelman: evaluation

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…Bill Gurley is a giant, literally a giant among venture capitalists. But a venture capitalist would be a primary character on a show the likes of which you all would create. I never in a million years would have imagined that 10 years ago. I'm going to challenge that just a little bit because Christian Bale plays Michael Burry in a movie. Why would a quant investor hedge guy be worthy? I'll tell you why. Because we're fascinated by people who put it on the line. Our culture is fascinated by people who step up to the craps table and say, I'm going to put it all on hard eight, or I have a reason why I can count. We are fascinated by people who make these decisions that are neither right or wrong. Knowing Bill personally, but working from source material and Mike's book, as a producer, showrunner, writer, how do you weigh, working both from source material but also when you have your own, primary source information from getting to know these people in real life, too?…

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