It's funny I always see CNBC use this breh in their stock photo for a lot of their pictures of wall street:All that money being thrown around and not a single black man on the floor
Robert Downey Jr. giving his thoughts on Wall St. workers in the early 90’s
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RDJ was a movie star with multiple critically acclaimed films under his belt when this video was made.He just mad that it took him 30yrs of grinding just to get to some comic book movies to check a bag that some 26yr old was pulling back then.
He definitely got told “Get the fukk off my boat” by some Wallstreet player.
He wasn’t pulling in Tony Starks money yet, but he was a known commodity, and definitely had more clout than some dipshyt trader on the floor of Wall Street.
Peak of the greed is good era
not even close to the peak.
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Quarterly Report on Bank Trading and Derivatives Activities | OCC
Banks Ranked by DerivativesCode:Banks Ranked by Derivatives The following is a ranking of all banks in the United States in terms of "Derivatives". This comparison is based on data reported on 2021-06-30. Rank Derivatives Bank Name 1 $53,965,238,000,000 JPMorgan Chase Bank 2 $48,335,747,000,000 Goldman Sachs Bank USA 3 $43,728,143,000,000 Citibank 4 $19,001,395,000,000 Bank of America 5 $10,302,021,000,000 Wells Fargo Bank 6 $2,788,039,000,000 State Street Bank and Trust Company 7 $1,632,294,606,000 HSBC Bank USA 8 $1,160,063,000,000 The Bank of New York Mellon 9 $707,189,920,000 U.S. Bank 10 $504,466,067,000 Western Alliance Bank 11 $479,462,934,000 PNC Bank 12 $333,357,744,000 The Northern Trust Company 13 $312,127,000,000 Truist Bank 14 $294,405,094,000 TD Bank 15 $211,083,171,000 Citizens Bank 16 $170,162,996,000 MUFG Union Bank 17 $167,761,899,000 Capital One 18 $153,917,951,000 Fifth Third Bank 19 $131,797,865,000 BOKF 20 $128,373,000,000 Regions Bank 21 $127,525,711,000 KeyBank 22 $112,612,000,000 Morgan Stanley Bank 23 $77,117,094,000 The Huntington National Bank 24 $73,865,130,000 Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company 25 $54,216,021,000 Santander Bank, N.A. 26 $47,077,710,000 Capital One Bank (USA) 27 $43,928,148,000 First Horizon Bank 28 $41,165,000,000 Comerica Bank 29 $40,478,412,000 BBVA USA 30 $40,260,869,000 Silicon Valley Bank 31 $34,272,172,000 BMO Harris Bank 32 $29,209,200,000 UBS Bank USA 33 $25,939,322,000 Flagstar Bank, FSB 34 $23,707,016,000 East West Bank 35 $21,992,939,000 CIT Bank 36 $20,882,208,000 South State Bank 37 $20,350,427,000 Bank of the West 38 $20,052,989,000 People's United Bank 39 $19,889,352,000 City National Bank 40 $19,058,173,000 Zions Bancorporation, N.A. 41 $18,597,199,000 E*TRADE Bank 42 $18,159,000,000 Ally Bank 43 $16,843,069,000 First Financial Bank 44 $15,370,000,000 Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas 45 $13,851,101,000 Pacific Coast Bankers' Bank 46 $13,130,368,000 Lake Forest Bank & Trust Company 47 $12,863,932,000 Synovus Bank 48 $12,767,986,000 First National Bank of Pennsylvania 49 $12,308,568,000 Valley National Bank 50 $12,266,000,000 Barclays Bank Delaware 51 $11,577,591,000 Discover Bank 52 $10,426,712,000 Webster Bank 53 $9,843,798,000 Associated Bank 54 $9,579,842,000 Fulton Bank 55 $8,824,014,000 Hancock Whitney Bank 56 $8,438,133,000 MidFirst Bank 57 $8,412,000,000 Morgan Stanley Private Bank 58 $8,038,243,000 Umpqua Bank 59 $7,322,595,000 Sallie Mae Bank 60 $7,018,004,000 Israel Discount Bank of New York 61 $6,745,769,000 Old National Bank 62 $6,580,592,000 PlainsCapital Bank 63 $6,126,508,000 BankUnited 64 $5,903,625,000 TIAA, FSB 65 $5,605,163,000 USAA Federal Savings Bank 66 $5,532,473,000 Sterling National Bank 67 $5,422,540,000 CIBC Bank USA 68 $5,362,957,000 First Midwest Bank 69 $5,353,786,000 Arvest Bank 70 $5,282,706,000 Signature Bank 71 $5,269,838,000 Atlantic Union Bank 72 $5,225,682,000 Wintrust Bank 73 $5,112,159,000 First Republic Bank 74 $5,087,969,000 Safra National Bank of New York 75 $4,987,697,000 Investors Bank
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I hate to be the one to explicitly explain a hyperbole or joke, but you completely, 100% missed his reference here.
Like if you were an arrow and his reference was a target, you would've landed in the next county over.
He is referring to the main line in the "Wall street" film franchise. A line which was eloquently spoken by Michael Douglas . The film took place in that era and the movie had the same retro vibe as RDJ's interview.
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He was virtue signaling joining the crowd. He's part of the elite and estabishment. Those same wall street types fund the same big budget movies he makes millions on.
I didn’t say he wasn’t but he was wasn’t a star. He wasn’t A list. He wasn’t casted in starring roles. So if I can’t compare his actual career at the time to being a leading man that he is now, don’t try to compare who he was then to the fresh off a series license broker. Because I was referring to the Gordon Gecko types of the time. The borderline billionaires.RDJ was a movie star with multiple critically acclaimed films under his belt when this video was made.
He wasn’t pulling in Tony Starks money yet, but he was a known commodity, and definitely had more clout than some dipshyt trader on the floor of Wall Street.
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And went on to play Tony Stark and finesse Marvel 
Yes with his mother and father both being in Hollywood he was defo a broke struggling actor at that point
No need to quote me if you just gonna make up what I said. RDJ was not a leading man in any roles until Marvel. He was a side character at best before he fell into obscurity for 20yrs then resurfaced. You fakkits acting like he was Tom Cruise. Imagine Tom Cruise even agreeing to do a video like that.
That’s the point.
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No need to quote me if you just gonna make up what I said. RDJ was not a leading man in any roles until Marvel. He was a side character at best before he fell into obscurity for 20yrs then resurfaced. You fakkits acting like he was Tom Cruise. Imagine Tom Cruise even agreeing to do a video like that.
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Chaplin came out in 1992.No need to quote me if you just gonna make up what I said. RDJ was not a leading man in any roles until Marvel. He was a side character at best before he fell into obscurity for 20yrs then resurfaced. You fakkits acting like he was Tom Cruise. Imagine Tom Cruise even agreeing to do a video like that.
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Did he do a line with them before or after?
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Back then Robert was a crack head:
