The Plot Thickens: The Devil’s Candy | S2-E2

The Plot Thickens: The Devil’s Candy – Episode 2: Reaching For The Stars – And Paying The Price

Tom Hanks signs on to play amoral stockbroker Sherman McCoy, and he’s so beloved that nobody recognizes how wrong he is for the part. There’s immediate pushback against Bruce Willis as the other male lead, since his role was written as British. But the hardest decision comes when the director insists that a Jewish judge be played by a Black actor, to soften the film’s racial tensions.

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