Paulson Cast as Stoic Savior in ‘Too Big’ Wall Street Saga: TV

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Andrew Ross Sorkin’s sprawling best-seller "Too Big to Fail" is now a TV movie that transforms the complex tale of Wall Street greed into a knight-in-shining-armor saga.

The knight is Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, portrayed by William Hurt as a stoic savior who endures sleepless nights and a nervous stomach to forestall the economic meltdown.