‘Wall Street 2’ Teaser: Greed Is Good, Legal
"Someone reminded me I once said greed is good," says Michael Douglas as the infamous Gordon Gekko in this teaser trailer for Oliver Stone's "Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps." But here's the kicker, as he observes after spending years in the pokey: "Now it seems it's legal." Right you are, Mr. Gekko.“Someone reminded me I once said greed is good,” says Michael Douglas as the infamous Gordon Gekko in this teaser trailer for Oliver Stone’s “Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps.” But here’s the kicker, as he observes after spending years in the pokey: “Now it seems it’s legal.” Right you are, Mr. Gekko. –KA
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