AS SEEN ON TV: JOHN THAIN

JOHN THAIN

AS SEEN IN:
"The Last Of The Lehman Brothers"

AS PLAYED BY:
Ben Daniels

TV DIMENSION:
Earth Prime-Time

JOHN THAIN

AS SEEN IN:
"Too Big To Fail"

AS PLAYED BY:
Matthew Modine

TV DIMENSION:
Land of Remakes

From Wikipedia:
John Alexander Thain (born May 26, 1955) is an American businessman, investment banker, and currently the Chairman & CEO, of the CIT Group.

Thain was the last chairman and chief executive officer of Merrill Lynch before its merger with Bank of America. He was designated to become president of global banking, securities, and wealth management at the newly combined company, but he resigned on January 22, 2009. Ken Lewis, CEO of Bank of America, reportedly forced Thain to resign after several controversies, such as losses at Merrill Lynch proved to be far larger than previously estimated, and over the awarding of executive bonuses.

Several media sources have nicknamed Thain "Superman", due to his facial resemblance to the character's alter-ego Clark Kent.

I don't know why, but my original source of publicity materials didn't include a picture of Matthew Modine as Thain. (Love that name!) But that's a good thing, because now I can have a "Two For Tuesday" edition of the ASOTV showcase with both televersions being used for the first time.

I'm curious how well Daniels did with the accent; he certainly fails with the "Looks Like Clark Kent" description.  (Not that Modine is that close a resemblance.....)

BCnU!