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Director Oliver Stone has often reflected upon the nation's past in such films as Platoon,Born on the Fourth of July,JFKand Nixon. But, unlike history, he doesn't like to repeat himself. Until now, that is, when Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, the sequel to his 1987 descent into the dirty business of corporate raiding, opens this spring.

Gekko sneaks into a fancy Alzheimer's fundraiser at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (re-created inside the Cunard Building) so he can confront James, who used to be one of his allies. Events have caused Jacob (Shia) to join James' company. "James doesn't know that Jacob is dealing with Gekko," Stone says. "There are a lot of betrayals in this scene." As well as a lot of decked-out extras to fill the 60 or so tables.


Winnie, standing outside her walkup brownstone in Soho, eventually suspects Jacob is in cahoots with her father, which causes a rift in their relationship. "Carey is a strong young actress who brings class and quality to the film," says Stone, who hired the 24-year-old British breakout star after seeing her in An Education. "I cast her blind without an audition. She was a perfect match for Shia, and brought his game up." In fact, the pair were so perfect, they are now a couple off the screen, too.