"Scam in American": actors, roles, photos and interesting facts

The criminal-political tragicomedy "The Scam in American", the actors of which created bright and memorable images on the screen, and director David O. Russell - an indescribable retro atmosphere, based on real events, and the main characters in it have historical prototypes.

According to the publication USA Today, this film has one of the best cast compositions in 2013. And this statement is not unfounded. All participants were awarded very warm reviews, and the greatest praise was earned by D. Lawrence.

What is the movie about?

The basis of the plot is a real story, which occurred in America at the turn of the 70-80-ies of the last century. The code name of the FBI special operation was Abscam, and the main purpose is to investigate crimes related to the trade of stolen goods. For this, agents were introduced into the criminal environment. However, gradually the operation turned into a real round-up on corrupt officials of various levels.

The actors of the movie "The Scam in American": Christian Bale

The star of the trilogy about the superhero from Gotham City, Briton-American actor Christian Bale, performs in the film the role of an aging fraudster who owns a network of city dry cleaners, Irving Rosenfeld. In addition to the main business, he also sells fakes of paintings and loans to those who are denied by banks. He has a beautiful, but capricious wife and child, as well as a mistress (a former stripper), who has become a companion in financial fraud.

In the movie "The Scam in American" the actors of the main roles have real historical prototypes. The character of Christian Bale is in many ways "copied" from the swindler, swindler and FBI informer Melvin Wainberg. He became a key figure in the operation called "Absam", which was planned to end trafficking in stolen goods, but resulted in a massive investigation into the corruption scandal in politics.

For the sake of the movie "A scam in American way," the actors (photos posted in the article) sometimes went on desperate deeds. So, for a brighter and colorful embodiment on the screen image of M. Weinberg, Christian Bale scored an extra 18 kilograms.

Amy Lou Adams

Five-time nominee for the prestigious cinematic award Oscar, singer and actress Amy Adams played the role of Sidney Prosser, for which she was awarded the Golden Globe. Her character is a former striptease dancer who moved to New York for money and fame. Working in the magazine Cosmopolitan, she accidentally gets acquainted with Irving, and between them there is an attraction. He is so keen on Sidney that she offers her a joint work. She agrees and turns into an English aristocrat with certain connections among the bankers. Its charm and charm allow attracting an increasing number of customers, contributing to the prosperity of the business.

In the movie "The Scam in American" actors and roles are chosen flawlessly, each of them embodies a kind of real character. The prototype of the character Amy Adams is Evelyn Knight.

Bradley Cooper

Bradley Cooper is another star in the cast of the film. He is familiar to the audience first of all on the paintings "The Hangover in Vegas", "My Guy - The Psycho," "The Areas of Darkness," "Aloha," etc. It is interesting that this is not the first and not the last film where he is removed along with D Lawrence.

B. Cooper plays the role of a busy and impulsive FBI agent Richard Dimaco (Ricci), who works undercover and one day appears in the office of scammers. Having caught a couple on an illegal deal, he begins to blackmail them and suggests working with the investigation. In other words, in exchange for their own freedom, several large scammers. In the movie "Scam in American" actors embody on the screen images with a grain of irony. So, the idea with a chemical wave of the FBI agent's hair belongs to Bradley Cooper himself, as well as the idea of the scene in which he appears with curlers on his head.

Jennifer Lawrence

Star of "Hunger Games" American actress Jennifer Lawrence was approved for the role of housewife Rosalyn - Irving's wife. Relationships between couples, to put it mildly, are not sugar. However, Rosalyn does not give divorce by manipulating her husband with the help of his adopted but very beloved son, Danny, and blackmailing threats that he will tell the authorities about all his dark deeds. In the course of the development of the plot, she starts an affair with a gangster. Accidentally talking about her husband, she nearly broke the whole operation.

It's interesting that when the script for the movie "The Scam in American Way" was being written, the actors on the main roles were already known, moreover, it was created specially for them. According to Jennifer Lawrence, she was preparing for the film in advance. For the most realistic and vivid embodiment of the image of his wife, who stayed four walls, she was inspired by the series "The Real Housewives of New Jersey", from which, in addition, she got a characteristic accent.

Jeremy Renner

The American actor is famous for his roles in the films "The Lord of the Storm", "The City of Thieves", the trilogy "The Avengers", "The Witch Hunters". In the movie "The Scam in American" (actors and roles, photo - everything is in the text) he got more than a real character - the mayor of Carmine Polito (the prototype was Camden's head Angelo Errichetti).

In one scene, he as a welcome sign to the townspeople kisses the baby. A charming girl is his own daughter Ava, who was born just before the film was filmed. And the girl who holds the baby in her arms is her mother, the actress Sonny Pacheco.

"The scam in American way" is an atmospheric, dynamic movie with a brilliant cast, recognized not only by the viewer, but also by critics. Of course, it will become a pearl not only in the collection of the director, but in general American cinema. This is confirmed by numerous awards: "Sputnik", Screen Actors Guild Awards, producers, screenwriters USA, three "Golden Globes" (best film, best female role of first and second plan - Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence), BAFTA, 10 nominations for "Oscar" " and others.