Michael Douglas On Wall Street

6 months ago 30th Apr 13:30

Michael Douglas thinks a 'Wall Street' sequel will be "fun".

The actor is set to reprise his role as Gordon Gekko and insists the current economic climate means it is a good time to make a follow-up to the 1987 stock market drama.

He said: "It will be really fun and, it's a perfect time.

"It starts up a couple years ago. Gordon Gekko has just got out of jail, and we kind of deal with all the issues that are going on now. It's an excellent script. I'm really excited about it."

They had another title, 'Money Never Sleeps', and then Oliver Stone, who directed the first one, read the new script and said 'I want to do it and we're going to call it 'Wall Street 2'.'

Michael - who won a Best Actor award for the movie - re-teams with Oliver Stone for the film and revealed the director scrapped the intended title in favour of 'Wall Street 2'.

He added to US TV Talk Show host Ellen DeGeneres: "They had another title, 'Money Never Sleeps', and then Oliver Stone, who directed the first one, read the new script and said 'I want to do it and we're going to call it 'Wall Street 2'.' "

Shia LaBeouf is rumoured to be set to co-star in the sequel, but Michael refused to be drawn on the rumours.

He said: "There's going to be some exciting casting news coming up in the next couple of weeks, which I can't say yet."