![Meet the real life players behind The Big Short - and one notable absence | London Evening Standard | Evening Standard Meet the real life players behind The Big Short - and one notable absence | London Evening Standard | Evening Standard](https://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/01/21/08/20bigshort2101a.jpg?width=1200)
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![What Happened To Mark's Brother In 'The Big Short'? The Real Story Is Even More Tragic Than The Movie What Happened To Mark's Brother In 'The Big Short'? The Real Story Is Even More Tragic Than The Movie](https://imgix.bustle.com/rehost/2016/9/13/ea26db47-f9d9-4d5d-98fe-73fbffa25ace.jpg?w=800&fit=crop&crop=faces&auto=format%2Ccompress)
What Happened To Mark's Brother In 'The Big Short'? The Real Story Is Even More Tragic Than The Movie
![In The Big Short (2015), Steve Carell plays Mark Baum, who famously shorted billions of MBS during the financial crisis. This is a reference to Michael Scott's initials in The Office "Michael In The Big Short (2015), Steve Carell plays Mark Baum, who famously shorted billions of MBS during the financial crisis. This is a reference to Michael Scott's initials in The Office "Michael](https://i.redd.it/bf3gvn0s1w951.jpg)
In The Big Short (2015), Steve Carell plays Mark Baum, who famously shorted billions of MBS during the financial crisis. This is a reference to Michael Scott's initials in The Office "Michael
![This mans name is Steve Eisman. Not Mark Baum, not Steve Carell. He is the man you are quoting in all of your memes from The Big Short. I'm sure many of This mans name is Steve Eisman. Not Mark Baum, not Steve Carell. He is the man you are quoting in all of your memes from The Big Short. I'm sure many of](https://i.redd.it/lmsmmhoh6ew61.jpg)