Matthew Fox Almost Became a Banker
photo courtesy of PR Photos/www.prphotos.comMatthew Fox had once aspired to be a top Wall Street, New York banker. Something I never knew about him is that he studied economics at Columbia University, but chose a different career path when a rich banker laughed at his business attire during an interview. Matthew said:
“I went to this interview and I’d had economics all going on in my head - which, to be honest, was largely to do with seeing Oliver Stone’s Wall Street. I borrowed a suit that was two inches too short… borrowed some penny loafers also. I was so broke. There’s four or five guys all in their mid to late 20s there. Then one guy looked around to the others and, I’ll never forget this, said, ‘Yeah, but we’re gonna have to do something about those shoes. Ha, ha, ha!.’ I looked down and they were all wearing exactly the same pair of Oxford business shoes, and I had my penny loafers with my borrowed pants that were too high. It was that moment I realised, ‘No way.’”
I’m glad the Lost actor found his way to entertaining us on TV and on the big screen. He doesn’t seem the banker type eh?
