They were looking for the most cantankerous actor they could find to play this rich jerk-tycoon villain role in a new movie set in the 1950s.

They knew exactly who to call.

There was no casting process. They found him on their TV screens where always seems to be.

“It turns out those guys were huge fans,” said Kevin O’Leary with a laugh of the producers of an upcoming much-anticipated movie called produced by A24.

Suddenly, O’Leary’s phone rang. It was not a prank call.

“They said ‘look, we’re looking for a real A-hole and you’re it.’”

This was not taken as an insult. For O’Leary, in fact, this was the highest compliment he could get. The Canadian investor and businessman has worked hard over the past two decades creating the very direct Mr. Wonderful character that has become so popu

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