The Bowdoin College Web site has a short story about its alumnus, Fortune managing editor Andy Serwer, who has a short role in the current movie, “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” which features a personal finance writer unable to control her spending.
The story states, “The film’s producers had come calling early on, saying that the movie was set against the backdrop of a business magazine and asking if they could hang out to see for themselves what such an enterprise was like, what someone in Serwer’s position looked like and how he dressed.
“Serwer says he was happy to help and asked if could get a cameo in the film. ‘Maybe the guy in the background fixing the copier,’ he said.
“But there would be no background role for Serwer. He was given the speaking role of Mr. Lewis, a banker.
“‘It was a real kick,’ says Serwer. ‘I flew to Florida last spring and shot my scenes with Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy and Fred Armisen from Saturday Night Live, and prayed the scenes didn’t get cut — and they didn’t.'”
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