Keith Fisher is known for his work in banking regulatory law, not his acting prowess. So, when he was contacted by a director making a movie on a lawsuit stemming from securitized subprime mortgages, Mr. Fisher thought he'd be serving as a consultant. Instead, he was offered a leading role.
Mr. Fisher plays a banking lawyer in Cleveland Versus Wall Street, which is based on a real lawsuit brought by the city of Cleveland against 21 investment banks. The suit claimed that the banks enabled the city's foreclosure crisis.