▁ABC News . com ▁that ▁he ▁tried ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁film ▁" fun ▁and ▁compreh ens ible " ▁because ▁" a ▁bunch ▁of ▁white ▁guys ▁sitting ▁around ▁in ▁su its ▁talking ▁about ▁money ▁isn ' t ▁very ▁interesting ." ▁The ▁fict ional ▁character ▁of ▁Zach ▁( play ed ▁by ▁Michael ▁Landes ) ▁was ▁introduced ▁as ▁F uld ' s ▁a ide , ▁and ▁Landes ▁says ▁that ▁the ▁voice over ▁he ▁gives ▁" br ings ▁an ▁element ▁of ▁humor ". ▁ ▁Os bor ne ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁production ▁was ▁about ▁much ▁more ▁than ▁just ▁fin ance : ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁dis aster ▁movie , ▁it ▁was ▁Apol lo ▁ 1 3 ▁with ▁the ▁tit ans ▁of ▁Wall ▁Street ▁racing ▁the ▁clock ▁to ▁save ▁the ▁str icken ▁bank ; ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁Greek ▁tra ged y ▁with ▁Le h man ' s ▁chief ▁executive ▁brought ▁down ▁by ▁his ▁own ▁trag ic ▁f law ; ▁it ▁was ▁Tw elve ▁An gry ▁Men ▁with ▁solutions ▁sought ▁in ▁smoke - filled ▁rooms . ▁ ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁low ▁budget , ▁locations ▁in ▁London ▁were ▁sought ▁instead ▁of ▁those ▁in ▁New ▁York . ▁Loc ations ▁included ▁Add ington ▁Palace ▁near ▁Cro yd on ▁which ▁acted ▁as ▁the ▁Federal ▁Reserve , ▁and ▁a ▁dis used ▁office ▁in ▁London ' s ▁Can ary ▁Wh arf ▁which ▁served ▁as ▁F uld ' s ▁New ▁York ▁office . ▁Co inc ident ally , ▁the ▁office ▁had ▁previously ▁been ▁used ▁by ▁Le h man ▁Brothers ▁and ▁des ks ▁originally ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁company ▁were