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Wannabe actor Zachary Horwitz was desperate to make it big as a movie star. The only thing stopping him was talent. Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme is a juicy true story about deception, denial, and the seductive promise of fame and fortune.

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00:00I can't ask a pathological liar for his life story

00:03and expect him to tell me the truth, right?

00:06I know you.

00:07I'm the guy.

00:11What I knew about Zach was very limited.

00:13I had heard he was an actor.

00:14As an actor, I feel like you don't want people to know who Zach is as a person.

00:19We can just tell the truth.

00:20We can just tell the cops what happened.

00:22There are times watching this when his lines

00:24are like he's speaking directly to the story we're telling.

00:27He's going to Berlin Film Festival and Cannes.

00:30Just kind of living the dream.

00:32But of course, this is all just a huge lie.

00:37Actor Zachary Joseph Horwitz is agreeing to plead guilty

00:40to a $650 million Ponzi scheme.

00:43That's a staggering amount of money.

00:45Turn around. Get down on your knees.

00:47I was hoping that Zach would talk to me

00:49so he could tell his side of the story for the film.

00:51No. Absolutely not.

00:53He was putting money from the Ponzi scheme into the movies

00:57to get the producers to cast him.

00:59$200,000 for a small role.

01:03What? Who is this guy?

01:06Zach wanted to be famous, but unfortunately for Zach,

01:10he's a pretty terrible actor.

01:15I could tell from the beginning that it was going to be a juicy one.

01:18It was Hollywood, a huge amount of money.

01:20All for the purchase of movie rights.

01:23That weren't real.

01:24How could he possibly have done something this outlandish?

01:28It's too easy. It's just too easy.

01:30He was flying private jets.

01:32$7 million on the American Express card.

01:34$700,000 for interior design.

01:37This guy is a supervillain.

01:39Where is that money now?

01:40The FBI was on the case. The SEC was on the case.

01:43He's going to take all the money and run.

01:45He knew what he was doing from the start.

01:47Our secret, okay?

01:49You had to realize that at some point,

01:51the whole thing was going to collapse.

01:55You're nervous because it's like,

01:56are they going to find out that I'm this fraud the whole time?

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