From a recent Wall Street Journal interview with Alex Gibney, documentary filmmaker behind "Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer."
DJ: I was surprised that even though Ashley Dupré gets all the press, she wasn’t the main woman allegedly involved with Spitzer through the Emperors Club. You mention an escort named “Angelina,” who is interviewed, but portrayed by an actress in the film, as having repeated meetings with Spitzer. Dupré is referred to as not much more than a one-night stand. How did you find that out?...The day negotiations [to interview Ashley Dupré for the film] broke down, I thought ‘What am I going to do now?’ One of the main characters was refusing to appear. But sometimes, misfortune turns out to be a boon. It led me to dig deeper and I was able to get Cecil Suwall [then CEO of Emperors Club]. And I was able to find Angelina, who was a much more important character.
What was interesting about Angelina was she tells us a lot about Spitzer as a character and the escort trade. I didn’t expect that she would tell us as much as she did about the federal investigation.
DJ: And now Angelina is a commodities trader?
Gibney: Yes. She had a lot of very powerful clients and I guess they were able to teach her things about the way the market worked.
I say good for her.
[Hat tip: Cardiff]