When we were doing Quaalude sequence, Marty, Jonah and I kept upping the ante to (make it) the most insane existential section of the film (laughs). While doing research I learned there are plenty of people on Wall Street who are very responsible and trying to give back. Everybody on Wall Street is not like this. With Jordan in this film, he created a feeding frenzy for people like that and he became a cult leader. When you’re put into that world, your main motivation is answering to your boss about what you’ve earned. (Jordan Belfort) wasn’t responsible for bankrupting our country, but he represented something in our culture and represented the attitude of these guys. We grew up watching his films and he’s still making stuff that’s punk rock. I think it’s amazing somebody like Martin Scorsese is still making films that are vital and talked about, and have an element of controversy about them and are appealing to people of my generation. The book was a cautionary tale and if you sit through the end of the film, you’ll realize what we’re saying about these people and this world, because it’s an intoxicating one. This film may be misunderstood by some I hope people understand we’re not condoning this behavior, that we’re indicting it. With all these people on Wall Street who’ve screwed over so many people since 2008, I became obsessed with playing a character who made me understand the mentality and nature of the seduction of Wall Street and greed. It’s rare when someone is unafraid to divulge how dark they went. The severe honesty in which Jordan Belfort portrayed a hedonistic time in his life on Wall Street. Leonardo DiCaprio, star and a producer of “Wolf of Wall Street” talked with Variety‘s Tim Gray about audience reaction, why he’s proud of the film and what he learned from Martin Scorsese.
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