Where to watch The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Trivia & production notes

• Martin Scorsese initially abandoned The Wolf of Wall Street to direct Shutter Island, then returned to the project in 2012 when Red Granite Pictures greenlit it without content restrictions.
• DiCaprio and Warner Bros. won a bidding war for the film rights to Jordan Belfort's memoir in 2007, with Belfort receiving $1 million from the deal.
• In 2010, Ridley Scott was offered the director role with Brad Pitt set to play Belfort, but Warner Bros. abandoned the project before it moved forward.
• Jonah Hill earned the minimum SAG-AFTRA rate of $60,000 for his role, while Leonardo DiCaprio received $10 million as both star and producer.
• Julie Andrews was initially offered the role of Aunt Emma but declined due to an ankle injury, leading to Joanna Lumley being cast instead.
• Olivia Wilde auditioned for the role of Naomi but was rejected for being deemed too old, despite Leonardo DiCaprio being roughly a decade her senior.
• Jonah Hill was hospitalized with bronchitis after snorting large quantities of vitamin D powder, which was used as a fake cocaine substitute during filming.
• Scorsese initially planned to shoot the film digitally but after extensive comparison tests switched to shooting most of it on film stock, reserving digital cameras only for green screen and low-light scenes.
• The character Donnie Azoff was renamed from Danny Porush after Porush threatened to sue the filmmakers and Paramount Pictures.
• The film contains between 400 and 450 visual effects shots, though most of the production was shot on traditional film stock.

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