It seems Margot Robbie was a key architect of a few of the most talked-about scenes in her debut movie, Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street.”
In a latest look on the “Talking Pictures” podcast, the actor mentioned it was her concept to strike her future co-star Leonardo DiCaprio whereas she was auditioning for the 2013 Oscar-nominated movie.
According to Robbie, she and DiCaprio had began improvising throughout their audition scene, and she or he had the concept to finish the scene by kissing him. But as a substitute, she opted for a way more stunning end.
“In my head, I used to be like: ‘I may completely kiss Leonardo DiCaprio proper now. That could be superior. I can’t wait to inform all my associates this.’ And then I used to be like, ‘Nah,’ and simply form of walloped him within the face,” Robbie recalled. “It was useless silent for what felt like an eternity however was in all probability three seconds.”
According to the “Barbie” star, the surprising transfer left Scorsese and DiCaprio in stitches.
“They simply burst out laughing. Leo and Marty had been laughing so onerous. They had been like, ‘That was nice,’” Robbie mentioned.
“What’s going by way of your thoughts in these three seconds?” host Ben Mankiewicz requested.
“I used to be like: ‘You’re going to get arrested. I’m fairly certain that’s assault, battery. Not solely will you by no means work once more, however really, you’ll go to jail for this, you fool,’” Robbie recalled. “And additionally: ‘Why did it’s a must to do it so onerous? You may’ve completed it lighter.’”
The Australian star additionally mentioned she was given the choice to not carry out full frontal nudity within the scene the place her character, Naomi Lapaglia, seduces her husband, shady millionaire stockbroker Jordan Belfort (DiCaprio).
Scorsese recommended she may cowl up with a gown if she needed, Robbie mentioned, however she declined as a result of she felt it wouldn’t be true to the character.
“[Scorsese] mentioned, ‘Maybe you could be sporting a gown when you’re not snug.’ And I used to be like, ‘That is just not what [Naomi] would do in that scene,’” Robbie defined. “She wouldn’t put a gown on. The entire level is that she’s going to return out utterly bare. That’s the cardboard she’s enjoying proper now.”
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That wasn’t the one scene the three-time Oscar nominee helped form. During a 2022 installment of BAFTA’s “A Life in Pictures” collection, Robbie mentioned that just a few key plot beats within the film weren’t within the authentic script, and solely emerged in a late-night brainstorm session between herself, Scorsese and DiCaprio. (Spoilers forward!)
“What occurred beforehand within the script was that I walked into [Jordan’s] workplace and mentioned I need a divorce. And that was it,” Robbie mentioned, based on Deadline.
But the evening earlier than capturing the scene, she, DiCaprio and Scorsese joined forces to conceive of the sequence the place Jordan crashes a automotive with the couple’s daughter inside.
“We began riffing, and we locked ourselves in a room till like three within the morning and got here up with all of that. And the intercourse scene that comes earlier than that,” Robbie mentioned.
