“Jordan Belfort’s lawsuit is nothing more than a desperate and supremely ironic attempt to get out from under an agreement that for the first time in his life made him rich and famous through lawful and legitimate means,” Matthew L. He allegedly acquired the rights to the story through misappropriated funding from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal (via Entertainment Weekly). Aziz convinced Belfort to sell the rights to his 2007 memoir, also titled The Wolf of Wall Street.
In January 2020, Belfort sued Red Granite Pictures, the production company behind The Wolf of Wall Street, and co-founder Riza Aziz for $300 million.
RELATED: Leonardo DiCaprio Used to TiVo ‘Jersey Shore’ and Once ‘Shouted Lines’ at the Roommates ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ movie producers sued for fraud He introduces DiCaprio’s Belfort at the seminar as a celebrated motivational speaker. We incorporated a lot of other stories that weren’t even in the book into the movie.” Jordan Belfort’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ cameoīelfort does appear in The Wolf of Wall Street in a brief moment at the end of the movie. “I interviewed him incessantly and tried to pull out every detail I possibly could. “ incredibly open about his life, especially the most embarrassing parts,” DiCaprio told The Wall Street Journal. He spent hours with the original “Wolf of Wall Street” to capture every aspect of his life in detail.
What’s more, DiCaprio’s dedication to accurately playing Belfort came with a lot of hard probing questions. “He rewrote anything that wasn’t,” says Belfort, adding: “One thing to learn from this is that as talented as Leo is and as handsome as the guy is, he got to where he is not just through talent but also through hard work, perseverance, and he always lives up to his word.” Leonardo DiCaprio interviewed Jordan Belfort ‘incessantly’ to play him authentically He was learning everything about my body language, how I speak, my language patterns, the sales stuff.īelfort says DiCaprio went through every word in the script, combing over it “a hundred times” to ensure it was authentic. Here’s what you don’t know about Leo, though. “Obviously, he killed it,” Belfort starts, adding: