Insiders speak out in new doc on what Leonardo DiCaprio’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got right — and wrong
The iconic movie “The Wolf of Wall Street” — starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the crooked, debauched stockbroker Jordan Belfort, and Margot Robbie as his wife — got a lot of details wrong, insiders say in a new docuseries. Howie Gelfand, who partly inspired Jonah Hill’s character in the Martin Scorsese film, exclusively told Page Six, “They just made up things.” He added, “There was never a midget thrown.
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The iconic movie “The Wolf of Wall Street” — starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the crooked, debauched stockbroker Jordan Belfort, and Margot Robbie as his wife — got a lot of details wrong, insiders say in a new docuseries. Howie Gelfand, who partly inspired Jonah Hill’s character in the Martin Scorsese film, exclusively told Page Six, “They just made up things.” He added, “There was never a midget thrown. There were still plenty of crazy things done. Truth is stranger than fiction.” In the three-episode Paramount+ docuseries, “The Real Wolf of Wall Street,” Belfort’s former friends and colleagues share their experiences.
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- The iconic movie “The Wolf of Wall Street” — starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the crooked, debauched stockbroker Jordan Belfort, and Margot Robbie as his wife — got a lot of details wrong, insiders say in a new docuseries. Howie Gelfand, who partly inspired Jonah Hill’s character in the Martin Scorsese film, exclusively told Page Six, “They just made up things.” He added, “There was never a midget thrown.
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Insiders speak out in new doc on what Leonardo DiCaprio’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got right — and wrong
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