Margot Robbie explains why she desires to “redo” her “not very good” star-making efficiency in Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Avenue.
Scorsese tapped the then-unknown Robbie for the position of Naomi in his film about Wall Avenue fraudster Jordan Belfort, tossing her into the deep finish of the pool alongside Leonardo DiCaprio as Belfort.
Robbie and DiCaprio’s wildly entertaining peek backstage of Wall Avenue was principally praised by critics, settling in at 79% on Rotten Tomatoes, with an 83% viewers rating. The film was additionally a field workplace hit, grossing $407 million on a finances of round $100 million.
Robbie herself acquired a direct profession increase, later happening to star in massive franchise movies like Suicide Squad, together with Oscar-bait like I, Tonya, which did certainly snag her a Greatest Actress nomination. Her latest film, A Huge Daring Stunning Journey, releases on September 19.
Regardless of receiving huge approval for her star-making Wolf of Wall Avenue efficiency, Robbie isn’t happy with the work she did within the movie, telling ScreenRant’s Ash Crossan in an interview for A Huge Daring Stunning Journey that she would “redo” the position of Naomi if she may:
Oh wow. I might like to redo my position in Wolf of Wall Avenue simply because I used to be so younger and I do not assume I used to be excellent at performing again then. I feel I may do rather a lot higher now. I’d love to return and do it higher.
What This Means For Robbie And Wolf Of Wall Avenue
Taking part in the combative Naomi launched Robbie’s profession on a brand new trajectory, however she initially thought she had misplaced the position because of a now-famous incident that occurred throughout her audition, when she went off-script and slapped DiCaprio within the face, at first pondering she was in bother (through Harper’s Bazaar):
However one other a part of my mind clicks and I simply go, Whack! I hit him within the face. After which I scream, ‘F**ok you!’ And that is not within the script in any respect. The room simply went useless silent and I froze.
Removed from being upset with the younger actor, Scorsese and DiCaprio have been delighted by Robbie’s violent improvisation, and instantly determined to solid her as Naomi.
That was not the one time Robbie would go all the best way for Wolf of Wall Avenue. When a scene involving full-frontal nudity got here up on the taking pictures schedule, Scorsese informed her she may put on a gown if she felt uncomfortable, however Robbie refused, doing the nudity as a result of she felt it was proper for her character (through Speaking Footage):
The entire level is that she’s going to return out utterly bare—that’s the cardboard she’s enjoying proper now.
Robbie has additionally detailed taking pictures the Wolf of Wall Avenue scene the place she and DiCaprio have intercourse on a pile of cash, revealing that it left her lined in paper cuts.
It’s evident from these tales that Robbie was prepared to do absolutely anything for the sake of her Wolf of Wall Avenue position, even risking nasty paper cuts, and that dedication is a part of why she was capable of make such an indelible impression as Naomi. Nonetheless, the actor has misgivings about her efficiency, as she has now revealed.
Our Take On Robbie Wanting A Redo On Wolf Of Wall Avenue
Margot Robbie as Naomi in The Wolf of Wall Avenue
Picture through Paramount Footage
It’s fully pure that Robbie would look again on her efficiency in a film revamped ten years in the past and, with the good thing about expertise, discover issues to quibble with.
It could certainly be fascinating to know what particularly Robbie would do otherwise if she had one other crack at enjoying Naomi. Perhaps she would ask for the pretend cash to be rather less sharp. Maybe she would settle for Scorsese’s supply of a gown throughout her nude scene. Or possibly she would simply subtly tweak sure moments.
Robbie is now a robust producer in her personal proper, and maybe she appears to be like again on her days as a younger actor with no affect, and is made uncomfortable by a few of the issues she did as a result of, on the time, she might have thought she had no alternative.
The alternatives Robbie did make in The Wolf of Wall Avenue have been principally the best ones, at the very least it appeared on the time, and she will’t have too many regrets about the best way issues turned out for her after the movie launched her to stardom.
Launch Date
December 25, 2013
Runtime
180 minutes
