Scorsese recalls Robbie’s ‘stunning’ audition

Filmmaker Martin Scorsese has penned a tribute to Margot Robbie and recalled her audition for The Wolf Of Wall Street - how she went off-script to secure the role by slapping co-star Leonardo DiCaprio, right across his face. The Australian actress played Naomi, the wife of DiCaprio’s character Jordan Belfort, in the 2013 biopic. The American filmmaker wrote about her audition after she was listed in Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People list for 2017. Scorsese wrote: “She clinched her part in The Wolf Of Wall Street during our first meeting – by hauling off and giving Leonardo DiCaprio a thunderclap of a slap on the face, an improvisation that stunned us all.” The filmmaker also said that Robbie has the “unique audacity that surprises and challenges and just burns like a brand into every character she plays.” On the other hand, Robbie also shared her experience of the audition in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar in 2015, “In my head I was like: ‘You have literally 30 seconds left in this room and if you don’t do something impressive nothing will ever come of it. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime chance, just take it.’” Robbie was even terrified that DiCaprio might sue her for the assault. She is currently filming for I, Tonya, which centres around the scandal surrounding an attack on ice skating champion Nancy Kerrigan before the 1994 Winter Olympics.