Margot Robbie thought she was 'going to jail' while filming scene with Leonardo DiCaprio in Wolf of Wall Street
Margot Robbie may be most recognized for her role as Barbie in 2023's summer blockbuster, but she previously played the female lead in The Wolf of Wall Street.
Margot Robbie has opened up about one of her improvised scenes with her co-star Leonardo DiCaprio.
Margot Robbie in 'The Wolf of Wall Street.'
Robbie starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in 'The Wolf of Wall Street.'
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Robbie featured with Leonardo DiCaprio in the 2013 picture, which received many Oscar nominations.
The part was crucial for the Australian actress, catapulting her to prominence - and everyone remembers the nursery scene.
However, another moment has stuck with Robbie in the years after the film's triumph.
During an appearance on the Talking Pictures podcast, the actress described a day when she was certain she was about to get in trouble... and not only from filmmaker Martin Scorsese.
We are referring to legal difficulties.
It occurred during a sequence in which she was supposed to kiss Jordan Belfort, played by DiCaprio.
She recalled: "I could absolutely kiss Leonardo DiCaprio, which would be fantastic. I can't wait to tell all my friends about this.
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"Then I thought, nah. And simply walloped him in the face. It was utter stillness for what seemed like a lifetime, but was really just three seconds.
"Then they simply broke into laughter. Leo and Marty were laughing so hard that they exclaimed 'it was amazing'."
But Robbie didn't see things quite that way.
She recalled thinking at the time: "I'm going to get arrested; I'm very sure that's assault and battery. You will not only never work again, but you will also face jail time for this, you moron. Also, why did you punch him so hard? "You should've done it lighter."
"We've all had those impetuous actions that we later regretted. But for the majority of us, this means we will spend the rest of our lives overthinking it."
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For Robbie, it marked the start of a Hollywood career that included films like Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Babylon, I Tonya, and Barbie. That's strange.
Not all of her films have been warmly appreciated by moviegoers.
After Babylon, in which she costarred with Brad Pitt, was mocked by fans, she had to defend the show.
On the Talking Pictures podcast, Robbie said, "I know I'm biased because I'm very close to the project and obviously believe in it, but I still don't understand why people hated it."
"I wonder if in 20 years, people will say, 'Wait, Babylon didn't do well at the time?'" Like when you learn that Shawshank Redemption was a flop at the time and wonder, 'How is that possible?'"
