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- Belfort's wives' names were changed for the film. Although their real-life counterparts are obvious, the names of Jordan Belfort's ex-wives were changed in the film, giving the filmmaker creative license with the characters.
- The original crew Belfort recruited from friends are composite characters. Although Belfort recruited the original crew for his Long Island brokerage firm from a group of friends; Alden "Sea Otter" Kupferberg (Henry Zebrowski), Robbie "Pinhead" Feinberg (Brian Sacca), Chester Ming (Kenneth Choi), and Nicky "Rugrat" Koskoff (PJ Byrne) are composite characters with fictitious names.
- Donnie Azoff doesn't exist, his real-life counterpart is Danny Porush. Jonah Hill's character Donnie Azoff in "The Wolf of Wall Street" doesn't exist. He is a composite character created to avoid defaming anyone while making the film.
- Danny Porush's wife introduced Jordan Belfort to her husband. In "The Wolf of Wall Street," Donnie Azoff (Danny Porush's fictional counterpart) approaches Belfort at a restaurant about what he does for a living, after seeing Belfort's Jaguar in the parking lot.
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- Bo Dietl Appears in 'The Wolf of Wall Street,' 'The Irishman,' & 'Goodfellas'
- Tommy Chong Was Cellmates with Jordan Belfort in Prison
The overall story of Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont, as presented in Scorsese’s film, is true to life. Belfort was violating probably hundreds of laws at any given time, most of which involved defrauding his shareholders and manipulating the stock of dozens of companies. He recruited young, mostly working...
One aspect of the film that accurately conveys Belfort’s mindset and perspective is its frequent use of fourth-wall-breaking narrations, in which Belfort speaks directly to the camera/audience. In his book, Belfort writes, “It was as if my life was a stage, and the Wolf of Wall Street was performing for the benefit of some imaginary audience.” Of c...
Donnie Azoff is based on a real person named Danny Porush, who was Belfort’s right-hand man at Stratton and apparently an out-of-control Quaalude addict. Porush was introduced to Belfort through his wife. He was not, as the film depicts, a children’s furniture salesman who quit his job to work for Belfort when he saw one of Belfort’s pay stubs. In ...
Steve Madden (Jake Hoffman), the famous shoe designer, was childhood friends with Danny Porush and was roped into his old friend’s lawlessness (Madden would end up being sentenced to 41 months in prison). While Madden has a relatively quick cameo in the film, he looms much larger in Belfort’s memoir. Madden was actually personally and professionall...
The merry band of misfits and former weed dealers that make up the core Stratton staff are mostly based on real people, but their exact work histories and relationships to Belfort are either simplified or omitted from the film. The Chester Ming (Kenneth Choi) character, for example, is based on a real person named Victor Wang, who had a much more i...
Bo Dietl is a private investigator and former New York mayoral candidate with a long history of popping up in Scorsese’s films. Dietl appeared in Goodfellas as the detective who arrested Henry Hill and was cast in a memorable supporting role in The Irishman. Believe it or not, Dietl actually knew Belfort and berated him for plotting a scheme to bug...
Perhaps the oddest fact concerning The Wolf of Wall Street is that Belfort’s cellmate in prison was none other than Tommy Chong, the legendary stoner and actor. In an interview with New York Magazine, Belfort credited Chong with inspiring him to write a memoir. Chong apparently found Belfort to be endlessly entertaining. “The Quaalude stories are m...
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Nov 27, 2022 · As the film nears its 10 year anniversary, we delve into what is fact and what is fiction in The Wolf of Wall Street.
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Jun 28, 2019 · Belfort’s second wife, who was actually a model as portrayed by Margot Robbie in the film, is named Nadine in real life, while in the movie her named was changed to Naomi.
Oct 1, 2022 · The Wolf of Wall Street's ex-wife Nadine Caridi has revealed the Margot Robbie scene that the film got right about their life
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