MARGOT Robbie has revealed that the choice to go nude in The Wolf of Wall Street was actually her idea all along.
The Barbie actress, 34, has boasted about going “completely naked” while starring in The Wolf of Wall Street, even though director Martin Scorsese insisted that she should wear a robe.
Scorsese said that the blonde beauty could wear a robe if she wanted to – but Margot decided against doing so and took creative direction into her own hands.
Speaking out on the Talking Pictures podcast, Margot has broken her silence on the nude scene and given listeners an insight into how it came about.
The scene saw her character Naomi seduce wealthy stockbroker Jordan Belfort, who was played by Leonardo DiCaprio.
“That’s not what she would do in that scene,” Margot said of her character wearing a robe.
“The whole point is that she’s going to come out completely naked—that’s the card she’s playing.”
And Margot’s creative input didn’t stop there, because during her audition, she slapped Leonardo instead of kissing him.
“I thought, I could kiss Leonardo DiCaprio right now, and that would be awesome.
“I can’t wait to tell all of my friends this. And then I thought… nah. And just walloped him in the face,” she recalled.
“It was dead silence for what felt like an eternity but was probably three seconds.
“Then they just burst out laughing.
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“Leo and Marty were laughing so hard, they said ‘that was great.’
“I was thinking, I’m going to get arrested, I’m pretty sure that’s assault, battery.”
She then joked that they could have said to her, “Not only will you never work again, actually you will go to jail for this, you idiot. And also why did you have to hit him so hard? You should have done it lighter.”
NEW MOM MARGOT
The interview comes shortly after Margot welcomed her first child.
Margot Robbie’s Rise To Fame
Margot Robbie is now one of Hollywood’s biggest A-listers, but has worked her way up to the top from humble beginnings. Here’s the key moments of her career so far
2008: While still in high school, Margot lands her first roles in independent thrillers, Vigilante and I.C.U.
June 2008: Margot lands her first major role in Australian soap, Neighbours, playing Donna Freidman. She remained on the show for three years.
2013: Margot lands a role in Richard Curtis rom-com, About Time, alongside Domnhall Gleeson and Rachel McAdams
2013: Margot becomes a breakout star when she takes on the role of Leonardo DiCaprio’s wife in The Wolf of Wall Street.
2013: Margot meets Tom Acklerley on the set of Suite Francaise,
2014: Alongside Tom Ackerley, Margot moves to London, and launches production company, LuckyChap Entertainment. They later begin dating.
2015: She is nominated for Rising Star award at the BAFTA Film awards, and lands her first leading role in Z For Zachariah, starring alongside Chris Pine and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
2016: Margot is officially a sought-after name in Hollywood, landing a string of high profile blockbusters including The Legend of Tarzan, playing Jane, and Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad. While Suicide Squad bombed, her performance stood out and she was highly praised.
December 2016: Margot marries Tom Ackerley at a private ceremony in Byron Bay, Australia.
2017: Margot portrays troubled ice-skater Tonya Harding in I, Tonya, earning high praise including her first Oscar nomination.
2019: Margot lands another major role as Sharon Tate in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time In Hollywood.
2020: Margot returns to role of Harley Quinn and leads the cast in female-led spin-off, Birds Of Prey.
2020: She produces Promising Young Woman, which is later nominated for Best Picture.
2021: Margot plays Harley Quinn again in Suicide Squad, again being praised as a standout.
2022: Margot returns to Neighbours as Donna for a one-off special to commemorate the final episode. She later appears in Amsterdam and Babylon.
2023: Margot breaks the billion-dollar mark at the box office for producing and starring in Barbie. The film later goes on to be nominated for multiple Oscars.
The Australian actress gave birth to a baby boy on October 17, according to several reports.
She reportedly went into labor just before her due date.
She was spotted showcasing her growing baby bump as she attended the Wimbledon Championships tennis tournament in England with her husband, the film producer Tom Ackerley.
Margot started dating Tom in 2014 after they met on the set of the French WWII movie Suite Française the year prior.
Then, in the summer of this year, the news broke that the couple were expecting their first child together.
At the time, a source said that the couple had “wanted to start a family for quite some time.”
The insider went on to add, “Family means a lot to both of them and they knew early on in their relationship being parents was something they really wanted.
“They’ve been keeping it under wraps for a while but are happy the news is out.”
