History Trivia / TheWolfOfWallStreet

* VoiceOnlyCameo: Creator/EdwardHerrmann appears as the voice over the Stratton Oakmont commercial at the beginning of the film.

** The fifth collaboration between Scorsese and [=DiCaprio=], the film also reunites Terence Winter and several actors in character parts from ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'' which Scorsese produced, in addition to directing the first episode.
** Behind the scenes, Scorsese once again worked with editor Thelma Schoonmaker, while the film became his first collaboration with cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto.

** Creator/GeneHackman was considered for the opening voiceover.

* ChannelHop: The film was originally going to be made by Creator/WarnerBros, with Creator/RidleyScott directing and Creator/BradPitt starring. After Creator/ParamountPictures got the rights to the film in North America and Japan, they passed on the international distribution, which they handed to Creator/UniversalPictures.

** A lot of scenes in the movie were improvised, notably Matthew [=McConaughey=]'s humming and chest-beating, which is a ritual that the actor does to prepare for his role in real life. Scorsese saw it and decided to ThrowItIn -- And [[AudienceParticipationSong have all of Stratton Oakmont do it]] during Belfort's non-retirement speech.

* ChannelHop: The film was originally going to be made by Creator/WarnerBros, with Creator/RidleyScott directing and Creator/BradPitt starring. After Creator/Paramount got the rights to the film, they handed the film's European release to Creator/Universal.

* BillingDisplacement: Creator/MatthewMcConaughey is billed fourth, but only appears in three scenes at the beginning of a three hour movie.
* ChannelHop: The film was originally going to be made by Creator/WarnerBros, with Creator/RidleyScott directing and Creator/BradPitt starring.

** Robbie Robertson then worked with [=McConaughey=] to create "The Money Chant," which plays over the end credits.

* DoingItForTheArt: Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio was obsessed with playing Jordan Belfort since getting hold of the book back in 2007. He had been focused on turning the depraved tale of Jordan Belfort into a film. However, he wasn't just interested in this story's connection to the most recent collapse on Wall Street, he was also attracted to Jordan's honest and uncompromising portrayal of what he actually experienced.

** A lot of scenes in the movie were improvised, notably Matthew [=McConaghey=]'s humming and chest-beating, which is a ritual that the actor does to prepare for his role in real life. Scorsese saw it and decided to ThrowItIn -- And [[AudienceParticipationSong have all of Stratton Oakmont do it]] during Belfort's non-retirement speech.
** Robbie Robertson then worked with [=McConaghey=] to create "The Money Chant," which plays over the end credits.

* StarMakingRole: Not that she was ''entirely'' obscure beforehand (as she was famous in her native Australia for her role in the long-running soap opera ''Series/{{Neighbours}}'', and also had a prominent role in the much-publicized but [[ShortRunners short-lived]] series ''Series/PanAm''), but Creator/MargotRobbie's profile rose considerably with her appearance in this film, to the point where she was widely considered a serious candidate for the Best Supporting Actress category at the 2014 Oscars (though ultimately wasn't nominated). Nowadays, people are beginning to cite her turn as ComicBook/HarleyQuinn from ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'' as her true rise to stardom, with ''Wolf'' essentially serving as her as ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' was to Creator/HeathLedger before ''Film/TheDarkKnight''.[[note]]Fortunately, she didn't have to go through DeadArtistsAreBetter like Ledger did.[[/note]] The Oscar nomination she got for ''Film/ITonya'' pretty much solidified it.

** Behind the scenes, Scorsese once again worked with editor Thelma Schoonmaker, while the film became his first since ''Film/{{Kundun}}'' not to involve cinematographers Michael Ballhaus or Robert Richardson, and his first collaboration with Rodrigo Prieto.

* ProductionPosse: The fifth collaboration between Scorsese and [=DiCaprio=], the film also reunites Terence Winter and several actors in character parts from ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'' which Scorsese produced, in addition to directing the first episode.

* StarMakingRole: Not that she was ''entirely'' obscure beforehand (as she was famous in her native Australia for her role in the long-running soap opera ''Series/{{Neighbours}}'', and also had a prominent role in the much-publicized but [[ShortRunners short-lived]] series ''Series/PanAm''), but Creator/MargotRobbie's profile rose considerably with her appearance in this film, to the point where she was widely considered a serious candidate for the Best Supporting Actress category at the 2014 Oscars (though ultimately wasn't nominated). Nowadays, people are beginning to cite her turn as Characters/{{Harley Quinn|AndSupportingCharacters}} from ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'' as her true rise to stardom, with ''Wolf'' essentially serving as her as ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' was to Creator/HeathLedger before ''Film/TheDarkKnight''.[[note]]Fortunately, she didn't have to go through DeadArtistsAreBetter like Ledger did.[[/note]] The Oscar nomination she got for ''Film/ITonya'' pretty much solidified it.

** Creator/JulieAndrews was offered the of Aunt Emma.

* StarMakingRole: Not that she was ''entirely'' obscure beforehand (as she was famous in her native Australia for her role in the long-running soap opera ''Series/{{Neighbours}}'', and also had a prominent role in the much-publicized but [[ShortRunners short-lived]] series ''Series/PanAm''), but Creator/MargotRobbie's profile rose considerably with her appearance in this film, to the point where she was widely considered a serious candidate for the Best Supporting Actress category at the 2014 Oscars (though ultimately wasn't nominated). Nowadays, people are beginning to cite her turn as Characters/HarleyQuinn from ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'' as her true rise to stardom, with ''Wolf'' essentially serving as her as ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' was to Creator/HeathLedger before ''Film/TheDarkKnight''.[[note]]Fortunately, she didn't have to go through DeadArtistsAreBetter like Ledger did.[[/note]] The Oscar nomination she got for ''Film/ITonya'' pretty much solidified it.

* PromotedFanboy: Jonah Hill had [[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cyrus/news/1890197/five_favorite_films_with_jonah_hill/ established]] as far back as in 2010 (well before he had even earned his first Oscar nomination) that ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'' was his favorite film of all time.

* StarMakingRole: Not that she was ''entirely'' obscure beforehand, as she was famous in her native Australia, but Creator/MargotRobbie's profile rose considerably with her appearance in this film, to the point where she was widely considered a serious candidate for the Best Supporting Actress category at the 2014 Oscars (though ultimately wasn't nominated). Nowadays, people are beginning to cite her turn as ComicBook/HarleyQuinn from ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'' as her true rise to stardom, with ''Wolf'' essentially serving as her as ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' was to Creator/HeathLedger. Fortunately, she didn't have to go through DeadArtistsAreBetter like Ledger did. The Oscar nomination she got for ''Film/ITonya'' pretty much solidified it.

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: There is a pre-[[UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode Code]] film (released in 1929, to be precise) entitled ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wolf_of_Wall_Street_(1929_film) The Wolf of Wall Street]]''. It's also about a ruthless financier.

* FakeNationality: The French Jean Dujardin as a francophone Swiss banker.

* DyeingForYourArt: Kenneth Choi gained nearly twenty-five pounds for his role as Chester Ming.

** PromotedFanboy: Which could also make him this, since Hill had [[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cyrus/news/1890197/five_favorite_films_with_jonah_hill/ established]] as far back as in 2010 (well before he had even earned his first Oscar nomination) that ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'' was his favorite film of all time.

** Also counts as AdvertisedExtra, since the trailers heavily focused on McConaughey's one big scene.

* FakeAmerican: The Australian Creator/MargotRobbie as Naomi (though Naomi is half English).
* FakeNationality: The French Jean Dujardin as a Swiss banker. Although considering that Switzerland is a multi-cultural nation with German, French, Austrian and Italian influences, it makes sense for a French man to pass as Swiss.

* IronyAsSheIsCast: Not really "cast", but the man who funded the film, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jho_Low Jho Low]], is himself a fraudster, as well as a fugitive.