![]() “Not only was he working his ass off every day to give the performance that he gave, but any time I had an issue or a need, he was right there,” she said. Tillinger Koskoff also praised DiCaprio’s work as a producer on the project. STORY: Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio Finally Open Up About ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ We’re behind you 100 percent, go with God, we’re here, whatever you need - within reason,’ ” she told THR. “They just came on and said, ‘We believe in this project we believe in what Marty and Leo want to do. Producer Emma Tillinger Koskoff said working with Red Granite gave them a lot of freedom, adding that she thinks there will be a lot more instances of producers going outside the studio system to finance movies. ![]() We love studio-appetite product, and this just ticked so many boxes.” McFarland added: “We love larger than life stories. “But also, it’s a very timeless story that I think deserves to be told.” “I think we were very, very big believers in the script and the material, and the prospect of teaming up Leo and Marty was a very big attraction for us,” Aziz told THR. When asked what made them commit to the $100 million film, McFarland and Aziz said it was all about the story, the script and the combination of DiCaprio and Scorsese (who’ve worked on four other films together). PHOTOS: Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio Spill Candid Stories on the Making of ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ĭiCaprio, who was also a producer, struggled to find financing for his passion project until Red Granite boarded the title in 2010. We all went for it, and I guess it’s kind of out of the studio’s comfort zone, but and were on board with that vision of pushing the envelope as far as possible, but again not for its own sake, but to be true to the story.” ![]() “We wanted to portray it the way they lived.”Īziz concurred, adding: “We were pushing the envelope on the movie, but to do anything less than that would do a disservice to the story. It’s how these guys lived,” McFarland told The Hollywood Reporter at Wolf of Wall Street‘s U.S. ![]() But all the risque content doesn’t bother Riza Aziz and Joey McFarland of Red Granite Pictures, who financed the Paramount-distributed title. The Wolf of Wall Street contains so much sex, drugs and debauchery that the movie almost earned an NC-17 rating. ![]()
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