I can’t believe Matthew McConaughey improvised most of the scene. GENIUS. One of the best actors of all time.

@sadas3190

6 ай бұрын

No it's not improvised, at least not in the sense he came out with it while the camera's rolling without telling anyone beforehand. Scripts go through numerous rewrites and one of the biggest source of changes is actually on-set, last minute discussions between director and actors. When people say "unscripted" or "improvised" that's what they mean.

@williamxchau

5 ай бұрын

Yes I would say so, no disrespect to MMC at all, but nobody could have just come up with all that on the spot including the rapping just off his head on the first take like that. Clearly he had been thinking abt this and have worked with the idea in his head for a while and they have somewhat talked abt making some changes at least beforehand. I still think MMC is brilliant and a genius for this wonderful scene. There was once upon a time when I thought he was just another good looking and chiseled heart throb actor only good for taking his shirt off, like what’s his names from Baywatch, both of them, new and old 😂. MMC has since proven to me that I was wrong and he is a whole lot more an actor than that, and even deserves a spot on the table with the greats like Denzel and DiCaprio, Cruise.

@stephenr80

4 ай бұрын

He kind of went on full comedian mode.

@captprice0079

2 ай бұрын

It was at the height of McConaughaissance. What do you expect?

@LostTouristOfficial

2 ай бұрын

Fugazzi

Literally everything that makes this scene so iconic wasnt in the script, its crazy

This is where you realize how Natural Matthew is....an acting master class. The guy just used the script and said: "we can add a few things to spice it up", amazing.!!!

@estroncio64

3 ай бұрын

If I remember correctly it was Jack Nicholson that said that you he acts so well because he's a good writer. That's what Matthew is doing here, rewriting the script. Edit: it was Matt Damon quoting Nicholson lol

@kiwo579

3 ай бұрын

the screenplay is still fucking incredible especially for this scene and i think thats what really elevates his improv’d lines, also they fit into the script like magic

@zachkurley5226

2 ай бұрын

A lot of top actors do this.

It's like Leo is looking at the filming crew or Scorcesse himself every now and then and be like wtf but still remains in character.

@naur6012

4 ай бұрын

that last look off camera apparently is exactly that lmao

@muminrahman7088

2 ай бұрын

I dont know much about acting, but does the director/writer not get a little frustrated when certain lines are just straight up skipped? or is the improv so good they dont care

@naur6012

2 ай бұрын

@@muminrahman7088 they will usually tell the actor if they want them to improvise some lines or record them separately, or to stick to the script. some films need an unhinged sort of feel to them and others don’t

@Magic_beans_

2 ай бұрын

@@naur6012 and sometimes a combination. According to Rainn Wilson’s memoir, the rule on “The Office” was they had to do one take by the book, then they could experiment for a couple more takes. _Wolf of Wall Street_ appears to have been a similar case; McConaughey said on Graham Norton’s show that this was the sixth and expected-to-be-last take.

@iamapokerface8992

Ай бұрын

cringe

2:17 that “stay with me” was a hint for Leo to still go along with him and yet it perfectly fits to conversation

@gmq402

2 ай бұрын

Yes!! Absolute genius

I cant believe the "rookie numbers" line is made up lmao The most known parts of this scene were all improv 😮

@lilchickennugget1175

8 ай бұрын

Ong that’s crazy

It isn't just the brilliance of the improved lines by MM, it's how he paces them. It's literally like eavesdropping at the table, the acting is so smooth and effortless.

The script looks so badly written now compared to what Matthew was improvising, he's on another level

@darkparker7500

Ай бұрын

Yeah, but that screenplay is awesome. Complex, yet so entertaining and easy to read. Good luck to any screenwriter who wants to write like that.

How he changed the jerk off thing is crazy so much better and more out the blue in his performance

Everyone is patting MM on the back but DiCaprio's understated earnestness to all this silly nonsense is key.

@theswordofthespiritspeakstoyou

2 ай бұрын

he‘s actin just like those applicants who want to do everything right in the first interview, saying yes and amen to anything the employer says or suggests, just to get the employment… desperate way to go

That “HAWww!” Gets me everytime lol

Matthew was skinny because he was preparing for Dallas Buyers Club during the shooting of The Wolf of Wall Street, and Dallas Buyers Club is the film he received an Oscar for. He was at the peak of his career performance.

Imagine briefly drafting a scene and knowing that when it gets filmed the actors will take it to a different dimension altogether.

5:40 You can cleary see Leo trying not to laugh. Matt sounds like the type of actor that you give him who the character is and what the scene is and he goes after all the info he needs. Amazing performarce. Too bad the original one was deleted.

@stefanosantini196

9 ай бұрын

which one is the original?

@laaaliiiluuu

2 ай бұрын

Because they mentioned the name Rothschild? 😅

The way the script just stops in its tracks while Hanna does his thing.

0:49 "Jordan might as well have farted at the table."😂

@WatercraftGames

Ай бұрын

Yes I noticed that too

So we’ll acted by both. McConaughey going way off tangent but coming back makes it. But Leo able to keep up with where he’s going and improvise himself just shows how good these 2 are.

matt goes for like 2 minutes adding in more color. amazing

It’s pretty clear there must be a big collaborative process here - McConaughey came in with a bunch of brilliant lines and threw them all out there in multiple filmed/unfilmed takes, probably getting feedback and input it from Leo, Scorsese and others. I’m assuming it’s a free flowing work shop type deal with multiple takes revisions etc.. Then it’s edited and spliced together at Scorsese’s discretion (with others). You can clearly hear a splice during the “digits ekekek” 3:57 line. That little snippet was added from another take because it’s just hilarious. Anyways.. I just find it interesting to imagine the process. It’s not so simple as: this was the script, but McConaughey improvised. It’s more like a symphony of people coming together to create something special. Cast, crew director, editors etc..

@pjetrs

4 ай бұрын

Right on the money, Scorsese let’s his actors do practice takes and let’s them improvise, the best bits are added to the scene when they are filming. Thats why his dialogues are always so dynamic and natural

@westtt3702

8 күн бұрын

That's amazing, i didn't think about it that way, now i hear cuts and things that i didn't give attention before, truly amazing

Matthew McConaughey is in the zone with this scene! Exceptional acting!

I wish Mathew McConaughey had more roles in the wolf of Wall Street that would have been great 😂love this scene one of my favorite scenes of the movie

Wow such a difference from script. The buying and selling of drugs makes sense on paper to give sense of something illicit, but the actors portrayal was visceral by it being all out in public. Dudes rich he already has coke, palms money to the matre'ds hand because he's really making that cash. I loved the ending in the script, he learned the ways of wall street for the next 6 months. Like a hunter introducing a noob to the prowess of surviving. Crazy good contrasts.

3:58 Leo looked at director 😅, asking WTF is going on 😂

At one point the script was like f*ck it I ain't moving

To see that like 98% of this particular scene 🎬 was improvised compared to its scripted version is pure acting talent by MM with Leo following suit and Scorsese "approving" it

Matthew McConaughey definitely did his research to pull that off. Insane.

At some point the script just stops scrolling, like saying "fuk it, he's not using these lines anyway".

@chrisserong4966

7 ай бұрын

The script is fugazi

@thebigpaff

5 ай бұрын

@@chrisserong4966 you know what a fugazi is?

Matt should have had writing credits for this movie

@swimbly

3 ай бұрын

Smart

Others have said it but you can tell the script was workshopped and not just improvised by the waiter showing up and MM going “yessir” an extra wouldn’t dare just walk into the scene while two leads were riffing so these changes have more structure than is implied here, still it’s clear MM brought his own take and spin to the character and I’m sure he still went well off script to the updated version

I just now realized the scene was set in the World Trade Center

@tionnebowen

3 ай бұрын

That’s not a restaurant?

@tony_antony_lemony

2 ай бұрын

​​@@tionnebowenThe Twin Towers had a few restaurants. The one depicted in the film might have been "Windows on the sky".

@lilbrusselsprout8261

2 ай бұрын

Why…

@amritsingh8918

Ай бұрын

@@lilbrusselsprout8261wym why

@lilbrusselsprout8261

Ай бұрын

​@@amritsingh8918 I'm asking them why they think it is since there's nothing in this scene that would indicate they are in the WTC. Literally nothing. edit: spelling

best improv

I can’t believe that both Matthew McConaughey and Leonardo DeCaprio got nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor(that the former won) for films that released in the same year, this movie, and Dallas Buyers Club.

Absolute masterclass!

Probably the only time leo had to barely keep himself together😂😂.

I love how he's saying if u don't jerk off u die

5:50 you can see Leo looking at his side, he is looking at Martin and Martin nods to keep going🤣

iconic scene 🎬

Matthew just breached the screen here

Its kinda weird how all the comments are about how amazed yall are that they went off script. These are the top line actors. Their job is to study their characters and sorta become them, so it makes perfect sense they would fill out the scenes with realistic shop talk.

When you realise the background windows are just paper, a wallpaper, you see things differently.

One way to think about it is, the script is “written intent”. Sometimes all the lines click really well out loud and actors stick really close to it. Other times, not so much but great actors translate the intention of the written words into what they feel, and brings out the best of the characters they’re portraying. This is an example of a rather significant improv but it was magic. A fine balance of playing an intelligent but clearly devious and cracked out Wall Street guy of that era. As a writer I wouldn’t feel disrespected in any way should an actor be able to pull something like this off of the framework the screenplay has provided. Also - Matt gets most of the limelight but Leo’s acting here is a perfect counterweight that makes the scene brilliant.

Wow he just did whatever he wanted. Such a pro.

I didn't realize that was the mythical windows of the world restaurant, only 10 years later i realize that...

Love it❤

1:18 Love the improvise. This how people in telemarketing thinks, after they have closed a customers 😂

this is where the art is

Wow, the script is so... plain.

Dude improvised so many of these lines and they were so much better than what was written. There was too much in the script so he simplified it and still made it hilarious. Amazing actor.

Genius 🎉

Incredible to see how the best lines were practically all unscripted.

Script to Matthew: Am I joke to you?

I never realised that they are eating at WTC Windows of the World restaurant

If it’s the real script, it truly shows the dance between verbatim and adlib.

When script stop rolling during his WS speech, i was like wait what happened. Until i read the comments that he is actully improvising what he says 😂. The fact that Leo can actually hide his confusion from the improv is soo good

By the time I watched this movie in cinema, I had no idea who this actor is. I just thought he led the scene so well and out-acted Leo by a mile. But every friend of mine told me Leo was better. Now I know I was right.

@Yoda-wf6bu

7 ай бұрын

tf do you mean with "out-acting." Like it's a competition? xd It's also incredibly difficult to respond to improvisations. So give him credit. The scene wouldn't be as good without him.

@prizma45

7 ай бұрын

are you gay for leonardo@@Yoda-wf6bu

nice

you can see, when in the screen both of them are there, is the actual improvisation. You can see Leo's face changing from a guys internally saying "WTF is happening haha" to a more serious guy on the scenes when he is alone on the shot. So the real improvisation is when both of them are being recorded.

I'd never actually seen that "rookie numbers" line in context, always thought it was about sales

Martin Scorsese hands MM the script of his role as mark hanna, MM "Fuck the script!"

Jordan made a mistake. NEVER toast with water, it’s considered bad luck…

@karelvanderwalt3625

7 ай бұрын

ok

Fun fact: it was actually Leo's idea for Mathew to include the chest-thumping at the end of the scene. (Source: the independent) Crazy acting by these two beasts!

This is the scene Jordan Belfort became Heisenberg

I always think it’s funny when Leo says “no thank you, though” like adding though just make me laugh he’s uncomfortable

Very funny to watch this scene after "True detective"

Is that why Leo is trying not to laugh when Matthew starts beating his chest

2:00 he explained how Robinhood works

Starting to think McConaughey genuinely took drugs before doing this scene

I love that they went off-script, because it would've been boring otherwise. Matthew McConaughey's acting is unbeatable. I love how Leo was confused like 90% of the time 😂

this is literally the “your line was X” meme

Very acidic above the shoulders mustard shit

@captprice0079

20 күн бұрын

😂

5:44 "keep it up for me" Leo is so confused at this point

Alot of people comments this is the exact script for the final movie. Its not, its a very rough outline that only gets the point across. It then gets refined and expanded dozens of times. A scene cant be this improvised.

Title should read: "Crypto Explained in 5 Minutes."

7 months ago

His improvisation is connected with Leo/Jordan confusion perfectly Confused because Jordan is new on Wall Street and confused Leo because Matthew goes off the script

2 absolute masters of their craft. No wonder movies are shit nowadays the flair and individualism has completely gone unless the OG’s are in.

CINEMA

D-digits akekeke

Hi 🎱

😂😂😂😂

The only fantastic scene in the movie. Di Caprio is totally out acted.

All I noticed was them skipping lines. SMH.

@CherArsen

7 ай бұрын

Improvise

I hate McConaughey‘s whisteling while he’s talking so much 😅

Imagine the pure understanding and talent the actors would have with that kind of shitty script 😂 Let's just pretend this is all a script has to offer for a scene like that in a movie like that 😂👎

Im the weirdest person on earth. I think I'm the only person on earth that hated this movie. I walked out during the high rolling down the the steps scene.

they really could have cut this shit out along with some other crap and shortened the movie to a more bearable 2-2.5 hrs. just sayin...great movie but shorter would have been even greater.

@matthewrousenberger9352

6 ай бұрын

There’s a lot of scenes they could’ve cut in this movie but this isn’t one of them

@ian2182

5 ай бұрын

This is such a key moment for the main character’s development wtf you on

@Tyler_Wildman

2 ай бұрын

Cut this shit out? It’s one of the best scenes in the film you donut and it’s basically pivotal to the character development.

Wow most of it was improvised The question is , does the director approves it or they have the power to just do it anyway?😬

@tabos1000

7 ай бұрын

Scorsese : yes

@elonif4125

7 ай бұрын

Scorsese is known for letting his actors do improv.

@cykalandon8635

7 ай бұрын

I think I heard in an interview, they were done with all the scenes for the day and they both randomly decided to try this and the director approved it

@jeevaan6965

7 ай бұрын

If they didn't approve, it wouldn't be in the final cut that's released.

@shmoore154

7 ай бұрын

Scorsese speaks about letting actors he trusts be creative and improvise with different takes. Tarantino on the other hand is very specific about sticking to his scripts more accurately. Both great directors with different approaches.