I asked if I could meet with him before I was scheduled to meet with Scorsese, and I said to Leo, “I have to play this part.
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I heard that I was in contention for it, and then Leonardo DiCaprio and I were in Mexico at the same time because we were both there promoting films. You actually pitched the idea that you should audition for this movie, instead of simply meeting with Scorsese. It is interesting that I’m having a milestone birthday five days before this film comes out, but yeah, I never, ever in my wildest dreams thought that I would get to work with Martin Scorsese. I mean, Martin Scorsese is the reason I make movies in the first place. Career-wise, I never could have dreamed that I get to do the things I’ve gotten to do so far, especially this film. Is this where you thought you would be at age 30?įirst of all, I’m excited to turn 30. The day before his birthday, Hill called up Vulture to discuss the film. The outrageous character is destined to be one of Hill’s most iconic parts, but this month offered the actor another milestone, too: Last Friday, he turned 30. “I don’t know if there could be a bigger sign.” Since then, Hill’s career hasn’t taken as sharp a left turn as you might have expected from that statement - he did appear in this summer’s comedy hit This Is the End, after all - but it all seems to have been leading to his role in this week’s Martin Scorsese film The Wolf of Wall Street, where he plays the amped-up sidekick to Leonardo DiCaprio’s amoral financial huckster. “To have this kind of recognition - it means I should do more dramas,” Hill said the morning he got the nod.
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When Jonah Hill earned an Oscar nomination for 2011’s Moneyball, it seemed to inspire a career epiphany in him.