10 Iconic Film Performances With Hardly Any Screen Time
2. Matthew McConaughey Wolf Of Wall Street
Matthew McConaugheys screen time in Wolf of Wall Street may not amount to much more than ten minutes but he managed to make the film in his scene-stealing, albeit brief, performance as sleazy stockbroker Mark Hanna inducting Leonardo DiCaprios Jordan Belfort to the apparently drug, prostitute and masturbation fuelled world of 1980s Wall Street. Though screenwriter Terence Winter (of Boardwalk Empire and Sopranos fame) fleshed it out with a bit extra dialogue, the legendary liquid lunch is pretty much a faithful recreation of a scene taken from the real life Belforts memoir and one of the films most satirical, perfectly setting the stage for the greedy insanity of the rest of the film. Apparently the famous chest-beating and chanting in the scene is actually a warm-up ritual McConaughey uses to prepare for filming, but after seeing him do it several times during takes DiCaprio insisted that it be included in the scene. A wise choice because its one of the best parts of the scene, apart from maybe learning all about the characters masturbatory habits. Twice a day? Amateurs.
