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Margot Robbie became a superstar after starring in Martin Scorsese’s 2013 hit Wolf of Wall Street. But although she saw much success after the film, at one point Robbie feared the movie might do more harm than good. This was because Robbie feared she’d give a disappointing performance that would be disastrous for her career.
Although Margot Robbie had been acting for years, Wolf of Wall Street was her first mainstream Hollywood film. The newcomer would see herself acting alongside veteran Leonardo DiCaprio, who she had nothing but kind words for. “He’s an incredible actor, everyone knows that, but he’s also a really awesome down-to-earth person so it was a really lovely experience. I was very fortunate,” she once said in an interview with Grazia. But despite this being Robbie’s first time acting alongside someone like DiCaprio, the Suicide Squad alum felt little nervousness. This was mostly because she was heavily focused on the role. But Robbie considered this a good thing. “I was more nervous about my audition so I didn’t have time to worry about, ‘Oh I’m about to meet Leo and Marty [Martin Scorsese].’ It was all so last minute that I didn’t have time to be nervous about the whole process. That was probably a good thing in hindsight,” she said. Even though Robbie earned the role in the critically acclaimed hit, Robbie didn’t feel like she’d truly made it in Hollywood yet. In an interview with Wonderland, she confided that getting the part even terrified her. At the time, the I, Tonya actor didn’t believe her looks matched the physical description of her character. “When I was playing Naomi in The Wolf of Wolf Street it was so high-tempo sexy. I was acutely aware that the line in the screenplay was ‘the hottest blonde ever.’ I’m clearly not the hottest blonde ever,” Robbie said. “I was just terrified that people would see the movie and think ‘eugh! She’s not that great.”
