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.
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.
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.!!!
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
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
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
@@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
@@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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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..
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
@@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
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.
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.
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.
The first time I saw this scene, I wondered how on earth you’d write something like this - with the whole chest beating routine… and I now I realise, you can’t.
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.
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!
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
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.
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 😂
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
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.
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
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.
