<P> In 2012, a green light was given by the independent company Red Granite Pictures allowing no restrictions to the content development . Scorsese knew that there were no limits to the content that he would produce and therefore came back on board, resulting in an R rating . Red Granite Pictures also asked Paramount Pictures to distribute the film; Paramount Pictures agreed to distribute the film in North America and Japan, but passed on the rest of the international market . </P> <P> The FBI has issued subpoenas to several past and present employees of Red Granite Pictures in regards to allegations that US $155 million was diverted from the Malaysian wealth fund 1MDB to help finance The Wolf of Wall Street . This relates to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal . A civil lawsuit initiated by the U.S. Department of Justice has sought to claim "any rights to profits, royalties and distribution proceeds" from The Wolf of Wall Street . To settle the civil lawsuit, Red Granite Pictures has agreed to pay US $60 million to the U.S. government . </P> <P> In the film, most of the real - life characters' names have been changed from Belfort's original memoir . Donnie Azoff is based on Danny Porush . The name was changed after Porush threatened to sue the filmmakers . Porush maintains that much of the film was fictional and that Donnie Azoff was not in fact an accurate depiction of him . The FBI agent known as Patrick Denham is the stand - in for real - life Gregory Coleman, and lawyer Manny Riskin is based on Ira Sorkin . Belfort's first wife Denise Lombardo is renamed Teresa Petrillo, while second wife Nadine Caridi became Naomi Lapaglia on - screen . In contrast, Mark Hanna's name remains the same as the LF Rothschild stockbroker who, like Belfort, was convicted of fraud and served time in prison . Belfort's parents Max and Leah Belfort's names remained the same for the film . The role of Aunt Emma was initially offered to Julie Andrews, who refused it as she was recovering from an ankle injury, and she was replaced by Joanna Lumley . </P> <P> In January 2014, Jonah Hill revealed in an interview with Howard Stern that he made only $60,000 on the film (the lowest possible SAG - AFTRA rate for his amount of work), while his co-star Leonardo DiCaprio (who also produced) received $10 million . Hill didn't care about his settlement though, and wanted to play Donnie Azoff so badly that he was willing to do whatever it took to get the part as it was his dream to be in a Scorsese film . </P>

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