You may remember, a few years ago, when Martin Scorsese's The Wolf Of Wall Street recorded a real "life imitates art" moment, when the film's budget was recorded , and producer Red Granite Studios, in an international financial scandal involving Malaysian government property. fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
When we reported that Wolf star Leonardo DiCaprio was involved in all this, with the FBI asking DiCaprio to return some of the expensive gifts he received from other alleged conspirators, including an Oscar by Marlon Brando of On. The Waterfront, and the first edition of The Great Gatsby.
As it turns out, DiCaprio's involvement in the investigation went a little further than that: According to THR, working from a Bloomberg Businessweek report, it was revealed that the FBI and the Department of Justice interviewed the actor in 2018. where he questioned the nature of his business and accused 1MDB manager Jho Low.
where he questioned the nature of his business and accused 1MDB manager Jho Low.
Which is actually more than just Wolf; After meeting at a nightclub in 2010, the actor and the financier went so far as to develop the concept of an Asian resort based on the films the actors have done together, which is something we can think about. . all day.
It all eventually went down the drain, though, apparently after Low failed to deliver a promised piece of Roy Lichtenstein to DiCaprio's environmental fundraiser. But not before, as the THR article points out, “They met each other's mother.