Margot Robbie thought she was “going to jail” for slapping Leonardo DiCaprio during the audition for Wolf of Wall Street

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According to the “Barbie” star, Margot Robbie made the creative decision to slap Leonardo DiCaprio during her “Wolf of Wall Street” audition instead of kissing him.

The result, she joked on a recent episode of the Talking Pictures podcast, is that slapping her scene partner is actually a form of assault that could lead to her arrest.

Luckily, according to Robbie, DiCaprio and the film’s director, Martin Scorsese, liked it, and she left the audition not only to ultimately get the role, but also without any strings attached.

“That wasn’t in the script,” Robbie said of the slap, referring to the “throwing water in the face” scene she read with DiCaprio during her audition.

Robbie said that at a certain point, after they had improvised, DiCaprio “went back to the script and the last line was, ‘Come here and kiss me’.”

“In my head I thought I could totally kiss Leonardo DiCaprio right now. That would be great. “I can’t wait to tell all my friends,” Robbie remembers. “And then I thought, ‘Nope.’ I just punched him in the face,” she added with a laugh.

According to Robbie, it was dead quiet for what felt like an eternity right afterward until Scorsese and DiCaprio “burst out laughing” and acknowledged her by saying, “That was great!”

Still, Robbie said, panic set in. She thought to herself, “You’re going to get arrested.” I’m pretty sure it’s assault. Not only will they never work again, but they will end up in prison.”

Robbie played DiCaprio’s wife in The Wolf of Wall Street, a role that became her big break when the film hit theaters in 2013. The film also received five Oscar nominations.

Needless to say, Robbie never went to prison for slapping DiCaprio. Instead, she pursued a still-successful career in Hollywood as an Oscar-nominated actress and producer.