Margot Robbie worried Leonardo DiCaprio slap would get her arrested during Wolf of Wall Street audition

Margot Robbie thought she would be arrested after the actress slapped her very famous co-star during an audition.

Margot Robbie thought she might be arrested after the actress slapped Leonardo DiCaprio while auditioning for The Wolf of Wall Street.

The impromptu moment came while the two were supposed to be reading a kissing scene. However, Robbie decided another move would work better for the script. The last line from DiCaprio was, “Come over here and kiss me.”

Margot Robbie stars in The Wolf of Wall Street.

“And in my head I was like, ‘I could totally kiss Leonardo DiCaprio. That would be awesome,’” she recalled thinking during an episode of the Talking Pictures podcast. “I can’t wait to tell all of my friends this.”

“And then I was like… nah. And just walloped him in the face,” Robbie said.

“And it was dead silence for what felt like an eternity but was probably three seconds,” recounted the actress, who was 22 years old at the time. “And then they just burst out laughing. Leo and Marty were laughing so hard, they said, ‘That was great.’”

The actress starred opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in the film.

Afterwards, Robbie worried she would get “arrested” and ruin her career over the off-script move.

“I was like, ‘You’re going to get arrested, I’m pretty sure that’s assault, battery,’” she thought at the time. “Not only will you never work again, but actually you will go to jail for this, you idiot. And also, why did you have to do it so hard? You could have done it lighter.”

Robbie’s role as Naomi Lapaglia in Wolf of Wall Street, alongside DiCaprio, Jonah Hill and Matthew McConaughey, thrust the young star straight into the spotlight. The film was based on the real-life story of Jordan Belfort, a former stockbroker who committed financial crimes, including stock market manipulation and fraud.

Robbie at The Wolf Of Wall Street" premiere in New York in 2013. Picture: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images

Robbie said she was worried she would go to jail for slapping DiCaprio at the audition. Picture: Michael TRAN / AFP

The Barbie actress wasn’t prepared for the new-found level of fame the role brought her.

“Something was happening in those early stages, and it was all pretty awful, and I remember saying to my mum, ‘I don’t think I want to do this,’” she told Vanity Fair in 2022.

“And she just looked at me, completely straight-faced, and was like, ‘Darling, I think it’s too late not to.’ That’s when I realised the only way was forward.”

These days, Robbie is much more comfortable navigating her stardom.

“I know how to go through airports, and now I know who’s trying to f**k me over in what ways,” Robbie explained to the outlet.

After The Wolf of Wall Street, the actress landed roles in huge films including I, Tonya, Suicide Squad and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Most recently, the 34-year-old starred in the box office hit Barbie alongside Ryan Gosling.

The film, which was the biggest opener of 2023, grossed $US1.44 billion, according to Deadline.

This article originally appeared in Page Six and was reproduced with permission