Terence Winter Interview: Adapting The Wolf of Wall Street for Martin Scorsese

Adapting Jordan Belfort’s tell-all bio, “The Wolf of Wall Street,” to the screen was an assignment that Terence Winter could sink his teeth into. Filled with sex, drugs and filthy lucre, the story is many a screenwriter’s dream project. But, how do you make a character who has crushed the dreams, and bank accounts, of so many palatable to movie audiences?

erence Winter’s interview on adapting The Wolf of Wall Street screenplay for Martin Scorsese: story structure, tone, excess, and unforgettable scenes for film.