An unexpected person to thank for the film's existence is Tommy Chong (one half of stoner-comedy duo Cheech & Chong). Chong was serving a sentence in a Californian prison for selling drug paraphernalia over the internet and he was cellmates with Jordan Belfort, who was serving a 22 month sentence for stock fraud. Belfort told Chong multiple stories from his days as a stockbroker and it was upon Chong's encouragement that Belfort wrote his book The Wolf of Wall Street, resulting in the eponymous film.

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