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Leonardo DiCaprio's new movie, The Wolf of Wall Street, is released in the UK today.

The film is based on the true story of depraved financier Jordan Belfort, who served 22 months for fraud and money laundering.

DiCaprio has said of the 51-year-old: “He was like a modern-day emperor Caligula.

"He held nothing back and was unapologetic about his lust for wealth and mad consumption.”

We've rounded up some of the best facts, trivia and behind-the-scenes gossip from the film.

You can read all about Belfort here and boggle your brain with some Wolf of Wall Street statistics here.

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1. Real life 'Wolf' Jordan Belfort has a cameo at the end of the film. The former banker, who is now a motivational speaker, introduces Leonardo DiCaprio (aka himself).

2. The actors snorted vitamin B tablets in the scenes that show the bankers doing cocaine. PJ Byrne told American OK! Magazine: "I was scared as hell, but it’s oddly very easy."

3. Margot Robbie has said she accidentally slapped DiCaprio harder than she was supposed to in one scene. She told GQ: "I got a little lost in the moment. I slapped his face and said, ‘F**k you!’ There was a stunned silence then they all burst out laughing."

4. DiCaprio has said to Ellen DeGenres that he didn't have to learn dance moves for the film because "I used to be a pop-locker". One scene shows him pulling out these impressive moves:

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5. Jonah Hill has revealed he used a prosthetic penis for the scene that sees him masturbating. He told the Daily Beast: "I had to tell everyone that while their first instinct was to laugh, I had to take it very seriously so that we got the appropriate response.”

6. Leonardo DiCaprio revealed in an interview with Page Six that Jordan Belfort coached him on his character, advising him on his reaction to the scenes where he is taking drugs. “I didn’t know anything about Quaaludes, and he had taken a tremendous amount of them, [so] I videotaped him on the floor, rolling around."

7. Belfort claims half of his cut from the film will go to his victims. He disputes recent court papers that claim he has repaid only $11.6million of the $110million compensation it was ruled he owes to those he cheated.

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8. Jonah Hill did put a real goldfish in his mouth for one scene, but tells Grantland.com: "I want everything that could be real to be real [but] PETA wouldn’t let me eat a real goldfish."

9. DiCaprio has said the scene where Jonah Hill sticks ham to his face took 70 takes. He said on the Ellen Show: "They couldn't get this ham to stick on my face [so] they had to put K-Y Jelly, and there's literally a guy there behind this giant window with a plastic spoon just flicking ham on my face."

10. Some of the film's most impressive scenes are created using special effects. Take a look at the video below to see how the office-prowling lion was super-imposed and how the beach party setting was built up.

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* This article was originally published on 17 January 2014