He continued by describing how, while being sober himself, he prepared himself to portray a character who was high on drugs. The actor from Don’t Look Up went on, “It’s entertaining to act high.
“Music will be used by me. I’ll attempt to create a playlist for each scenario, so I’ll listen to music that makes me feel agitated and nervous. After that, I’ll simply drink a lot of coffee and Red Bull.”
Despite likely incurring significant medical expenses and developing an excessive need on coffee due to shooting The Wolf of Wall Street, Hill did not receive a substantial salary to ease the impact.
He said on The Howard Stern Show in 2014 that he received “the lowest amount of money possible,” but that didn’t stop him.
“That was their offer,” said Hill. “I will sign the paper tonight,” I said. Tonight, fax the paperwork to me. “I said I want to sign them before I go to sleep tonight, so they legally can’t change their mind.”
