Before filming a heavy scene in The Wolf of Wall Street, Jon Bernthal told Jonah Hill straight to his face: 'I'ma slap you.' Not as a surprise, but as a negotiated pact — he offered to let Hill slap him right back off-camera once the scene ended. The transparency was the point. Bernthal wanted the reaction to look real, and he got Hill's informed consent instead of ambushing a co-star, turning what could have been a betrayal into a shared act of commitment.
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