Margot Robbie Explains How "The Wolf of Wall Street" Wouldn't Have Happened Without Acrylic Nails

Feeling like Bay Ridge when she first touched those tips.

January 10, 2014

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Complex Original

Margot Robbie, the actress who plays Naomi Lapaglia, Jordan Belfort's second wife in The Wolf of Wall Street, is actually from Australia. Crazy, right? Given that she makes her voice that elusive and nasally and elastic thing that is a Bay Ridge, Brooklyn accent. What is with that country's ability to produce men and women who can slip into different voices like they were velour tracksuits?

Turns out the secret is nails. Acrylic nails. Just check out the Complex TV interview with Robbie where she explains her process.