Jonah Hill - SNL, The Wolf of Wall Street and Becoming a Movie Star

Now and again we are going to do a small feature on an actor/director who we feel at the moment is rising to the top or has certainly stepped up their game.  It could be that they have recently starred in and excelled in a few movies which compared to their previous work is a great step up or for other related news in the press.  Anyway, we will see how it goes.

For our first actor feature - we have chosen Jonah Hill. Now you should know who he is by now. Having starred in comedies throughout his career such as "Superbad" (2007) and "21 Jump Street" (2012), Hill has recently shown that he can become a real movie star in a more serious film.




Jonah Hill alongside Brad Pitt in "Moneyball" (2011)

In 2011 he played Peter Brand in "Moneyball" (2011), along side Brad Pitt and in 2013 he shared the big screen with none other than Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Wolf of Wall Street" (2013). Both of these performances were something that we had not seen from Hill before and people are starting to take notice - and so they should.  He adds something else to the screen and can alter a movie. We are not sure we can think of anyone else who would have played Donnie Azoff better than himself. 

Jonah Hill as Donnie Azoff in "The Wolf of Wall Street" (2013)

 

A recent news story broke about the amount of money that Hill was paid for his role in "The Wolf of Wall Street." He asked only for $60, 000 (£36,000). His reason? He wanted to work with director Martin Scorsese so much that he said he would have "done anything in the world," as "You should do things you care about." If you didn't like Hill before, you are going to find it very difficult not to now.  It shows his love for film and even more so his respect for one of the greatest directors of our time and for that we respect him.

Recently, Hill hosted SNL (Saturday Night Live) and this in itself caused a Twitter storm. Don't worry though it was a Leonardo DiCaprio shaped one. The sketch saw Hill speaking highly of himself and putting down DiCaprio's performance in the film. Cue DiCaprio...

You can tell it is all scripted but it's a good laugh and shows how far Hill has come to have DiCaprio by his side.  We look forward to see future movies with Jonah Hill in and do hope he can collaborate with DiCaprio and Scorsese again sometime soon.