Matthew McConaughey added another high-profile dramatic role to his resumé on Thursday, joining the cast of Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street.”
McConaughey will play Mark Hanna, an early boss and mentor to Jordan Belfort, the Wall Street trader whose memoir Terence Winter adapted for the big screen.
Leonardo DiCaprio, a producer on the movie, is starring as Belfort. Jonah Hill, Jean Dujardin, Rob Reiner and Kyle Chandler have also taken on key parts.
The book details Belfort’s swift rise in the world of trading, but his professional success is eventually undone by substance abuse and a generally tumultuous personal life.