20 Films That Infuriated The Real People They Were Based On

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3. The Wolf Of Wall Street

Martin Scorsese’s riotous The Wolf Of Wall Street features a minor character named Nicky “Rugrat” Koskoff, played by P.J. Byrne. He is one of the employees at Jordan Belfort’s corrupt brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont. After the film was released in 2014, a lawsuit was filed against Paramount Pictures from one Andrew Greene, who claimed the character was based on him.

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