The actor was so desperate to play debauched stockbroker Jordan Belfort's sidekick, Donnie Azoff, in Martin Scorsese's Oscar nominated movie that he accepted a pay cheque of just $60,000.
He made the admission on radio programme The Stern Show, which aired this morning (21.01.14) in the US, with the show's official Twitter account posting:
Now on H100 @jonahhill tells @howardstern that he did the 7 month ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ shoot for $60,000 because he wanted the role so bad
— Stern Show (@sternshow) January 21, 2014
.Jonah's gamble has more than paid off since the funnyman was nominated for both a Golden Globe and Academy Award for his stellar performance alongside Hollywood heavyweight Leonardo DiCaprio.
The 30-year-old star also discussed his infamous 2013 interview with Rolling Stone magazine in which he refused to answer the reporter's jokey queries.
The Stern Show account added on Twitter:
#H100 @JonahHill discusses the 1 interview where he came off like a jerk - in Rolling Stone - explaining he was going through a bad time...
— Stern Show (@sternshow) January 21, 2014
…in his personal life. @JonahHill also feels the reporter was not nice to him. But he regrets how he came off #H100
— Stern Show (@sternshow) January 21, 2014
Jonah's eyes "jumped out of their sockets'' last summer when asked what kind of farter he was by the publication, to which he scathingly replied: ''I'm not answering that dumb question! I'm not that kind of person! Being in a funny movie doesn't make me have to answer dumb questions. It has nothing to do with who I am."