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The real-life Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort paid tribute to Rob Reiner after his murder by sharing a video Reiner once sent to his father before his death
Reiner portrayed Max Belfort in Martin Scorsese's 2013 movie The Wolf of Wall Street; Leonardo DiCaprio played Jordan
Jordan wrote that Reiner was "truly a class act" in an Instagram caption
In the wake ofRob Reiner's death at 78,Jordan Belfortis sharing a sweet video the late filmmaker filmed for his father Maxwell Belfort before he died in 2019.
On Tuesday Dec. 16, Belfort, 63, shared an undated video toInstagramthat he said Reiner sent to his family prior to his father's death. Reiner famously portrayed Maxwell in 2013'sThe Wolf of Wall Street, the 2013Martin Scorsese-directed movie that sawLeonardo DiCapriostar as the former stockbroker.
"Hey, Mr. Belfort. It's Rob Reiner, I played you in the movie. It was a privilege," Reiner said in the video. "Got to know your son and I know he's with you now and everybody that you love is with you now. And I just wanted to say hi and you gave me a great thrill to be able to play you in the film."
Jordan previously posted onFacebookthat his father, whom he referred to as "Mad Max," died in September 2019. He shared the video on Dec. 16 as a tribute to Reiner two days after he and his wifeMichele Singer Reinerwere killed on Sunday, Dec. 14. "Rob Reiner sent this to my father on his death bed," he wrote in a caption to the post. "Truly a class act. RIP."
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The couple's sonNick Reiner, 32, was taken into custody on Dec. 14, and has beencharged with two counts of murderin relation to Rob and Michele's deaths. The Los Angeles Police Department said in a Dec. 15 press release that Nick was being held on no bail.
Rob and Michele alsosharedson Jake and daughter Romy, 28. Rob also has a daughter, Tracy, from his first marriage toPenny Marshall. Rob and Michele had been married since 1989; they met while Rob was directingWhen Harry Met Sally...,which was released that same year.
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Reiner played a supporting role opposite DiCaprio, 51, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Jon Favreau and more inThe Wolf of Wall Street, a biopic of Jordan's life based on his own 2007 memoir of the same name.
Jordan's Instagram post comes as a number of celebrities — including Jamie Lee Curtis and her husband Christopher Guest, Kathy Bates, Jerry O'Connell, Corey Feldman, Cary Elwes, John Cusack, Mandy Patinkin and more —paid tribute to his life and careerafter his murder.
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