Jordan Belfort has shared a touching video that Rob Reiner sent to his father, Max Belfort, before his death six years ago.<\/p>\n
Reiner famously played Max in Martin Scorsese\u2019s 2013 biopic \u201cThe Wolf of Wall Street,\u201d which saw Leonardo DiCaprio star as the former stockbroker-turned-financial criminal.<\/p>\n
\u201cHey, Mr. Belfort. It\u2019s Rob Reiner, I played you in the movie. It was a privilege,\u201d the late \u201cStand by Me\u201d director said in the clip<\/a> from Sept. 2019.<\/p>\n \u201cGot to know your son and I know he\u2019s with you now and everybody that you love is with you now,\u201d Reiner added. \u201cAnd I just wanted to say hi and you gave me a great thrill to be able to play you in the film.\u201d<\/p>\n Jordan, who shared the video on Instagram two days after Reiner and his wife, Michele, were found dead at their Los Angeles home<\/a> on Sunday, paid tribute to the beloved filmmaker in the caption of the sweet clip.<\/p>\n \u201cRob Reiner sent this to my father on his death bed,\u201d Jordan, 63, wrote. \u201cTruly a class act. RIP.\u201d<\/p>\n Jordan Belfort in Miami, Florida, on Dec. 7, 2019. Getty Images for Haute Living<\/p>\n Rob Reiner sent Max Belfort a touching video before Max passed away in Sept. 2019. Jordan Belfort\/Instagram<\/p>\n \u201cThe Wolf of Wall Street\u201d was based on Jordan\u2019s 2007 memoir of the same name and starred Reiner and DiCaprio alongside Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey and Kyle Chandler.<\/p>\n The epic black comedy crime film was nominated for five Academy Awards, and Reiner opened up about how he came to play Max shortly before its release in Dec. 2013.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s basically: he calls,\u201d the \u201cPrincess Bride\u201d director told HuffPost<\/a> of Scorsese casting him. \u201cThen\u00a0if\u00a0he calls \u2013 and if you\u2019re smart \u2014 you just do what he says.\u201d<\/p>\n Rob and Michele Singer Reiner at the premiere of \u201cThe Wolf of Wall Street\u201d in New York City on Dec. 17, 2013. Getty Images<\/p>\n Jordan and Max Belfort before Max\u2019s death in Sept. 2019. Jordan Belfort\/Instagram<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s one of the great filmmakers of all time, so if he asks you to be in a movie, then, you know, you just go and do what he tells you to do,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Reiner also discussed his role as Jordan\u2019s father in the film during his chat with the outlet.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, they call him Mad Max for a reason,\u201d he shared. \u201cI mean, the guy has got a volatile temper, and he gets crazy, but then he tries to rein everything in, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n Jordan Belfort with a friend at the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Dec. 8, 2022. Getty Images for The Red Sea International Film Festival<\/p>\n Jon Favreau, Leonardo DiCaprio and Reiner in \u201cThe Wolf of Wall Street.\u201d \u00a9Paramount\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n Reiner as Max Belfort in \u201cThe Wolf of Wall Street.\u201d \u00a9Paramount\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n \u201cWhen he sees his son going off the deep end, he tries to rein him in, to no avail,\u201d the \u201cAll in the Family\u201d alum continued. \u201cIt\u2019s like a parent watching your child run into the street and the car is coming, and he\u2019s going to be hit by the car, and you\u2019re so helpless to do anything \u2013 and you have to watch it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n Reiner, 78, and his wife, 70, were found stabbed to death<\/a> at their home in Brentwood on Sunday afternoon by their 28-year-old daughter, Romy.<\/p>\n The couple\u2019s son,\u00a0Nick Reiner, was taken into custody that night<\/a> and booked on suspicion of murdering his parents. The LAPD said in a Monday press release that the 32-year-old was being held without bail.<\/p>\n Reiner and his wife were found stabbed to death at their Los Angeles home on Dec. 14, 2025. Variety via Getty Images<\/p>\n Nick Reiner (third from right) has been arrested and booked on suspicion of murdering his parents. Richard Shotwell\/Invision\/AP<\/p>\n The \u201cWhen Harry Met Sally\u201d director and his wife of 36 years also\u00a0shared\u00a0son Jake, 34. He had another daughter, Tracy, 61, whom he adopted during his first marriage to\u00a0Penny Marshall.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is with profound sorrow that we announce the tragic passing of Michele and Rob Reiner,\u201d the couple\u2019s loved ones said in an emotional statement<\/a> on Sunday night. \u201cWe are heartbroken by this sudden loss, and we ask for privacy during this unbelievably difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n Although Nick was expected to appear in LA court on Tuesday for his arraignment, he failed to show<\/a> because he was not yet \u201cmedically cleared.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t