January 30, 2014 - Express.co.uk - Warwick Davis (GRETTIR) - Dislikes The Wolf of Wall Street dwarf scene & why

Warwick Davis fears Wolf Of Wall Street glamorises dwarf-throwing

Actor WARWICK DAVIS fears a dwarf-throwing scene in THE WOLF OF WALL STREET will glamorise the bizarre game.

Published: Thu, January 30, 2014

The Harry Potter star is concerned over a scene in Martin Scorsese's film about corrupt stockbroker Jordan Belfort in which the trader and his colleagues hurl small people at a cloth target.

Davis, who runs an agency for small actors, has branded the practice "reprehensible" and is concerned its light-hearted use in the Oscar-nominated movie will give viewers the impression the game is fun.

He tells the Daily Mail newspaper, "It is a dehumanising practice, very reprehensible. I have been approached to provide small people for dwarf-throwing and always refuse. I hope the film doesn't make people think it is glamorous to fling small people about."