Christian Bale stopped talking to Chris Rock on set. He claimed that he was very funny, which made it hard for him to act.
Much of the cast worked for scale, and Bale took less than his typical $5 million fee while Malek earned a six-figure salary.
Although the main Amsterdam trio of characters are fictional, it accurately depicts the 369th Infantry Regiment, which fought in France in World War I and consisted of African Americans serving under mostly white officers.
Was a box office failure, losing the studio an estimated $97 million, according to Deadline.