The lead actors reportedly received a $13 million fee each for the 2-days-shoot.
The Audition (2015) is an advertisement for two new Asian casinos - Studio City in Macau, China, and City of Dreams in Manila, Philippines. This is the most expensive advertisement ever produced. It reportedly had a budget of $70 million, topping the previous record of $33 million set by Chanel.
Although this is a short film, this marks the 9th collaboration between Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, the 6th collaboration between Martin Scorsese and Leonardo Dicaprio, the 3rd Collaboration between Robert De Niro and Leonardo Dicaprio (after This Boy's Life and Marvin's Room), the first collaboration between Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese in 20 years (since Casino in 1995) and the first time that Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro and Leonardo Dicaprio have all worked together.
This marks as the second collaboration between Robert De Niro and Brad Pitt. They previously appeared in Los hijos de la calle (1996).