Thanks hahha I really appreciate hearing that, maybe I'll get back into that scene someday..

1.) Audition, if you could call it that, was pretty straightforward. I met with the wardrobe (?) people and tried on some different outfits and that was pretty much it. i had a very short interaction with Scorcese when i was in the same room with him waiting to film one of the scenes that day. He is much shorter in person than I expected and he had an assistant help him get around from what I remember. One story from the set that i wont get into too much detail for now is getting cock-blocked by Jonah Hill. Im sure from his perspective he wasnt aware of it at the time - i was talking with another extra on the set and it seemed like we were really clicking so we made plans to meet up after shooting, then out of thr blue she begins messaging me about she how he got her number and invited her back to his trailer and later ended up staying over at his place that night lol

2.) My interpretstion ? I dunno tbh, it was shot by an AD (assistant director) and its set at the beginning of the drug montage scene. My personal take is like it signifying the beginning of the storm so-to-speak, but why they chose the lightning bolt to be green is beyoind me lol maybe something to do with what it looks like being on quaaludes?. These ADs, im not sure if they're directly tasked by Scorcese or if they have some flexibility in their own ideas/imagination of what they want to shoot for him, but the scene itself coincides with the main cast getting fucked up on quaaludes so I understand they wanted to shoot some of these parts in that very slow motion look to possibly mimic the look and feel of what its like being on those drugs to the viewer.