The actors responsible for making "You're so money, baby" a part of the '90s pop-culture lexicon have teamed up with the man who brought us "It's all about the benjamins, baby."

"Swingers" stars Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn team up again in "Made," which opens Friday (July 13), and this time they'll be sharing screen time with Sean "P. Diddy" Combs. Written and directed by Favreau, who also penned the script for "Swingers," "Made" tracks the humorous adventures of two amateur boxers who get mixed up with the mob.

Although Favreau and Vaughn haven't worked together on a film in five years, Vaughn said the pair's chemistry was still very much alive.

"Favs is just so bright and so funny, and I think we collaborate really well," he explained. "He sort of writes the script, then I'll go over it and suggest changes, and then he'll go and make those changes and we'll discuss them. So it's very collaborative and much more fun being involved in the storytelling process the whole way through."

Favreau agreed, but added that there was a bit more pressure placed on them than they faced with "Swingers."

"It was different because we've been through a lot since 'Swingers,'" said Favreau, who's since appeared in last year's "The Replacements" and 1998's "Very Bad Things." "'Swingers' was our first rodeo, and nobody gave a damn when we were shooting it. Nobody thought anything would come of it.

"On ['Made'] there was a lot of anticipation that we were working together. So many people wanted to see us together — we've wanted to work together for so long. And we both have careers now, so it took a lot of doing to get us in the same place at the same time to work on a small film like this."

Despite the project's small size, it was no trouble to secure a larger-than-life rap mogul as a co-star. Combs plays Ruiz, a mobster Vaughn and Favreau's characters must rendezvous with in New York.

"I love Sean," Vaughn beamed. "He's great. He was really, really funny, easy to be around. He worked really hard and did a good job. We all cut up and had a good time."

Combs' role in the film, however, wasn't limited to his onscreen contributions.

"We made this movie for $5 million, and we shot in New York and L.A.," Vaughn said. "There was a lot of pressure to shoot in Canada, but similar to 'Swingers' and how that neighborhood in Los Feliz (in Los Angeles) and the bars we shot in were such important characters to the film, we couldn't re-create [New York settings] in a studio. A lot of times we shot 'Swingers' while the bars were open, and we did some of that for ['Made'].

"So in New York, and L.A. in particular, even the extras — the people you're gonna get in the background — are very specific. You can't go somewhere else and imitate that. I think that's true for wherever your movie is set. So Sean was really helpful and instrumental in getting us nightclubs [to shoot in] at affordable prices. Without him I don't know if we could've made the movie."

Unlike what he did for Vaughn's character, Favreau didn't write the part with Combs in mind — the rapper approached Favreau after reading the script. And like any burgeoning film star, Combs was expecting to take his lumps just like everyone else.

"When I decided I wanted to be an actor, I said I wanted to work with quality actors and directors, and a lot of times you [find those] on independent films," Combs said. "So I said I'm gonna start out making no money, changing my clothes in the middle of the street, no makeup artists — straight raw."

"He was very serious, very focused on wanting to play the supporting role," Favreau said of his Bad Boy co-star. "And it's not a very flashy role, it's not a huge role. I really respect him for wanting to play a supporting role in a small, independent film like this. It really made me think a lot of him. And when I saw how prepared he was on the set and how seriously he took this ... I guess he's a very hard worker and takes things very seriously, whether it's fashion, opening a restaurant, doing music — he's a very successful guy, and that doesn't happen by accident. He was pretty much the most prepared guy I've ever worked with."

Being showered with praise from Hollywood hotshots, however, isn't going to make Combs hang up the mic just yet. Still, it won't be the last time he graces the silver screen — he's already slated to appear in next year's "Monster's Ball" alongside Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry and Heath Ledger.

"I love acting," Combs said. "I mean, I don't love nothing more than music, except for my family and things like that, but music will always be first in my heart, but I'm dead serious about acting. I'm dead serious."