Because many of these dudes are in their final years. This is about getting that last big fat paycheck to cover long-term costs before they have to retire.
Even though these actors have made it big and have almost certainly managed to accrue an exorbitant amount of wealth, they still have to worry about various forms of upkeep, mounting medical costs, taxes, etc. all while only having maybe royalties and small contracts to keep them afloat.
Not that I'm saying the actors are without fault, but it's not exactly like it's an entirely unreasonable choice to make for their own various concerns. They're also not in the same kind of bargaining position as they might've been back in their prime, and I'm sure the studios are very much aware of this and are far more likely to win in any drawn out disagreements with actors. And frankly, how often have you actually seen actors even in their prime manage to force a studio into some kind of sensible compromise?
The majority of the blame though goes to the studios and the writers who deliberately undermine the quality of the work they put into any project, largely to serve their own ideological zealotry. And maybe also for a a little bit of ESG funding I suppose. But the point I'm making is that they're the ones actively going out of their way to ruin shit.
Bruce Willis was the only one honest about this. He made anything because he wanted his family to be alright when he wasn't around to take care of them. He was in some of the absolute worst movies, but that movie could say it was staring Bruce Willis.
Because many of these dudes are in their final years. This is about getting that last big fat paycheck to cover long-term costs before they have to retire.
Even though these actors have made it big and have almost certainly managed to accrue an exorbitant amount of wealth, they still have to worry about various forms of upkeep, mounting medical costs, taxes, etc. all while only having maybe royalties and small contracts to keep them afloat.
Not that I'm saying the actors are without fault, but it's not exactly like it's an entirely unreasonable choice to make for their own various concerns. They're also not in the same kind of bargaining position as they might've been back in their prime, and I'm sure the studios are very much aware of this and are far more likely to win in any drawn out disagreements with actors. And frankly, how often have you actually seen actors even in their prime manage to force a studio into some kind of sensible compromise?
The majority of the blame though goes to the studios and the writers who deliberately undermine the quality of the work they put into any project, largely to serve their own ideological zealotry. And maybe also for a a little bit of ESG funding I suppose. But the point I'm making is that they're the ones actively going out of their way to ruin shit.
Bruce Willis was the only one honest about this. He made anything because he wanted his family to be alright when he wasn't around to take care of them. He was in some of the absolute worst movies, but that movie could say it was staring Bruce Willis.
No kidding, before he announced he was done his final movie lineup was such a spread of random/generic action fliks it was almost absurd.