I'm still surprised that people expect an actor aka a professional meat puppet to enact any will of their own.

I think because we've specifically seen this actor give opinions on things he's working on, and even leave projects if he didn't like the direction it's going. He also has a history of liking the source material. So you're right in general, but I think this is a bit of a special case. Hopefully, at least.

I'm still surprised that people expect an actor aka a professional meat puppet to enact any will of their own.

I think we've because we've specifically seen this actor give opinions on things he's working on, and even leave projects if he didn't like the direction it's going. He also has a history of liking the source material. So you're right in general, but I think this is a bit of a special case. Hopefully, at least.