"so you're saying actors are not commodities?" An actor's 'brand value' is not a commodity. Their 'talent' is. There are very few 'big name actors' that can

"so you're saying actors are not commodities?" An actor's 'brand value' is not a commodity. Their 'talent' is. There are very few 'big name actors' that can fill seats. There are tons of good actors out there. Not everyone can act, but frankly, there's a role for everyone, it's not rocket science. Even 'Wayne Gretzky' (I'm betraying my age here)- when he was on SNL - was so wooden, so ridiculous - so absolutely bad at acting - that it was hilarious they basically worked his terribleness into the bits - and voila - magic. Think about it: what other 'job' can someone get paid a zillion dollars for that in many cases requires zero training? Zero experience? Many famous actors 'worked hard' and 'studied acting' - but many of them did not. They just got a gig one way or another, showed up, and 'acted into the camera'. Tons of roles are like this. Leading roles in dumb movies, or other ones. Of course - some roles are inherently hard, and props to the amazing character actors out there - some are geniuses. But skill is not always necessary, depending on.