There’s a huge element missing here: the ability to take that risk. What would have happened if John Wick had bombed? Keanu Reeves would still have been a movie

There’s a huge element missing here: the ability to take that risk. What would have happened if John Wick had bombed? Keanu Reeves would still have been a movie star, might have considered doing Marvel to raise his profile. In your regular-ass salaried job, what happens if you spent 8 months on something and have nothing to show for it?