This is a story about exorbitantly rich actors. It impacts nobody else whatsoever, and if it does it's less than 1% of the total impact. The extras angle is jus

This is a story about exorbitantly rich actors. It impacts nobody else whatsoever, and if it does it's less than 1% of the total impact. The extras angle is just there so you will side with the actors over the studio. Otherwise you might get a very rich actor arguing with a only-sorta-rich studio exec, and then the public doesn't know who to side with.