The actors in both movies were not paid salaries. They are getting a share of the net proceeds. So for these people, it's a labor of love.
The actor who played Larkin has made a career out of playing gay characters, which is what he plays on "Californication". In fact he is gay. For the role of Paul Larkin, it's a labor of love.
Likewise, the woman who played Mrs. Hastings in Part 1 (Dagny's search for the creator of the motor) played the dead grandmother in "The Ghost Whisperer". Again a labor of love.
Watch this space in a few weeks when Billthedrill and I have our book on "Atlas" ready for Kindle marketed through Amazon.
”Hair” was an amazingly successful musical. I’ve regaled the Canteen with the story of my interview with James Rado and Gerome Ragni, two of the three who wrote the musical. Rado was a nice guy, but Ragni was an SOB, bouncing insults off my ROTC uniform. A few weeks later, some idiot at the college radio station recorded over that interview, and I could have strangled him. This was one of the most successful renditions of a song from “Hair”, the title song, which came in at #18 on its way to the Top 10.
The Cowsills: “Hair”