Hollywood types are mostly too stupid to pull off a good hoax. Someone likely suggested he do it. Actors spend their time speaking other people’s thoughts and speak what they have seen in scripts. Their careers are built on convincingly espousing other people’s ideas. All they can do for themselves is get into sex trouble and I am not sure even that is not mostly scripted by someone else. I wonder how many run-throughs he did with the two Nigerians and their director before they were ready to go on stage.
whenever I fake a crime, I always use veteran stunt men
Well yeah you’re probably right ... probably was the manager / talent agent.