“it can just quit hiring live actors altogether at some point in the future”
Nope. Won’t happen. Audiences swoon when their favorite live movie stars are the voices behind the animated characters.
It will happen. Children don’t care..................
There ARE virtual concerts with holo stars already!
It’s amazing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kM3n64WJmo
I’ve read where they’ve done Roy Orbison, Duran Duran & others...wouldn’t surprise me one bit if they did it in films.