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>If stars and studios want to make different movies, the studios don’t have to indulge the stars: Let them go to the indies.
Mel Gibson was the original maverick when he produced “The Passion” with his own money and literally put his $$$ where his mouth is. Paid off big time. Now he could get drunk and make an ass of himself in Malibu anytime he wants.
My wife and I have stopped supporting Hollywood by not going to any movies. In the last two years I have not been to a theater more then twice.
I don’t like Hollywood’s views.
The movie industry needs to follow the Clint Eastwood model of filmmaking: make every star earn their money by taking a percentage of the actual box office revenue of the film. As a result, Eastwood's movies don't end up with ridiculous front loaded costs, gets completed in production in short order, and this style of filmmaking has resulted in a lot of critical praise (and several Oscar wins, too). In fact, one of the truly great actors of our time (Jack Nicholson) nowadays does his movies by taking a percentage of the box office revenue instead of being paid up front, mostly because he already is very rich from his numerous past acting roles (he owns two houses side by side in the Bel Air section of Beverly Hills, CA).