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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

That's not what's happening here. These extras are being paid the same to act in the background of a shot, just like always, but the studio expects them to give up the rights to their likeness forever after so they can try to replace them.

The studio expects the extras to participate in the destruction of this job with nothing in return.