Hollywood’s Economy of Secrets

Post by sandworm101 » Wed, Mar 03, 2021, 3:03 AM UTC

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The box office cares. The celebs that have signed multi-movie or multi-year contracts care. A leaked video clip will mean they are dropped from a project, costing them and the production millions. Hate and debate "cancel culture" all you want, the reality is that it exists. Any footage of extreme misogynistic activity will derail a celeb's career. The biggest movies are worth hundreds of millions of dollars and are f…

> The biggest movies are worth hundreds of millions of dollars and are filmed at locations all over the world. Evidence of illegal activity (ie drug use/possession) could seriously impede a celeb's ability or willingness to travel. What? Has an anonymously leaked video of drug use ever prevented someone from entering another country? I've traveled a fair amount and gone through immigration in a number of different co…

Yes. People under investigation are regularly advised by legal counsel not to leave the country as it causes complicated issues should a warrant be issued. Celebs with past drug issues are subject to a variety of monitoring, from casual to formal. But one does not hire someone who has current undisclosed issues, the type of thing a video might reveal. So the celeb will want to keep the evidence under wraps.

Many contracts have specific "no drugs" clauses. Evidence of drug use during such contracts is not good and really can impact future work.

Post by imgabe » Wed, Mar 03, 2021, 5:17 AM UTC

sandworm101 wrote: post #31

imgabe wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The biggest movies are worth hundreds of millions of dollars and are filmed at locations all over the world. Evidence of illegal activity (ie drug use/possession) could seriously impede a celeb's ability or willingness to travel. What? Has an anonymously leaked video of drug use ever prevented someone from entering another country? I've traveled a fair amount and gone through immigration in a number of different co…

Yes. People under investigation are regularly advised by legal counsel not to leave the country as it causes complicated issues should a warrant be issued. Celebs with past drug issues are subject to a variety of monitoring, from casual to formal. But one does not hire someone who has current undisclosed issues, the type of thing a video might reveal. So the celeb will want to keep the evidence under wraps. Many cont…

Nobody is under legal investigation because of an anonymously leaked video of drug use. That is not considered credible evidence anywhere. Many celebrities intentionally release videos of themselves doing drugs, with no consequences. For some, much of their celebrity is based around doing drugs (e.g. Snoop Dogg and marijuana)

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