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Participants express skepticism about the transparency of Hollywood's financial disclosures, especially considering the massive gap between reported costs and actual expenditures. The question arises: How does it cost upwards of $600 million to make a single movie, especially one with heavy VFX workloads, when the cast primarily consists of relatively unknown actors?
Most of the actors featured in The Force Awakens were newcomers or not yet established stars, with Harrison Ford as an exception due to his established fame. The concern is whether such high costs are justifiable or if studios inflate expenses through obscure accounting practices.