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What’s truly staggering is how Hollywood’s ecosystem enables the persistence of failure without consequence. Unlike other industries where flops lead to career setbacks or financial repercussions, directors and producers like the Russos amass multiple cinematic misfires—Citadel, Borderlands, Argyl, Megan—yet they still find their way onto big-budget projects, often with enormous budgets. Citadel, for instance, a colossal $300 million Amazon series, ended in failure, but the Russos kept getting second chances.