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I\u2019m Callie C and still with me is our all-knowing legal eagle, Monroe Kubo, who thankfully didn\u2019t run away when I hounded her for legal advice during the break. It was definitely for a friend though.\n\nMonroe Kubo: Oh, come on Callie, I would never abandon you. I\u2019ll just mark our little consultation as a billable hour.\nThat\u2019s why you\u2019re the best, which is exactly why I forced you to stick around to give us your expert opinion on the biggest scandal of the week. Former teen dream Bo Lynn has sued the producers of Time Riser for lost wages after being fired from the vid\u2019s starring role.\n\nThe former heartthrob, who\u2019s been pounding the pavement to flip a flagging career while dealing with an extremely messy and public separation from Julie Marks, finally landed a lead role in Time Riser, the highly anticipated new vid from Amadi Murnau. According to insiders, Bo believed this role would be his ticket back to the A-list and wholly dedicated himself to preparing for it.\n\nTime Riser is, of course, based on the immersive, action-packed apocalyptic survival sim of the same name, which even I\u2019ve heard about so it must be big. The budget is allegedly astronomical, partly due to Murnau insisting that the vid\u2019s massive action sequences use practical effects. Bo Lynn bought into her vision wholeheartedly and, according to the vid\u2019s producers, took it upon himself to hire an entourage of trainers and survival specialists to prepare him for the role. That\u2019s weird, right? Aren\u2019t these costs that a production would normally pick up?\n\nMonroe Kubo: Absolutely. If a production wants an actor to be, say, proficient at sword fighting, they would arrange everything to make that happen. That way they can rehearse exactly what\u2019s needed on set and minimize the chance of anything going wrong.\nAnd, boy oh boy, did things go wrong. Although verifying certain specifics has been difficult \u2013 and trust me I\u2019ve tried \u2013 I\u2019ve confirmed that Bo died, yes died, and regened several times while preparing for the role. This allegedly includes him freezing to death after spending a night alone in the mountains and falling to death \u2013 shattering almost every bone along the way \u2013 while free soloing a canyon wall. Talk about taking method acting to an absolutely absurd extreme.\n\nWhen filming began, the producers claim the injuries Bo suffered during his intense prep hampered his ability to do stunts. Multiple regens over a short period of time compounded these physical issues. The producers claim that health and safety concerns left them no choice but to fire Bo and recast brawny David Brundle in the role.\n\nMonroe Kubo: Oh, I like him.\nNow, here\u2019s where things get truly weird and wild. Because Bo has good representation and a bit of cache from his early days as a star, his contract had a \u201cpay or play\u201d clause. Monroe, can you explain exactly what that is? And how can I get one?\n\nMonroe Kubo: Essentially, it\u2019s a provision that says Bo gets paid no matter whether the vid gets made or not. So, if say the financing falls through, or if a storm destroys all the sets and production shuts down instead of rebuilding, then he still gets paid.\nAnd it\u2019s my understanding that this clause would also be triggered if that person was fired, right?\n\nMonroe Kubo: Correct, but I asked around and no one could think of an instance where that has happened. Typically it\u2019s only the biggest stars that get the \u201cpay or play\u201d clause. It\u2019s considered an extra incentive to get them to join a production.\nLike a guarantee that signing onto a project will be worth it for them. That way if they hold certain dates and potentially turn down other projects, they\u2019re still compensated for that time.\n\nMonroe Kubo: Exactly. Time is money, particularly at that level of fame.\nSo here\u2019s what I don\u2019t understand, why did the producers of Time Riser even give this clause to Bo? I mean, he hasn\u2019t been a big draw for years and probably needed the vid more than the vid needed him?\n\nMonroe Kubo: Fair question. I can only speculate here, but I\u2019d guess that part of it was to cater to Bo\u2019s ego and make him feel like the star the vid needed. And, no offense to him, but this production seems to be more about the spectacle than the stars. By the time he was cast, the production was probably already greenlit, so I bet they saw no harm in giving it to him.\nNow, despite losing his life a few times, his strange method of clashing extreme sports and acting prep wouldn\u2019t be such a big scandal if the production paid his full contract after recasting him. But that\u2019s not what happened here. Instead, they claimed that Bo dying and regening essentially voided the \u201cpay or play\u201d clause in the contract. What\u2019s their argument here? Am I a different person after I regen?\n\nMonroe Kubo: According to the producer\u2019s argument, yes and no.\nWell thanks for clearing that up.\n\nMonroe Kubo: The producers are asserting that the \u201cpay or play\u201d provision only applies to the Bo who was initially cast. The version of him without the scars and who could run without pain. They\u2019re not saying Bo Lynn is no longer Bo Lynn. They\u2019re saying their contract was with a very specific version of Bo and when he regened it voided the \u201cpay or play\u201d clause.\nEven though he regened due to his preparations for the role.\n\nMonroe Kubo: The production\u2019s motion to have the suit thrown out explicitly states they were not involved in assembling Bo\u2019s training team and are in no way responsible for what happened to him.\nBut Bo\u2019s lawyers have claimed that he was strongly encouraged by both the producers and Murnau to be in the best shape of his life and prepared to do his own stunts.\n\nMonroe Kubo: I mean, it\u2019s quite a leap to interpret that being told to be ready for a physically demanding job means \u201cgo free solo canyon walls.\u201d Unless he has comms or a recording of a conversation where someone from the production explicitly told him to go to such extremes, I don\u2019t see how that helps his case. And I believe the producers are saying that they would have used different trainers which would have led to a different outcome.\nI\u2019ve heard so many rumors about the absolutely bonkers budget for this vid, like they flew in a Caterpillar filled with temperature-controlled crates full of snow from Vann because Murnau insisted that the snow where they were didn\u2019t have the right microstructure to catch the light the way she needed it.\n\nMonroe Kubo: Oh, haven\u2019t heard that one yet.\nBut considering that they\u2019ll go to those extremes for this production, why didn\u2019t they just pay Bo?\n\nMonroe Kubo: I commed a handful of contacts who are familiar with the project and each one had said the same thing \u2013 budget overrun. Simply, this decision seems like a cost-saving measure meant to keep the production from spiraling further out of control. I don\u2019t know the exact figures but Brundle definitely has earned some serious credits for past roles, so they are definitely not cheap. And don\u2019t forget that the production had to be shut down while they recast the role and waited for Brundle to finish shooting another project. They were able to pick up some second unit stuff, but a majority of the cast and crew were being paid to hang out and do nothing until their new star was ready.\nI\u2019m guessing that other filmmakers are going to be very interested in seeing how Bo\u2019s lawsuit might play out.\n\nMonroe Kubo: Oh for sure. I definitely think \u201cpay or play\u201d clauses are going to get very specific about regen going forward. But I also don\u2019t think we\u2019re going to get to see much of this lawsuit play out. My instinct is that this will be settled out of court, probably at a significant cost but at less than the full contract. If I was advising either side, that would be my goal.\nWhy\u2019s that? Side note, we should def bring you back for a courtroom fashion episode. Labels for Lawyers? Fashion Judge? There\u2019s definitely an idea here. Anyway, back to Bo.\n\nMonroe Kubo: From Bo\u2019s side, I\u2019d be worried about the production requesting access to his regen data. Not just for privacy issues, but the few details already leaked paint a picture of him taking his prep to an extreme. If they can\u2019t prove that the production directed him to do that, there\u2019s a chance a jury would see his actions as unreasonable and even detrimental to the production. Giving him nothing at best and at worst a bill for their legal fees or even the cost of production delays caused by his actions.\nAnd from the producer\u2019s side?\n\nMonroe Kubo: This is a real spider\u2019s web of issues. Mainly because if their argument wins and a court decides that their contract was with a very specific iteration of Bo, then they save that money but also open a floodgate of wider issues related to contracts. Imagine the far-reaching implications if the UEE legal system begins to consider contracts, or even certain clauses, only valid for someone until they regen.\nNo, thank you. I\u2019m barely a celebrity and renegotiating contracts is already a big enough pain.\n\nMonroe Kubo: Now imagine if every time you regen an employer gets to claim you\u2019re a \u201cworse\u201d version of yourself. How do you think that\u2019ll go for employees?\nIt would get me to give up on fashion and wear heavy armor everywhere I go.\n\nMonroe Kubo: That breaks my heart. What a terrible universe it would be denied your dazzling eye for style.\nThank you for saying that, Monroe, and sticking around to get into the nitty gritty of this truly wild legal scandal. You\u2019ll have to come back to discuss the outcome once everything\u2019s settled. We need to take a quick break, but when StarWatch returns we\u2019ll be playing everyone\u2019s favorite outfit assessment game, \u201cWear It or Tear It!\u201d Trust me, you won\u2019t want to miss it.","de_DE":"Willkommen zur\u00fcck bei StarWatch, liebe Kinder. Ich bin Callie C. Und bei mir ist immer noch unser allwissender Rechtsadler, Monroe Kubo, der zum Gl\u00fcck nicht weggelaufen ist, als ich sie in der Pause um Rechtsberatung gebeten habe. Es war aber definitiv f\u00fcr einen Freund.\n\nMonroe Kubo: Ach, kommen Sie Callie, ich w\u00fcrde Sie nie im Stich lassen. Ich werde unsere kleine Beratung einfach als abrechenbare Stunde verbuchen.\nDeshalb sind Sie die Beste, und genau deshalb habe ich Sie gezwungen, hier zu bleiben, um uns Ihre Expertenmeinung zum gr\u00f6\u00dften Skandal der Woche zu geben. Der ehemalige Teenie-Traum Bo Lynn hat die Produzenten von Time Riser auf entgangenen Lohn verklagt, nachdem sie aus der Hauptrolle des Videos gefeuert wurde.\n\nDer fr\u00fchere Frauenschwarm, der seit einer extrem chaotischen und \u00f6ffentlichen Trennung von Julie Marks um seine Karriere k\u00e4mpft, hat endlich eine Hauptrolle in Time Riser bekommen, dem mit Spannung erwarteten neuen Video von Amadi Murnau. Insidern zufolge hat Bo geglaubt, dass diese Rolle sein Ticket zur\u00fcck in die A-Liste sein w\u00fcrde und hat sich voll und ganz auf die Rolle vorbereitet.\n\nTime Riser basiert nat\u00fcrlich auf der gleichnamigen, actiongeladenen apokalyptischen \u00dcberlebenssimulation, von der sogar ich geh\u00f6rt habe, also muss sie gro\u00df sein. Das Budget ist angeblich astronomisch, was zum Teil darauf zur\u00fcckzuf\u00fchren ist, dass Murnau darauf bestand, f\u00fcr die gewaltigen Actionsequenzen des Films praktische Effekte zu verwenden. Bo Lynn hat sich voll und ganz auf ihre Vision eingelassen und nach Angaben der Produzenten des Videos eine ganze Reihe von Trainern und Survival-Spezialisten angeheuert, um ihn auf die Rolle vorzubereiten. Das ist doch seltsam, oder? Sind das nicht Kosten, die normalerweise eine Produktion \u00fcbernehmen w\u00fcrde?\n\nMonroe Kubo: Auf jeden Fall. Wenn eine Produktion m\u00f6chte, dass ein Schauspieler z.B. den Schwertkampf beherrscht, dann w\u00fcrde sie alles daf\u00fcr tun, um das zu erm\u00f6glichen. Auf diese Weise kann genau das geprobt werden, was am Set ben\u00f6tigt wird, und das Risiko, dass etwas schief geht, wird minimiert.\nUnd, Junge, Junge, es ging einiges schief. Obwohl es schwierig war, bestimmte Details zu \u00fcberpr\u00fcfen - und glauben Sie mir, ich habe es versucht -, kann ich best\u00e4tigen, dass Bo w\u00e4hrend der Vorbereitungen f\u00fcr die Rolle mehrmals gestorben, ja, gestorben und wieder aufgewacht ist. Dazu geh\u00f6rt angeblich auch, dass er erfroren ist, nachdem er eine Nacht allein in den Bergen verbracht hatte, und dass er beim Free Soloing an einer Canyonwand zu Tode gest\u00fcrzt ist und sich dabei fast alle Knochen zertr\u00fcmmert hat. Das ist Method Acting in einem absolut absurden Ausma\u00df.\n\nAls die Dreharbeiten begannen, behaupteten die Produzenten, dass die Verletzungen, die Bo w\u00e4hrend seiner intensiven Vorbereitung erlitt, seine F\u00e4higkeit, Stunts zu machen, beeintr\u00e4chtigten. Mehrere Regenerationen innerhalb eines kurzen Zeitraums verschlimmerten diese k\u00f6rperlichen Probleme. Die Produzenten behaupten, dass sie aus Gesundheits- und Sicherheitsgr\u00fcnden keine andere Wahl hatten, als Bo zu feuern und die Rolle mit dem bulligen David Brundle neu zu besetzen.\n\nMonroe Kubo: Oh, ich mag ihn.\nUnd jetzt wird es wirklich seltsam und wild. Da Bo eine gute Repr\u00e4sentanz und ein gewisses Ansehen aus seinen fr\u00fchen Tagen als Star hat, enthielt sein Vertrag eine \"Pay or Play\"-Klausel. Monroe, k\u00f6nnen Sie mir genau erkl\u00e4ren, was das ist? Und wie kann ich eine bekommen?\n\nMonroe Kubo: Im Wesentlichen handelt es sich um eine Klausel, die besagt, dass Bo bezahlt wird, unabh\u00e4ngig davon, ob das Video gedreht wird oder nicht. Wenn also, sagen wir, die Finanzierung scheitert oder ein Sturm alle Kulissen zerst\u00f6rt und die Produktion eingestellt wird, anstatt sie wieder aufzubauen, dann wird er trotzdem bezahlt.\nUnd ich gehe davon aus, dass diese Klausel auch in Kraft tritt, wenn die betreffende Person gefeuert wird, richtig?\n\nMonroe Kubo: Richtig, aber ich habe mich umgeh\u00f6rt und niemand kann sich an einen Fall erinnern, in dem das passiert ist. Normalerweise bekommen nur die gr\u00f6\u00dften Stars die \"Pay or Play\"-Klausel. Sie gilt als zus\u00e4tzlicher Anreiz, um sie zur Mitarbeit an einer Produktion zu bewegen.\nWie eine Garantie, dass es sich f\u00fcr sie lohnt, an einem Projekt teilzunehmen. Wenn sie also bestimmte Termine wahrnehmen und m\u00f6glicherweise andere Projekte ablehnen, werden sie trotzdem f\u00fcr diese Zeit entsch\u00e4digt.\n\nMonroe Kubo: Ganz genau. Zeit ist Geld, vor allem auf dieser Ebene des Ruhmes.\nIch verstehe also nicht, warum die Produzenten von Time Riser Bo diese Klausel \u00fcberhaupt gegeben haben? Ich meine, er ist seit Jahren keine gro\u00dfe Nummer mehr und brauchte das Video wahrscheinlich mehr als das Video ihn brauchte?\n\nMonroe Kubo: Gute Frage. Ich kann hier nur spekulieren, aber ich vermute, dass es zum Teil darum ging, Bo's Ego zu befriedigen und ihm das Gef\u00fchl zu geben, dass er der Star ist, den das Vid braucht. Und, nichts f\u00fcr ungut, aber bei dieser Produktion scheint es mehr um das Spektakel als um die Stars zu gehen. Als er gecastet wurde, hatte die Produktion wahrscheinlich schon gr\u00fcnes Licht, also wette ich, dass sie keinen Schaden darin sahen, ihm die Rolle zu geben.\nObwohl er einige Male sein Leben verloren hat, w\u00e4re seine seltsame Methode, Extremsportarten und Schauspielvorbereitungen miteinander zu verbinden, kein so gro\u00dfer Skandal, wenn die Produktion nach der Neubesetzung seinen vollen Vertrag bezahlt h\u00e4tte. Aber genau das ist hier nicht passiert. Stattdessen wurde behauptet, dass Bo durch seinen Tod und seine Wiederbelebung die \"Pay or Play\"-Klausel im Vertrag au\u00dfer Kraft gesetzt hat. Was ist ihr Argument? Bin ich ein anderer Mensch, nachdem ich wiedergeboren wurde?\n\nMonroe Kubo: Der Argumentation des Produzenten zufolge, ja und nein.\nVielen Dank f\u00fcr die Klarstellung.\n\nMonroe Kubo: Die Produzenten behaupten, dass die \"Pay or Play\"-Bestimmung nur f\u00fcr den Bo gilt, der urspr\u00fcnglich gecastet wurde. Die Version von ihm ohne die Narben und die, die ohne Schmerzen rennen konnte. Sie sagen nicht, dass Bo Lynn nicht mehr Bo Lynn ist. Sie sagen, dass ihr Vertrag mit einer ganz bestimmten Version von Bo geschlossen wurde und dass die \"Pay or Play\"-Klausel hinf\u00e4llig wurde, als er sich zur\u00fcckmeldete.\nUnd das, obwohl er aufgrund seiner Vorbereitungen auf die Rolle erneut zugesagt hat.\n\nMonroe Kubo: In dem Antrag der Produktion auf Abweisung der Klage hei\u00dft es ausdr\u00fccklich, dass sie nicht an der Zusammenstellung von Bo's Trainingsteam beteiligt war und in keiner Weise f\u00fcr das verantwortlich ist, was mit ihm passiert ist.\nBo's Anw\u00e4lte haben jedoch behauptet, dass er sowohl von den Produzenten als auch von Murnau nachdr\u00fccklich dazu angehalten wurde, sich in der besten Verfassung seines Lebens zu befinden und sich auf seine eigenen Stunts vorzubereiten.\n\nMonroe Kubo: Ich meine, es ist ein ziemlicher Sprung, zu interpretieren, dass die Aufforderung, sich f\u00fcr einen k\u00f6rperlich anstrengenden Job bereit zu halten, bedeutet, dass er sich alleine von Canyonw\u00e4nden befreien soll. Solange er nicht \u00fcber eine Aufzeichnung eines Gespr\u00e4chs verf\u00fcgt, in dem ihm jemand von der Produktion ausdr\u00fccklich gesagt hat, er solle sich zu solchen Extremen aufraffen, sehe ich nicht, wie das seinem Fall hilft. Und ich glaube, die Produzenten sagen, dass sie andere Trainer eingesetzt h\u00e4tten, was zu einem anderen Ergebnis gef\u00fchrt h\u00e4tte.\nIch habe so viele Ger\u00fcchte \u00fcber das absolut verr\u00fcckte Budget f\u00fcr diesen Film geh\u00f6rt, wie z.B., dass sie eine Raupe mit temperaturgeregelten Kisten voller Schnee aus Vann einflogen, weil Murnau darauf bestand, dass der Schnee dort, wo sie waren, nicht die richtige Mikrostruktur hatte, um das Licht so einzufangen, wie sie es brauchte.\n\nMonroe Kubo: Oh, das habe ich noch nicht geh\u00f6rt.\nAber wenn man bedenkt, dass sie f\u00fcr diese Produktion bis zum \u00c4u\u00dfersten gehen werden, warum haben sie dann nicht einfach Bo bezahlt?\n\nMonroe Kubo: Ich habe eine Handvoll Kontakte befragt, die mit dem Projekt vertraut sind, und alle haben das Gleiche gesagt - Budget\u00fcberschreitung. Diese Entscheidung scheint einfach eine Sparma\u00dfnahme zu sein, die verhindern soll, dass die Produktion noch weiter aus dem Ruder l\u00e4uft. Ich kenne die genauen Zahlen nicht, aber Brundle hat sich in der Vergangenheit mit Sicherheit einiges an Guthaben verdient, so dass sie definitiv nicht billig sind. Und vergessen Sie nicht, dass die Produktion unterbrochen werden musste, um die Rolle neu zu besetzen und darauf zu warten, dass Brundle die Dreharbeiten f\u00fcr ein anderes Projekt beendet. Sie konnten zwar ein paar Nebenrollen besetzen, aber ein Gro\u00dfteil der Schauspieler und der Crew wurde daf\u00fcr bezahlt, dass sie abhingen und nichts taten, bis ihr neuer Star fertig war.\nIch vermute, dass andere Filmemacher sehr daran interessiert sein werden, zu sehen, wie Bo's Klage ausgehen wird.\n\nMonroe Kubo: Oh ja, sicher. Ich denke auf jeden Fall, dass die \"Pay or Play\"-Klauseln in Bezug auf Regeneration in Zukunft sehr spezifisch sein werden. Aber ich glaube auch nicht, dass wir viel von diesem Rechtsstreit mitbekommen werden. Mein Instinkt sagt mir, dass die Angelegenheit au\u00dfergerichtlich beigelegt werden wird, wahrscheinlich zu erheblichen Kosten, aber zu einem Preis, der unter dem des gesamten Vertrags liegt. Wenn ich eine der beiden Seiten beraten w\u00fcrde, w\u00e4re das mein Ziel.\nUnd warum ist das so? Nebenbei bemerkt, wir sollten Sie f\u00fcr eine Episode \u00fcber die Mode im Gerichtssaal zur\u00fcckholen. Etiketten f\u00fcr Anw\u00e4lte? Mode-Richter? Das ist definitiv eine gute Idee. Wie auch immer, zur\u00fcck zu Bo.\n\nMonroe Kubo: Was Bo angeht, w\u00fcrde ich mir Sorgen machen, wenn die Produktion Zugang zu seinen Regenerationsdaten verlangen w\u00fcrde. Nicht nur aus Gr\u00fcnden der Privatsph\u00e4re, sondern die wenigen Details, die bereits durchgesickert sind, lassen darauf schlie\u00dfen, dass er seine Vorbereitungen auf die Spitze getrieben hat. Wenn sie nicht beweisen k\u00f6nnen, dass die Produktion ihn dazu angewiesen hat, besteht die M\u00f6glichkeit, dass eine Jury seine Handlungen als unvern\u00fcnftig und sogar sch\u00e4dlich f\u00fcr die Produktion ansehen w\u00fcrde. Im besten Fall bekommt er gar nichts und im schlimmsten Fall eine Rechnung f\u00fcr die Anwaltskosten oder sogar die Kosten f\u00fcr die Produktionsverz\u00f6gerungen, die durch sein Handeln verursacht wurden.\nUnd von der Seite des Produzenten?\n\nMonroe Kubo: Das ist ein echtes Spinnennetz von Problemen. Vor allem, weil, wenn sie mit ihrer Argumentation Erfolg haben und ein Gericht entscheidet, dass ihr Vertrag mit einer ganz bestimmten Version von Bo geschlossen wurde, sie zwar dieses Geld sparen, aber auch eine Schleuse f\u00fcr weitere Probleme im Zusammenhang mit Vertr\u00e4gen \u00f6ffnen. Stellen Sie sich die weitreichenden Folgen vor, wenn das Rechtssystem der UEE beginnt, Vertr\u00e4ge oder sogar bestimmte Klauseln als nur f\u00fcr jemanden g\u00fcltig zu betrachten, bis er sich regeneriert hat.\nNein, danke. Ich bin kaum eine Ber\u00fchmtheit und das Neuverhandeln von Vertr\u00e4gen ist schon l\u00e4stig genug.\n\nMonroe Kubo: Stellen Sie sich nun vor, dass ein Arbeitgeber jedes Mal, wenn Sie sich regenerieren, behaupten kann, Sie seien eine \"schlechtere\" Version von sich selbst. Was meinen Sie, wie das f\u00fcr die Arbeitnehmer w\u00e4re?\nDas w\u00fcrde mich dazu bringen, die Mode aufzugeben und \u00fcberall eine schwere R\u00fcstung zu tragen.\n\nMonroe Kubo: Das bricht mir das Herz. Was f\u00fcr ein schreckliches Universum w\u00e4re das ohne Ihr umwerfendes Auge f\u00fcr Stil.\nVielen Dank, dass Sie das gesagt haben, Monroe, und dass Sie dabei geblieben sind, um diesen wahrhaft wilden Justizskandal zu vertiefen. Sie m\u00fcssen wiederkommen, um das Ergebnis zu besprechen, sobald alles gekl\u00e4rt ist. Wir m\u00fcssen eine kurze Pause einlegen, aber wenn StarWatch zur\u00fcckkehrt, werden wir das beliebteste Spiel zur Bewertung von Outfits spielen: \"Tragen Sie es oder zerrei\u00dfen Sie es!\" Glauben Sie mir, Sie werden es nicht verpassen wollen.","zh_CN":"Welcome back to StarWatch, kiddos. I\u2019m Callie C and still with me is our all-knowing legal eagle, Monroe Kubo, who thankfully didn\u2019t run away when I hounded her for legal advice during the break. It was definitely for a friend though.\n\nMonroe Kubo: Oh, come on Callie, I would never abandon you. I\u2019ll just mark our little consultation as a billable hour.\nThat\u2019s why you\u2019re the best, which is exactly why I forced you to stick around to give us your expert opinion on the biggest scandal of the week. Former teen dream Bo Lynn has sued the producers of Time Riser for lost wages after being fired from the vid\u2019s starring role.\n\nThe former heartthrob, who\u2019s been pounding the pavement to flip a flagging career while dealing with an extremely messy and public separation from Julie Marks, finally landed a lead role in Time Riser, the highly anticipated new vid from Amadi Murnau. According to insiders, Bo believed this role would be his ticket back to the A-list and wholly dedicated himself to preparing for it.\n\nTime Riser is, of course, based on the immersive, action-packed apocalyptic survival sim of the same name, which even I\u2019ve heard about so it must be big. The budget is allegedly astronomical, partly due to Murnau insisting that the vid\u2019s massive action sequences use practical effects. Bo Lynn bought into her vision wholeheartedly and, according to the vid\u2019s producers, took it upon himself to hire an entourage of trainers and survival specialists to prepare him for the role. That\u2019s weird, right? Aren\u2019t these costs that a production would normally pick up?\n\nMonroe Kubo: Absolutely. If a production wants an actor to be, say, proficient at sword fighting, they would arrange everything to make that happen. That way they can rehearse exactly what\u2019s needed on set and minimize the chance of anything going wrong.\nAnd, boy oh boy, did things go wrong. Although verifying certain specifics has been difficult \u2013 and trust me I\u2019ve tried \u2013 I\u2019ve confirmed that Bo died, yes died, and regened several times while preparing for the role. This allegedly includes him freezing to death after spending a night alone in the mountains and falling to death \u2013 shattering almost every bone along the way \u2013 while free soloing a canyon wall. Talk about taking method acting to an absolutely absurd extreme.\n\nWhen filming began, the producers claim the injuries Bo suffered during his intense prep hampered his ability to do stunts. Multiple regens over a short period of time compounded these physical issues. The producers claim that health and safety concerns left them no choice but to fire Bo and recast brawny David Brundle in the role.\n\nMonroe Kubo: Oh, I like him.\nNow, here\u2019s where things get truly weird and wild. Because Bo has good representation and a bit of cache from his early days as a star, his contract had a \u201cpay or play\u201d clause. Monroe, can you explain exactly what that is? And how can I get one?\n\nMonroe Kubo: Essentially, it\u2019s a provision that says Bo gets paid no matter whether the vid gets made or not. So, if say the financing falls through, or if a storm destroys all the sets and production shuts down instead of rebuilding, then he still gets paid.\nAnd it\u2019s my understanding that this clause would also be triggered if that person was fired, right?\n\nMonroe Kubo: Correct, but I asked around and no one could think of an instance where that has happened. Typically it\u2019s only the biggest stars that get the \u201cpay or play\u201d clause. It\u2019s considered an extra incentive to get them to join a production.\nLike a guarantee that signing onto a project will be worth it for them. That way if they hold certain dates and potentially turn down other projects, they\u2019re still compensated for that time.\n\nMonroe Kubo: Exactly. Time is money, particularly at that level of fame.\nSo here\u2019s what I don\u2019t understand, why did the producers of Time Riser even give this clause to Bo? I mean, he hasn\u2019t been a big draw for years and probably needed the vid more than the vid needed him?\n\nMonroe Kubo: Fair question. I can only speculate here, but I\u2019d guess that part of it was to cater to Bo\u2019s ego and make him feel like the star the vid needed. And, no offense to him, but this production seems to be more about the spectacle than the stars. By the time he was cast, the production was probably already greenlit, so I bet they saw no harm in giving it to him.\nNow, despite losing his life a few times, his strange method of clashing extreme sports and acting prep wouldn\u2019t be such a big scandal if the production paid his full contract after recasting him. But that\u2019s not what happened here. Instead, they claimed that Bo dying and regening essentially voided the \u201cpay or play\u201d clause in the contract. What\u2019s their argument here? Am I a different person after I regen?\n\nMonroe Kubo: According to the producer\u2019s argument, yes and no.\nWell thanks for clearing that up.\n\nMonroe Kubo: The producers are asserting that the \u201cpay or play\u201d provision only applies to the Bo who was initially cast. The version of him without the scars and who could run without pain. They\u2019re not saying Bo Lynn is no longer Bo Lynn. They\u2019re saying their contract was with a very specific version of Bo and when he regened it voided the \u201cpay or play\u201d clause.\nEven though he regened due to his preparations for the role.\n\nMonroe Kubo: The production\u2019s motion to have the suit thrown out explicitly states they were not involved in assembling Bo\u2019s training team and are in no way responsible for what happened to him.\nBut Bo\u2019s lawyers have claimed that he was strongly encouraged by both the producers and Murnau to be in the best shape of his life and prepared to do his own stunts.\n\nMonroe Kubo: I mean, it\u2019s quite a leap to interpret that being told to be ready for a physically demanding job means \u201cgo free solo canyon walls.\u201d Unless he has comms or a recording of a conversation where someone from the production explicitly told him to go to such extremes, I don\u2019t see how that helps his case. And I believe the producers are saying that they would have used different trainers which would have led to a different outcome.\nI\u2019ve heard so many rumors about the absolutely bonkers budget for this vid, like they flew in a Caterpillar filled with temperature-controlled crates full of snow from Vann because Murnau insisted that the snow where they were didn\u2019t have the right microstructure to catch the light the way she needed it.\n\nMonroe Kubo: Oh, haven\u2019t heard that one yet.\nBut considering that they\u2019ll go to those extremes for this production, why didn\u2019t they just pay Bo?\n\nMonroe Kubo: I commed a handful of contacts who are familiar with the project and each one had said the same thing \u2013 budget overrun. Simply, this decision seems like a cost-saving measure meant to keep the production from spiraling further out of control. I don\u2019t know the exact figures but Brundle definitely has earned some serious credits for past roles, so they are definitely not cheap. And don\u2019t forget that the production had to be shut down while they recast the role and waited for Brundle to finish shooting another project. They were able to pick up some second unit stuff, but a majority of the cast and crew were being paid to hang out and do nothing until their new star was ready.\nI\u2019m guessing that other filmmakers are going to be very interested in seeing how Bo\u2019s lawsuit might play out.\n\nMonroe Kubo: Oh for sure. I definitely think \u201cpay or play\u201d clauses are going to get very specific about regen going forward. But I also don\u2019t think we\u2019re going to get to see much of this lawsuit play out. My instinct is that this will be settled out of court, probably at a significant cost but at less than the full contract. If I was advising either side, that would be my goal.\nWhy\u2019s that? Side note, we should def bring you back for a courtroom fashion episode. Labels for Lawyers? Fashion Judge? There\u2019s definitely an idea here. Anyway, back to Bo.\n\nMonroe Kubo: From Bo\u2019s side, I\u2019d be worried about the production requesting access to his regen data. Not just for privacy issues, but the few details already leaked paint a picture of him taking his prep to an extreme. If they can\u2019t prove that the production directed him to do that, there\u2019s a chance a jury would see his actions as unreasonable and even detrimental to the production. Giving him nothing at best and at worst a bill for their legal fees or even the cost of production delays caused by his actions.\nAnd from the producer\u2019s side?\n\nMonroe Kubo: This is a real spider\u2019s web of issues. Mainly because if their argument wins and a court decides that their contract was with a very specific iteration of Bo, then they save that money but also open a floodgate of wider issues related to contracts. Imagine the far-reaching implications if the UEE legal system begins to consider contracts, or even certain clauses, only valid for someone until they regen.\nNo, thank you. I\u2019m barely a celebrity and renegotiating contracts is already a big enough pain.\n\nMonroe Kubo: Now imagine if every time you regen an employer gets to claim you\u2019re a \u201cworse\u201d version of yourself. How do you think that\u2019ll go for employees?\nIt would get me to give up on fashion and wear heavy armor everywhere I go.\n\nMonroe Kubo: That breaks my heart. What a terrible universe it would be denied your dazzling eye for style.\nThank you for saying that, Monroe, and sticking around to get into the nitty gritty of this truly wild legal scandal. You\u2019ll have to come back to discuss the outcome once everything\u2019s settled. We need to take a quick break, but when StarWatch returns we\u2019ll be playing everyone\u2019s favorite outfit assessment game, \u201cWear It or Tear It!\u201d Trust me, you won\u2019t want to miss it."},"links_count":0,"comment_count":20,"created_at":"2022-09-07T02:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"3 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-04-28 14:37:17","valid_relations":["images","links","translations"],"prev_id":18868,"next_id":18870}}