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by johnnyanmac 640 days ago
>Is it scummy to hire "discount" Matt Damon instead of Matt Damon?

If Matt Damon said no (e.g. leaving a paper trail) and you want people to pretend it's Matt Damon anyway, yes. Look up Ford v. Milton. You can't just go behind an artist's back like that.

If you want to argue about soundalikes in spinoffs, those are discussed in contracts (and those kinds of figures are making 7+ figures as is, so it's fair on them to choose to let them do that).