but if he wants more. Maybe he needs to actually do something more proactive than 1 audition (that they made an absolute mountain out of for their vlogs)To be fair a standby is a very normal job in the theatre. Every musical has swings and standbys that sit backstage until they're needed.
Or. Like many other jobbing actors. Have another job(s) that brings in some money to provide for the family. If they call YouTube their Main income…
PUT IN SOME EFFORT
treat it like your job. And stop taking this piss out of your followers.
In the real world They would be like the worst kind of employees, their work way below average, distract others, and the minute they have a sniffle they are off work. Dare not fire them because you’d get huge backlash from ‘sue’ and ‘mark’ in payroll because they love them.