Soap-TV Veterans Enter Vertical Drama as Labor Questions Persist

The Bold and the Beautiful team is betting on Hollywood Starlet through aTwist, with a reported $175,000–$220,000 seasonal budget, six-day shoot, and 45-person non-union crew. New AI-focused reporting raises parallel concerns about digital likeness rights, performer consent, compensation, unionization, safety, and displacement as short-form production professionalizes.