Next time you’re watching the latest US drama (assuming that’s your ‘thang’), spare a thought for the poor actors. After spending years in drama school, prepping for the big stage and the limelight, the most successful are now likely to find themselves enjoying their stardom from the stuffy ambience of a ‘green room’.

This astonishing clip from Stargate Studios shows exactly how blockbusters films and prime-time television shows are now created — rarely on location and without the inconvenience of extras ogling the stars.

We’ll just have to find solace in the knowledge that that these poor thespians cry themselves to sleep on their massive pillows of clean, crisp cash.