^Facts on everything. Few months back i was watching the Accountant 2 and thinkin about how far both Cynthia Addai-Robinson and Jonathan Bernthal have come since 2010 when both had their breakout debuts in their respective shows (Naevia - Spartacus / Shane - Walking Dead). Cyntha had to struggle through some CW stuff before Ring of Power, whereas Jon was often the tertiary guy in films before landing Punisher on Netflix. Hell, everyone knows who Danai Guerra is yet reoccuring as Michonne and Okoye are the only roles she can get.
Even with Stranger Things, everyone talkin about the hiatus made me look at the IMDb of those kids, and in the 10 years since the show first debuted... outside of Finn Wolfhard (Mike Wheeler), the rest of them mfers ain't been getting work. The baby faced one who played Dustin might get 1 ep on a different tv series every 2-3 years, with some VO work sprinkled in.
So you to your point, ish is no joke... which is why i figure even tho sometimes we feel sequels/spinoffs ain't needed, them actors probably happy AF to get one more pay check