As general manager Yin Xu explains, there used to be cases of day-players causing problems for production companies by coming in late, leaving early, going on strike, or demanding large bonuses if the weather got too cold, despite the fact that the company had signed contracts with them beforehand. There were also cases of companies that failed to pay wages after filming was over, leading to fistfights.
影視城總經理殷旭說，早年曾出現臨時演員紀律不佳的現象，例如劇組和臨演簽好約，臨演卻遲到、早退、罷工，或者以天氣太冷為由漫天加價等，造成劇組困擾；也發生過臨演演了一個月的戲，劇組卻不給工資，導致雙方「鬧架」。