Ellison wanted to continue acting, wrote a movie for himself, offered Taylor Lautner $7.5 million to co-star, and then Lautner backed out when he found out Ellison had cast himself in the movie, lol
Never forget that David Ellison's Skydance Media was originally created so he could be an actor.
Skydance's first film was 'Flyboys' starring James Franco and... David Ellison. David and his daddy invested $60m to make Flyboys.
It grossed $17m
Here's a bit of David's acting: