
The last few releases of Vijay didn't even recover the investments and both Beast and Varisu failed to hit the breakeven. So, the makers of LEO wanted to reduce the budget and they opted for low budget actors who are old and are available for a little salary. They brought in a cast which would be done on a low scale as Vijay's salary itself would eat half the budget of the movie.
Sanjay Dutt will play a villain in the movie, and trisha will reunite with Vijay after 14 years. arjun Sarjaa, Mansur ali Khan, priya Anand, Myskin, and gautam Vasudev menon all play significant roles in Thalapathy 67. It has been reported that lokesh and Vijay share in the compensation and profits. The benefit of working with lokesh is that he produces movies quickly and on a fair budget.