This scenario from Netflix's 3 Body Problem is a great example of what a collaboration can look like when business concerns don't overtake artistic ones.
The Bad Boys: Ride or Die trailer is here, complete with all the explosions, gunfights, and chemistry that only Will Smith and Martin Lawrence could cook up.
3 Body Problem's opening scene depicting China's Cultural Revolution (which was lifted directly from the original novel) has, unsurprisingly, drawn controversy.
The late Michael Culver took a nothing-burger of a role and turned Captain Needa's failures into a quietly tragic arc in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.