MUMBAI: Media reports in the US now indicate that huge amounts were spent on actors Matthew McConaughey and Penelope Cruz during the making of the 2005 film Sahara, leading to incongrous budget hikes.

The actors, says Hasan, have been singled out for the blame of doubling the $80 million budget for the action film because of their vanity. In a document leaked to the Los Angeles Times, records show that $420,000 was spent on McConaughey and Cruz, of which $105,000 went on bottled water and another $54,000 on a “facial disease specialist.”

Among other expenses for the 2005 film, which has recorded losses of $105 million, are included the crash of a vintage airplane in a 46-second sequence that cost $2 million to film and yet ended up on the cutting room floor.