Realistically, I don't know if he could have actually done it for free. Like, sure, he's the RDJ of the voice acting world and probably has a high price range to the point where he could afford to do a few days' work for free. But that sort of thing risks driving down the market value for working actors who don't have his clout; as the field both diversifies and segregates into union vs. non-union, that's alarming.

But I still think the studio should have reached out. It's weird that they automatically decided to burn that bridge.