Maintaining Letterbox (1.85) Throughout Multicam Edit

Hello all,
I have a situation that's probably not in the realm of the ordinary, but I'd appreciate any suggestions. Due to client request, I have several multi-cam shoots to edit that need to be delivered in 1.85. To avoid any framing problems, I'd like to edit with 1.85 letterboxing in place. Originally I just dropped a template in a new video layer over my sequence, but that doesn't stick when editing in multi-cam mode. I've now moved on to applying a 4 point matte to the original clips, which thanks to Premiere CC, does stick in multi-cam editing; the drawback with this is that I lose the letterboxing for any clips that need to be scaled.
Any ideas? The first method would be preferable in my mind, but from the look of things, Premiere doesn't display multiple layers in multi-cam mode once you start cutting.
Thanks in advance.

Thanks for your help Mark. The first solution wouldn't work because I'm trying to maintain 1.85 in the midst of multicam editing - and for whatever reason, in multi-cam view Premiere doesn't display a letterbox layer once you make your first cut.
The second solution looks more promising. However, is there a way to make that change within an existing sequence and have the contents update accordingly? I was able to change my current sequence's resolution, but I needed to adjust the clip's scale (just moving it away from 100 and then back again) for the change to update in the program monitor.
(A separate but somewhat related question: is it ever problematic to change sequence settings midway through editing? I know some people in the past have been unable to change resolution, but it seems as if I'm able to change resolution, editing mode, and other parameters freely...)

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