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Originally Posted by brian nordstrom
 OOPs , them they have to stop paying actors 20 million for 1 movie , they got to get real !!! 
Why should we pay for their silly busness decisions ?
Brian. |
U.S. actors are waaayyyy overpaid.
The 6 main actors in 'Friends' received over $1 Million
each, per episode!
Some actors get $10 - 15 million per movie!
No wonder they have to recover the $$$
At our expense
When I worked in TV 30 years ago the highest paid Actors I knew of were Don Lane and Paul Cronin.
Don received just under $300,000
per year even when 'The Don Lane Show' went from 2 shows per week to 5 shows per week.
Paul Cronin recieved $500 per week as the Lead Actor in The Sullivans!
Paul Hogan was on a very low income as John Cornell had him contracted to do the 'Paul Hogan Show' for a pittance.
Some of the Crew made more than Paul did!!
He didn't make any decent money out of acting until Crocodile Dundee 2.
When I worked on Movies they actually paid David Gulpilil under $1000 per movie for major roles.
Not many big name Aussie actors were paid more than $5000 per movie back then.
YET, we still had to pay the same price for an Aussie Movie as we did for a U.S. movie
Huge profit in someone's pocket! and it wasn't the Aussie actors.
The whole industry is massively $$$ oriented. And now they want even more.