John Hill for the role in the Wolf with Wall Street received only $ 60,000 - while Leonardo Dicaprio earned about 10 million dollars (and the nomination for Oscar). However, John himself was not even thought to be offended at such an inequality of fees: the actor so wanted to be held at Martin Scorsese, that, according to his own words, they would sell the house and gave the director all the money in exchange for the role in Wolf with Wall Street.
Bill Murray - "Academy Rashmor" (1998)
For the role in the comedy of WESSON Anderson Bill Murray, $ 9,000 received $ 9,000 - and at the same time took part of the expenses for the production of the film, for example, paid $ 25,000 for renting a helicopter for shooting the scene, which eventually not even hit. However, Vnaklad Murray did not remain, you can not worry about it: Bill's contract provided for the percentage of the Rashmore Academy's cash collections.
Lindsay Lohan - "Canyons" (2013)Lindsay Lohan has long been not a star of the first magnitude, and, moreover, the roles in the movie she even overdose - so it's not surprising that for shooting in the "canyons" in 2013 she paid only $ 100 per day. Given that on shooting the film it took only 23 days, the Lindster fee was more than a modest 200 dollars. For comparison, for the "cool Georgia", "Kiss for good luck" and "Crazy Racing" Lindsay at one time paid 7.5 million dollars.
James Houseon - "Thunderstorm Pass" (2011)
The next version of the "Thunderstorm Pass" cost more than budget spending on the actors: British actor James Houseon, let and played a major role in the picture, received only $ 13,000 for it. More and more than Lohan.
Brad Pitt - Telma and Louise (1991)
Brad Pitt at one time also could not boast of high fees - although, given its status status status of the first magnitude, it is difficult to believe in it. Nevertheless, for its role in the cult painting "Telma and Louise", which became the "golden ticket" for Pitt himself to the tops of the Hollywood Olimp, Brad received a fee in the amount of modest 6,000 dollars. Now, for comparison, Pitt can get up to 30 million for the role - although the actor himself repeatedly said that he always agrees for the role for the role of the role, and not at all for the sake of money.
George Clooney - "Good Night and Good luck" (2005)
Good friend and colleague Brad Pitt, George Clooney, received a record low fee for the role in the "good night and good luck", already being like Pitt, the star of the first magnitude. To reduce the fee, Clooney went voluntarily - because this project was special for him: Clooney took part in creating a "good night and good luck" scenario, fulfilled the main role and acted as director. George received a fee of $ 120,000 for the role (a grand amount for someone, but the usual clani fees at least 100 times more). Clooney's deprivation was justified: the political drama was nominated for 6 Oscars, including Oscar in the most prestigious category, "The best movie".
Itan Hawk - "Ship Night" (2013)
Ethan Hawk in one of his interviews, it was mentioned that the fee as such on the filming of Horror "Judy Night" he did not at all - instead, Itan received a percentage of cash charges. "There were no bonuses: neither trailer, nor personal driver, nothing - only a great role and a magnificent director. Damn it, yes, I spent all the shooting at him on the sofa! "I remembered the Hawk later.
John Light - "Midnight Cowboy" (1969)
The cult picture "Midnight Cowboy" with Dustine Hoffman provided John to the status of one of the most sought-after and recognizable Hollywood actors of the 70s, but did not bring money. In a sense, John is to blame for this: he so desperately needed work, which he said to his agent, which is ready to work almost free. The creators of the "midnight cowboy" took the floor to the word - and gave him the minimum possible in accordance with the requirements of the acting trade union of the fee. At the end of the filming, he was also sent for coffee for 14.73 dollars!
Jim Kerry - "Always say yes" (2008)Jim Carrey did not receive a fee for shooting in the comedy Peyton Reed "Always say" yes "" on his own desire - he was filmed for free, having agreed that in return to him would give a percentage of profits from rolled steel. Jim did not lose: a completely passing, it would seem, the comedy unexpectedly "shot" at the box office, gathered $ 226 million in the world, and Kerry himself received about 35 million as a result.
Chris Evans - "Avengers" (2012) src = "https://api.kinoafisha.info/player/embed/c669ea4fb96708af735188ea8ab2637d" frameborder = "0" marginwidth = "0" marginheight = "0" scrolling = "no" alowfullscreen>It is quite difficult to believe, but Chris Evans, who for many years, along with Robert Downey Jr., is actually a "face" of Marvel franchise, for the role in the Avengers, already debuting before that in the role of superhero, received only $ 2 million. Yes, compared with other heroes of our list of 2 million - a rather serious amount, but if you compare it with 50 million, which I received for the same "Avengers" Robert Downey Jr., Chris's fee looks almost unfairly small.
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