TheImpressiveX@piefed.socialM to movies@piefed.socialEnglish · 3 months agoSean Astin Says ‘I Had to Sell My House’ During ‘Lord of the Rings’ Era Because $250,000 Payday Was So Low: ‘I Negotiated Such a Small Amount on the Trilogy’variety.comexternal-linkmessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down13
arrow-up1121arrow-down1external-linkSean Astin Says ‘I Had to Sell My House’ During ‘Lord of the Rings’ Era Because $250,000 Payday Was So Low: ‘I Negotiated Such a Small Amount on the Trilogy’variety.comTheImpressiveX@piefed.socialM to movies@piefed.socialEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square24linkfedilink
minus-squareFredselfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down5·3 months agoReally shitty agent and dude been industry since he was a kid damn well should of known better. Holy shit Peter Jackson should be ashame of allowing such a thing to happen.
minus-squareEinskjaldi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down3·3 months agoIf you read the article you can see it was intentional because the movie was risky and was everyone, it said Orlando bloom only got 175k.
minus-squareSharkticon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down2·3 months agoIt being risky would justify low upfront pay with more on the backend. Not low pay period.
minus-squarefyzzlefry@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down2·3 months agoI’m sure hollywood accountants can still figure out how the movie lost money overall.
minus-squareTango@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·3 months agoDavid Prowse died without ever receiving royalties from Return of the Jedi because Lucasfilm insisted it never made a profit, ever.
minus-squareSharkticon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoSeems like a silly reason not to bother trying to get paid more though.
minus-squareCaliforniaSober@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 months agoOrlando was straight out of school at the time. “Rudy” should have got more.
minus-squareFredselfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoRudy hell, White Water Summer, Toy Soldiers. I mean I can go on. He was not small time actor by time this film was made.
minus-squareblockheadjt@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoBloom making less makes sense since he was a new face in Hollywood. Man. Imagine being on your first gig and you are just working alongside Sir Ian McKellan, John Rhys-Davies and Viggo Mortensen.
minus-squareYiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agoI’m sorry for this, but it’s “should have”.
Really shitty agent and dude been industry since he was a kid damn well should of known better. Holy shit Peter Jackson should be ashame of allowing such a thing to happen.
If you read the article you can see it was intentional because the movie was risky and was everyone, it said Orlando bloom only got 175k.
It being risky would justify low upfront pay with more on the backend. Not low pay period.
I’m sure hollywood accountants can still figure out how the movie lost money overall.
David Prowse died without ever receiving royalties from Return of the Jedi because Lucasfilm insisted it never made a profit, ever.
Seems like a silly reason not to bother trying to get paid more though.
Orlando was straight out of school at the time.
“Rudy” should have got more.
Rudy hell, White Water Summer, Toy Soldiers. I mean I can go on. He was not small time actor by time this film was made.
Bloom making less makes sense since he was a new face in Hollywood.
Man. Imagine being on your first gig and you are just working alongside Sir Ian McKellan, John Rhys-Davies and Viggo Mortensen.
I’m sorry for this, but it’s “should have”.