these salary issues are too big to stay
behind closed doors welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten actor
salary controversies before we begin we
publish new videos every day so be sure
to subscribe for more great content for
this list we’re looking at instances
where an actor’s paycheck became news as
big as the project they were working on
number 10 not a lot of dough forked oat
Wonder Woman
in 2017 gal gadot fantastic performance
in Wonder Woman made the film a critical
and box-office success
so when rumors emerged that Godot 2 was
paid a mere $300,000 for the heroic role
while Henry Cavill was paid fourteen
million dollars to star in Man of Steel
fans were outraged however later reports
found no proof that cavil was paid that
much to Don the red cape for just one
film although this controversy was based
on an exaggeration it brought attention
to the gender pay gap issue in Hollywood
it also demonstrated that people are
already willing to defend this powerful
heroine Balaji should be shamed by
having all of us number nine strings
definitely attached no strings attached
do you didn’t do this to watch this
rom-com with Natalie Portman and Ashton
Kutcher has two characters who equally
wanted to hook up without a relationship
unfortunately that equality didn’t seem
to apply to their paychecks in an
interview with Marie Claire UK magazine
Portman announced that Kuchar had been
paid three times more than she was to do
the film she called the difference
between their earnings crazy and hinted
that her story was part of a bigger
Hollywood problem Portman’s candid
interview drew support from the internet
as well as her co-star Kuchar so unless
tunnel number 8 the unequal pay files
The X Files I’m Dana Scully I’ve been
assigned to work with you although many
things have changed for the x-files
since the 90s the issue of equal pay
seems to have stuck around when the show
first aired Gillian Anderson had to
fight to receive the same salary as her
co-star David Duchovny despite them both
being lead characters when Fox revived
the series in 2016
she had to fight for fair pay again
Anderson told The Hollywood Reporter
that Fox originally intended to pay her
half of what the company was getting to
reprise her role Mulder this stinks
fortunately Anderson was able to
negotiate her deal and the two stars
were paid equally for the show’s return
certainly was good for you
number 7 right wrong house of cards now
tell me am I really the sort of enemy
you want to make on house of cards
Robin Wright plays the powerful and
resourceful Claire underwood right
brought those characteristics out when
it came time to negotiate her salary in
2016 right reported that co-star Kevin
Spacey was making $80,000 more per
episode than she was she threatened to
tell the media about the disparity
unless they were both paid the same
amount
as of May 2017 the pay gap was still
there now that sexual misconduct
allegations against spacy have caused
Netflix to drop him from house of cards
right will become the show’s main lead
whether she will be paid more remains to
be seen my turn
number six the company fights back
Three’s Company Christmas know not every
salary dispute ends well Suzanne Somers
learned this the hard way with her role
as Chrissy snow in Three’s Company prior
to season five summers attempted to
raise her salary from 30,000 to $150,000
in episode the increase would have given
her the same pay as her co-star John
Ritter but when ABC counter offered a
$5,000 raise instead summers refused to
work for two episodes the network
retaliated by cutting her screen time
writing her off the show and eventually
replacing her summers tumultuous exit
also led to a feud with her former
co-star Joyce DeWitt that took decades
to resolve number five
leaving Hawaii Hawaii five-o this cop
show returned for season eight without
two of its ensemble actors actors Daniel
Dae Kim and Grace Park campaigned to get
the same pay as their co-stars Alex
O’Loughlin and Scott Caan CBS reportedly
offered raises but they still fell short
of cam and parks demands as a result the
actors chose not to return and their
characters were written off the show
their negotiations drew accusations that
the pay gap was due to Kim and Parks
Asian heritage
despite the controversial exit Kim later
posted a message encouraging fans of the
show while mentioning that the path to
equality is rarely easy I mean you have
to feel good with what you need to do at
the end of the day and
sometimes when you’re it a little bit
younger you’re pressured into doing
certain things
number four child labor Slumdog
Millionaire magic money Otto maryborough
by Saleem Manteca actress Asura den
Ismail and verbena Ali were thrust into
the spotlight with their roles in
Slumdog Millionaire as the film became a
smash hit the parents of the young
actors claimed the children had been
underpaid for their work
although the exact salary numbers were
never made public Ali and his mouth were
still living in poor conditions after
the film was released director Danny
Boyle addressed the issue by announcing
the jiho trust a fund created to provide
financial support for the education and
housing of the film’s young stars in
agreement number three not all the money
all the money in the world do not have
the money to spare after Kevin Spacey’s
career was derailed by scandal director
Ridley Scott decided to remove his
performance in all the money in the
world and replace him with Christopher
Plummer Scott also asked actors back to
set to reshoot key scenes while Michelle
Williams received a working rate of $80
a day
Mark Wahlberg got 1.5 million dollars to
return to set although it’s unclear if
each actors contract affected these
rates the news of this gigantic gap
between their fees drew major criticism
Wahlberg eventually donated his paycheck
to The Times up Legal Defense Fund an
organization created to fight for
victims of sexual misconduct when
Anderson
number two the one with a million
dollars friends I just want a million
dollars when millions of people watch
your show weekly you gain a lot of
leverage in 2002 the sitcom Friends was
a ratings powerhouse for NBC the six
lead cast members took advantage of this
fact walked into negotiations and asked
for a payday of 1 million dollars each
per episode to do another season we’re
gonna be all like Oh everybody let’s
take our helicopters up to the cave NBC
granted the request and each actor took
home a staggering 22 million dollars for
the season and they also received
syndication bonuses which earn money for
reruns the casts astronomical asking
price raised plenty of eyebrows with
even the show’s co-creator calling their
pay days ridiculous before we give our
top pick arrays here are some honorable
mentions this is my kitchen you’re in it
and I don’t know who you are dear God
I just lost my mother
besa you don’t like your job you don’t
strike you just go in every day and do
it really half-assed who the hell is
that my dad
something that at one time felt okay
that it was unbalanced started to feel
not as good number one hustled out of
equal pay American hustle empty just
like your deals empty empty the 2014
hack of Sony Pictures uncovered a
variety of shocking emails that exposed
a dark side of Hollywood in one exchange
it was revealed that both Jennifer
Lawrence and Amy Adams were given less
of a share of the profits from American
hustle than the male leads the disparity
caused the Academy award-winning
Lawrence to write an essay that
discussed the gender pay gap and other
issues that women face in Hollywood the
piece was praised by her co-star Amy
Adams along with many other celebrities
and fans Lawrence’s essay also brought
much-needed awareness to the persistent
gender pay gap in Hollywood I had to say
something because we need to talk about
it do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
behind closed doors welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten actor
salary controversies before we begin we
publish new videos every day so be sure
to subscribe for more great content for
this list we’re looking at instances
where an actor’s paycheck became news as
big as the project they were working on
number 10 not a lot of dough forked oat
Wonder Woman
in 2017 gal gadot fantastic performance
in Wonder Woman made the film a critical
and box-office success
so when rumors emerged that Godot 2 was
paid a mere $300,000 for the heroic role
while Henry Cavill was paid fourteen
million dollars to star in Man of Steel
fans were outraged however later reports
found no proof that cavil was paid that
much to Don the red cape for just one
film although this controversy was based
on an exaggeration it brought attention
to the gender pay gap issue in Hollywood
it also demonstrated that people are
already willing to defend this powerful
heroine Balaji should be shamed by
having all of us number nine strings
definitely attached no strings attached
do you didn’t do this to watch this
rom-com with Natalie Portman and Ashton
Kutcher has two characters who equally
wanted to hook up without a relationship
unfortunately that equality didn’t seem
to apply to their paychecks in an
interview with Marie Claire UK magazine
Portman announced that Kuchar had been
paid three times more than she was to do
the film she called the difference
between their earnings crazy and hinted
that her story was part of a bigger
Hollywood problem Portman’s candid
interview drew support from the internet
as well as her co-star Kuchar so unless
tunnel number 8 the unequal pay files
The X Files I’m Dana Scully I’ve been
assigned to work with you although many
things have changed for the x-files
since the 90s the issue of equal pay
seems to have stuck around when the show
first aired Gillian Anderson had to
fight to receive the same salary as her
co-star David Duchovny despite them both
being lead characters when Fox revived
the series in 2016
she had to fight for fair pay again
Anderson told The Hollywood Reporter
that Fox originally intended to pay her
half of what the company was getting to
reprise her role Mulder this stinks
fortunately Anderson was able to
negotiate her deal and the two stars
were paid equally for the show’s return
certainly was good for you
number 7 right wrong house of cards now
tell me am I really the sort of enemy
you want to make on house of cards
Robin Wright plays the powerful and
resourceful Claire underwood right
brought those characteristics out when
it came time to negotiate her salary in
2016 right reported that co-star Kevin
Spacey was making $80,000 more per
episode than she was she threatened to
tell the media about the disparity
unless they were both paid the same
amount
as of May 2017 the pay gap was still
there now that sexual misconduct
allegations against spacy have caused
Netflix to drop him from house of cards
right will become the show’s main lead
whether she will be paid more remains to
be seen my turn
number six the company fights back
Three’s Company Christmas know not every
salary dispute ends well Suzanne Somers
learned this the hard way with her role
as Chrissy snow in Three’s Company prior
to season five summers attempted to
raise her salary from 30,000 to $150,000
in episode the increase would have given
her the same pay as her co-star John
Ritter but when ABC counter offered a
$5,000 raise instead summers refused to
work for two episodes the network
retaliated by cutting her screen time
writing her off the show and eventually
replacing her summers tumultuous exit
also led to a feud with her former
co-star Joyce DeWitt that took decades
to resolve number five
leaving Hawaii Hawaii five-o this cop
show returned for season eight without
two of its ensemble actors actors Daniel
Dae Kim and Grace Park campaigned to get
the same pay as their co-stars Alex
O’Loughlin and Scott Caan CBS reportedly
offered raises but they still fell short
of cam and parks demands as a result the
actors chose not to return and their
characters were written off the show
their negotiations drew accusations that
the pay gap was due to Kim and Parks
Asian heritage
despite the controversial exit Kim later
posted a message encouraging fans of the
show while mentioning that the path to
equality is rarely easy I mean you have
to feel good with what you need to do at
the end of the day and
sometimes when you’re it a little bit
younger you’re pressured into doing
certain things
number four child labor Slumdog
Millionaire magic money Otto maryborough
by Saleem Manteca actress Asura den
Ismail and verbena Ali were thrust into
the spotlight with their roles in
Slumdog Millionaire as the film became a
smash hit the parents of the young
actors claimed the children had been
underpaid for their work
although the exact salary numbers were
never made public Ali and his mouth were
still living in poor conditions after
the film was released director Danny
Boyle addressed the issue by announcing
the jiho trust a fund created to provide
financial support for the education and
housing of the film’s young stars in
agreement number three not all the money
all the money in the world do not have
the money to spare after Kevin Spacey’s
career was derailed by scandal director
Ridley Scott decided to remove his
performance in all the money in the
world and replace him with Christopher
Plummer Scott also asked actors back to
set to reshoot key scenes while Michelle
Williams received a working rate of $80
a day
Mark Wahlberg got 1.5 million dollars to
return to set although it’s unclear if
each actors contract affected these
rates the news of this gigantic gap
between their fees drew major criticism
Wahlberg eventually donated his paycheck
to The Times up Legal Defense Fund an
organization created to fight for
victims of sexual misconduct when
Anderson
number two the one with a million
dollars friends I just want a million
dollars when millions of people watch
your show weekly you gain a lot of
leverage in 2002 the sitcom Friends was
a ratings powerhouse for NBC the six
lead cast members took advantage of this
fact walked into negotiations and asked
for a payday of 1 million dollars each
per episode to do another season we’re
gonna be all like Oh everybody let’s
take our helicopters up to the cave NBC
granted the request and each actor took
home a staggering 22 million dollars for
the season and they also received
syndication bonuses which earn money for
reruns the casts astronomical asking
price raised plenty of eyebrows with
even the show’s co-creator calling their
pay days ridiculous before we give our
top pick arrays here are some honorable
mentions this is my kitchen you’re in it
and I don’t know who you are dear God
I just lost my mother
besa you don’t like your job you don’t
strike you just go in every day and do
it really half-assed who the hell is
that my dad
something that at one time felt okay
that it was unbalanced started to feel
not as good number one hustled out of
equal pay American hustle empty just
like your deals empty empty the 2014
hack of Sony Pictures uncovered a
variety of shocking emails that exposed
a dark side of Hollywood in one exchange
it was revealed that both Jennifer
Lawrence and Amy Adams were given less
of a share of the profits from American
hustle than the male leads the disparity
caused the Academy award-winning
Lawrence to write an essay that
discussed the gender pay gap and other
issues that women face in Hollywood the
piece was praised by her co-star Amy
Adams along with many other celebrities
and fans Lawrence’s essay also brought
much-needed awareness to the persistent
gender pay gap in Hollywood I had to say
something because we need to talk about
it do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
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