10 Actors Who Didn’t Get Paid For Great Roles

The amounts that some Hollywood actors receive per film surpass the barrier of millions. But, sometimes, the stars accept work for little, mainly when they are interested in the presented script, or when they want to have the experience of working with a certain renowned director. Furthermore, this is very common at the beginning of their careers, as actors need to accept any proposal to put their name on the market.

Today the incredible.club brings 10 cases of actors who received very little for very interesting roles. The values ​​will leave you speechless.

When Martin Scorsese offered Hill a role in the film The wolf of Wall Street (2013), he was already a famous comedian who earned millions per movie. This time, he was offered the amount of 60 thousand dollars. But Jonah didn’t even think about negotiating and signed the contract on the same day. He did it because working with the director is every actor’s dream. In the end, he was nominated for an Oscar. It is worth mentioning that the film’s protagonist, Leonardo DiCaprio, was paid $25 million to work on the same film.

Of course, $100,000 isn’t a small amount, but it seems small for an actor who has been paid tens of millions of dollars for movies like Mission Impossible (1996), Interview with the Vampire (1994) and Jerry Maguire (1996). Nevertheless, the actor was so impressed with the screenplay of Magnolia (1999), who preferred to leave aside the financial aspect and accepted the proposal of the director Paul Thomas Anderson🇧🇷 The role earned him a Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination.

Your role in the movie Thelma & Louise (1991), directed by Ridley Scott, it was one of the actor’s first steps to success. The low value wasn’t a problem, as the film landed him on the cover of Hollywood. The proof of this is in the amount he received for the film. Eleven men and a secret (2001): 30 million dollars.

After the success of The notebook (2004), role that gave the actor much popularity, he accepted the low salary in the very low budget film called Half Nelson (2006). The choice seems to have been right, since the role earned him the first Oscar nomination.

by the paper in Boys do not Cry (1999) the actress received only 3 thousand dollars, because the budget of the film was very low. But none of that was in vain. For the brilliant interpretation the actress took the Oscar for best actress, making the value in the following film, The Affair of the Necklace (2001), was from 3 million dollars.

although the movie A Man’s First Night (1967) is considered one of the greatest commercial successes in history, actor Dustin Hoffman did not feel it in his pocket, since his salary was only 17 thousand dollars🇧🇷 He only managed to pay off some debts. But of course the role helped the young man to start a beautiful career, with participation in films like papillon (1973), in which he received 1.25 million dollars.

For the role in the drama Winter’s Bone (2010) young actress Jennifer Lawrence received only 3 thousand dollars🇧🇷 The performance was so praised by critics that she was nominated for an Academy Award. Her career has not stopped rising, causing her to receive the value of 20 million dollars by the movie passengers (2016).

According to rumors, the actor almost turned down the role of Han Solo, since for a week of work in Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) he would receive the value of one thousand dollars🇧🇷 As we know, he accepted the role and was paid $10,000. Over time, his cache increased a lot. for work in Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983) the actor received 500 thousand dollars🇧🇷 already by Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015), he received 25 million dollars.

One of Hollywood’s best actors surprised many when he agreed to star in the comedy Yes sir (2008) by 0 dollars🇧🇷 Instead of the fee, Jim demanded 36.7% of the box office🇧🇷 Thankfully for him, the comedy was a huge commercial success, and he received the 35 million dollars🇧🇷

Bill Murray was so excited to star in the movie rushmore (1998), directed by Wes Anderson, who accepted the role for the value of 9 thousand dollars. By comparison, Murray was paid $10 million for his role in Time Spell (1993).