• Sharkticon@lemmy.zip
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    Must have had a shit agent. I mean he was the star in Rudy it’s not like he didn’t have credits to his name. Also it’s not like they couldn’t have understood the character and his importance.

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      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.

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        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.

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          It being risky would justify low upfront pay with more on the backend. Not low pay period.

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              David Prowse died without ever receiving royalties from Return of the Jedi because Lucasfilm insisted it never made a profit, ever.

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            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.

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          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.