Wes Anderson’s 2001 Movie “The Royal Tenenbaums” Featured A Mix of Veteran Hollywood Actors and Rising Stars, and They All Walked Away with the Same Paycheck.
In an interview with The Sunday TimesAnderson Remembered How His Flat-Fee Salary Approach Became A Point of Contentt for Its Star, Two-Time Oscar Winner Gene Hackman.
“Gene was Very Annoyed About the Money,” The Filmmaker Recalled. “He was furious. Also, he didn’t want to do the film anyway. I talked Him into it – i just didn’t go away.”
Hackman eventually Acceptually Accept the Role – and the Salary —After the rest of the cast, Including Gwenyth Paltrow, Angelica Huston, and Ben Stiller, All Agreed to Accept the Same, Undisclosed Amount.
The film Said AFTER Filming Ended, Hackman, Who Died in February at Age 95, “Left With Saying Goodbye.”
“He was grumpy – we have had friction,” Anderson Said, reference to the Well-Chronicled Tension BetWene Him and Hackman During Production.
Anderson previously spoke about hackman’s performance in the film During A Q&A Following a 20th Anniversary Screening of it at the TRIBCA Film Festival in 2021.
At the event, Attended by Business Insider, Anderson Said That Hackman “Gave US EveryThing He Had” That Small Amount of Money. “
Gene Hackman Starred in Wes Anderson’s 2001 Movie “The Royal Tennbaums.” Touchstone Pictures
Alec Baldwin, Who Narrated the Film and Moderates the TRIBCA PANEL, JOKED THAT HACKMAN’S AGENT ONCE TOLD HIM The actor didn’t “Open Hisyes for Less than $ 3 million.”
“The Royal Tenenbaums” was one of Hackman’s Last Major Role. He’s not the Only Actor to Accept a Surprisisly Low Hollywood Payday.
ELIJAH WOOD RECENTLY TOLD BI THAT HIS PAYCHECK FOR STARRING IN ALL THREE “LORD OF THE Rings” Movies in the Trilogy was Low. His costar cate blanchett previously unjust and that time pay for being in the films was that “Basically got free sandwiches.
Wood Said That The Sprawling Peter Jackson-Directed Fantasy Trilogy was “A Real Gamble” for the Studio Financing the Film, One That He Said Was Mitigated by “Not Massive Salaries.”
Anderson Told the Sunday His Flat-Payment Model with his 1998 film “Rumitore.”
It appears to have continued – Bryan Cransston Told Indiewire that the Cast of Anderson’s 2023 Movie “Asteroid City” Operated with No Hierarchy or Call Sheet That Placed the Most Important-And Best-Paid-Actors at the Top.
A Variety Cover Story Reported that Scarlett Johansson Accept A Salary of $ 4,131 A Week while Shooting The Film. Edward Norton Told Entertainment Weekly and Earned a Similar figure for appearing in Anderson’s 2012 film “Moonrise Kingdom.”
HBO’s Emmy Award-Winning Series “The White Lotus,” Which Recently Aired Its Third Season, Has a Similar Parity Model, Acciting to One of It Its Producers, David Bernad.
“They Get Paid the Same, and we do alphabetical billing, so you’re getting People who want to do the project for the right,” he said in interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
Similarly, The 2023 Oscar-Nominated Film “Sing Sing” Paid Everyone on Set-From The Lead Star Colman Domingo to-The Same Daily Wage.
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