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re: Cate Blanchett says no one got paid on Lord Of The Rings
Posted on 1/16/26 at 10:35 pm to CR4090
Posted on 1/16/26 at 10:35 pm to CR4090
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Typical greedy Hollywood woman.
I would be shaking mad if I was Cate Blanchett and got paid only half a million for 18 days worth of filming in that ugly country called New Zealand for LOTR. How do these people survive.
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Astin suggested that New Line Cinema paid the cast more by the time "The Return of the King" arrived in theaters in 2003.
"We agreed not to talk about it, but when it came time to do publicity for the third film, I was feeling a little bit better, is that a good way to get around that?" he said.
seemed like the whole cast got a couple million dollar Christmas bonus
This post was edited on 1/16/26 at 10:43 pm
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Posted on 1/16/26 at 10:59 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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This is such an odd take. In no universe was Liv Tyler ever an A List star. If Ian McKellen is B List, Tyler would be a C at best. Though she did have that one title role in Jersey Girl.
You’re using present tense, which is true. McKellen is bigger now and she’s fallen off the map.
But they we’re finalizing the cast in 1999. Tyler was popular in the 90s as the hot daughter of Steven Tyler, she’d been in Armageddon, That Thing You Do. I never said she was A list either, just that she was a hot name at the time, hence why she got a big billing.
What big blockbuster movies had Mckellan been in or the others for that matter? He was a bit, character actor that had done a ton of movies but nothing huge. Bloom was unknown, Elijah Wood had Flipper, Deep Impact and Huck Finn, Astin had Goonies, Viggo had parts in GI Jane and Crimson Tide, Sean Bean may have had the biggest role prior with Goldeneye.
None of them were bonafide A list stars at the time of casting in 1998-1999 to demand huge pay days is my point.
This post was edited on 1/16/26 at 11:05 pm
Posted on 1/16/26 at 11:35 pm to Frac the world
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But they we’re finalizing the cast in 1999. Tyler was popular in the 90s as the hot daughter of Steven Tyler, she’d been in Armageddon, That Thing You Do
this
Everyone knew who liv tyler was in 1999. She was just in the biggest blockbuster in america in 1998 Armageddon.
Posted on 1/16/26 at 11:47 pm to iwyLSUiwy
yeah bloom did all his own stunts as well, but he wasn't a name then either. It helped, I'm sure, to land him later roles like Pirates which I'm sure he got paid a very generous sum. Think of it like a rookie contract. lol
Posted on 1/17/26 at 2:46 am to Turbeauxdog
Kind of crazy to think some Yoga instructor got paid more for 2.5 weeks appearance fee on the traitors tv show than Sean Astin got paid for 1.5 years of work for the greatest trilogy in movie history.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 6:02 am to Turbeauxdog
LOL at all the people who think Sean Aston is some major leading man who deserves a big payday. Dude was the lead in one movie that earned more than $1000 at the box office. He’s a child actor or soulful character actor who shows up for a tiny role.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 6:52 am to HueyLongJr
quote:I don’t know about big payday, but he was pretty well known from Rudy as an adult.
LOL at all the people who think Sean Aston is some major leading man who deserves a big payday. Dude was the lead in one movie that earned more than $1000 at the box office. He’s a child actor or soulful character actor who shows up for a tiny role.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 11:30 am to GoCrazyAuburn
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Orlando Bloom said he got $175k for all three
Which led to Pirates and much more - and a massive payday down the line
Posted on 1/17/26 at 3:08 pm to HueyLongJr
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LOL at all the people who think Sean Aston is some major leading man who deserves a big payday. Dude was the lead in one movie that earned more than $1000 at the box office. He’s a child actor or soulful character actor who shows up for a tiny role.
He got paid less than a Yoga instructor for 2.5 weeks appearance fee on the traitors tv show than for the greatest trilogy in movie history.
The guy was on the goonies and rudy. 2 of the greatest movies ever.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 5:59 pm to GaryHobson
Rudy lost money at the box office. He was a child actor in an ensemble in Goonies. I like the guy but the idea this guy deserves to be a highly paid actor is laughable. He was awesome as Sam.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 7:36 pm to themetalreb
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I'm not saying contracts weren't honored....just seems there would have been residual money for one of the biggest movies of all time.
Jesus Christ himself cant get you residuals after the fact. That has to be done on the front end.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 8:11 pm to UnitedFruitCompany
Blanchett got 500k for 17 days of shooting and a free vacation to New Zealand
For the Hobbit she made 1.5 for a weeks work. Cry me a river
For the Hobbit she made 1.5 for a weeks work. Cry me a river
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:25 am to drizztiger
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he was pretty well known from Rudy as an adult.
Maybe. But he didn't put asses in seats. There's a reason he agreed to do the trilogy for that amount.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 11:12 am to SoFla Tideroller
quote:I certainly didn’t mean to imply that he was a main draw or attraction, just that he wasn’t some unknown bit role actor. Most movie goers knew who he was.
Maybe. But he didn't put asses in seats. There's a reason he agreed to do the trilogy for that amount.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 11:59 am to drizztiger
Almost all of them were budget actors. That was the point. This was a huge gamble. McKellen & Blanchett were probably the most tenured actors of the main cast. I would think Astin might have been more recognizable with Goonies & Rudy. But none were huge stars.
And really the whole point of this post is bullshite. They were paid. They agreed to a contract. Nobody forced them to be there and New Line Cinema had no responsibility to pay people more than they agreed to.
Having said that. New Line Cinema did try to frick all of the people who had incentives based on the profitability of the movie along with merchandising and they were sued and ended up settling with everyone involved. They infamously claimed LOTR was not profitable.
And really the whole point of this post is bullshite. They were paid. They agreed to a contract. Nobody forced them to be there and New Line Cinema had no responsibility to pay people more than they agreed to.
Having said that. New Line Cinema did try to frick all of the people who had incentives based on the profitability of the movie along with merchandising and they were sued and ended up settling with everyone involved. They infamously claimed LOTR was not profitable.
This post was edited on 1/18/26 at 12:00 pm
Posted on 1/18/26 at 12:06 pm to TigerMyth36
quote:Could you even imagine?
They infamously claimed LOTR was not profitable.
But yeah, I agree and get your point. I wasn't trying to argue anything other than Astin was decently known. But it was a huge gamble and if any actor didn't want to be a part of it, then don't do it. This isn't slave labor.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 4:31 pm to themetalreb
Blanchett was already a pretty well known actress at the time given she was the main lead in Elizabeth from 1998.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 6:16 pm to GaryHobson
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She was just in the biggest blockbuster in america in 1998 Armageddon.
Frodo was in the better 1998 movie about an impending impact from a space object. Unless you count the version of Armageddon with Affleck’s commentary.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:52 pm to Esquire
I mean Sean Bean was 006 in Goldeneye
Posted on 1/18/26 at 9:12 pm to Sun God
Bean had done a lot of acting. I don't know how popular Sharpe was on the tv over in the UK but he definitely had lots of acting credits but I still don't think he was super well known outside of playing the terrorist in Patriot Games.
Christopher Lee might have been the most known to me because I watched every horror movie I could get my hands on as a kid which meant lots of the Hammer Horror movies. I'm not sure I saw The Wicker Man before I saw the LOTR.
He was still developing his reputation for dying in everything meme.
Christopher Lee might have been the most known to me because I watched every horror movie I could get my hands on as a kid which meant lots of the Hammer Horror movies. I'm not sure I saw The Wicker Man before I saw the LOTR.
He was still developing his reputation for dying in everything meme.
This post was edited on 1/18/26 at 9:14 pm
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