55 million Dollars
Johnny Depp will be the next actor that can call himself the best paid one. To come back and reprise his role as Captain Jack Sparrow he will get a check for 55 Million dollars. Not a bad paycheck, isn’t it? I didn’t think so. But I do think that it is to much. Who needs 55 million to play one role? Nobody, not even the best Jack Sparrow in the world!
With so many actors strugeling in the industry I would love to see one top actor to be a little more humain and strike another kind of contract deal. How about signing a 55 million contract for a role where you keep 1 million and have it stated in the contract that the other 54 million will be equally divided between all the extras, technicians and other lower paid people on the set. Nobody who is already rich needs another 55 million added to his or her account, but all the other people would welcome that little extra to get some bills paid.
55 Million dollars for one movie, for any movie, for any role… way to much. But that is just my 2 cents.
October 9th, 2008 at 3:47 am
hmmmm, Johnny is overpaid with that role, but i love the franchise so much that i can’t wait and am glad they are paying him that much because it means he is for sure reprising the role.
Plus, without Orlando and Keira, they are free to explore a new plot line using Jack in a whole new way.. good times!!