17 actors who agreed to the role just for the money (18 photos)

There's no shame in going to work solely for the sake of salary: even in creative professions it is impossible make career decisions solely on the basis that you are the most inspires. So the actors from this selection honestly admitted that some roles in their careers are just an opportunity not bad earn extra money.





1. Rachel Zegler



At the premiere of Shazam! Fury of the Gods Rachel Zegler honestly told the Hollywood Reporter that she agreed to the role of Anthea because that she needed a job. “I'm serious,” she continued. — Truth in that it was the height of a pandemic and I wasn't working. I couldn't find a job because West Side Story isn't out yet, and I they didn't take it anywhere."

2. Will Smith





Thanks to the success of the hit "Parents Just Don't Understand", Will Smith lived in grand style for a time, but found himself broke when his the next album failed. However, he did not pay taxes, so the IRS ended up confiscating all of his expensive cars and other items luxury. His then girlfriend advised him to have useful dating on the Arsenio Hall show, where he eventually met Benny Medina, who pitched him the series The Prince of Bel-Air.

After a spontaneous audition at a producer's party Quincy Jones, the same night in the back of the limousine, Will signed contract for the lead role in the series. Will couldn't even afford lawyer to help him draft the contract, so Quincy sent his assistant to find him someone.

3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar



According to director and co-writer Jerry Zucker, Karim Abdul-Jabbar (an avid carpet collector, as it turned out) originally offered $30,000 to play Roger Murdoch in the film "Airplane". However, his agent demanded $35,000 because it would have covered the cost of a fancy rug Karim had taken a liking to. The filmmakers agreed, deciding that the agent was just so original traded, and then saw a photo of Karim in Time magazine against the background of that the carpet itself.

4. Paul Bettany



Before the voice of artificial intelligence by name Jarvis turned into Vision, Paul Bettany felt like a "pirate or burglar", recording lines for "Iron Man" because he “I came in, read remarks from a piece of paper for a couple of hours, and then received money bag". He hadn't even seen any of the Marvel movies at the time. with your participation.

5. Amanda Seyfried



Amanda Seyfried has agreed to play Sophie Hall in Letters to Juliet" because "sometimes if you want to buy an apartment on Manhattan, you need to do a couple of rom-coms."

"Romantic comedies are great when they're made okay,” the actress explained. — I love watching them; I'm just not very love the process of making them. […] I'm not criticizing studios; it's simple a different approach to film making. These films are made for a different reason: for money. And that's great too. We all want money. Don't get me wrong, I love my New York apartment."

6. Billy Bob Thornton



Billy Bob Thornton played Dan Truman in Armageddon because he "needed to pay for a divorce."

At a 2008 SXSW panel, he said, "When I was filming for Armageddon, I needed money. My agent said, "You need star in such films, because from time to time your photo should show up at bus stops, otherwise people will forget about you. You you can act in independent films as much as you like, which you like. But every once in a while you gotta shine on the bus stop. This will give you the opportunity to act in films in which you want to shoot."

7. Glenn Close



Glenn Close played Irani Rael in Guardians of the Galaxy because it "would allow her to do the films she really like it."

At the Nantucket Film Festival, the actress honestly admitted: “This will be a new experience for me, but with practicalth point of view it will allow I'm doing low-budget films, so I'm happy."

8. Halle Berry



Even after winning the Oscars, Halle Berry faced lack of good roles compared to their white counterparts workshop. She still had to accept certain roles from financial need, and not out of love, because, according to her, her work is it's a way to provide for the kids.

"I mean, okay, here's the movie, and I can't say it's I really like it, but this activity is not a hobby ... However, I try retain the ability to be surprised and remain interested. 'Cause as a black woman, I didn't always get roles which I absolutely love."

9. Bella Thorne



Bella Thorne didn't want to audition for Dance fever,” but her family “would literally have to live on the street” if she didn't get the part.

On the Happy Sad Confused podcast, she said, "We lived on coupons, and we ate only from them every day. For someone it might seem like a small thing, but when you're a single mother in debt, raising four kids and you don't have anything at all, that's [extremely lousy]."

10 Michael Caine



When Michael Caine, who played Hoagie Newcomb in Jaws 4: Revenge,” asked if he had seen the film, he replied, “No. But I saw the house my mother, which he paid for."

11. Tim Roth



Tim Roth played Josef "Sepp" Blatter in Dream League because his two children were in college and he "had to take this solution, and it probably wasn't the best, but once you When you make a decision, you must see it through to the end."

In the "Ask Me Anything" thread on Reddit, he wrote: “The film is terrible (although I can’t say this because I haven’t watched it), it was disgusting to do it, it was a bad movie [in which he starred] for good reasons... It's hard to star in something that isn't you want, but I'm glad I did it for my family."

12. Stephen Dillane



According to Stephen Dillane, who played Stannis Baratheon in "Game of Thrones", "money was the main thing that [he] took away from it [experience]."

The actor also explained that although he admires the series for the creation of such an “amazing phenomenon”, he himself practically does not watched because he found it "quite violent" and "hardcore".

13. Morgan Freeman



Morgan Freeman chalked up his role in Ted 2 to being that he needs to "make a living" somehow. "If I get paid for this, I’ll be happy to do it,” the actor simply explained.

14. Eddie Murphy



Eddie Murphy originally turned down the role of Lieutenant T.M. Landry in Best Defense but changed his mind when Paramount Studios "came back with a million dollar offer for a couple of weeks of work." "A now tell me what 22 year old guy would turn down a million dollars for a two-week job?” he joked to Interview.

15. Laurence Olivier



Laurence Olivier, who spent most of the filming of Incheon kept bed rest due to arthritis, played General Douglas MacArthur mainly so that he would have something to leave in family inheritance. They say that at some point he refused to leave the of his tent until a suitcase containing 250,000 dollars.

"People ask me why I'm acting in this picture, - the actor spoke. “The answer is simple: money, my dear. I'm like vintage wine I need to drink quickly before I turn sour. Now I'm practically exhausted, and I feel that the end is near. That's why I choose now money. I have nothing to leave my family, except the money that I can make money from movies. I won't disdain anything if it's good for it will pay. I fucking earned the right to grab whatever I can grab hold of the time I have left."

16. Jackie Chan



Jackie Chan admitted that the only reason why he starred in "Rush Hour" - this is money.“In each of my films, I star in for some reason, because I have something to say. Unlike "Hour rush" ... "Rush Hour" is my least favorite, but, oddly enough, it went very well in the US and Europe.”

17. Daniel Craig



Daniel Craig is so tired of James after Specter Bond, who said: “If I also star in a Bond film, then only for money". Six years later, he played in No Time to Die.