12 Actors Who Admitted Doing A Movie Purely For The Money

Hey, we all have to eat.

By Padraig Cotter / November 18, 2015

While most actors will paint a picture of their work as a noble, artistic endevour, for the majority its a job like everything else. They'll appear in just about anything so long as it pays the rent. After all, bills arent going to get paid with artistic integrity. Theres also the illusion that once an actor reaches the A-list - they're secure enough to do any film they please. Again, not true. If it was then every film with a big name cast would be amazing, which is clearly not the case. Theyre human like everyone else, so theyll never be immune to the lure of easy money. Plus, they have to make movies that have a chance of being successful, so if that means a choice between a slushy romantic comedy or a braindead action movie, so be it - just take the one that pays more. Sometimes theyll have so little interest in what theyve signed up for that the money is the only thing driving them...

12. Ben Affleck - Michael Jennings (Paycheck)

An easy entry to kick things off - this is a move where the title explains all. For Ben Affleck part of the appeal of Paycheck was working with action legend John Woo, who directed The Killer and Hard Boiled; he got to do some slo-mo gunplay, a Mexican stand-off and all that good stuff. As fun as that must have been, even he knew the film was a turkey in the making. When asked in an interview why he made it he said The answer lies in the title. He was being was tongue in cheek, though he later admitted that the movies made during this period of his career - namely Paycheck, Daredevil and Gigli - were all huge mistakes. He made a comeback a few years later making some quality movies, though Runner, Runner showed he could still be tempted by a quick payday. His co-star Paul Giamatti repeated this sentiment during another interview, where he referred to the movie as the aptly-named Paycheck.