10 Co-Stars Paid Vastly Different Salaries For The Same Film

In the first two Thor movies, Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman - who play the titular superhero and love interest Jane Foster respectively - were at least paid something close to the same ballpark figure.

In the original Thor, Hemsworth netted $150,000 while Portman got $100,000, which given the comparative size of their roles doesn't seem hugely out of sorts, even accepting Portman's considerably higher profile as an actor.

For Thor sequel Thor: The Dark World, Hemsworth was paid $3 million while Portman reportedly received less than $1 million. Not a great outcome for Portman given the size of her role in the sequel, but compared to the third go-around, it seems pretty generous.

After sitting out threequel Thor: Ragnarok, Portman returned for the fourth film, Thor: Love and Thunder, where she played a larger part as a superheroic version of Jane Foster, Mighty Thor.

By this point, as one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's few remaining mainstay characters post-Endgame, Hemsworth was able to command a huge $20 million salary. As for Portman, though? She got just $1.2 million.

Given that Portman's role in Thor 4 clearly gave her much more to do and required far more of her physically, for her to get just a fractional increase on her Thor 2 salary almost a decade later is absurd. 

Receiving barely 5% of what Hemsworth made - despite being one of the film's feature attractions - makes no sense at all.