10 Co-Stars Paid Vastly Different Salaries For The Same Film
9. Joaquin Phoenix & Bryce Dallas Howard - The Village
Many years ago, a budget breakdown of M. Night Shyamalan's The Village was leaked online, forensically detailing where all of its $71.7 million price tag went, including the salaries of its main cast members.
Joaquin Phoenix, who plays male lead Lucius Hunt in the film, was paid $5 million, while Bryce Dallas Howard, who portrays female lead Ivy Walker, received just $150,000.
Now, there's no mistaking the disparity in profile between the two at the time - Phoenix had a recent Oscar nomination for Gladiator, while The Village was Howard's first major movie role, before which her only significant claim to fame was being director Ron Howard's daughter.
Even so, given that Howard's role is much meatier than Phoenix's and Ivy is very clearly the protagonist of the piece - all while Phoenix's Lucius spends a large portion of the story incapacitated - it's wild that she was paid roughly 33 times less than he was.