10 Rare Movie Actor Contract Clauses You Never Knew
1. Mark Wahlberg Was Guaranteed A $900,000 Bonus If Anne Hathaway Dropped Out (Silver Linings Playbook)
Before you note that Mark Wahlberg wasn't in David O. Russell's Silver Linings Playbook, he very nearly was, to the point that he'd apparently signed a contract to star in the lead role that eventually went to Bradley Cooper.
Though scheduling conflicts due to the continually delayed production eventually forced Wahlberg to pull out, his contract prior to that included an incredibly strange and specific provision.
Wahlberg was originally cast opposite Anne Hathaway - in a role ultimately played to Oscar-winning success by Jennifer Lawrence - but had it written into his contract that he would receive a $900,000 bonus if Hathaway pulled out, to protect him from any box office losses if a lesser-known actress took the role.
The irony of course is that both Hathaway and Wahlberg ended up dropping out and being replaced by less-famous actors, but if scheduling hadn't forced Wahlberg to leave, he would've netted almost an extra million bucks simply for working opposite Lawrence.