12 Actors Who Admitted Doing A Movie Purely For The Money
8. Richard Dreyfess - Richard Nelson (Poseidon)
Richard Dreyfess was pulling absolutely no punches while promoting the Poseidon remake. In the movie he played the supporting role of a suicidal gay architect that gets caught up in the struggle to survive. Sounds like an interesting character part, which must have intrigued him since he apparently retired from acting a few years before making it. So when he was asked in an interview what brought him back, he said Money. And when asked what attracted him to Poseidon in particular he said The money they offered. For the rest of his interviews about the movie his excitement didnt raise above that level. It was refreshing to see such honestly, though the studio probably wasnt happy with him. Poseidon sank without trace (sorry) though Dreyfuss was ultimately quite good in the role; showing that even when hes phoning it in hes got too much talent to be actively bad.
