8 Supporting Actors Who Were Paid SIGNIFICANTLY More Than The Main Star
1. Mark Hamill Made More Than Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
Despite Mark Hamill being a far more popular actor playing a far more popular character than Daisy Ridley, it's insane that he was paid so much more than her for just a single minute of screen time.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens was billed as the grand return of legacy characters like Han Solo, General Leia, R2-D2 and C-3PO, and because of the hype surrounding the project, the actors associated with those parts were able to command extremely high salaries, millions of dollars more than the movie's lead, Ridley.
The actress earned an estimated $100,000 - $300,000 for her breakout role, but mega-star Harrison Ford raked in around $20 million, while Carrie Fisher took home a salary "in the low-seven-figure range", according to Variety.
But the most bizarre figure is the one given to Mark Hamill, who, like Fisher, earned a low-seven-figure payday. He was onscreen for one minute, had no dialogue, and earned potentially a million dollars more than Ridley did.
Those Jedi pension plans are pretty lucrative, aren't they?
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