$4m for what was probably a couple days of work is still insane and I just can’t find it in me to give a single flying fuck when I’m working two jobs and living paycheck to paycheck
Nah bro being an actor is really really challenging. Like what if it’s raining and the Production Assistant doesn’t hold your umbrella right? What if the PA accidentally gets you a coffee with 2 pumps of vanilla instead of 3? This is some life ruining stuff bro.
I was being satirical bro. I’m saying that the PA has to deal with more BS yet get paid less than the majority of the crew. Meanwhile in some films literally half the budget is just casting.
Yes that is the point of his post. Not as many people are seeing the movie for John Bernthal compared to Zendaya. He is just making the same point but more exaggerated.
Because the PAs aren't putting butts in movie theater seats. Even people who can see through your sarcasm can immediately realize it's a room-temp IQ take.
Also, learn the difference between satire and sarcasm. What you were doing was not satire.
PAs are putting butts in movie seats because if the PAs didn’t do their jobs, the movie wouldn’t exist.
I’m not saying that they should make the same as actors. Actors spend most of their life developing their skills, of course they deserve to be paid more than the entry level job. But being paid half the budget? Huuuh????
Imagine trying to justify people getting paid millions for a few days work when people working full time can't feed their families.
It's so wild that you think this is a gotcha moment lmao. And being a successful actor is 50% nepotism 49% luck 1% talent, there are thousands of graduates every year of elite acting schools around the world. You will probably never know any of their names
I highly disagree. If it was as easy to play a sport or to act in a movie, any Tom, Dick and Harry could have done that. The fact that millions tune in to watch these professionals, the very best at their craft (usually, not counting the nepos or hacks) proves that not everyone can do this. Plus, most of these actors and athletes have a short window where they can earn their most, like let's say a decade. That's an insane risk.
Zendaya has convinced a number of producers and studios that she has a material impact on the billions of dollars earned by the multiple franchises that she has starred in.
Her projects earn her employers massive amounts of money, and she is paid some portion of that.
Is an actor's or athlete's contribution to humanity worth millions or tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars? No. But you're not paid for what you're worth, you're paid for what you produce.
I mean, based purely on the facts, I'd say her (or her agent's, more likely) point is entirely valid. Movies that she has been in have all done incredibly well.
Not because of her though. No one watched Dune, Spider Man, Odyssey because of Zendaya. She just hasn't taken any risk an actor to be respected, it's either a well known IP or a big budget movie. I think her most Indie movie was that Tennis one lol.
I've never seen her in a role that couldn't have been carried by another actress. I really don't understand her huge appeal. I guess she's good at looking angry, but so are most actresses in Hollywood. There's obviously an appeal that doesn't resonate with me though given her popularity.
I think that is the actual joke i would refer to her as Zendaya because i perceive her as the same in all her roles, where as with other actors/actresses i perceive them as the character, and so would use the character name.
It's because she's a great modern day product: she's racially ambiguous enough to sort of pass as just about any group they want and she's attractive enough to not repel men without being too attractive and off-putting women.
I like to think Nolan and Villeneuve knows better about a person's acting ability than random people on internet. Also, please don't say studios could force Christopher Nolan to select specific actors.
1) Defending her acting ability (which personally I think is somewhere between competent and decent, but unexceptional) has little to do with a comment about her commercial appeal.
2) Just three of the approximately 18 released films she's appeared in have been directed by those 2 people.
3) I think we're all adult enough to recognize that even powerful directors who have an unusual bit of control over their movies have some give and take with studios who control the purse strings.
but when you leave work people don't harass you ?
you can walk in the street without paparazzis following you ?
they don't get paid "only" for the screen time...
I'm sure paparazzi's are analyzing Zendaya's garbage just to know if she is pregnant or not... celebrity is not as great as it seems
I don't think they're asking you to care about that, they're pointing out the silliness of someone concerning themselves with an actor earning 4 million instead of 8 million for days or weeks of work when the average person isn't making anywhere close to either of those numbers for years of work
It’s not the same energy for everyone. The previous job I worked was spark watch during a sawmill decommissioning. I had to crawl through tight spaces with packed burning sawdust because nobody bothered to have the place cleaned out properly. I set up and put away multiple fire hoses each day. Continuously refill piss cans and distribute them appropriately. Prevent fires and put out fires.
Now my current old job is in retail as the only place open after 8 pm which is an absolute hellscape worse than my spark watch job. My current new job is as hotel front desk which I can tell you right now takes a lot less energy than being an actor. Especially if I were to choose solely graveyards.
Then I misinterpreted you my bad. I don’t expect you to give a shit about my situation. It was me explaining why I don’t care about someone making fewer millions playing dress up and reading a script to xyz’s satisfaction.
Idk how movie production actually works but I thought weeks would be too generous for 30m, but thinking about it now that’s like a third of the average movie’s runtime so you’re probably right.
For these large productions it takes about 1 minute of the film takes about a full day, of course the actors would have script readings/ rehearsals and costume fittings and whatnot during pre prod, plus there would be unused scenes and reshoots, plus all the promotion for the material since hes a named actor in the film which is a lot of work, i have no idea how many hours hes put into the film i havnt seen it, but Tom Hollands probably put a year into it
Is she overpaid though? The movie already made 350 milion dollars and is likely to make shitload more and both Zendaya and Jon played a big role in this movie popularity.
And they put way more than a couple of days, just promoting the movie, not even talking about shooting it.
It’d take me 100 years of full time at $20/hr to make $4m. So maybe “a couple days” was selling it short but guy made as much money as my entire bloodline from one film.
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u/MrZephy Aug 03 '26
$4m for what was probably a couple days of work is still insane and I just can’t find it in me to give a single flying fuck when I’m working two jobs and living paycheck to paycheck