Casting Catch

[kathye_c <kechelsen@aol.com>]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Steve <bboy_mn at y...>" 
<bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> > The Actor's Equity Union stepped in for Daniel Radcliffe and 
forced Warner to pay him on a scale more consistent with the hit 
status of the movie. I think they pushed his salary up from 
substantial 5 figures to low 7 figures. Since this was the Union, I'm 
guessing they saw UK£2,000,000 as minimum wage under the 
circumstance. <<

Sorry, but I think you must mean the Screen Actor's Guild.  Actor's 
Equity is the THEATRE Actor's union, and would have no say in the 
salaries on a film.

Kathy