Casting Catch (News Quotes)

[Steve <bboy_mn@yahoo.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
> 

bboy_mn:

Here are some quotes I'm basing my opinion on. To find this, I search
Google for 'Daniel Radcliff salary Hooch'

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Radcliffe, Daniel was initially only offered £125,000 (approximately
US$181,500) to film Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The
Actor's Union Equity stepped in, however, and negotiated new terms
that increased his salary to roughly £2,000,000 (US$3,000,000).


 Star Daniel Radcliffe reportedly only received $97,000 for his work,
and would have received only about $162,000 for the sequel before the
British actors' union Equity intervened on his behalf.  A well-known
American child star could have easily commanded five times that much.

Zoe Wanamaker has hit out at the makers of the Harry Potter film,
accusing them of underpaying their actors.

In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Wanamaker, who plays games
mistress Madam Hooch, described the film's producers Warner Bros as
"notoriously mean" and described the pay as "terrible." "If they want
me for a second [film], they'll have to up their rates. I don't think
any of the actors have done well out of it," she continued. 

"Some actors signed three-film deals but the money was so crap I was
insulted so just signed for one."

Telling the Sunday Times that she received less for the multimillion
pound blockbuster than for a recent BBC production,... 


Wanamaker was also reported to have been angry that many of the actors
did not receive any extra payments or royalties for the use of their
images in spin-off merchandising and computer games.


It is not the first dispute about the stars' salaries. Daniel
Radcliffe, who plays Harry Potter, was originally offered only GBP
£75,000 and GBP £125,000 for the first sequel. However, the actors'
union Equity renegotiated new terms which have since made the 12-year
old a millionaire.
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