Show Me The Money! Rupert's House.

[Steve <bboy_mn@yahoo.com>]

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> Does anybody have any links to sites, articles, or general knowledge
> that indicates how much the primary players (Daniel, Rupert, Emma,
> Tom) are getting paid for their roles in the HP movies?
> ...edited...
> 
> thank to all.
> 
> bboy_mn

bboy_mn:

Found this link a The Leaky Cauldron <www.the-leaky-cauldron.org>

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2003001703,00.html

>From the UK SUN tabloid newspaper (given that it's a tabloid, you can
decide how much stock you want to put in it as true.)

Seem that Rupert Grint has made £500,000 (British Pounds; approx
US$800,000) so far. 

However, much like Daniel Radcliffe's parents, Rupert parents have
quit their jobs to become Rupert's fulltime highly paid chaperones.

>From Article in SUN:
The family pal added: "His dad sold his motor supplies business
because he and Jo have devoted themselves to Rupert's career."

To quote Filch; "Oooohhh dear, we are in trouble."

Rupert, as the article alledges has just bought his parents a 5
bedroom £600,000 (US$936,000) house; one of 6 private houses on an
island in the middle of a large river. The Grint's sold their old
house for £200,000 (US$321,00).

I guess it's not my position to micro-manager Rupert's life, but I've
always thought that this was the first sign post on the road to doom.
When the family becomes completely dependant on a child actor's
income, that puts a lot of presure on the child, and totally subverts
the parental authority. Not to mention comsuming money that is suppose
to be put away for the child's future security.

At least, Daniel's mother continues to work at her old job, and is
therefore, bringing in substantial income to the family. 

I think Rupert is a great guy and he, at least at this point, has very
good parents. But when the families financial existance, every trip to
the grocery story, every car payment and insurance payment weighs
heavely on the childs income and drains his money, you are heading for
a disasterous family dynamic.

Mr. Grint has sold his automobile memorabilia business, and given the
fact that they lived in a US$300,000 home, it must have been a good
business, and probably brought in a substantial sum of money. So, it's
not like they are broke without Rupert's money, but at the same time,
Rupert's money should be going into a protected financial trust, where
his money is protected, and invested wisely and concervatively, so
that his future life and education are secured by this money. I see
this as a very negative turn of events.

This is exactly the kind of thing I was worried about. It seems they
are banking on Rupert future income as an actor, and we all know that
the business of acting and being famous is very fickle. I remember
Danny B. from the Partridge Family TV show saying that when the show
was hot, as a 13 year old boy, he could walk into the fanciest
restaurants in Los Angeles and get a table immediately. The week they
canceled the show, he went to restaurants, and it was like he didn't
even exist. They just ignored him. Fame can be a very fleeting thing,
and is not something you want to bank on until the money is truly in
the bank.

I wish Rupert and his family the very best, but caution them to tread
careful on the thin ice of fame.

Just my opinion.

bboy_mn