I’ve had this story for a little while now but it seems most apt at the moment with the discussion over the pay deals of the Lost team.
From Cinematical, Cary Elwes has been complaining that he hasn’t received a fair share of the profits from Saw. It’s become so bad that he’s headed off to court to try and get his owed rewards and suing the Producers. Sounds like a typical moaning Hollywood actor doesn’t it? Well, listen to the figures. Elwes was paid $2,587.20, Saw cost $1.2million and made over $100million. Sounds terrible eh? Oh…hold on…he was given a bonus of over $50,000. Not so bad after all?
Elwes says he was told he’d “make more money [on Saw] than he had ever made before.” Since he’s not, he’s claiming breech of contract. Furthermore, the lawsuit claims he should be getting more money.
Tough life Elwes, signing a contract not knowing if something is going to be successful, then when it is being a bit miffed that you mishandled the negotiations. You could have negotiated for some form of percentage return.
Welcome to the real world, where if I do something utterly successful and money saving at work I get bog all back. I once saved my company £1.2million pounds, and I mean personally…did I see a reward? No. Did I sue them? No. I got on with the next job.
Is this another sign of over privileged actors complaining for no reason?
