The article states that the agency did NOT get her those jobs, so, they didn’t perform a service at all, but still want a cut

Sounds like it’s an oral agreement that was made with an agent who is no longer with them though. It’s very possible they haven’t done anything for her since then or even been in contact and she had no reason to think they still considered her a client.

I did contract law for a few months when I was starting out as an associate (snoozy area lol), but this truly does seem like a clause that would need to be agreed upon in writing. Unless she was told to seek independent legal counsel for any agreements in her emails, or had a lawyer review with her, then I doubt this…

Bad username/comment synergy here. You don’t sound like your business cards turn into sponges when you put them in water.

Yeah how would you feel if you performed a job and then the employee was like “yeah were not gonna use your work for the final product so we don’t feel we need to pay you”.

That’s not a thing in any other career world so I don’t understand why people are confused about this. If you perform a job and agreed upon…

Headey did not get paid $7m for a cameo lol. Her agency doesn’t know what she actually made because she never reported it to them so they sued her for a random number. That’s why part of their demand is an account of what she has made.

You’re assuming there’s a written contract. Her position is that there is not. You can be bound by an oral contract (contrary to what a lot of people think), but it’s going to be a lot more vague, and it’s going to be very hard to sue on that basis. Being vaaaaaaguely familiar with UK talent agencies, it looks like…

I’m guessing she still had to do the work that was cut, and now she won’t appear in this tentpole Marvel production that would raise her profile quite nicely. The 7 mil will no doubt cushion this disappointment though.

It’s an accepted risk purely on the studio. The actor had to do all the same amount of work, and they are union, no fucking around with getting paid.

This sounds it will make a very boring argument in regards to who owns the representation rights after her original agent started a new company that later changed hands (possibly after she left it?) and is competing with the American company representing her too. Could be anything from an agency that just wants to get…

Well, she showed up, got into the costume and makeup and shot the scene(s). She did the work, it’s not up to her what directors or editors do with it.

Nice work if you can get it.

i think they’re being creative here. they also say she owes roughly the same amount for the pilot.

My guess is that her contract does state that they get paid even for deals that they don’t negotiate. Otherwise there could be situations where the agency gets a lead, say they hear that Michael Bay wants to cast her in Transformers 9 and ask her if she is interested. She says no, but then a couple of years later,…

She was paid $7 million for a part that didn’t even make it into the Thor final cut? Thats nuts

Your conflating of “Someone can have two moms” and “Let’s think in detail about how people fuck” is something you should probably interrogate within yourself a bit more. Far from being an interesting point progressives are missing, it’s actually the problem they are trying to solve: There is no reason it’s inherently …

This is not a spoiler, but the same sex couple in this movie is such a small thing. I barely even tracked it. It’s more of a “oh, nice.” kinda thing. It’s sweetly done but like all pixar romances, the movie doesn’t harp on it or anything

It seems like it was pretty confusing for a lot of people, and Disney just didn’t present it well. I remember the old Saturday morning Buzz Lightyear TV show (which I guess this movie retcons) would introduce every episode with the toys in Andy’s room turning on the TV and watching the show. That establishes a clear…

Countless movies featuring straight white folks have flopped (inevitably, since those make up the vast majority of movies) and no one tries to blame their failures on people being tired of films about straight white men.

I feel like I’ve read your post backwards or something.