Right, I had to laugh at this and people hand wringing about it’s enforcement. I’ve never seen any sort of enforcement of petty drug or prostitution laws in this city. I lived a block away from the Valencia police station and called about people loitering on my stoop selling intravenous drugs (sorry, I don’t want to…
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They don’t have the same agency—they share an agency. Agents don’t collaborate unless told to do so by their clients.
I just went back and reread your post. I am firmly Team Williams, but while her movies have brought in more awards, Wahlberg’s box office receipts dwarf hers. If Venom turns out to be the superhero blockbuster they hope it will be, maybe we can revisit. But he makes crap films that make shit-tons of money. And she…
Do you have figures to back that up? Looking at her filmography, I recognized like 6 or 7 of those movies. Wahlberg has been in way more high-profile movies, some of which while not actually very good *cough transformers cough*, were still quite profitable.
But were they contractually obligated to? And were they really asking for her approval, or just giving her an opportunity to be on board with something they were going to do anyway?
Yep. It’s about slut-shaming women (and sometimes underage girls) while fapping to them at the same time. Sort of like how men treat casting couch rumors on blind gossip sites.
They work with him because the only thing that matters is the box office. Not rocket science. It is show business, not art business.
The amount of dense people I’ve seen accross different comment sections today, spouting that this isn’t sexism, just a matter of Michelle Williams not knowing how to negotiate her contract, is infuriating.
That’s not the point. I agree with you that he’s not a great actor. But this is about star power and money. He gets butts in seats and is a pretty good actor with a limited range that suited the role, THAT’S why they cast him and gave in to his demands. Not because he’s a great artist.
You didn’t read the article. The $1.5 million wasn’t for reshoots. It was to gain Wahlberg’s contractually required approval for casting Christopher Plummer to replace Kevin Spacey, without which reshoots wouldn’t have been necessary in the first place.
I don’t get this attitude.
How did he “blackmail” anyone? They did not have to sign a contract with him that included co-star approval. They just did not.
The studio were cheap a-holes. They made a financial move to replace spacey (there is no way they were motivated by morals) and pretended it was a moral decision to get people to work for free. They should have compensated Williams fairly. Sure, if it turned out her reshoots were easier they could have paid her less…
I’m curious how these stats correlate to age of first marriage/first childbirth. My experience in a rural area was that a lot of women got married and started having kids right after high school (or even during). I’d think people would be more likely to settle down early in places with less options, in terms of…
This.
In other news: water is wet, grass is green, rural folks are bored and have nothing better to do than fuck.
A lot of it depends on his agent, manager, and lawyers and the type of deals they can negotiate. I heard Wahlberg’s agent is very aggressive and a tough negotiator, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he has a lot of connections in the industry to get favorable terms. Also, once someone makes a lot of money, it gives them…
I’m not missing the point at all. You seem to not understand that movie studios are not the same thing as an elderly person needing their driveway shoveled. They are a business. If an actor offers to work for a low fee, they’re not going to counter-offer with a higher one.
Did you mistype? Because of course actors should be paid for their time. Their time on set is limited, so having to go reshoot elsewhere means they can’t be on another job.