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Anonymous37
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I get that women generally suffer greater repercussions in situations like these, but does it really apply to Pamela Anderson? She was a model and international sex symbol who acted in films and TV shows exploiting that angle before the sex tape, and she kept doing the same thing afterwards?
She didn’t star in Interview and yes I was wrong Bring it On made more than both of them. My point still stands that what she made in a supporting role was perfectly reasonable compared to what he made as the lead.
That has no bearing on how well known a movie is though. A lot more people were talking about Pleasantville at that time than a cheerleader movie that a bunch of teenagers saw.
Read elsewhere that she made $7 million to his $17. Which, given the relative screen time, actually seems about right.
Not sure what to tell you about that. And sorry I realized I was like 22 when Spider-Man came out actually.
It’s apparently $17mil vs $7 mil, so it was exactly what I was saying: She got paid a good amount of money to play MJ compared to Spider-Man who was on the poster 4x more than her and who the movie was named after. Sounds fair to me, nothing even close to the Michelle Williams/Marky Mark bullshit which I agree is…
I was a teen when Spider-Man came out and pretty much everyone knew Pleasantville.
At the time it definitely was.
She didn’t star in Interview or Small Soldiers.
Wow, there’s some wild conjecture going on in this piece, so much so you’re attributing more of your own opinions to Kirsten Dunst than posting her actual quotes.
“but it sounds like they didn’t give her what she was owed.”
He was the lead in Cider House Rules and Pleasantville which were both bigger movies than anything she’d starred in at that point.
He was the lead in Cider House Rules and Pleasantville which were both bigger movies than anything she’d starred in at that point.
Okay, but...Maguire was also, you know, the lead. Wouldn’t the more relevant question, given the similar size of their roles and similar levels of fame at the time, be whether Dunst made less than James Franco?
Millionaire got paid less millions of dollars than other millionaire.
‘Oh yeah, Tobey is playing Spider-Man.’ But you know who was on the cover of the second Spider-Man poster? Spider-Man and ME.”
Holy shit. When your top comment is this — not based on their track record of actual reviews, but just their track record of writing -- it’s time to fucking fire the writer.
Habit, of course. Years of daily av club visits. Disappointment and frustration at how badly the site has slid. The one or two articles a week that remain awesome. Truth though --- this is no longer a happy place and outside of a few pieces like history of violence, hasn't been for some time.