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    AA> The film, although entertaining, reinforced my notion that actors    
    AA> are simply getting paid far too much for the one-time thing that    
    AA> they do.   
      
   Most actors recieve the regular SAG day-rate which is $335/day or $1166/week   
   for films with budgets under 700k and $1,005/day or $3,488/week for films with   
   budget over $2.5 million.  That may seem like a lot, but keep in mind talent   
   must typically be on set before dawn for makeup and costume, and don't leave   
   until dark.  They must learn lines, blocking, and often times skills like   
   sword fighting, dancing or horseback riding.   
      
   Most actors are struggling.  They might appear in a few minor roles for the   
   year and have to spend the rest of their time gig-working, or waiting tables.    
   But they persevere because the potential payoff is huge.    
      
   It's only the mega-A-List actors that recieve the millions and millions you   
   are thinking about.  And they get that because they are typically in films   
   which have budgets of millions and millions, and (before Covid) would earn   
   millions and millions at the box office.  Would it be fair if a major movie   
   made a billion in boxoffice and only paid it's actors the day rate? The A-list   
   actors make what they do because they bust ass, the draw audience, and they   
   earn a piece of the boxoffice on the backend.  I think you'll see that A-list   
   Directors, Cinematographers, Composers, and other top-line talent also have   
   similar arrangement.   
      
   An oft-cited example is the million-dollars-per-episode arrangement the cast   
   of "Friends" had in their final seasons.  Or the similar one for the cast of   
   "Big Bang Theory".  The cast could get that rate because the producers had a   
   gold mine.  Every season released was a guarantee of profits to be generated   
   for the studios and networks.  Shouldn't the cast earn a fair cut of that?   
      
   Bob Roberts   
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