Comments on: Mark Wahlberg Paid Millions More Than Michelle Williams For ‘All The Money In The World’ Reshoots

By: DinoSauce

DinoSauce — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 22:06:00 +0000

In reply to Kevin Murphy. He demanded 2 mil and signed a contract. Unless Michelle Williams and Christopher Plummer asked for the same amount, signed a contract and still get paid $80 per day then it's just some bullshit news. No inequality just stupidity. If you want something make sure it's on paper.

By: Kevin Murphy

Kevin Murphy — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 13:29:00 +0000

I haven’t seen the movie, and I know very little about it, but does Wahlberg have a larger role than Williams? Did he have more material to re-shoot than Williams? If either of these are the case, perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised.

By: McVader

McVader — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 13:16:00 +0000

He is a big box office draw and demands more pay, this is how the free market works. Plummer is a much better actor but his draw is negligible because he is old. Click bait bullshit news!

By: Hedge685

Hedge685 — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 05:19:00 +0000

Maybe Michelle Williams should get herself a better agent and or manager then.

By: lgb

lgb — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 04:32:00 +0000

In reply to Ryan.

Yeah but his movies consist of 2 Transformers movies, and no one saw them for him let’s be honest. He’s not more bankable, he’s just been in bigger budget schlock. Also it’s not him who does the negotiations, it’s his agent…. who represents Michelle too. Just saying, you’d think his agent would’ve maybe had the decency to tell him to accept the per diem rate or to push for Michelle to get a fair payday

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 03:43:00 +0000

In reply to lgb. Number of awards or nominations does not necessarily equal stardom or net worth, Mark's movies overall have grossed more($2.896 billion- more than Christopher Plummer-$1.384 billion and Michelle Williams-$793.4 million combined as of the date of posting) and he is more bankable that's why he demanded more because he knows his worth, so are many other actors and actresses with less awards or nominations , movies that gross more hardly ever get any nominations for awards

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 03:18:00 +0000

We are all for equal pay but how does Wahlberg’s negotiations affect Michelle’s? how is he to know what they paid her? how do we know we are getting the full story or even the truth? She just heard that from someone who probably heard it too we all know how word of mouth can distort information as it trickles down. You don’t champion for equal pay by dragging out someone’s name who was just getting his , and why is it always an issue when the man gets paid more but when A list actresses get paid more no one seems to say it, its probably because they are more famous and have a bigger pull

By: Alex Meyer

Alex Meyer — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 03:04:00 +0000

Mark Wahlberg, why’d you have to be so greedy?

By: miguelBT2809

miguelBT2809 — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 01:59:00 +0000

In reply to oceancrest. Kevin Jagertwat & Jessica Chastain, both. I haven’t read that Ms. Williams or Christopher Plummer complained about their pay! I read the same article where Scott said they worked for nothing or change!! Then something that had to have been told in confidence wound up on (of course) social media with demands for an explanation!!

By: B CH

B CH — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 01:21:00 +0000

In reply to Mike.

He was a producer, so……

By: Albert Maier

Albert Maier — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 00:52:00 +0000

In reply to lgb. Well. He's a scumbag for doing this. But she could have done the same. So it has nothing to do with equality or inequality. Only the negotiating skills of your handlers. And the greediness of the actor. Also it's a popularity contest. The one who gets more asses in seats wins. Awards and nominations mean shit.

By: Bo

Bo — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 00:32:00 +0000

Look, I’m certainly not a fan of Wahlberg’s work and am of Ms. Williams. Having said that ,all might be advised to remember that this is a business. Making a movie is a business and all involved negotiate their payments according to what they think they are worth and what the money people/producers/studios think they are worth. This movie got into trouble and made a decision on how to get out of that trouble but needed certain actors to return for reshoots not included in their originals contracts. These actors did not owe the producers, studio, director a thing. They were asked to come back as their services were required. It’s a business and it seems like Wahlberg and his agents negotiated and received an agreed upon sum for him to return and perform his services for them. This negotiating by Wahlberg and the filmmakers had nothing…absolutely nothing to do with the negotiations between Williams and her agents and the filmmakers. I saw an interview with Williams saying she would do it for nothing as she believed in the film and wanted it to be received in the best possible light. Good for her. I thought it odd, but it seems Wahlberg is more a business person than she is. He certainly is worth a lot more because he’s a producer on many projects and knows the game and has accumulated several hundred of millions of dollars doing so. The last point is we know nothing of what any of them were paid and won’t know unless one of them reveals that so this is all speculative nonsense fishing for meaningless opinions by people more than willing to offer said meaningless opinions without knowing any of the facts. Period. Ms. Chastain is making herself known to be someone who offers her opinion without knowing facts and seems to me to be ego aggrandizing by using a hot button issue around women in order to do so. But hey!…everyone has the right to yammer away about whatever and the internet offers that opportunity.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 23:54:00 +0000

In reply to B CH. Brian Singer isn't directing the new X-Men sooooo

By: lgb

lgb — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 23:30:00 +0000

In reply to David.

He’s been in 60 films to her 53, so their numbers are comparable. Both have had a good number of big budget films and more indie fare… OH, and she’s got 4 oscar nominations to his 2, she has 39 awards to his 20, 131 nominations to his 65. Sorry, you wanna talk about who can command more it’s undoubtedly her (Especially in this movie where she’s getting more praise than him… by everyone) so if nothing else, they should be getting equal paychecks based upon their status in the industry. It’s just that she went ‘Oh god, we have to do this now” and just signed on, and he went full diva and demanded more money when really, he could’ve just turned up like she did.

By: Vos_L

Vos_L — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 22:39:00 +0000

These are actors…..not factory workers. They are paid based on their ability to draw at the box office.

By: bentley

bentley — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 20:08:00 +0000

If you change the headline to “Mark Wahlberg Paid Millions More Than Michelle Williams For ‘All The Money In The World’ Reshoots Because He’s A Huge Movie Star Whose Name Sells Thousands And Thousands Of Tickets And Michelle Williams’ Isn’t,” we won’t need the article just kidding we already don’t need the article.

Michelle Williams is a wonderful actress but this article is as as silly as my new title for it.

By: Albert Maier

Albert Maier — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 19:47:00 +0000

Kinda pathetic that her first concern is that the woman, who is not really a draw, got less and not the fact that the scumbag millionaire used some other persons misfortune and suffering to squeeze some more millions he doesn’t really need out for himself.

By: B CH

B CH — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 19:29:00 +0000

“Mark Wahlberg played hardball when it came to returning for more work…”

Perhaps Michelle should learn to do this. Or maybe she wasn’t particularly bothered by the money. Whatever happened this seems like a non-story. By the way, Jessica, how did that “X-Men” money spend which you still took despite complaining about Bryan Singer’s past?

By: oceancrest

oceancrest — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 19:17:00 +0000

This talent-less writer is nothing more than a shit stirrer. Of course his headline doesn’t include Plummer, just a female name to get things started. Guess what Kevie, Wahlberg is a bigger star who commands more $. This is not about equality.

By: Billy

Billy — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 18:07:00 +0000

Kev, report the actual news, not your version of the news.

Maybe you need to become a TV anchor instead? haha

By: Quinnon Fitch

Quinnon Fitch — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 17:47:00 +0000

Well done Mark, it isn’t his fault she didn’t want a pay packet, she should have spoke up at the time like Mark did, would you work for free?, this also smells like it’s being turned into an equal pay issue like Mark has done something wrong. The “Bananas decision re-shoot” comment, really? Scott should’ve stuck with the sexual deviant is what that translates as to me, and had he not re-shot it i wouldn’t be interested in watching it as i am now.

By: modern

modern — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 17:45:00 +0000

This is misleading journalism. The headline should read “Michelle Williams AND Christopher Plummer”. It’s not a gender thing if the other male actor is getting paid the same too. That’s just one actor and his agents asking for more money while the others end up getting the original amount. Either they didn’t know he was able to negotiate it, or they didn’t try to ask for the same.

By: Devylknyght

Devylknyght — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 17:41:00 +0000

She is free to decline the 80$….and not sign a movie contract… I am sure if Marky Mark would have showed up for 80$ that is all they would have paid him too.

By: Charles Chemtob

Charles Chemtob — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 17:27:00 +0000

In reply to David. How DARE you bring basic economics into this?

By: David

David — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 17:00:00 +0000

SO?????? He is a movie star and he can command big paychecks, she isn’t. Plain and simple.