Sean Astin Says ‘I Had to Sell My House’ During ‘Lord of the Rings’ Era Because $250,000 Payday Was So Low: ‘I Negotiated Such a Small Amount on the Trilogy’

Good on ya lad, thanks for that. Exactly what I meant. Have a great night, friend!

If you read the article you can see it was intentional because the movie was risky and was everyone, it said Orlando bloom only got 175k.

I'm sorry for this, but it's "should have".

The 250k number is what he made for all of the films combined. Years of filming. For films that grossed almost 3 billion box office alone.

four years of filming. He probably made about the same as a corporate director but less than a corporate vp.

While it's more than a greeter at Walmart, it's not megabucks.

Pay in the industry has dramatically decreased too. If you're very successful as an actor you'll get 3 gigs a year, probably averaging around 10 grand a role. And that's VERY successful.

Sean here is in the star category and probably made 10x that.

That's still not beating the average corporate salary.

Acting is hard, often 12 hour days 6 days a week with an hour off in 10 min chunks across the whole day is considered a light and easy schedule and most jobs pay 4 figures.

Long gone are the days you could do a commercial and it'd keep you afloat for 6 months.

The median US salary is $65k.