Not all of us prefer to admit it, however we have all positively labored a not-so-glamorous job as a result of we actually simply wanted the cash — celebs do it, too!
Here are 13 celebs who have admitted to taking roles and directing gigs actually simply because they have been in it for the paycheck:
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Jacob Elordi has been on a profession excessive with the discharge of Priscilla and Saltburn this yr, however when he was requested what he is in search of in his subsequent challenge he stated, “I play what they give me. I need a job.”
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On an episode of the Smartless podcast, Taika Waititi talked about directing two of the Thor motion pictures — Thor: Ragnarok and Thor: Love and Thunder — and stated he did not even wish to direct one within the first place. “You know what? I had no interest in doing one of those films,” he stated. “It wasn’t on my plan for my career as an auteur. But I was poor and I’d just had a second child, and I thought, ‘You know what, this would be a great opportunity to feed these children.'”
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On the crimson carpet for Shazam! Fury of the Gods, Rachel Zegler was requested what made her wish to be a part of the DC superhero franchise. She responded by saying, “I needed a job. I’m being so serious.” She continued including that, on the time, her breakout movie West Side Story hadn’t come out but so she wasn’t tremendous well-known. “The actuality is we’re in the course of a pandemic and I used to be not working and I couldn’t get a job for the lifetime of me, as a result of West Side Story hadn’t come out but,” she confessed. “It was really hard to book work for me.”
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While on the press tour for Wonka — a film that’s but to return out — Hugh Grant stated that he “hated” making it. “I made a big fuss about it,” he stated when requested about working with the tech that turned him into an Oompa Loompa. “I couldn’t have hated the whole thing more.” He added that the explanation he took the position was as a result of he has “lots of children and [needs] money.”
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Amanda Seyfried as soon as stated that she starred in rom-coms as a result of they “pay a lot of money.” She even shared that the film Letters to Juliet paid for her New York house. “Sometimes, when you want to buy an apartment in Manhattan, you gotta do one or two. But in most cases you don’t need to be doing them — there are enough action flicks to keep you busy… no I’m kidding. Romantic comedies are great, though, if they’re done well. I love watching them; I just don’t necessarily love the process of making one. … And I’m not bashing studios; it’s just a different way of making movies. It’s making movies for a different reason: for money. And that’s all great. We all want money. I mean, I love my apartment in New York.”
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Billy Bob Thornton stated that he starred in Armageddon as a result of he “had to have some money.” He stated, “And my manager said, ‘Also, this is the deal: You’ve gotta do movies like this, because if you don’t, you don’t have your picture on a bus stop now and then, people forget about you.’ He said, ‘You can do the independent films you love all you want. Every now and then, you’ve gotta be on a bus stop. And that’s what’s going to afford you the chance to do the movies you want.'”
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Bella Thorne has been candid about her upbringing and being her household’s breadwinner. She stated that she wanted to do Shake It Up with a view to assist her mother put meals on the desk. She stated, “We were about to live physically on the street if I didn’t have that role. We were living off Stouffer’s coupons, and that’s all we had to eat every day. That may not sound like a big deal to everybody, but when you’re a single mom raising four kids with debt and you have nothing to your name, it’s fucking shitty.”
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Morgan Freeman was requested what made him wish to star in Ted 2 and he stated it was as a result of he preferred “earning a living.” He added, “If it pays, I enjoy doing it.”
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Harrison Ford returned as Han Solo for the seventh Star Wars installment The Force Awakens, and when requested if he received emotional when placing the costume again on Harrison stated, “No, I got paid.”
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Glenn Close stated that she appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy in order that she may “afford” to do extra of the smaller tasks she needed to do. “I’m gonna go off and do the next generation of Marvel Comics/Disney and I get to be the chief police of the galaxy…I’m doing that because it will then afford me to go do the other kind of movies that I really love, and hopefully I will have a great time. It’ll be a new experience for me, but practically speaking it will mean that I can do those smaller movies and it’ll be okay,” she as soon as stated.
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Eddie Murphy initially turned down a task in Best Defense, however when he was provided $2 million to star in it, he stated he could not not take the position. “Yeah, I turned down the lead role, but Paramount was determined to get me in the movie. They finally came back with an offer of a million dollars for some like a couple weeks’ work. I want you to tell me a 22-year-old is going to turn down a million dollars for two weeks work,” he stated.
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Stephen Dillane was requested if he received any “professional and personal satisfaction” out of starring in Game of Thrones, however he responded by saying, “Money is the main thing I got out of it. It’s an odd situation. There is a kind of etiquette around these things. I think it’s extraordinary. I am not dismissing it at all.”
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And lastly, Jackie Chan as soon as stated that he has causes for starring within the motion pictures he does…besides Rush Hour. “I have reasons to do each film, I have something to say,” he stated. “Unlike Rush Hour — there was no reason [in making it], you just give me the money and I’m fine. I dislike Rush Hour the most, but ironically it sold really well in the US and Europe.”
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