May 22, 2008 08:49
The principle actors for The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer) are on strike, until their salaries are raised from $360,000 per episode to $500,000 per episode. The Simpsons typically do 22 episodes per season.
That's 6 actors, getting $11 million a year to do the voices they've been doing for nearly 20 years.
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... I need to get into voiceover work.