Tommy Dorfman Reveals She Earned $29,000 Before Fees - for Season 1 of Netflix’s ’13 Reasons Why’

[hewontgo]

Tommy Dorfman did not hold back about the low wage she received for season 1 of 13 Reasons Why - even as the series turned into a cultural phenomenon. https://t.co/qwjeqKgLrQ
- Us Weekly (@usweekly) July 25, 2023
Tommy Dorfman did not hold back about the low wage she received for season 1 of 13 Reasons Why, even as the series turned into a cultural

Comments

[anterrabre]

On topic: It doesn't surprise me one bit. The upper échelon in any creative field represent maybe the top 5%; there's a lot of people bubbling under the surface that this will help.

Off topic: I'm high and watching Boardwalk Empire rn and why is Richard Harrow's one eyed ass so hot and tragic? I would hit that, for real.

[yurasama_love]

what the fuck? $29k BEFORE fees and taxes?! She got paid DUST

[callonme_84]

Do they (actors) get one giant check or is it biweekly like us regular folk ? Just curious

[syphilisdiller]

I get a check for each day I work/film. It's obnoxious 😂

[primimproper]

Depends. That's another hardship they face - the terms of payment are unique to the project. Big paydays for one film, like $20 million, tend to get cut into weekly/biweekly installments to run for the course of filming, like $500,000 a check... but in general, the game is for the production/studio to hoard cash as long as possible, so they dole that shit out.

[manu19]

You don’t get your salary monthly? I’d be broke all the time

[callonme_84]

Also is Tommy saying she had to pay for the flight?

That’s appaulling pay

[euraylie]

Not Hollywood, but I remember a Midsomer Murders actor saying he had to pay for his own taxis and trains from London to wherever they were filming that week (and overnight accommodations if shooting went over)

[just444]

so many people just assume that every actor is rich

[sapphiredragon]

I knew working actors/a lot of TV actors weren't like rich-rich, but I had assumed they were at least making network/broadcast money, which is a decent living wage. The way streaming is paying is criminal.

[euraylie]

At a convention eons ago, the actor Joe Pantoliano said he needed 4-5 roles a year to live halfway comfortably. But that was when the money was still semi good and TV show and ad residuals we’re paid

[helyanwe89]

I knew a lot of them relied on going to conventions because they're paid to appear.