These Are The Highest-Paid Film and Television Roles Of All Time

Jim Parsons, $1 Million

Jim Parsons took home $1 million per episode of The Big Bang Theory while it was on TV. The rest of the cast, Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, and Kunal Nayyar, all received the same pay. However, they later all took a pay cut when Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch negotiated their salaries.

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The More You Know

  • The Little Mermaid was Disney’s first princess movie in 30 years.
  • Bill Murray was arrested when he was 20 for trying to bring 10 pounds of marijuana on a plane.
  • Brad Pitt injured his Achilles heel while playing Achilles.
  • Fantasia (1940) was originally a short called The Sorcerers Apprentice, but Walt Disney overspent on the score and decided to make it feature length film rather than waste money.
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