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

Leonardo DiCaprio, $50 Million

The baseline salary that was offered to Leonardo DiCaprio for Inception was $50 million at a minimum. The mind-bending movie did exceptionally well in 2010 and is one of DiCaprio's most memorable recent roles.

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The More You Know

  • Bill Murray was arrested when he was 20 for trying to bring 10 pounds of marijuana on a plane.
  • Each frame of the CGI scenes in James Cameron’s, Avatar (1/24 of a second) took an average of 47 hours to render.
  • Disney wanted Robert De Niro as Captain Jack Sparrow, but he declined the role because he thought the movie was going to bomb.
  • On the set of one of the Pirates of the Carribbean films, Johnny Depp spent £40,000 on 500 coats for the cast and crew.
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