Tom Hanks, $70 Million
Arguably Tom Hanks' most iconic role is as Forrest Gump. It's also likely his biggest paycheck, coming in at $70 million after negotiation for film profits. The 1994 film is still just as iconic today.
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- They designed E.T.'s face by combining Albert Einstein, Carl Sandburg and a pug dog.
- 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.
- Because they were shooting in black and white and color didn't matter, they used chocolate syrup as blood when shooting Psycho.
- Before he was a star, Harrison Ford was a carpenter. He landed the role of Han Solo in the original Star Wars film. “I was quite surprised when I was offered the part,” Ford later said.