James Gandolfini, $1 Million
The Sopranos star, James Gandolfini, racked up $1 million per episode. He made a deal with HBO that they couldn't turn down. They paid him to renew his contract in 2006, too.
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- Brad Pitt first gained recognition as a cowboy hitchhiker in the road movie Thelma & Louise.
- There’s a 20 year age gap between Sam Neill and Laura Dern in Jurassic Park, with Laura aged only 26 during filming.
- For 'Deadpool' (2016) Ryan Reynolds paid $10,000 of his own money for the right to wear a shirt with The Golden Girl’s Bea Arthur on it.
- Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn failed his driving test eight times.