Mark Wahlberg raked in a massive £1.1 million for a 10-day reshoot on Ridley Scott’s All The Money In The World, but according to reports co-star Michelle Williams only earned a tiny percentage of that amount.
USA Today reports that Williams received £730 for the job, a mere 1% of Wahlberg’s salary.
The actors were forced to return to production after sexual misconduct allegations against Kevin Spacey meant that he had to be removed from the film. Ridley Scott replaced him with Christopher Plummer, and Wahlberg and Williams reshot scenes they shared with the character.
The director originally claimed that the actors were doing the reshoot “for nothing”, but USA Today allege that Wahlberg’s agency, William Morris Endeavour, managed to negotiate the huge fee. They failed to do so for Williams, who is also their client.
According to The Washington Post, Wahlberg “along with manager Stephen Levinson and agency WME, have a reputation in Hollywood for driving a tough bargain.”
Williams opened up about the reshoot last year, saying: "I said I'd be wherever they needed me, whenever they needed me. And they could have my salary, they could have my holiday, whatever they wanted. Because I appreciated so much that they were making this massive effort."
In August, Forbes named Wahlberg as the highest-paid actor of 2017, thanks to movies such as Transformers: The Last Knight and Daddy’s Home 2. He reportedly earned £50 million.
