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Daily Mail
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Lindsay Lohan's surprisingly SMALL paycheck for her first Freaky Friday movie is revealed
Lindsay Lohan has gone from being one of the biggest stars on the planet to acting mostly in low-budget films. But the 39-year-old actress is now clawing her way back to the top via her upcoming reunion with Jamie Lee Curtis for Freakier Friday, a sequel to the 2003 remake of Freaky Friday. Along with the many changes in Lohan's career have come major fluctuations in the film star's salary and net worth. Throughout her career, Lohan has maxed out at earning several million dollars per film, which makes her salary on her first version of Freaky Friday stand out. Although her breakout hit was Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap, Freaky Friday helped coronate her as a teen idol and cemented her status as a major force in Hollywood. The film, which was directed by Mark Waters, ended up being a massive hit, grossing over $160 million against a budget of $26 million. But Lohan was paid shockingly little for the film compared to what she would later earn — just $550,000, according to Celebrity Net Worth. That would still be a blessing of a payday for any 16- or 17-year-old, but the rising star would soon eclipse it multiple times over. Her next role was in 2004's Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen, for which she reportedly earned nearly double for a $1 million payout. She maintained that salary for Mean Girls, which she starred in later that year. The film became one of her signature roles and is now a heavily quoted cultural icon. Lindsay seemingly could do no wrong for the next few years as she attracted multimillion-dollar salaries. Her sequel Herbie: Fully Loaded was savaged by critics, but it still performed well at the box office, while her turn toward arthouse cinema with a supporting part in Robert Altman's A Prairie Home Companion earned stellar reviews and a respectable gross against a tiny budget. Those successes set up Lohan for her biggest payday ever: a reported $7.5 million that she earned for 2006's Just My Luck. Her luck ran out with that rom-com, which costarred a young Chris Pine. The film bombed with critics and audiences alike, and it grossed only $38 million against a budget of $28 million, of which Lohan's salary accounted for a significant chunk. Although it made more money than its production costs, Just My Luck likely made little if any profit when factoring in advertising and other promotional costs. Things went downhill from there. Her next lead role wasn't until 2007's Georgia Rule, which she starred in with Jane Fonda and Felicity Huffman, but the film underperformed. That year she starred in the preposterous horror thriller I Know Who Killed Me, which bombed at the box office, and the TV movie Labor Pains. Lohans career then shifted into a period in which she largely appeared in cameo roles as herself or in small supporting parts. Her lead role in the controversial Paul Schrader thriller The Canyons in 2013 helped her regain some critical interest, but she failed to capitalize on it with strong roles. Lohan also didn't star in any films between 2015 and 2019. More recently, she has tried to reinvent herself with the forgettable and poorly reviewed Netflix rom-coms Falling For Christmas (2022), Irish Wish (2024) and Our Little Secret (2024). That year she starred in the preposterous horror thriller I Know Who Killed Me, which bombed at the box office. It launched a period in which she primarily had cameos in films as herself or took on small supporting roles Her lead role in the controversial Paul Schrader thriller The Canyons in 2013 helped her regain some critical interest, but she failed to capitalize on it with strong roles. Lohan also didn't star in any films between 2015 and 2019 More recently, she has tried to reinvent herself with poorly reviewed Netflix rom-coms. They were likely lucrative, though, as she was also credited as an EP; seen in April in Las Vegas Now Lohan is moving back to the top as she stars in the upcoming sequel Freakier Friday with Jamie Lee Curtis (pictured) However, she also served as an executive producer on those streaming films, meaning she likely made a significantly larger salary than if she was just acting. Last year, Lohan had a cameo role in the musical remake of Mean Girls, which reportedly earned her $500,000 for a small commitment, a sign that her bankability may be on the upswing. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Lindsay made an impressive $28 million from her film roles. However, much of those earnings was squandered on over-the-top expenses, including a reported $40,000 spent on tanning, as well as a mansion that cost her $8,000 per month and a shockingly expensive storage locker that cost $144,000. The party girl also allegedly ran up an eye-popping $46,000 tab at LA's Chateau Marmont. According to Business Insider, the IRS ended up seizing control of her bank account in 2012 after she ended up owing $233,000 in back taxes. Her finances appear to have stabilized in recent years, and Lindsay is now reportedly worth around $2 million. That's a respectable amount for a successful working actor in Hollywood, though far from what she might have been worth if her run of success hadn't run out or if her expenses hadn't caught up with her. It's not clear how much Lohan is making for Freakier Friday, but she is also an EP on the project, suggesting it will be a solid payday. The Disney sequel will be released in theaters on August 8, 2025.
Daily Mail
9 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Benedict Cumberbatch has slammed the 'grossly wasteful' film industry after his 'horrific' experience on set
Benedict Cumberbatch has slammed the film industry for being 'grossly wasteful' for the amount actors are fed on set and said the experience of overeating while filming is 'horrific'. The London-born film star, 49, recounted on the Ruthie's Table 4 podcast how during the shooting of his Marvel hit, Doctor Strange, he was forced to eat five meals a day. The Sherlock actor said: 'You have someone who can prescribe you what you're eating and they can cook for you. 'We had a fantastic chef on the last Doctor Strange film, but it's this amazing facility to go, 'Right he needs to be on this many calories a day. He needs to have five meals. 'He needs to have a couple of boiled eggs between those five meals or some kind of high protein snack, cheese and crackers or almond butter and crackers. Crackers. Lots of crackers'. Appearing on the Ruthie's Table 4 YouTube channel, the Henry Sugar actor added: 'For me the exercise is great and the end result is that you feel strong and you feel confident. 'You hold yourself better, you have stamina through the exercise and the food that makes you last through the gig.' The father-of-three filmed the Marvel hit in 2016, a year after secretly marrying his wife Sophie Hunter and amid his career defining role as Sherlock in the BBC series which ran from 2010 to 2017. Continuing on the overeating on set, Benedict confessed: 'But it is horrific. I don't like it personally, I think it's horrific, eating beyond your appetite. 'It's just like, what am I doing? I could feed a family with the amount I'm eating. 'It just slowly, slowly, you have to meet people where they are on these issues in filmmaking. 'But it's a grossly wasteful industry. So let me think about set builds that aren't recycled. 'Think about transport, think about food, think about housing, but also light and energy.' Ruthie's Table 4 invites a range of notable guests to take a seat at the River Cafe with co-founder Ruth Rogers. his season features conversations with people including Sir Elton John, Bono, Guillermo Del Toro, Dame Kristin Scott Thomas, Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, and Sir Ian McKellen.
The Independent
10 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Benedict Cumberbatch slams ‘grossly wasteful' film industry
Benedict Cumberbatch, 49, criticised the film industry as "grossly wasteful" during an appearance on the podcast Ruthie's Table 4. He described the forced overeating required for his role in Marvel 's Doctor Strange film as "horrific", stating he could have fed a family with the amount of food consumed. Cumberbatch detailed a prescribed diet of five meals and high-protein snacks, designed to maintain his physique for the role. He extended his criticism to other wasteful practices in filmmaking, including non-recycled set builds, excessive transport, housing, and high energy consumption for lighting. As a producer, Cumberbatch stated he is committed to promoting "green initiatives" and integrating them into production agreements. Benedict Cumberbatch says overeating for Doctor Strange role was 'horrific'
Malay Mail
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Malay Mail
Asian Film Alliance Network partners with Asean Film & TV Summit 2025 to bridge Asian, European film sectors
KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — The Asian Film Alliance Network (AFAN) has announced a partnership with the Asean Film & TV Summit 2025 (AFTS), aiming to bridge Asian and European film industries. The summit, organised by the National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (Finas) alongside Malaysia's Chairmanship of Asean 2025, will run from July 22 to 25 in Kuala Lumpur. This collaboration marks an expansion of AFAN's initiatives outside its traditional events at Cannes and Busan, bringing AFAN Roundtable and AFAN Spotlight to Southeast Asia. The events, aimed at fostering collaboration, will feature discussions on vital issues impacting the Asian audiovisual sector. Commenting on the initiative, AFAN's secretary general Lorna Tee said the regional exchange of information has led to connections that solidify Asian identity, strengthening the region's film and TV ecosystem. This initiative is supported by AFAN's partnerships with the European Film Agency Directors Association (EFAD) and the French Foreign Affairs Ministry. Delegates from across Asia and Europe, including film agency leaders from Malaysia, South Korea, and the Philippines, will converge in Kuala Lumpur. Notable participants include Finas chief executive officer Datuk Azmir Saifuddin Mutalib, the Korean Film Council international relationships leader Kim Young-gu and Taiwan's Creative Content Agency deputy chief executive officer Alice Chang. With AFAN's influential members and partners such as Sevara Irgacheva of EFAD and Aurélie Champagne from the French National Centre of Cinema participating, the AFTS 2025 promises to be a pivotal event for enhancing bilateral ties between Asian and European film sectors.
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Texas torn apart over A-listers' attempt to make it 'the new Hollywood' as bizarre rules directors must follow are revealed
In many ways deep red Texas could not be further from the liberal movie sets of Hollywood. But now a gaggle of A-listers and lawmakers believe the it is the perfect place to set up a film industry which could not only rival Tinseltown's, but topple it altogether. Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson and Renée Zellweger are among the actors leading the charge. They have recently helped secure a bill that will inject $300 million into the Texas film industry over the next two years and provide tax incentives for the next decade. However the new law, which comes into effect on September 1, does contain some distinctly Texan stipulations when it comes to who can qualify for the cash. Officials plan to be far more selective about who gets taxpayer money than their Californian counterparts, with Governor Gregg Abbott given veto powers under the new law. But despite the strict parameters, the decision has been heavily criticized by conservatives in Texas, who described the bill as an 'abomination' and fear it will turn the Lone Star State into a new La La Land. Subsidy Rules Supporters of the new Texas law say they want to be as influential as Hollywood, but without the same liberal cultural values. As a result, they have created a series of hoops filmmakers must jump through if they want to secure any state cash. 'We are not trying to make Texas the next Hollywood - we don't like Hollywood. We want to export Texas values,' Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, one of the biggest proponents of the scheme, recently said in a campaign update. Patrick is a staunch conservative who despite his opposition to legal marijuana, gambling and abortion, wants to make Texas 'the film capital of the world'. He and other legislators have devised a system which will reward films with, 'export Texas values', according to Patrick. For projects that spend at least $1.5 million in Texas, the new law offers tiered grants worth 25 percent of that in-state spending. Films that are faith-based, shoot in historic sites or employ a percentage of crew who are Texas-based military veterans can get a grant as high as 31 percent. Additionally, the governor's office has broad powers in determining which projects do and do not get funding. If films are deemed to have content that is 'inappropriate,' has obscene content or portrays Texas negatively - they won't get a dime. Celebrity backing None of this would have been possible without the support of several towering figures in the entertainment industry. In January, Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Renée Zellweger and several others appeared in a video that campaigned for Texas officials to bring increased film incentives so people can make movies in the state without breaking the bank. The four-minute video begins with Harrelson and McConaughey barreling down a highway in a sedan as they're deep in conversation about this very issue. 'You ever wonder if this industry of ours is just chasing its own tail?' Harrelson asks. 'No, I don't wonder. Restrictions, regulations, nickel and diming productions, political lectures,' McConaughey replies. The video had a surprising level of credibility, considering the fact that McConaughey, Harrelson, Zellweger and Dennis Quaid (who also appeared) were all born in Texas. McConaughey, whose social media feed focuses almost exclusively on Texas sports, attended a March hearing with state legislators and had the final word. 'If we pass this bill, we are immediately at the bargaining table for shooting more films and TV and commercials in our state,' he said while wearing a cowboy hat. 'That is money that's going to local Texas restaurants, hotels, coffee shops, dry cleaners, street rentals, home rentals ― even Woody's barber,' in reference to Harrelson, who was also in attendance. Two months after McConaughey's overture, the Senate voted 23-8 in favor of the bill and it became law by June. The Opposition But these restrictions weren't enough for the many conservatives who opposed the law when it was being debated over the last few months. Some were concerned that the bill would allow Texas to go down a path of unrighteousness, while others thought the subsidies were taxpayer theft. 'The Bible warns us of the consequences of the government wrongfully taking money from some and handing it out to others,' Texans for Fiscal Responsibility said in one of its papers against the bill. Republican State Rep. Brian Harrison has emerged as the main enemy of the bill, calling it an abomination. 'And shame on everybody who voted for it,' he has said. 'This is big government liberal redistributive socialism,' Harrison told the LA Times. 'The governor and lieutenant governor of the supposedly Republican-controlled state of Texas chose to keep property taxes billions of dollars higher so that you can subsidize a rich liberal Hollywood movie industry - how embarrassing.' He plans to introduce legislation at a special hearing later in July that would repeal the law. Exodus from California The bill deepens the growing rivalry between California and Texas, which has already poached several major companies once based in the Golden State, including Tesla and Hewlett-Packard. These businesses were largely lured by lower taxes and a business-friendly environment, both things the bill signed by Abbott seeks to address with the film industry specifically. It couldn't come at a worse time for California, a state that is already bleeding talent and expertise. When Hollywood writers and actors went on strike in 2023, California lost roughly 40,000 film and TV jobs that year alone, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. California also has to worry about the tax subsidies being offered in the other states, not just Texas, and even other nations. That's why in late June, California legislators doubled their own tax incentive ceiling to a staggering $750 million a year. While Texas isn't spending nearly as much tax money as California on movies and TV, experts believe that this could be the start of a real competition. 'Texas now has a program that is going to be competitive,' Fred Poston, the executive director of the Texas Media Production Alliance, told the Los Angeles Times. 'When you really take a close look at it, you realize this is a big deal. We have this new level of funding to start building more industry around it.' A Return to the Glory Days Proponents of the law feel that without the incentives, Texas is leaving tons of economic growth on the table. Texas, while not Hollywood, has been the filming location for many highly-celebrated pieces of media, including but not limited to the 1956 western 'Giant', the 1974 slasher film 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' and the high school football drama TV series 'Friday Night Lights.' By the early 2000s, nearby states became more attractive to film because of better incentives being offered to producers. 'Texas had been highly competitive, we had all of these ingredients,' Rebecca Campbell, CEO of the Austin Film Society, told the LA Times. 'Then all of a sudden, Texas stories were getting shot in New Mexico and Louisiana.' Texas introduced its first program for film incentives in 2007, earmarking $20 million for it. Because of how underfunded it became over the years, the producers of 'Fear the Walking Dead' decided to move production in 2021 from Austin to Georgia. Richard Linklater, a Houston-born director, filmed his 2024 romantic crime thriller 'Hit Man' starring Glen Powell in his hometown. But because there wasn't enough incentive funds, he had to move the operation to New Orleans. 'We're completely surrounded by states that have very active film incentive programs,' he said on the podcast 'Friends on Film.'
