The three films which earned several thousand crores!!!
The three films which earned several thousand crores!!!
The Lord of the Rings series has been well liked by the audience. All three parts of this film have received a lot of love from the public. All three parts of this film earned around 2.9 billion dollars worldwide. But the lead actor says that he was given only a few lakh rupees as fee. Not only him, the rest of the actors also did not get much money.
Cate Blanchett got only this much money
In a conversation with Andy Cohen on watch What Happens Live, the lead actress of the franchise Cate Blanchett was asked about her highest salary. Cohen said that it could be 'Lord of the Rings'. On this, Cate asked, are you joking? He said that no one has received any payment for this film. When Cate was asked that she must have got a share of its profit. On this, she said, 'No! This is much before that. No, I did not find anything.
Why did Cate Blanchett work in the trilogy?
About her decision to work in the trilogy directed by Peter Jackson, she said, "I wanted to work with the person who made 'Braindead'". Blanchett played Galadriel in Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, a royal elf in Middle Earth who has powerful magical powers. The Oscar-winning actor has reprised his role in the director's Hobbit film series. This was a prequel to Lord of the Rings.
prince Legolas was also paid less
The actor said, 'I basically got sandwiches, and I had to keep my elf ears'. Blanchett said about her salary in the film, 'Women don't get paid as much as you think. However, not only Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, who played the role of elven prince Legolas, revealed on 'The Howard Stern Show' last year that he had earned only $ 175,000 (Rs 80 lakh) for all three films.