How much did the Firefly cast get paid?

POSTED BY: Succatash
UPDATED: Thursday, June 26, 2003 01:07
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SUCCATASH

Thursday, June 5, 2003 5:26 AM

Give it to me, girl! What's your list? When I first watched the show, I recognized Ron Glass right away, and later on Adam Baldwin from "My Bodyguard" but I was introduced for the first time to the rest of the all-star cast. Except I do remember Gina Torres from Xena, after I was reminded she was in it.

I love a little history lesson about what others have done.

LUPA

Thursday, June 5, 2003 5:56 AM

Here's how I think it went down in dollars/screen time:

1. Nathan (hey, he's the star, plus lots of TV experience)
2. Ron, Adam (Ron: the biggest name but he has so little screen time, Adam: one of the biggest names and largest of the supporting roles)
4. Alan (not a big name, but a definate "hey: it's that guy!" and lots of movie, if not TV experience)
5. Gina (bigger part, not as well known)
6. Jewel (lots of TV experience, but still not a big name)
7. Sean (TV experience, but less than Jewel, not a big name)
8. Morena (Virtually no prior on-camera experience, no name, smaller part)
9. Summer (young, inexperienced, smaller part)

"I don't get it. Is it Avante Garde?" Principal Snyder, BTVS

KAYTHRYN

Thursday, June 5, 2003 5:59 AM

1. Sean-- 'cause he's so damn cute
2. Ron, Nathan, Adam, Alan
3. Gina, Jewel
4. Summer, Morena

I don't know everything that everyone has done, but I only remember Summer from like one episode of Angel. Sean Maher stared in Brian’s song, the &treet, and Ryan Caulfield was in CSI Miami, and Party of five. I know Alan has been in bunches of things, but the only one that comes to mind right now is A knights Tale. And I remember Jewel from some space show when I was a kid.

Also, you can search for their bios at http://us.imdb.com

I'm just to lazy to look right now :)

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CHRISTHECYNIC

Thursday, June 5, 2003 10:50 PM

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Originally posted by Succatash:
Well, I want to produce a movie or video someday. The budget is a major factor in any project, and I like to understand all aspects of production.

It has been reported that Firefly was 2 million per episode to produce. I wonder how much goes to the actors.

Reality TV is so cheap to produce in comparison. It's a problem I'd like to solve.

For movies sometimes (rarely) the big stars get a percent so if the movie flops the get squat, but if it does really well they get more then they would have at their I'm-a-big-star-rate.

SLOWSMURF

Thursday, June 5, 2003 11:43 PM

I don't follow your logic there. whats special about gina and summer?

SUCCATASH

Friday, June 6, 2003 12:46 AM

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Originally posted by SlowSmurf:
I don't follow your logic there. whats special about gina and summer?

I wonder if they get paid per episode or based on screen time?

I am confusing myself as well. I think it's Koffee's fault, because of her post:
Koffee: "I don't necessarily mean more overall, but more on average if you compare pay to the amount of screen time.

EX. Nate 40 min screen time and paid $10,000

Ron 20 min of screen time and paid $7,000

In reality Ron would be getting paid more in comparison."

Summer really didn't have as much air time as Gina. If they got paid the same per minute of air time, then Gina made more money because she worked longer. But River is such an important character, I'm sure she was paid properly for her time.

I'm thinking it doesn't happen this way, though. How does it work?

SUCCATASH

Friday, June 6, 2003 12:51 AM

Okay, I know actors have agents and they bicker behind closed doors to negotiate.

But what does that really mean? In the news we hear about so and so being paid a MILLION dollars per episode.

So is it "per episode" or "per minute"? Or both? Bill Clinton was paid by the minute to appear on Sixty Minutes.

Now I'm rambling. Need. Beer.

SLOWSMURF

Friday, June 6, 2003 1:01 AM

Ah ok, I forgot you were going by screentime. Yeah, of course river got more per minute cause she was there less.

I think Book for example would be used far more a bit later in the series. Like he was in war stories(as an example)

SUCCATASH

Friday, June 6, 2003 1:19 AM

I wonder if Ron Glass wasn't in Trash very much because by then he had "run out of hours?"

SUCCATASH

Friday, June 6, 2003 1:27 AM

Fox: Okay, the character of River is important to the plot of Firefly but she's going to average less than 10 minutes of screen time per episode. We're offering Summer $10,000 per episode.

Summer's Agent: She'll take it. But any episode with over 15 minutes of screen time carries a $5,000 bonus and $200 per minute overtime fee.

Fox: Make it a $1,000 bonus and $150 per minute overtime fee.

Summer's Agent: We'll take it. I mean she'll take it.

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