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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, not buying it.  If he wants to separate from his $2 million net worth, I'm open to helping him out, meaning I'll take it!  Little sick of the racism headline, as are many others.  I know plenty of not black people who have roommates as adults, don't have a two million net worth and don't make a particularly generous amount of money with there chose profession.  They don't stand up and cry sexism, racism or whatever the word of the day is, they live their lives and enjoy themselves.  He might want to take a page out of their books.  I do hope no one takes the bate and offers him a ridiculous amount for a new role.  How would that be fair to other actors, regardless of the skin color.[/quote]

Lol "I hope no one takes the bate[sic] and offers him a ridiculous amount for a new role."

Yes, the classic bait of hiring a ridiculously talented actor who has a proven track record of carrying films, has worked well with directors like Spielberg, Edward Zwick, Jim Sheridan. Oh no, don't let them get taken in.  :roll:

The irony here is that because Hounsou, like most black actors, is perennially underpaid compared to white actors of a similar reputation, you can pretty much always get him for less than you would a white actor. Hounsou was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1998 for Amistad. Let's look at the other actors nominated that year and their current salaries on movies, shall we?

Leonardo DiCaprio (nominated for Titanic) -- now earns $10-30m per movie plus usually backend, has his pick of roles

Matt Damon (nominated for Good Will Hunting) -- he earned $25m for the Martian, also gets backend, major force in producing and a lot of control over his career

Daniel Day-Lewis (nominated for the Boxer) -- harder to ascertain, he's a special case. I can't find his payday for Lincoln, which is the last big budget movie he made but it's estimated at $6-8m. His net worth is estimated at $50m (grain of salt) and he doesn't work a lot anymore and when he does makes smaller movies. But even that is privilege. He can disappear for years and then pop up and make a movie like The Phantom Thread and get nominated for another Oscar (he's already won two).

Peter Fonda (nominated and won for Ulee's Gold) -- not a good comparison because he was at the end of his career when he made this movie. But he was also born to Hollywood royalty (dad was one of the most famous actors of all time) and never wanted for money. He also didn't have to compete that hard for roles early in his career. He got cast in a lot of things because he knew the director or producer and his last name was Fonda. Doesn't mean he wasn't a good actor -- he was great. But does mean that he had it easier than Hounsou who is also a great actor and has had none of the benefits of being born into the business.

I'm sure you do wish Hounsou would just give you the money he's earned in his 20 year acting career. But he earned it and a lot more, yet still struggles for roles. When you look at how his white peers have done in the same time, it's hard not to see that as a result of systemic racism.[/quote]

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