news culture “I can’t even afford a full tank of gas!” This Netflix star reveals how meager he is making his iconic series
That’s a rage that’s not helping Netflix make friends! Many actors and actresses have joined the movement in support of the writers’ strike, including some from one of the most well-known shows on the platform. Not only do they support the strikers, they add fuel to the fire by revealing the mediocre amounts they receive thanks to the royalties.
After the screenwriters, it’s the actors who are fueling the strike in Hollywood
If you follow cultural news, it hasn’t escaped your notice that screenwriter anger is resonating across the Atlantic across Hollywood these days. Outraged by their conditions in one of the world’s biggest entertainment industries, screenwriters decided last May to take the bull by the horns and speak their mind. This dissatisfaction has paralyzed many productions for a few days and is gaining more and more momentum, especially through SAG-AFTRA
Of late, more and more actors have been making the rounds in front of television sets to witness Hollywood’s financial abuses, which more often than one might think fails to reward those who allow it to thrive at its fair value. In this case, the actors of one of the most popular Netflix series have joined the scriptwriters’ cause to banish the anthill. Although some episodes are credited with having a significant number of episodes, they were actually paid only about ten dollars in royalties ! What’s even crazier to hear the words of the general manager of the N Rouge platform is that this famous series was a card equivalent game of Thrones !
Kimiko Glenn presents half of the Orange is the New Black series and receives less than $30 in royalties
The popularity of the Netflix platform is well known. Still, it wasn’t built in the blink of an eye. For this, the catalog had to be able to count on particularly effective shows, and that is exactly what happened. In the lot, the series Orange is the new black played a tremendous role and had quickly positioned himself as one of the entertainment industry’s moderators with a passion as strong as that of game of Thrones. This was said by the head of Netflix, Ted Sarandos, who said it during an evening organized between the actors, the members of the production and other representatives of Netflix, as told by the actress Lea Delaria. A statement that had so stunned more than one at the time that her payroll didn’t show such success… « I still live in my flat in Bushwick
Today the report is more than bitter as some of the actors are currently receiving miserable royalties. It was Kimiko Glenn, also in the cast of the series, who caused a stir when one of her videos posted on TikTok surfaced again. When the actress taunts this by exclaiming sarcastically, “I’m getting so rich!” “It’s the opportunity to discover she just touched $27.20 in royalties in 2020 for his participation in 45 episodes of the Netflix show (i.e. half of the series) ! Adding to this terrifying observation are the revelations by many of the cast’s actresses (Taryn Manning, Alysia Reiner, Beth Dover, Emma Myles, Diane Guerrero, and Lea DeLaria) who said they touched less than $1000 per episode in 2013, a daily amount equal to the “absolute minimum” set by the Screen Actors Guild.