Hollywood’s biggest stars also typically make Hollywood’s biggest salaries. In fact, salaries for the top A-list actors and actresses have been ramping up to unprecedented new highs in recent years. Today, if Disney or Universal want Leonardo DiCaprio in their film, they’ve already budgeted tens of millions dollars for it.
But you may be surprised to learn that for some of Hollywood’s biggest names, this wasn’t always the case. Actually, you’ll be pretty shockedto learn just how little some of these actors were paid – often for some of their most iconic roles, too. Read on to see the absolute lowest paydays for the biggest names in the biz.