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"Always ask for a piece of the gross. Not the net. The net is fantasy." — Freakazoid!
by robinduckett 3y ago
"Always ask for a piece of the gross. Not the net. The net is fantasy." — Freakazoid!
- justin66 3y agoThe producers of The Fellowship of the Ring were so anxious about the production, having sunk so much into it even before filming, that they offered Sean Connery the part of Gandalf. They offered him a percentage of the gross. Reportedly, he wasn't familiar with Tolkien and didn't care for the script (what the fuck is a hobbit?), and of course everything worked out fine for everyone concerned. Ian McKellen was great, and worked cheaper than Connery. Connery retired to a Carribean paradise with a good golf course. I calculated it out once, and if he'd taken the deal they were offering, Connery would have - based on what the movie grossed - made a decent slice of a billion dollars.
- philistine 3y agoSean never managed to figure out which projects to join. Of course, being fucking Sean Connery, every script with a semblance of an older, wise but cranky man were sent to him. But he never got it right. He turned down Morpheus in The Matrix. He turned down Die Hard 3. He turned down Jurassic Park. He really needed someone savvy to guide him, which he never got. At least he made The Rock .