Drinker's Chasers - You Get Paid What You're Worth

In her new autobiography, which I'm sure everyone will rush out to read, actress Leslie Jones complains about being paid far less than her costars Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig for her work on Ghostbusters 2016. Here's the thing - as an actor, you get paid what you're worth, not what you want.

[@MrMoridinalthor]

That's not true; she got paid significantly more than she's worth.

[@AsperTheGhost]

Paid by the pound, and I'm not talking currency.

[@FactoryDan]

She truthfully got paid more because she's black and the producers were probably afraid of being called racist

[@wretchardkimball9049]

​@@AsperTheGhostpaid by the number of dog pounds in which she's been incarcerated

[@mistydolphin2524]

If she were paid what she was worth, she'd get paid one of those chocolate coins.

[@sirubisan698]

She clearly got to stared in something she never belonged to or was meant for.

[@jasonavery]

She claimed these “Toxic Ghostbusters Fans” are not only sexist, we are racists because we didn’t like them casting a black woman. We LOVE Ernie Hudson. He’s actually talented. His line delivery stood out in a film with Aykroyd, Murray, and Ramis in it.

[@dontgetmarried]

He's actually my favorite Ghostbusters lmao when he's being interviewed in the first film they ask him if he believes in all these outlandish stuff and he simply responds "if there's a steady paycheck involved, I'll believe anything you want me to believe." Hahaha

[@meatpuppet5036]

Winston was the most relatable one. Just an every day guy who needed to pay bills, but still stepped up when he had to.

[@willchurch8376]

He also got screwed.

[@warreng675]

If there's a steady pay check in it, i'll believe anything you say

[@tcortez]

@@dontgetmarried Still think the "I've seen sh*t that will turn you white" was a line that would cause many in the audience to choke on their popcorn.

[@MaverickhunterXZero]

Leslie Jones is such a top-tier actor with such stellar performances such as; Yelling black woman stereotype.

[@caronstout354]

She will do nudity if the role requires-"Naked & Alone Celebrity Edition" SNL skit with Peter Dinklage

[@gamble3482]

Lmao

[@I_SuperHiro_I]

She was great in “fat short haired lesbian stereotype” as well.

[@davestang5454]

I will take that role for a small fraction of her salary and I am a white male.

[@RoddHarding]

She actually did a good job in Angry Birds 2. Jobs where you only hear her, not see, are her best bet.

[@TheBlackSeraph]

The real hero of the story is her agent. Being able to negotiate a 100% payrise for an absolutely obnoxious nobody without being told to f**k off is a true master of their craft.

[@pyorre2441]

As I understand, it's common negotiation tactic I Hollywood, to lowblow the first offer and see if actor/actress is desperate enough to take 1st offer. And then some counter-offers are made from both sides until they hit the number that the actor will accept. I can bet the studio people had a certain line they where told not to cross, but Jones probably accepted way lower than that. And the studio people patted each other to the back on how cheap they got Jones.

[@Miam_miam_la_gauffre]

​@@pyorre2441I would have paid her with a bag of chips, not necessarily full, at best

[@thevoxdeus]

Real props to Melissa McCarthy's agent. 14 million is a pretty good payday for a comedic actor in general, and especially in an ensemble cast. Then again she did have a few successful comedies prior to Ghostbusters.

[@MrAdamske]

Probably just held up a sign that said ESG Score on it and pointed at it lol

[@someguy2972]

Agent: "Listen here cracka-ass, you gives lezley da monies or we callz Al Sharptons!"

[@travtotheworld]

Leslie Jones wasn't underpaid. Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig were overpaid.

[@teomosu]

Bang on. 14 million for Melissa McCarthy 😂😂😂

[@les4767]

No, they were ALL overpaid. They all should've ended up owing Sony money after the film bombed at the box office that badly.

[@Zepher0987]

@@les4767 They acted how they were "directed".

[@navylaks2]

One could say McCarthy got paid her weight in gold 🙃🙃

[@retrolutiongames9479]

At least Kristen Wiig is nice to look at, Leslie Jones on the other hand...

[@danielfinnigan9520]

Orlando Bloom got 175k for all 3 LOTR movies. But it made his career.

[@thelastmotel]

Yeah... his career... yeah... well, at least his LOTR royalty cheques are good (apparently he makes more per year from those than he did from the upfront)

[@chrisdavis6598]

And there’s the interviews where he says he’s grateful for what he was paid at the time as it reflected his “experience” then…

[@TheHatShallDie]

@@thelastmotel his career has actually been pretty good, considering he's been Will Turner in every pirates of the caribbean and was in a lot of other very notable films like Troy and Black Hawk Down.

[@TheChristianImperialist]

HOW DARE YOU! HE HAD A SUCCESSFUL CAREER BEFORE LOTR!! HAVE YOU SEEN BLACKHAWK DOWN?!?! 😂😂😂

[@danielfinnigan9520]

@@thelastmotel I'm sure the royalty cheques from GB2016 are also raking it in.

[@xthe_nojx5820]

I love how she glosses over the fact that she wasn't paid 150k, she _accepted_ 150k. She could have played hardball with the studio and held out for a bigger check, but she probably knew that they'd just smile, nod, and call Octavia Spencer.

[@iro6758]

She was offered around 70k, and her/her agent got them to more than double it... They played hardball, but you seem to want them wrapping the bat with barbed wire lol

[@xthe_nojx5820]

@@iro6758 I think that would have been a far more entertaining movie, honestly. It would have also justified me in my desire to chant ECW at inappropriate moments.

[@David8n]

I've said this for years, if you're not getting paid enough it's your agent's fault, not the patriarchy's.

[@TheWarmachine375]

MCU She-Hulk: "I demand better pay!" Everyone: "You will get your pay when you fix your damn show!"

[@ThirtytwoJ]

We..the fanbase.. demand a refund, resignations, and an apology.

[@YouilAushana]

Fix the dam door

[@jackreacher7495]

Very funny and layered. My favorite part is the stupidity of "everyone" here, blaming the actors and the show for decisions of executive control that all flows up to the people on top. If only Chasers focused their energy there instead of shitting on the people below catching all the shit.

[@marbellaotaiza801]

Yes! Bully Maguire memes are invading the Drinkerverse! It's pizza time!

[@chasehedges6775]

@@marbellaotaiza801👍👍💯💯💯

[@GD-yl4lu]

How can you seriously discredit Leslie Jones' iconic roles over the years such as "Angry Subway Patron", "Vapid Nurse" and "Trucker Woman"?

[@TheChimyto]

But she's not from the white color.

[@ian.swift.31614]

Nubian Goddess

[@ryanhead2004]

@GD-yl4lu How dare you forget her most iconic role : Mamma Du Rag from Gangster Rap: The Glockumentary!?!?

[@GD-yl4lu]

@@ryanhead2004 Travesty of justice that she never won an Academy Award for that performance.

[@dantesinporno]

And who could forget her breakout turn as "loud, ugly, self important diversity hire" in literally everything she's ever appeared in?

[@mojorocketman]

If the cast of Ghostbusters 2016 got paid every time they made us laugh, they would end up owning us money.

[@cgsweat]

What's funny about calling the Ghostbusters fan base racist and sexist is that she is assuming the entire fan base is comprised of only white males. So wait, who is being racist and sexist again?

[@thedoctor26]

You’re allowed to generalize, mischaracterize, and dehumanize white people, especially if they’re men, especially if they’re straight. That’s their privilege.

[@Cruddy129]

Not only that, she has played quite a few roles where she plays the stereotypical "funny" but yelling black woman She puts herself in those shoes and yet she's the one calling US the racists? Why blame us when she's doing what she is supposedly to defy?

[@deadturret4049]

She also seems to ignore the fact that most ghostbusters fans absolutely love ernie hudson's portrayal of winston. If i was a racist, it'd be real weird to really like ernie hudson and then dismiss leslie jones on the basis of race. Her entire argument there is disingenuous.

[@callmelordhelmet]

Meanwhile, the key grip only made $4800, and contributed a lot more than Leslie Jones did.

[@chrisbaker8533]

The interns that get paid nothing contributed more by getting coffee.

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

Lord Helmet, I agree with you so much. It reminds me I need to re-watch that movie you are the star of!

[@MustertheBrohirrim]

Meanwhile, the actual problem. 😅

[@davestang5454]

The guys who construct the sets and stunt performers do the hardest jobs on movie sets. Most acting parts are very expendable, in comparison.

[@MustertheBrohirrim]

@@davestang5454 can't use a stand in for a skilled laborer. 🤣

[@ElDuderino999]

So let me get this straight: Jones’ agent negotiated that abysmal pay for her and she accepted it - and yet somehow her agent’s ineptitude and her own stupidity is now on McCarthy, Wiig and the studio executives?! My late father used to say „do not turn your deficiencies into my problem“ to anybody trying to guilt-trip him.

[@IceQueen975]

Okay, but your dad's burn is BRUTAL. I'mma steal it, may he rest in peace.

[@henrikaugustsson4041]

To be fair, her agent did a phenomenal job even getting her a penny.

[@haku8135]

In what universe is being paid A HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS for a couple WEEKS of work "abysmal" pay. If she were a big name actress that's one thing, but NOBODY KNEW HER! If you write an article that says in big print "TOM CRUISE STARS IN" and then cut it off, LOADS of people are going to click to see what Tom Cruise is in. Do the same thing with Leslie Jones and everyone will go "Who the fuck is that?"

[@wumpusrat]

It's similar to the women's US soccer team thing, where they agreed to a deal that gave them a bunch of benefits and guaranteed salary, but when they started doing well and COULD have made more if they'd taken the men's deal (which they were originally offered and turned down) they decided that it was "sexism" rather than the consequences of their own choice. It's just the victim mentality again. "It's never my fault, it's someone else trying to keep me down!"

[@dinoblacklane1640]

@@wumpusrat The best thing about that too is, that if the men's team took the woman's team's deal, they too would have been paid more Turns out when you only get paid when you play, that a global 2 year shutdown stops you from getting paid

[@SimpleIdeaz]

The actor who played stiffer in American pie made 5k for the movie.... When he was asked to return for the reunion he was paid 5M

[@heinricho]

This is actually the funniest thing she's ever done. Bravo to her for finally telling a good joke!

[@paulemge9156]

You don’t actually get paid what you’re worth, you get paid what you agree to accept and what your employer agrees to pay

[@somugaienparfu7752]

Yeah, what probably happened was Leslie found out much later how much the others were getting paid, and got very jelly.

[@abehambino]

If you accept it, it’s what you’re worth.

[@TheGruspastej]

​@@abehambino No, then it becomes the value you put on yourself (or rather, your time, effort and ability but eh)

[@sopcannon]

or what you do for harvey weinstein.

[@abehambino]

@@TheGruspastej no one is obligated to pay you more than you ask for. If you don’t demand it, you aren’t worth it. That’s how the free market works.

[@doublebrewski1855]

"The Ghostbusters suit is literal perfection." "It will be, once it fits a beached whale."

[@crazyralph6386]

“It’s a Callack!!! You getta a car, you getta car and you getta car!”. Such hilarity? 😮

[@viniciusvalois2634]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rushmore3927]

$150K does seem low and MM getting 14M seems absurdly high.

[@kekibannmi6054]

Leslie "Angry Big Black Woman" Jones has made her "career" out of being the Angry Big Black Woman in every role including her roles as a comedian.

[@holdenbauer1255]

"I told you my compound would take you places, I never said it'd be places you wanted to go." Pretty solid characterization of what happened with her.

[@D.Wagner2]

It’s not their fault shes dumb enough to fall for the old “This is gonna blow you up so take less money now” line 😂😂😂

[@cristela4034]

Exactly, they gave her a proposal and he accepted, she even got a bit more than what they original offered. So why is she complaining all this years after? She did a job, got paid for it, just move on. And apparently she's not that big of a deal, cause she haven't been in that many movies since then, so she got paid what she was worth.

[@TheScarletSlayer]

That's got the same vibes as, "I'll pay you in exposure".

[@Bjorick]

they were half right, it did blow....

[@matthewmagda4971]

You can't pay bills with exposure alone.

[@lostronin380]

@@matthewmagda4971. Only strippers can do that. Just sayin' not endorsing it. 😏

[@TheWarmachine375]

Leslie Jones: *"THE POWER OF WOKE COMPELS YOU!"* Everyone: "No."

[@wombatillo]

"But what really is 'woke'? Define it if you can you fascist/bigot/conservative/white supremacist! Check mate, discussion over!"

[@RowdyRodimus]

A few months after GB2016 came out, Jones did a free standup gig at the local casino, being five minutes away, I was curious so I went to just see the crowd. Peeped my head in and everyone was in the front row. Actually just the middle of the front row, about 15 people were there.

[@reedr7142]

"Uhhh...who wants to tell her?" Love it.

[@dublinoseven3279]

It’s not like they could have hired just anybody to scream their dialogue for 96 minutes.

[@rjebus2382]

Wow! 😂 Melissa is not worth 14 million. She has a great agent.

[@miskatonic6210]

You seriously think MCCarthy isn't a massive draw? I would pay that to get her. It's not about how good she is, but about how many people she will get into seats. And she was an Oscar nominee .

[@famebrightstudio451]

delusional@@miskatonic6210

[@mouseinthehouse_]

@@miskatonic6210She is not a draw. Most of her movies have flopped

[@KH-ch9wz]

Last sentence is definitely correct regardless of what you like about MM.

[@Bjork4s]

McCarthy won an Emmy for her most successful show and earned an Oscar nomination for Bridesmaids prior to Ghostbusters so I guess that make sense why she was paid that much 🤷

[@TheresaMayPM]

She'd have been getting even less if her pay came from the back end. Anybody involved in Lady Ghostbusters should be grateful they earned anything at all.

[@cloud_spiky7]

So glad to see Jonny Law on your channel!! ❤

[@atomicviking2497]

When the director/writers were called out, the studio attacked fans for being "sexist." Hollywood egos are out of control. The audience doesn't want to pay to be insulted.

[@witchdoctorwill1796]

"I'll take the hit on this" Makes way more in a month than most people make in a year.

[@Noperare]

The ego from Hollywood. Even a shitty actress still thinks she is better than a doctor that save lives. I really hope the Hollywood strike continues to teach them they are just dancing monkeys for the audience.

[@Nammjahtan]

@@Noperare At least dancing monkeys would be entertaining to watch.

[@CleverGirlAAH]

@@Noperare Well according to the Marvel red carpet interviews they think they are saving lives. Because men having sex with other men and being in movies = savior.

[@Roykirk]

As Robert Meyer Burnett likes to say: "It's not 'show friends', it's 'show business'. You get what you can negotiate."

[@DF12]

Was she forced to accept $150000? Or did she sign a contract and agreed to that? Free will is a thing, if it was not enough, walk away.

[@heraldofwar]

She should be very thankful she was hired for the movie in the first place! With her performance she was lucky to be paid for it.

[@iamthe80s49]

Most workers aren't entitled to money if their work is not up to standard. By that same universal standard, studios should be entitled to not pay if the actor delivers a subpar performance.

[@CleverGirlAAH]

@@iamthe80s49 If only the average work place could discriminate based on performance though. LOL Worker morale would skyrocket in the U.S.

[@goran2608]

So she was paid well considering Orlando Bloom got 175K for the LOTR trilogy. They also hit him with ' you will blow up after this' line, but in his case it was true.

[@thelastmotel]

Except he didn't really blow up, did he? He does, however, make more money now as his LOTR royalty cheques are more per year than the payment he got upfront for the movies.

[@jozefmak1835]

​@@thelastmoteloh no of course he did not, POTC franchise, Troy, Kingdom of Heaven, Hobbit...nothing to write home about. He's lucky that Katy is bringing some money home otherwise IDK

[@goran2608]

@@thelastmotel I would call 'Black Hawk Down', 'Troy', 'Kingdom of Heaven' and the entire 'Pirates of the Caribbean' franchise in just 2-3 years after the first LOTR blowing up , considering he was an unknown before it. And those are not even all of the movies he did in that period.

[@crazyralph6386]

@@thelastmotelholy jeez, were you sleeping under a rock for the first decade of the 21st Century? 😂

[@CleverGirlAAH]

@@goran2608 Definitely a blow up. I have to be reminded of Leslie Jones's name every time.

[@iro6758]

So nice to see Jonny Law on here, that guy is freaking hilarious - great invite!

[@petermgruhn]

The year before Ghostbusters came out, she was in "Trainwreck" playing Angry Subway Patron. She was also in "We Are Family" for which Kareena Kapoor won Best Supporting Actress. Jones played "Driver". It is not evident from the plot on Wikipedia just where a Driver fits in to the story.

[@davestang5454]

If you are an actor and most of your roles don't have real names attached to them, that's a bad sign for your career.

[@kpsk8031]

According to wikipedia Leslie Jones' notable roles are: Ghostbusters, SNL, Coming 2 America. Amazing body of work, her memoirs must be a fascinating read.

[@CleverGirlAAH]

It's not like she's not funny. she's just got narrow casting appeal.

[@eszt3r5555]

'Her biography is called Leslie F***ing Jones' Does she hear herself? 💀💀

[@paintedexpressionssogriffi1322]

Her and Corey Taylor should tour together 'LFJCMFT MUST BE STOPPED' tour 2024. She could beller from her book while Corey strums the guitar.

[@brockdavid]

Do you believe your own hype this much?! -Regular Honest People “I AM THE HYPE” -Leslie F*cking Jones (apparently)

[@crazyralph6386]

Probably the best title for her autobiography, considering that her only schtick is playing the “angry blk woman” trope over and over again? In other words, she’s just acting naturally!😂

[@DavidChristieCareerCafe]

Farting?

[@theunknowncommenter725]

She can't. She's so loud and obnoxious she made herself deaf.

[@mattwuxx3888]

John Merrick through a medium just posthumously tweeted that Leslie Jones is without a doubt one of the hardest human beings in history to look at.

[@jonrul1]

This would be like Ernie Hudson complaining the he didn’t get payed as well as Bill Murry or Dan Akroyd lmao

[@rjsouthworth5246]

“This is going to blow you up - after this you’re made for life!” Insert ‘Mr Jameson laughing’ clip here.

[@at9648]

This needs to be a bigger story. The movie went out of its way to say if you didn’t support these actors, you did not believe in inclusivity. While paying one of their actors significantly less and saying fans were the problem

[@theoverunderthinker]

good take! only thing: we have already gotten used to their hypocrisy, which is why it won't be a bigger story. Hypocrisy = old news these days. no longer a shock. ☹

[@9mmsleepingpill851]

@@theoverunderthinker Calling out their hypocrisy doesn't faze them. They know already know they're hypocritical. They will say anything to win their current argument/agenda. They have no moral compass or standards and they already know it.

[@Gillymonster18]

They know this damn well from the beginning. The fans are the scapegoat while money is the bottom line. They can’t make money if they absolutely cave in to inclusivity demands paying a nobody actor the salary of their peers who have actually had measurable success in the market. When money talks, political bullshit walks.

[@theoverunderthinker]

@@liamanderson9104 in the one sense, they think all of their requirements are things that YOU should do or put up with. It's fine for them to do whatever they want when it is their money because their hearts are pure and it's just business. so they can say with a clear conscience that they can pay Jones less because they are good people who are promoting diversity which benefits her, so is part of her pay (and she agreed to it) and if you don't praise the movie, you are an #-ist or a #phobe or whatever because you should be willing to spend YOUR money to support the cause even when they would not because you are likely a bigot somewhere deep inside and need to pay penance. but Jones is the same way when it benefitted her, so if she is victim, she is a victim of a system she supports when it is useful to her and I don't have a lot of sympathy for her.

[@tutuadefolalu3661]

There are so many actors and actresses whose name alone gets people interested in their movie regardless of what it’s about. It’s painfully obvious if you aren’t one of them so why expect to get paid like them? If no one has ever said “I’ll see anything with [insert name here] in it” then you’re not on that level. Period.

[@lee84]

Haha how funny, last night I watched your review of 2016 Ghostbusters because I was bored, and the next day it’s back on the agenda 🤣🤣🤣

[@Nickle_King]

The ego and greed of these people is friggen biblical.

[@kentonkruger8333]

Perspective here, Orlando Bloom only got $25,000 more than her for making the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy ($175,000), he then went on to make millions for each of the Pirates movies. That's how the system works.

[@casinodelonge]

Yes, but LOTR wasnt dogshit to be fair.

[@davestang5454]

A great investment on his part. I would work for $200 a day in a very significant role if I thought it could raise my status on the will-call index.

[@ToadstedCroaks]

Robin Williams accepted $75,000 for his role in Aladdin.

[@jasonaugustine3370]

Gal Gadot got $300,000 to star in Batman versus superman justice league and wonder woman She never complained She was grateful Big difference huh?

[@rickmorty5215]

Holy shit that's brutal!👀

[@davestang5454]

$300,0000 for a few months of "work" ( that isn't that hard) and she doesn't complain. Imagine that.

[@jmsnrs716]

Reminds me of that whole kerfuffle when it came out that the lady who played The Queen on the The Crown (Netflix series) was paid less than Matt Smith, who was pretty fresh off having played The Doctor for a few years. It's like, yeah, he did get paid more, because he had the name value and negotiating power, while the woman who played the Queen was a relative newcomer.

[@joelsalyer5544]

What a life it must be when a mere 150 k is not enough money for a job.

[@CleverGirlAAH]

For working- what? Between 3 - 6 months for principle shooting? Leslie, ... You are very well paid to be a clown. Have some perspective.

[@CleverGirlAAH]

For working- what? Between 3 - 6 months for principle shooting? Leslie, ... You are very well paid to be a clown. Have some perspective.

[@Bjork4s]

Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig are two A list actors with a considerable better track record than Leslie Jones whereas Jones herself is mostly known for being an SNL actor. Yet she's wondering why she was paid less than McCarthy and Wiig??? 😂😂

[@brundelfly1]

Yep, whatever 'A-List' counts for in current day Hollywood at least Wiig and McCarthy had some extremely profitable movies behind them. Be interesting to see what McKinnon got as she was at a more comparable place in her career to Jones in 2016.

[@Bjork4s]

@@brundelfly1 Kate McKinnon was in Barbie which is currently the highest grossing movie of the year so far and won 2 Emmys for her SNL work, which is more than anything Jones did in her entire career 😂😂

[@Chipbarm1009]

Just state what they said

[@hasselett]

The only talented one in that trio is Wiig. She's fucking hilarious. Jones and McCarthy should be thanking the stars they're in the position they're in.

[@Laneous14]

@@hasselett McCarthy is the female version of Chris Farley but with none of the comic timing nor physical talent. So, just a fat chick.

[@Donegal62]

Lawrence was paid more that Pratt because she won an Oscar. That's how it works in Hollywood. An Oscar automatically guarantees you a high salary.

[@Songbirdstress]

Totally agree. Pratt is having the last laugh though.

[@Donegal62]

Absolutely true. 👍@@Songbirdstress

[@Midnitethorn]

So gkad you get all kibds of voices ob your shows! So glad to see Jonny on here. You all are so entertaining and feel so down to earth, i feel like its just a group of guy friends hanging out....with thousands of people. watching 😂

[@brockdavid]

This is becoming comedic gold, and way more than the film…. I was typing this before Drinker said that.

[@berserkasaurusrex4233]

To quote Amy Pascal, one of the main producers of Ghostbusters 2016: "People want to work for less money, I'll pay them less money. I don't call them up and go, 'Can I give you some more?' What women have to do is not work for less money.... People should know what they're worth and say no." McCarthy got paid so much more because unlike Jones, she was playing a lead character. Jones was in a supporting role, though one with a fair amount of screen time. Also, McCarthy had just had several hit films in the years immediately prior to starting production on the film, and both her and Wiig were in Bridesmaids, so they were obviously paid more since they had stronger careers to stand on and could actually make demands. Plus, McCarthy was mostly producing her own films by 2016 anyway, and so the studio would have to offer her more money than she could have simply paid herself to do another "Tammy" film or whatever. (Interestingly, Ernie Hudson was paid very little for his supporting role in the original film, which makes sense when you consider who the leads were and how much they'd have been demanding by that point in their careers.) The article claims that McKinnon was also paid more than Jones, but if you look up Jones' actual statement, she didn't mention McKinnon, who likely got paid mostly the same as Jones since both are nobody SNL leftovers who mostly do voice acting roles.

[@davestang5454]

The actual best way to earn more money is to CONTROL the money on a movie production. Becoming a PRODUCER should be the aim of any actor who really wants to succeed.

[@berserkasaurusrex4233]

@@davestang5454 Tom Cruise being the go to example.

[@Duececoupe]

Participation Medal Generation? Give her one of them medals....😉😆😂

[@GrandAdmiralFart]

I dosagree with the statement in the title. You don't get paid your worth... "[...] You get paid what you negotiate, this isn't show friends, this is show business" Robert Meyer Burnet

[@oso1248]

When someone is committed to not understanding nothing you do will help them understand.

[@lonewolf9578]

See, there’s a reason Zoro’s actor is making more than Jen’s actress One is in a popular and good show that respects the source material, the other is in She Hulk

[@lawrenceaccount]

Orlando Bloom said he was paid $175,000 for all three Lord of the Rings movies… and he actually seemed pretty happy about it because of the exposure it gave him.

[@knowltonmens7319]

"If there's a steady paycheck in it, I'll beleive anything you say." -Leslie Jones to the Ghostbusters casting director... probably

[@bigfamilymomma]

Yellowflash AND Johnny Law! I love how The Critical Drinker brings in my favorite KZbinrs for these chats. Far more entertaining than most drivel Hollywood is churning out.

[@GIBBO4182]

Been subbed to yellow flash for a while. Like his style of commentary

[@SniperKing-O]

Together, they make Johnny Flash. :3

[@laffing_hwhitee]

Cheers!!! 🍻

[@GlitchManOmega]

​@@GIBBO4182I don't; the guy is a clickbaiter and I detest the weird voices he does for comedic effect. I'm only subscribed to him for my daily updates of how the world of entertainment keeps going to hell. But if you like his style, then more power to you.

[@Getoffmyhair]

@@GlitchManOmegahe also talks over everybody on every podcast. Also you can tell he’s super fat from how his voice sounds.

[@actioncom2748]

If she had courted the audience, instead of insulting them, she might have been able to command A higher salary later on.

[@dhenderson1810]

​@ciaraneldrettExcept that when the initial trailer come out, some people online remarked that they will not watch a female Ghostbusters movie. Period. It can't be how the film turned out for those people, because this was only the first trailer. I didn't hear the rest of you say "Don't be silly. Give it a go". None of you called these people out at the time. Silence is endorsement. You didn't call them out because you secretly agreed. Women shouldn't play a role previously the domain of men, you thought. Forget the fact that they were playing completely different characters, not female versions of the male characters (no Peta Venkman, Raylene Stantz etc). There are a lot of flaws with this movie that I am happy to discuss. The Ghostbusters being female isn't a flaw IMO.

[@NotaNazgul]

​@@dhenderson1810maybe you want to read your comment a few times. And look for the thought patterns that make you push women into the role of the poor victim that nobody stood up for with made up accusations. If society would accept slavery or sexual abuse or no access to universities for one gender, I would protest against that. But this is just a shitty cash grab sequel with women in it. I hate shitty cash grab movies. If you want more female stars, study the existing ones. Study the films that made them great. Study great female leads and their character development. ALIEN. Silence of the lambs. Also, there are good female writers, producers, directors. Equip THEM with funding and let them make GOOD, original movies. If the movie has an entertaining story, relatable characters and interesting dialogue, i'll go watch it even in a 100% female cast. Just go back to telling good stories!

[@westonlewis379]

$14 million?! Holy crap she had a great agent for that negotiation.

[@thrawncaedusl717]

She makes a good point; those other actresses were grossly overpaid. But seriously, complaining about being underpaid in a flop is just nonsense. “I wish the movie had lost more money, so more average workers would have been fired to pay for my lifestyle.”

[@taffwob]

The audience should have been paid $150,000 at least for her to be in that movie.

[@carlrood4457]

The thing about Tatiana Maslany is if you ever watched Orphan Black, you can see she's a really good actress with a lot of range. For those who don't know, in the show her main character finds out she's one of many clones so she not only plays multiple roles in the show, she sometimes plays one character pretending to be another for plat purposes. She did a great job and you can see the difference between how she plays a character vs. playing another character playing that character. It's actually kind of a shame she got wrapped up in the whole M-SHE-U debacle.

[@Bjork4s]

I haven't seen Orphan Black but I've seen Tatiana in some movies like Stronger, The Other Half, Destroyer, Two Lovers and Bear. Yeah she's a pretty good actress, it's a shame MCU didn't utilized her well enough

[@BeholderThe1st]

I commented as much in the past. Maslany's performances in Orphan Black are truly great. Her portrayal of the clones is distinctive enough that you can almost forget they are being played by the same actress.

[@GeoffryGifari]

she's a chick playing a chick disguised as another chick?

[@dcbanacek2]

@@GeoffryGifari Who's also the same chick.

[@GeoffryGifari]

@@dcbanacek2 truly mindblowing

[@aoihitori]

You know Hollywood entered their worst timeline ever when they started looking back at their paychecks and asking for more even though they didn't deserved it. 😂

[@maryambintghassani2341]

Drinker - "I don't know why this is so hard for her to grasp." It is in her interest not to grasp it, so she does what her interest dictates.

[@powwowken2760]

I mean, in my opinion rather than Jones being underpaid I'd argue that McCarthy is the one being massively overpaid. She's been in one or two movies that weren't awful (supposedly), but if you look through her filmography she basically maxes out at a 7/10 rating and the vast majority of her movies hover around a 5/10.

[@Rehd66]

Identify Theft was f’n hilarious. But I also love Jason Bateman

[@deadturret4049]

​​@@Rehd66I feel like adding jason bateman to any project automatically bumps the review score up a few points. That dude is great.

[@planetbob6703]

Ghost Busters 2016. Truly one of the movies ever made!

[@Ass_Burgers_Syndrome]

Yes it definitely was a movie ever made

[@cluxx8486]

*worst

[@erikhermansen3431]

Debatable.

[@beriklest6954]

It truly was a film that was made. No one can argue that.

[@dmittleman9757]

Definitely a thing.

[@joshuaknoll925]

As much as Leslie Jones may want to complain about how she should have been paid more, the undeniable fact is that she accepted the role for the pay that they offered her. That implies that she didn't have anything better going on, despite her "decades of success". Your negotiating power is extremely small if you don't have the space to say no and mean it.

[@mat.b.]

Drinker and Johnny Law on one panel!? YES

[@Kilo-ct8dh]

Guaranteed way to make a movie fail, put Melissa McCarthy in it...😂

[@Bjork4s]

Well only certain movies do that, she still managed to find some successes in other stuff like Bridesmaids, Can You Ever Forgive Me and the underrated action comedy, Spy

[@kpsk8031]

@@Bjork4s she can be very good. The movies she does with her director-writer-husband are AWFUL.

[@Bjork4s]

@@kpsk8031 Oh of course the comedy movies she did with her husband are mostly terrible, I won't deny that. She's at best when she's cast against type. Bridesmaids, The Heat and Spy were a few that I genuinely found her funny

[@kpsk8031]

@@Bjork4s "Bridesmaids" is great, albeit a little too long. It is a female driven movie done right.

[@Bjork4s]

@@kpsk8031 Yeah I agree, a bit too long (it was produced by Judd Apatow anyway who likes making and producing overlong comedy movies for some reason) but I liked it overall. Melissa was definitely the best part of the movie

[@mrhairypalm5006]

Strange. I seem to have skipped this one in my DVD collection.😂

[@harbl99]

The people who released the Complete Ghostbusters Blu-Ray set did the same. GB1+2, and the new one had physical discs in the box. Oh, and there was a leaflet with a code for a digital download of GB 2016.

[@mrhairypalm5006]

@@harbl99 And the leaflet went straight to recycling. we hope.

[@irontuzi3453]

If you're worried about it, I'm sure you could find the landfill most of the 2016 Ghostbusters DVD's ended up in and grab a few. You could pick up a copy of ET for the Atari 2600 while you're at it.

[@mrhairypalm5006]

@irontuzi3453 To be honest i'm up for ET

[@theunknowncommenter725]

​@@irontuzi3453 I often see Ghostbusters 2016 in the DVD bins at Dollar tree. No one's buying them.

[@hoyks1]

This movie will blow up your career.... that can definately be taken 2 ways.

[@TheSharkIsWorking_23]

Leslie Jones only got $150K, while Paul Feig got two high profile luxury hotel rooms during the entire production. One for him to stay in, the other exclusively for his suites. No joke.

[@Soyuz2578]

"who wants to tell her..." 😂😂😂 to be honest im surprised she didnt play the race card

[@sopcannon]

give it time

[@starscream7755]

That honestly seemed like what she was doing

[@AshCosgrove]

I don't see any other reason why she would bring up the difference in pay. Jones has used the race card in the past. It's the only one she has to play. So I don't see why she would stop here.

[@justinrodriguez5957]

That seemed like what she was implying in attempts to justify why she wasn't paid more rather than....you know her resume.

[@taffwob]

She doesn't need to, there's a long line of Racist grifters just waiting to pick it up & run with something like this.

[@justin.channels]

You are on the cusp of RMB's gem, "You don't get what you deserve. You get what you negotiate" Fortunately what one can negotiate is directly related to what one deserves.

[@laffing_hwhitee]

Negotiate + deserve = casting couch??? 😮😮😮🤯

[@theoverunderthinker]

loosely related. they move together, but sometimes you get really good negotiators and other times really poor ones. it depends on your knowledge as well as you value. you kinda need both.

[@Mentski]

I was hoping somebody would quote Rob so I didn't have to.

[@TheSharkIsWorking_23]

Remember when Bryce Dallas Howard complained she got paid significantly less than Chris Pratt in the Jurassic World sequels. Pratt got $10 million, Howard got $8 million calling $2 million “significantly less” than Pratt. Yet, she got paid better than Martin Lawrence for Bad Boys 3, $11 million dollars less than Will Smith. Jones did get screwed over money wise on GB(2016), Melissa (even with an Academy Award nominee pay bump) got paid too much. Here’s the real question, HOW MUCH WAS KATE MCKINNON PAID? She was in the same boat as Jones, not a household name at the time. I would expect them to be receiving about the same amount. However, I cannot find her salary for GB(2016) anywhere.

[@colinr0380]

I'm always reminded of the Total Biscuit quote that when people say that you will be paid in exposure, you should note that people die from exposure.

[@mattlengacher8811]

The same silly people who claim Barbie is the best movie ever will now support her and claim she was done wrong. But never be heard of again

[@teufeldritch]

She was briefly in an episode of the James Spader TV show Blacklist. She played a person waiting in the DMV annoying Spader's character 'Red' in a case of mistaken identity.

[@chernobylshery885]

lmao!! That was her?? shit.

[@proto-geek248]

Thanks. I'll be sure to skip that one.

[@teufeldritch]

@@proto-geek248 She's only in it for 45 or so seconds, just fast foward thru that part.

[@SuperCliffReviews]

Drinker - remember 2016 Ghost Busters?? Mauler - How dare you

[@davidthommeny2510]

I honestly can't remember a single thing from Ghostbusters 2016 and honestly I am so happy about it

[@AchtungEnglander]

$150K for being in a movie that cost $144M to make tells you everything you need to know about her agent and Leslie Jones worth.

[@lordtrinen2249]

She's been complaining about the harassment and death threats she supposedly received over the movie. I don't approve of that stuff but at the same time, I don't think a lot of it would've happened if she hadn't repeatedly engaged them and proved that they were getting under her skin. Shrug it off and stay off social media so the trolls can't feed.

[@crazyralph6386]

I doubt it even happened, and if it did, it was probably done by one of her friends or family members to gain sympathy? It’s an old and tired political trick that left wing minorities play to their base, like that Toronto Canada MP Iqra Khalid played and got busted for? Its pathetic and shameful.

[@dnatech4477]

i CALL BULLSHIT

[@NelderGuitar]

I can’t believe someone thought McCarthy was worth 14 mil. Whoa.

[@dercooney]

jones was on the blacklist as 'chatty woman'; it's only since 2016 that she's had mostly named roles instead of description roles

[@DragonDonut64]

I can understand paying McCarthy 40 mil, if they’re paying by the pound.

[@whodunit5621]

There are times you read comments. And you're happy that you didn't have any tea in your mouth. Gold...

[@devekut2]

@@whodunit5621 You win the internet today.

[@Sporadic2777]

Her position comes from the idea of equity that is being pushed everywhere now. Her abilities, draw power, prior career aren't supposed to make a difference. Because she's from a 'certain demographic', by the rules of equity she should get paid the same as the other 3 actresses so that all outcomes are the same across the board.

[@CleverGirlAAH]

🤫🤫🤫

[@1stAmendmentorDie1776]

Imagine being mad because you were 99% overpaid.

[@lloydwoodward9053]

For contrast I recently saw a clip of Orlando Bloom saying he earned about $100k for all three LOTR combined and would happily do it again today.

[@PunksterOS]

"Light humour?" Leslie Jones fits neither.

[@cariganpintalba9498]

McCarthy was starring in a prime time sitcom when the movie was done. She was higher profile for sure.

[@Bjork4s]

Yeah, Bridesmaids was the movie that pushed her to the top because her performance was the most acclaim than anybody else in the movie and earned an Oscar nomination for her work

[@GravitoRaize]

@@Bjork4s And Wiig was like the main character in Bridesmaids, too. People forget these two actresses were only a few years removed from one of the best "girl comedians" flicks that had come out that decade.

[@Bjork4s]

@@GravitoRaize That too, Wiig as the writer and the lead actress of one of the most successful comedy movies of all time. Definitely deserve more than Leslie

[@skyrimisforthenords8312]

Legolas only got like 110 k for lotr for the same reason. But that actually boosted everyones career

[@illlogick7151]

If being ugly is a talent , she’s a real winner

[@Alex-zi3nj]

You get treated poorly then whine about it to the world to help your career? Our fears are always found on our path to destiny.

[@skylx0812]

Well, it was the then black female president of The Academy of Arts and Sciences that issued the inclusivity mandates that basically told the studios, "If you want your movies to win an Oscar, ever again, then you guys had better pander, and hard". She paved the way for certain people to get shoehorned in wether they were worth it or not.

[@jamesbradley4209]

Sisters encouraged to stick together but when it comes to money you’re on your own

[@add8402]

If Leslie Jones genuinely thought that the pay she was going to receive wasn't enough, she just should have either tried to negotiate for better pay or just not join the production. Nobody forced her to be in Ghostbusters 2016. If she could find better work elsewhere at that time she could have just done that instead.