Comments on: TV execs dish out some tough love http://screenrant.com/tv-execs-dish-out-some-tough-love-brian-109/ TV and Movie News, Reviews & Trailers Sat, 26 May 2012 21:36:17 +0000 hourly 1 By: Brian http://screenrant.com/tv-execs-dish-out-some-tough-love-brian-109/comment-page-1/#comment-386 Brian Fri, 16 Jul 2004 17:24:47 +0000 http://dev2.screenrant.com/tv-execs-dish-out-some-tough-love-109/#comment-386 Caruso is another classic example of how you don't want to play the Hollywood game. His arrogance and stubbornness got him sentenced to B-movie purgatory for almost a decade. Will he learn from his mistakes? Hard to say... Travolta didn't. Brian Caruso is another classic example of how you don’t want to play the Hollywood game. His arrogance and stubbornness got him sentenced to B-movie purgatory for almost a decade. Will he learn from his mistakes? Hard to say… Travolta didn’t.

Brian

]]> By: Vic http://screenrant.com/tv-execs-dish-out-some-tough-love-brian-109/comment-page-1/#comment-385 Vic Fri, 16 Jul 2004 17:20:53 +0000 http://dev2.screenrant.com/tv-execs-dish-out-some-tough-love-109/#comment-385 That's right, can you say "David Caruso"? He was extremely lucky in getting a second shot at a hit TV series with CSI: Miami. Vic That’s right, can you say “David Caruso”?

He was extremely lucky in getting a second shot at a hit TV series with CSI: Miami.

Vic

]]> By: Zipper Stevens http://screenrant.com/tv-execs-dish-out-some-tough-love-brian-109/comment-page-1/#comment-384 Zipper Stevens Fri, 16 Jul 2004 14:31:36 +0000 http://dev2.screenrant.com/tv-execs-dish-out-some-tough-love-109/#comment-384 For some reason, George Lazenby popped into my head when I read this. The first thought was that the actors may feel 'uncompensated' for additional responsibilities they took on after agreeing to a sum of money. Lazenby said (on a TV interview a year or two ago) that he was paid less than Sean Connery (per movie) which was actually okay with him since he was an unknown actor (except for his commercial work). His problem, he said, is that he was expected to perform his own stunts whereas Connery had a stuntman. On top of that Lazenby had NO training as a stuntman. Lazenby got bad advice from his agent that more movies were in his future and quit being Bond. No deals materialized but on-set conflicts with other actors and the demand for more money is his legacy. Regradless of truth, this is how these two actors (Eads/Fox) will be remembered. However it may sound, I feel Lazenby is the exception and not the norm. Often when a hit-show is certified as the 'next big-thing', an actor begins to think that they are the most important cog in the machine while forgetting they are really interchangeable parts. For some reason, George Lazenby popped into my head when I read this. The first thought was that the actors may feel ‘uncompensated’ for additional responsibilities they took on after agreeing to a sum of money. Lazenby said (on a TV interview a year or two ago) that he was paid less than Sean Connery (per movie) which was actually okay with him since he was an unknown actor (except for his commercial work). His problem, he said, is that he was expected to perform his own stunts whereas Connery had a stuntman. On top of that Lazenby had NO training as a stuntman. Lazenby got bad advice from his agent that more movies were in his future and quit being Bond. No deals materialized but on-set conflicts with other actors and the demand for more money is his legacy.

Regradless of truth, this is how these two actors (Eads/Fox) will be remembered.

However it may sound, I feel Lazenby is the exception and not the norm. Often when a hit-show is certified as the ‘next big-thing’, an actor begins to think that they are the most important cog in the machine while forgetting they are really interchangeable parts.

]]> By: Vic http://screenrant.com/tv-execs-dish-out-some-tough-love-brian-109/comment-page-1/#comment-383 Vic Fri, 16 Jul 2004 13:23:11 +0000 http://dev2.screenrant.com/tv-execs-dish-out-some-tough-love-109/#comment-383 Solidarity seems to be the key to these pay raise "negotiations". If you recall, that's what worked for the cast of "Friends". Everything is relative, I suppose. Once Ted Danson broke the one million per episode mark during "Cheers", the floodgates were opened. I'm not a proponent of monster salaries for actors (or athletes... especially athletes) but when one looks at how much these shows earn the network, if the actor does happen to be the primary draw, or the piece of the puzzle that makes the whole thing work, I don't blame them. As to the producer, same thing goes. It would be difficult to see an actor on a show that I created and produce making 5 times what I earn. Of course at that level of income, maybe you're right... what the hell is the difference between 5 mil and 25 mil? I guess even at those levels people live up to their incomes. :-) Vic Solidarity seems to be the key to these pay raise “negotiations”. If you recall, that’s what worked for the cast of “Friends”.

Everything is relative, I suppose. Once Ted Danson broke the one million per episode mark during “Cheers”, the floodgates were opened.

I’m not a proponent of monster salaries for actors (or athletes… especially athletes) but when one looks at how much these shows earn the network, if the actor does happen to be the primary draw, or the piece of the puzzle that makes the whole thing work, I don’t blame them.

As to the producer, same thing goes. It would be difficult to see an actor on a show that I created and produce making 5 times what I earn.

Of course at that level of income, maybe you’re right… what the hell is the difference between 5 mil and 25 mil? I guess even at those levels people live up to their incomes. :-)

Vic

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