![]() ![]() So that’s a national problem,” said Izanec.įilm and TV sets dot America. You get paid for a pilot that was never going to run.“I feel like people would be surprised to hear that 87% of our members make under $26,000 a year, and that’s just under the amount that they need to qualify for health care. So you and your agent figure out what you’re going to ask for, and you ask for such-a-what, the producers come back with this-a-what - and it’s literally all (expletive). An actor gets hired for a pilot and has to negotiate a deal for the next five, seven years in case the series gets picked up. But you don’t realize this if you’re an actor. Apparently, there are cases when (a network) might shoot a pilot for a new series, without the intention of picking it up. I was talking to my agent recently, and he told me about this new loophole. They sell it to another streaming service - still nothing. They’d get the day rate, and then the streaming service can play it a million times, and the actor gets nothing. Q: So if “Falling Down” was made today for Netflix, someone working a single day on that -Ī: No residuals. Now it’s much faster, so with the residuals I might get from “Chicago P.D.” or “Chicago Fire,” by the time you’re in the third run of an episode it’s already down 50, 60%. The residual curve downward used to be slower. ![]() I still occasionally get a residual from that film, but it’s down around 10 cents. And then the residual checks went down from there. ![]() Back then you’d get paid for your day, and then typically you’d make a little less than that amount on your first residual check (when the movie moves to network television or cable). In 1993 you did what I’m guessing was one day’s work on the Michael Douglas film “Falling Down,” in the role of “mom, backyard party,” according to IMDb.Ī: I think it was a day, right. Q: Walk me through one example of residuals for us layfolk. By the time taxes are taken out you’re seeing less than $5,000. The three big networks, NBC, ABC and CBS, pay more than cable and Netflix.īut remember: Out of that $10,000, you pay 10% to your manager, maybe 10% to your agent, some people pay a percentage to their lawyer. I feel fortunate to have gotten in on the tail end of that. That means a maximum of $10,000 - that’s the most anyone can get unless they’re a big star. Maybe you get really lucky and your agent negotiates “top-of-show” billing for you. As an actor, you’re lucky if you get two guest spots a year. Without it, I’d be trying to book guest star roles on things, and that’s hit and miss, let me tell you. And if I didn’t have “Chicago P.D.,” I’d be, too. ![]() I’m one of the lucky ones I’ll be able to get through the strike. That leaves virtually all the tough financial issues to settle, from compensation to health insurance to residual payments which, on Netflix and other streaming giants, are basically zip.Ī: I really hope we don’t give in with any concessions on residuals. And let’s say they pick up the tab for actors who’ve had to provide self-taped auditions. Q: Let’s say the studios walk back the “digital scan” contract language, because it’s the most patently sinister. And he’s not just talking about actors he’s talking about health care, our national safety, all sorts of things. Congress and whoever’ll listen that this is out of our control, if we don’t do something about it. Just a few months ago the man who helped create AI (Yoshua Bengio) acknowledged he basically regretted it. A: And then use it whenever they want, with the actor having no control and no additional payment! That’s just … frickin’ outrageous. ![]()
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