Zendaya has a lot to thank Rue Bennett, her character in the series Euphoria. With him she went from being a Disney girl to a global star winning two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe.
Now, at just 26, returning to his shoes will mean pocketing a million dollars an episode in the upcoming third season of the hit HBO production, which is set to begin shooting shortly and which is scheduled to premiere in 2024. five years after the premiere.
At this rate per episode, Zendaya enters the select million clubto which belong only the lucky few who earn at least that amount per episode of a television series.
In 2022 stars like Chris Pratt, who pocketed 1.4 million per chapter of the final list (Amazon Prime Videos); Kevin Costner, who charges 1.3 million per episode of the series yellowstone (SkyShowtime); the same ones who enter Mahershala Ali per chapter of The plot (Hulu); AND Elizabeth Mosswhich earns 1.1 million for the luminous (Apple TV+), according to the ranking drawn up by Variety .
Someone who earns two million
These amounts are far exceeded by the plaintiff John Krasinskiwhich earns about two million dollars per episode of the series Jack Ryan (Amazon prime video), as in addition to being the protagonist, he is the executive producer of the series.
Other well-known faces who are getting that salary in current television series are Harrison Ford AND Elena Mirren Of 1923 (SkyShowtime); Michael Keaton Of drug addict (Disney+); Will Ferrell AND paul rudd Of The shrink next door (AppleTV+); Jason Sudeikis Of ted lasso (Apple TV+) e Sylvester Stallone Of Tula King (SkyShowtime).
A step below are artists like elizabeth olsen (love and death), with a salary of $875,000, e Anne Hathaway AND Jared Leto (We crashed) AND Brie Larson (Chemistry lessons), with salaries of $750,000.
Thanks to the agreement reached with HBO, Zendaya, the former Disney girlfriend who began her career in the series Shake it, becomes the highest-paid actress in the series, ahead of peers like Hunter Schafer, Jacob Elordi, Maude Apatow, Angus Cloud and Alexa Demie. And so she gets on the podium of the actresses who earn the most in television.
The number one position is occupied by Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoonwho make two million dollars per episode of The morning show (AppleTV+).
In just three years, Zendaya would triple her capital thanks to her stake in Euphoriawhich since its premiere in 2019 has received nearly 40 awards, including nine Emmy Awards in total.
In this third installment, Tom Holland’s girlfriend also plans to get behind the camera and direct an episode. In a magazine interview italian fashionthe artist said he was going to direct episode 6 of the second season, but didn’t have enough time to prepare, because he had to focus on acting.
Friends: the forerunners
The six actors of friends became more than 20 years ago in the first to accept a million dollar salary per chapter between 2002 and 2004.
Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer They thus became the highest paid in television.
Currently, the actors continue to bill. because they have negotiated 2% of the annual takings of the series, which when broadcast on streaming platforms generates about a billion annually for Warner Bros. The protagonists of the series therefore continue to earn about 20 million dollars a year.
Source: Clarin
