Remember: with 30 million dollars per episode, season 4 of Stranger Things had exploded all records, twice as expensive as Game Of Thrones ! Available on Netflix, the phenomenon series which tells the adventures of the inhabitants of Hawkins is about to bow out, to the dismay of the fans of the first hour of the adventures of the characters, and of the actors themselves. But embodying one of the most fashionable heroes of television also has a price, and not the least. As the filming of season 5 is about to begin, the amount of fees has soared!
Stranger Things : the salary of the actors explodes for season 5
After receiving a nice raise in 2018 during season 3, the kids of Stranger Things will again hit a nice jackpot for the last season of the program. Before filming the rest of their adventures, which end as a reminder with a Vecna on the run and Max in a coma, the actors took care to renegotiate their contract, according to Matthew Belloni of PuckNews. As a result, the actors were divided into four groups. At the top of the salary basket are David Harbor and Winona Ryder, aka Hopper and Joyce, who are both expected to receive $9.5 million, three times their previous salary. As a reminder in season 4, Joyce travels to the USSR to rescue Sheriff Hopper, held captive by the Soviets in a forced labor camp after Joyce destroys the machine that gives access to the Upside Down.
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The four boys in the series, Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin), Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas), Finn Wolfhard (Mike) and Noah Schnapp (Will), are tied with just under $7 million, against 200,000 dollars for season 1. How to explain these incredible figures? According to puck Still, the cast members spent more time on set in Season 4, which would explain those pay increases. Actress Sadie Sink aka Maxine Mayfied has also become hugely popular over the years, which is why she is perhaps second on the pay scale with no less than $7 million as well.
Milliy Bobbie Brown, better paid than her classmates?
In the third level, the teenagers of the series will also be entitled to a raise. Natalia Dyer (Nancy), Joe Keery (Steve), Maya Hawke (Robin) and Charlie Heaton (Jonathan) will receive $6 million for Season 5, which has eight episodes. But if there’s one character that stands out, it’s her. Since she was twelve years old, actress Millie Bobby Brown has played the fearsome Eleven, a young girl endowed with psychokinetic and telepathic abilities, and has impressed viewers throughout the seasons. puck did not give the exact amount of what Brown will receive for the final season of Stranger Things or his exclusive deal with Netflix, but the report says it was “ridiculously lucrative“. In addition to playing Eleven in the series and filming in the saga Enola Holmes for the streaming giant, she was also announced to star in The Electric Statethe next film by the Russo brothers (The Gray Man) to be released in 2023. In 2022, Millie Bobby Brown made history by receiving a check for 10 million dollars for her role in Enola Holmes 2 : either the highest salary paid to an actress or an actor under 20 years old.
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