Marlon Brando Talking about His Salary in Superman
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humminbird
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That’s crazy
he’s a memorable jor el
he’s a memorable jor el
Travellin' Man
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right?!!!
dude got paid $7 million dollars for the role
and was only in the movie for SEVEN MINUTES! 
right?!!!
dude got paid $7 million dollars for the role
36 million in todays money.
humminbird
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It was worth it thoughright?!!!
dude got paid $7 million dollars for the role
they still use that speech to this day
Travellin' Man
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36 million in todays money.
yup but you know what, i don't think there's an actor in Hollywood today who could duplicate what he did in the movie; let alone come close
Travellin' Man
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It was worth it though
they still use that speech to this day
oh yeah, for sure.
wow!!!! he set the benchmark
Travellin' Man
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Brando trolling the director and suggesting Jor-El be a bagel 
Marlon Brando Wanted To Play Jor-El As A Bagel In Original Superman Movie
For many, Richard Donner's Superman films are the definitive take on the mythos. What went on [...]
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Travellin' Man
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Travellin' Man
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A million dollars a minute
right?!
and that's just the tip of the iceberg
check this out:
"It's well-known among film fanatics that Marlon Brando was paid an unprecedented $7 million for his performance as Jor-El in Superman: The Motion Picture, despite only appearing for seven minutes.
If you think that's impressive, the Godfather star made over double that amount for his work on Superman II. At this point, you might ask, "Wait, did Jor-El appear in the sequel?"
No, he didn't. Brando shot a scene where a hologram of Jor-El speaks to Superman, but it was left on the cutting room floor. The scene was reshot where Superman speaks to a hologram of his mother, Lara.
Even though it's always irritating when an actor's scene is cut, this decision was massively problematic for the studio. You see, Brando was contracted to be paid 11.75% of Superman II's earnings. But since he was no longer in the movie, this stipulation was revoked, making his fee significantly lower.
Enraged by studio's meddling, Brando took the producers to court and won. In the end, Brando was paid $15 million for a three-minute scene that nobody saw until it was released in the director's cut 26 years later."
link:
10 Actors Who Got Paid To Do Pretty Much Nothing
A million dollars... to stand there?
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Amazing actor.... he was kind of crazy tho... Been in some stinkers. The story behind the island of dr. monroe is 1000 better than that movie.
He was like a Guru/ God in hollywood. So unprofessional an unpredictable but they still kissed his ass and didnt blackball him.
Couldnt even be bothered to remember his lines
He was like a Guru/ God in hollywood. So unprofessional an unpredictable but they still kissed his ass and didnt blackball him.
Couldnt even be bothered to remember his lines
Travellin' Man
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dude was one of a kind and truly marched to the beat of his own drum, both on the screen and off the screen
he was eccentric, but most talented/geniuses are.
there was a period where he was in some movies that weren't so embraced, but i think that was because his attention would be elsewhere. (the story behind the island of dr moreau is a crazy! i saw that doc a few years ago
)like when he got involved in the Civil Rights Movement
46:06 minute mark of this biography documentary, Ossie and Ruby Davis, his son, Martin Sheen and others, talk about how active he was in the Civil Rights Movement and how he walked with Dr. King.
Martin Sheen says, the night Dr. King was shot, Marlon was walking through the streets of Harlem, talking to people with Mayor Lindsay
but yeah, he was unpredictable when it came to being on set from time to time.
that reminds me of when he was suppose in shape for Apocalypse Now, Coppola was like, Brando came to the set overweight, he hadn't read and study the book "The Heart of Darkness", which is what the movie was based on. Coppola had to hire body doubles for him for certain angles
before that, when he did the Godfather, just like in Superman, he used cue cards, check out this pic of the cards placed on Robert Duvall's chest
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i wonder if he's one of the reasons that today great actors turn down oscar winning roles for silly superhero roles that pay 100x more money
"well, Brando did it too"
i think it's more of thing where they see a franchise that has had a great winning streak with stability and guaranteed work and want to be apart of something special that has broke new ground and makes money.
it's a win win