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Which is likely the same reason he waited to do BB3 even as people kept asking for years. It wasn’t until desperately he needed a box office hit that he decided to do so.

He should have been the one to hop on the social media wave long before The Rock did and eclipsed him.


He waited to do BB3 because they kept going through script rewrites. He said he absolutely WOULD do a third Bad Boys almost 5 years ago and they actually green-lit Bad Boys 3 & 4 but the studio wouldn’t give the original Director (Joe Carnahan) the budget he wanted so it languished for a few years and Will went off and did Suicide Squad and Bright.
 

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He waited to do BB3 because they kept going through script rewrites. He said he absolutely WOULD do a third Bad Boys almost 5 years ago and they actually green-lit Bad Boys 3 & 4 but the studio wouldn’t give the original Director (Joe Carnahan) the budget he wanted so it languished for a few years and Will went off and did Suicide Squad and Bright.

But it wasn’t until he started having box office bombs and losing his status as Mr. summer box office that he pivoted towards social media and eventually BB3.

He need BB3 just as much if not more than Martin did. He waited too late and ended up getting eclipsed by The Rock. He should have hopped on the social media wave long before The Rock did.
 
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But it wasn’t until he started having box office bombs and losing his status as Mr. summer box office that he pivoted towards social media and eventually BB3.

He need BB3 just as much if not more than Martin did. He waited too late and ended up getting eclipsed by The Rock. He should have hopped on the social media wave long before The Rock did.


Thats what a lot of actors do :manny: Its not like he was hurting for roles or opportunities and DESPERATELY needed Bad Boys 3. They wanted him for both a Bright sequel and for the Suicide Squad sequel (both box office hits or “streaming hit” in Netflix’s case”) but be turned it down. They also wanted him to return for a MIB4 and he passed on that too.


The social media thing is whatever. Its easy to say what “should” have been done in hindsight but its not being the “King Of Instagram” is guaranteed box office gold (though it CERTAINLY helps, I wouldn’t argue against that fact)
 

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Thats what a lot of actors do :manny: Its not like he was hurting for roles or opportunities and DESPERATELY needed Bad Boys 3. They wanted him for both a Bright sequel and for the Suicide Squad sequel (both box office hits or “streaming hit” in Netflix’s case”) but be turned it down. They also wanted him to return for a MIB4 and he passed on that too.


The social media thing is whatever. Its easy to say what “should” have been done in hindsight but its not being the “King Of Instagram” is guaranteed box office gold (though it CERTAINLY helps, I wouldn’t argue against that fact)

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He wasn’t hurting for roles or opportunities, but he hadn’t had a box office hit in years. That’s why he needed BB3 to be a hit.

I wouldn’t consider SS a box office hit. Not to mention, Harley Quinn ended up getting the spinoff and not Will’s character.
 
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BECAUSE SOME ACTORS GET PAID
7 FIGURES PER EPISODE.



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There are zero TV shows that start off this way

Those payouts are reserved for well established shows (been on for some years)

With very HIGH ratings

This ain't that.. it could become that but again

I doubt Will would want to put in that much work at this point of his career to take a pay cut

Cause a million an episode is still way, way less than he makes for a movie (and his other income streams) with a shorter production schedule overall

He made over 40 million just last year alone
 
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There are zero TV shows that start off this way

Those payouts are reserved for well established shows (been on for some years)

With very HIGH ratings

This ain't that.. it could become that but again

I doubt Will would want to put in that much work at this point of his career to take a pay cut

Cause a million an episode is still way, way less than he makes for a movie (and his other income streams) with a shorter production schedule overall

He made over 40 million just last year alone
REESE WITHERSPOON
AND JENNIFER ANISTON
ARE GETTING 2M PER EP
ON THAT NEW APPLE TV SHOW THEY DO.


AND SHOWS TYPICALLY

AVERAGE 10 EPS A SEASON IN 2DAYS ERA.
:devil:
:evil:
 
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