History Main / MoneyDearBoy

** Well giving Bay's films that treatment made sense since they'd be guranteed to sell pretty well, but how do you explain them releasing a forgettable film like ThePerfectScore, they couldn't have seriously expected to make much money off of that film since it didn't do very well in theaters and wasn't well-liked by critics either.

* Speaking of Burt Reynolds, he was forced to declare bankruptcy in 1996 after being $10 million in debt, so in a slight subversion of this trope, Reynolds vowed to cut back on expenses and to pay back every single dime, and he's appeared in over 40 films since, and it's easy that he starred in most of them (''Dungeon Siege'', ''Without A Paddle'', ''The Longest Yard'' remake, ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' film adaption) for the money.

** MikeMyers backed out of a film based upon Dieter, the ''{{SNL}}'' character, and was sued by Universal Pictures for $3.8 million. His decision to back out of the $20 million contract was an inversion of this trope; he was unhappy with the script (despite having written it himself) and didn't feel the film would be of a standard acceptable for moviegoers. If only he'd had similar scruples when the script for ''TheLoveGuru'' dropped onto his doormat...

** Yeah, though that AdventuresOfRockyAndBullwinkle movie is a pretty good example of this trope.

* Cuba Gooding Jr.: Academy Award-winning actor and well-paid star of ''Snow Dogs'', ''Boat Trip'', ''Norbit'' and ''Daddy Day Camp''.

* Jeremy Irons' appearances in ''Film/{{Dungeons and Dragons}}'' and ''{{Eragon}}'' are motivated either by this or a desire to be out-acted by his eyebrows. It's a toss-up. According to wikiquote, when asked why he took his Dungeons and Dragons role, Irons replied: "Are you kidding? I'd just bought a castle, I had to pay for it somehow!"

* Steve Martin has admitted that he only does films like ''Cheaper by the Dozen'' and ''ThePinkPanther'' so he can finance his writing and art collection.
* Ewan [=McGregor=] has always been very up front about the fact that he takes roles in big-budget Hollywood movies so he can afford to be in the little Scottish indie films he loves doing but wouldn't otherwise be able to afford him.

* Money was one of Bill Murray's reasons for taking on the role of Garfield in the ''Garfield'' movies. (The other two being the challenge of voice-over work and a script by one of the Coen Brothers. Suffice to say the latter wasn't quite what he'd hoped)

-->'''[[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Nostalgia Critic]]''': [[{{Shaft}} SHAFT]]? '''[[BigNo NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!]]'''

* Abe Vigoda's role in ''GoodBurger'', most likely. Oh boy, did the NostalgiaCritic have a field day with this one...

* Cuba Gooding Jr.: Academy Award-winning actor and well-paid star of ''Snow Dogs'', ''Boat Trip'' and ''Daddy Day Camp''.

* It is well documented that Beatrice Arthur and Betty White of ''TheGoldenGirls'' absolutely '''[[{{Understatement}} loathed]]''' each other from day-one, and it is only because of this trope that they managed to endure working for 6 years with an actress they hated. It is little wonder why so much of the "shut up Rose" scenes contain such genuine malice, and that the actresses refused to attend cast reunions wherein the other is invited first, and why Betty White is so coldly indifferent about the passing of Beatrice Arthur.

* PatrickStewart as the hammy King Ooblar in ''JimmyNeutron: Boy Genius'', The Great Prince of the Forest in ''{{Bambi}} 2'', and 1996's ''Masterminds''. Stewart's knowingly hammy [[ChewingTheScenery scene-chewing]] is all part of the fun - he's clearly having a blast with it. He has said in interviews he loves "popcorn movies" like ''Film/{{X-Men}}'' and ''StarTrek'' as much as he loves stage and serious drama. To be fair, most of what Stewart does is because he just loves acting in general and has the habit of doing whatever he likes at the time, being serious drama to cornball comedy and everything in between. It's been said that he never takes on a role unless he ''wants'' to. Even before he was in ''StarTrek'', Stewart took a role in ''Lifeforce'' (the naked space vampire movie) to pay for the replacement of a broken bay window at his house.

* For years, ArnoldSchwarzenegger refused to do a third ''{{Terminator}}'' movie if JamesCameron wasn't directing. Figuring that the character was as much Arnold's as it was his, James just told him to go for it and ask for a shitload of money. The 30 million he received are still an upfront record for a single movie (though TomHanks is rumoured to have received along the lines of $29-59 million for ''AngelsAndDemons'').

** Making his appearance in the MelBrooks parody ''Robin Hood: Men In Tights'' doubly funny.
*** I'm pretty sure that was PatrickStewart...

* An entry in RogerEbert's "Little Movie Glossary" describes the effect of MarlonBrando's participation in a film as the "Brando Acceptability Yardstick" - as the whole idea of respected actors doing comic book movies for the money can be traced to him. See the ''Film/{{Superman}}'' franchise, ''ApocalypseNow'' and the 1996 remake of ''The Island Of Dr. Moreau''. Incidentally, Brando received, as a salary for the entirety of his work on ''TheGodfather'', approximately 1% of his ''Superman: The Movie'' salary.

->'''Mr. Lickboot''': ''"We've got to have...MONEY"''
->'''NostalgiaCritic''': ''[[TheyJustDidntCare Oh, sounds like the producers of this movie.]]''
-->--Nostalgia Critic during his review of TomAndJerryTheMovie

* One notable exception: Kim Basinger backed out of the production of ''Boxing Helena'', and as a result was sued for eight million dollars. Basinger was forced to enter bankruptcy. Money well spent? Considering its critical/commercial failure and career damage, most would agree it was. ''Rolling Stone'''s [[http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/5947295/review/5947296/boxing_helena review]] even stated: "Sometimes even making the right decision can cost you." **Basinger's situation was the main reason WhoopiGoldberg settled for a massive paycheck on ''TheodoreRex''. She agreed to do it, saw the script, tried walking out, and decided "rich & ashamed" beat "broke & principled".