He says he THOUGHT it was going to be more of an ensemble show, and that he was proven wrong. Not everything has an equivalent outside of Hollywood. In the end there are so many variables outside how much work you do that dictates what a studio or network is willing to pay. I’m getting the sense he heard what the two supposed leads were making and wanted the same piece of that pie. I think is less about race and more about somebody thinking that should be getting something they might not deserve. If so many people knew from the beginning he wanted Lost pay then why wasn’t it offered or discussed? Why sign a contract if it wasn’t for what you wanted? How come after each season he didn’t ask if he was going to get that Lost pay? Some of his comments don’t add up either. So he already was at a financial advantage compared to others. I remember him saying at the time that was a factor in his decision to take the part. Remember, he already had a place to live while filming H50 because of his work on Lost. Or found a different job that was willing to pay it. If he wanted Lost pay, he should have neogiated for Lost pay from the beginning. However I don’t know too many people that expect and demand the same pay because that’s what they got from their last job. Sometimes it’s the opposite if you’re lucky. Sorry bub but in the non-Hollywood world when we change jobs there is often a pay cut or loss of hours. The biggest problem I have with his comments and his overall outlook on the situation is that he deserved the same salary for work he did on a different show on a different network. I’ve never added up the screen time as well as the physical work all the actors did during it runs but I’d bet DDK and GP did not have equal time and work as SC and AOL. He might have seen it as an ensemble show but I’m not sure the network and studio did. While I completely agree that there should be pay parity for leads of a show or among supporting cast members I’m not of the opinion that H50 was an ensemble show. Yes working is better than not working but still. I wonder if Daniel signed on to the show with the pay cut he mentions and was told he would make the same as he was making on Lost eventually? Also if he felt he was not getting paid what he was worth then he could have turned down the role. Where as H50 most likely was presented as Steve and Danny as the main leads and everyone else as ensemble. Lost may also have been presented as an ensemble cast from day one. So to start those are two different networks. I am not sure how funding for shows works and the money they get for the actors BUT Lost was on ABC and H50 which was on CBS. (I know he didn’t say he did, this is just part of my thought process) Lost ended in 2010 so it is not like he left to go on H50. Not by the article itself but by Daniel’s reasoning. I really like Daniel and think he is a great actor. I am glad that there are others that are thinking the way I am. I do know that the way things got spun by the end changed my relationships with them.” “So it’s hard for me to collectively say whether they were allies in this…. “I think any time you have an ensemble of actors, everyone’s objectives are unique and individual,” he says. Kim goes on to hint that not all of his Five-0 co-stars were supportive of the stand he took. Regarding the decision to band together with fellow Asian-American cast member Park, Kim explains, “The two things we had in common were that our contracts were up at the same time and we were both Asian American on a show in Hawaii, where the Asian American population is significant.” It became much more dramatic because of the way that it didn’t come together.” ( CBS at the time insisted it “tried very hard to keep” Kim and Park,” offering them “large and significant salary increases.”) I was very transparent about it with my castmates, with my showrunner, with the studio from the start. “I didn’t think that was an unreasonable position to take,” Kim adds. “It was very clear and simple. Make us all the ensemble that I thought we always were, and get me back to where I was with Lost. So he pointedly asked CBS to “make us all equal. Kim says he sought to close that gap - as well as make up the “significant” difference between his pay and that of co-stars O’Loughlin and Caan - when his contract came up for renewal at the end of Season 7.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |