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FIFTY SHADES OF GREY Stars Demanding Huge Raises for Sequels
http://collider.com/fifty-shades-of-grey-stars-demand-raises/
See, I think the actors are smart (although not as smart as Jax Teller for getting the hell away from these crapsterpieces). Get the foot in the door by taking a small salary, then hold the studio hostage for a major paycheck for the sequels. Just because they made an awful movie based on an awful book that was originally fanfiction for another series of three awful books that were made into four awful movies with three awful actors, it still made FIVE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS. If the sequel only does 40% the business of the first, that is TWO HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS. If you have to stain your career with the stink of this crap, which probably outweighs the increased visibility, you better be getting paid. Sonny Crockett's daughter was pretty good on that Ben and Kate show that lasted five weeks; she didn't need this.
The author's crazy and went mad with power? Who would have guessed? What you don't fund is her next book, even if it is a story about furries based on characters from Divergent.