Salaries
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RothmanMax — 9 years ago(August 14, 2016 01:35 AM)
Abdi lived in Somalia and Yemen before immigrating to the US in 1999, when he was 14.
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/oscars/oscarnominated-captain-phillips-star-barkhad-abdi-survives-on-allowance-20140305-346lu.html
You are dreaming man. How many mainstream roles do you think there are for Somalian accented actors in Hollywood. Check out the link below;
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sanjay_kn — 9 years ago(August 15, 2016 07:07 AM)
oh, you solved the problem for me. so they did hire a US immigrant after all. i thought they went to somalia and hired an actor there.
well, he will do lot of black roles and not necessarily somalian or pure african roles. so he will cash in future. opportunities galore not just in movies but these days money is in serial-tv.
so that exposure was worth weight in gold.
it is holly-wood, they know exactly what they are doing. once you get a break there if you are good, you will definitely make it-it is tough and chances are incredibly limited. But if you are good and got exposure, you will make it count.
considering the stakes, salary should not be the concern here.
he is young and got world wide exposure.so more chances to come. -
RothmanMax — 9 years ago(August 15, 2016 03:21 PM)
He is not African American in the conventional sense as in not born there. He's a migrant with a thick Somalian accent.
How many mainstream roles do you think there are for Somalian accented actors in Hollywood or TV for that matter?
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KingCobra686 — 9 years ago(August 30, 2016 07:01 PM)
Interesting, but you have to keep in mind how Hollywood works. It isnt an hourly job at the grocery store where you work 6 hours and get paid the same as the next minimum-wage employee. I think that they gave equally commendable performances, but that doesnt necessarily mean that they will get the same wage.
If they want Tom Hanks in the movie they have to put down big money. He can make 65,000 doing a cheesy cameo in a big movie and doesnt need to put in a lot of effort into something like this if it isnt worth the time and money.
Abdi on the other hand is a no name actor trying to make it in the industry. This is his first credit listed in IMDB. He doesnt have the pull to try negotiating a $15M payout for this movie. If he tried to do that, the studio would replace him with any of the thousands of hopeful actors willing to do a movie with Tom Hanks just for the resume.
Also, having big name actors draws crowds. Plenty of people saw this movie just because Tom Hanks was in it and they like his acting. No one except Abdi's mom is going to see this movie just because of him. Maybe if he transitions from this to other good movies and roles that will happen, but not on his first one. -
spookyrat1 — 9 years ago(December 09, 2016 05:41 AM)
Everyone has to start somewhere and for Barkhad Abdi it was Captain Phillips. Fear not, the guy is not short of a dollar.
http://networthtomb.com/barkhad-abdi-net-worth-endorsement-actor/
BTW, if you haven't seen it, do yourself a favour and see the terrific Eye in the Sky, where Abdi almost achieves the impossible, stealing the show from an excellent Helen Mirran and (RIP) Alan Rickman.