Why did Ilya Wood think

Actors receive different salaries depending on different circumstances. A well-established A-Lister may require a lot of zeros on the check and even dictate unique contract conditions. This is how Sandra Bulak received a huge salary for “gravity” after 15% in profit. When the actors are earlier in their careers, they often agree to less money in exchange for experience, expanded resumes and the opportunity to participate in special projects. So it was for many actors who signed up Massive trilogy “Lord of Rings” Peter Jackson.

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In an interview with Business Insider on a red carpet for movies in Texas 2025 in Austin, actor Frodo Wood (Current Fame “Yellow Jatki”) became the latest graduates of Lotr, who turned to the rumors of their salary on the Middle Earth. Some gossip claims that he earned about $ 250,000 for the movie “Ring Scholarships”. Another version of Scuttlebutt claimed that the amount was for all three films similar to Saan Astin’s salary for Sam Gamga’s game. (Orlando Bloom confirmed that he earned $ 175,000 for all three movies.)

Anyway, this is not a lot given the size of the project and the Hollywood background, and the actor told Business – isinsider So much. He said it was not quite a fantastic salary day, but added that it could live with. Asked if the correct number of his rumors, he replied “no” and did not specify the amount. Instead, he cut quickly, saying, “It doesn’t matter.”

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For the reasons we study in a minute, Wood considered the low salary to understand. He also noted that the trilogy changes life in other ways:

“The benefit of this was that we also signed up for what was supposed to become part of our lives forever.”

According to the Wood, a surprisingly low salary for many “rings lord” makes sense at several levels. The first thing he pointed out is three in one character of the trilogy:

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“Because we did not make a single movie and then talked the contract for the next, it is not the profitable scenario that you could easily rest for the rest of your life.”

Along with the inability to agree on contracts between films, Wood expressed that at the time was a commitment to a new cinema up to three parts. I am sure, Massive success trilogy Retrospective is easy to show, but at the time the studio did not often subscribe to large years of blockbusters with unproven IPS and massive ensembles. Wood called it a “real gambling game” and noted that the avoidance of massive wages improved financial pressure when Peter Jackson and the company tried to distract everything. He even called the compromise understandable.

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This comment appears as opposed to the words of actress Galadiel Kate Blanchett Watch what’s going on live! Back in 2024, where she said, “I mostly received free sandwiches and I needed to keep my (elf) ears.” Woods actually turned to the Blanchet’s quip, saying he believed it was fun and adding: “Such statements are not made with any anger.”

He raised the question to sleep, reviewing the greater influence what experience “lord of the rings” had on a career and a life crew:

“It is such an honor to be a participant in these films, and they represent some of the best impressions in my life.”