'13 Reasons Why' Cast Gets Big Raises
by EG
13 Reasons Why has been drawing lots of negative headlines lately, but there's no question that it's popular. That's why it's not surprising that Netflix handed out big raises to the show's cast for its third season. Read on for details.
Via Deadline.
It came down to the wire (and a little beyond that) but the core eight-member cast of Netflix’s hugely popular drama series 13 Reasons Why, have completed contract renegotiations, closing new deals with big salary bumps.
We hear Dylan Minnette, who has emerged as the sole lead following the departure of original star Katherine Langford, will be payed in the $200,000 per episode range, while Brandon Flynn, Alisha Boe, Justin Prentice, Christian Navarro, Miles Heizer, Devin Druid and Ross Butler will each be making $135,000 an episode in the upcoming third season, going up to $150,000 an episode in Season 4, should the show go to a fourth season.
That is close to what the actors and their reps had been seeking and way above the group’s start salaries, said to be in the $20,000 – $60,000 an episode range, with Minnette believed to have started higher, around or north of $80,000.
It is customary for the cast of successful shows to seek raises after Season 2. The impetus for the salary demands by the 13 Reasons Why actors was believed to be the big raises that the young cast of another hit Netflix series, Stranger Things, recently got heading into Season 3. They are believed to be paid as much as $250,000 an episode.
There is a difference in the size of the orders. Stranger Things will produce eight episodes while 13 Reasons Why’s order is for 13 episodes, which explains some of the per-episode salary discrepancies between the two shows as the per-season compensation for the 13 Reasons actors is not that far off from their young Stranger Things counterparts.
Get the rest of the story at Deadline.
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