Hollywood news site Variety published an article about how much money various actors make from their new series. According to this, Pedro Pascal will receive $600,000 per episode to play Joel on The Last of Us.
Considering the show will consist of 10 episodes, that’s a pretty lucrative deal of $6 million.
Henry Cavill was getting $400,000 a episode of The Witcher. The first season was eight episodes, the second season would be eight episodes, which earned The Witcher Henry Cavill a total of $6.4 million.
At the top of the list is Chris Pratt for his role on Amazon’s Terminal List. Pratt has a deal of $1.4 million per episode. Pratt is also the producer of this show.
Especially in shows that air on streaming services, payments are mostly made in advance, which is another detail.
HBO’s The Last of Us will air in 2022; the second season of The Witcher will air on December 17, 2021.
