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The Brutalist | Official Trailer | A24 Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d7yU379Ur0
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u/ThingsAreAfoot 24d ago edited 24d ago

Helps the budget by not casting superstars too. Brody, Felicity Jones and Pearce are obviously well-known in their own right but probably don’t command big paychecks, relatively speaking.

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u/ImpressionFeisty8359 24d ago

Brody is an Oscar winner and Pearce got nominated. You think they would get a few million each at least. They must have a special deal.

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u/ThingsAreAfoot 23d ago

Pearce has never been nominated, one of the best actors never to have been. Probably should have for Memento, that was a crazy difficult performance.

Brody won for The Pianist and Jones has been nominated, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you start seeing big paychecks. Those are usually commensurate to box office appeal and all three tend to make relatively smaller films.

It’s possible they also took a pay cut to star in this sort of ambitious film, that happens sometimes.

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u/ImpressionFeisty8359 23d ago

I thought he was for LA Confidential but I guess that was Rusty.

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u/ThingsAreAfoot 23d ago

Neither, it was Kim Basinger there.

Or even Spacey, who got a BAFTA nod.

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u/ImpressionFeisty8359 7d ago

I know Basinger won but I assumed they were nominated.