Daniel Stern, actor in Mom I missed the plane (Home Alone in English), earned millions of dollars in royalties thanks to a special clause in his contract.
Remember that with Harry (Joe Pesci), Marvin formed the criminal duo The Float Breakers (Wet Bandits in English) to whom Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) made life difficult.
An iconic duo that we won’t soon forget!
However, Daniel Stern almost never played the role of Marvin… Indeed, he was dissatisfied that his salary of US$300,000 was not increased even though the shooting of the first film had been extended by two weeks (it lasted eight weeks instead of six initially planned).
The actor therefore slammed the door. “One of the stupidest decisions of my life in show business,” he later said in hindsight.
The producers had no choice but to call him back afterward because the replacement they found didn’t do the job. Eventually, Daniel Stern returned and the film was a success. In fact, it grossed US$500 million during its theatrical release.
Pour Mom I missed the plane 2the actor wanted to protect his back when he was not satisfied with the US$600,000 that had been offered to him after realizing that his sidekick Joe Pesci earned up to US$3 million.
He demanded $1.5 million and 2% of the film’s gross profits. “I knew they couldn’t make the film without me, but I was also insecure because I almost ruined everything the first time,” he confided. “I didn’t want to be too greedy when I loved the film and the role so much,” he assured.
For this second feature film, the actor finally obtained $1.5 million and 1% of the film’s gross profits.
This film grossed $359 million during its theatrical release and Daniel Stern therefore pocketed an additional $3.59 million… Quite a jackpot!
