Millie Bobby Brown's 'Stranger Things' Salary
In a world of tens, Millie Bobby Brown is an Eleven-and now her salary reflects that. According to TMZ, the breakout Stranger Things star is getting a huge pay raise for the show's third season.
Apparently, Millie's initial contract with Netflix called for her to make $25,000 per episode in season three (which would have been about a $1,000/episode increase over her earnings for season two). Now, TMZ is reporting, the kids on the show have all received massive pay bumps to $250,000 per episode-ten times what their original contracts called for.
Millie may be making out even better than her young costars, however. TMZ says her salary is reported to be as high as $350,000 per episode, which would put her on par with Stranger Things' adult stars, Winona Ryder and David Harbour.
If these rumors turn out to be true, Millie will bring in more than $3 million for her work on the show's nine-episode third season-and she deserves every penny.
This development comes as a particularly pleasant surprise after news broke last month that pay parity was an issue on another of Netflix's hit shows, The Crown. In that case, star Claire Foy (who has garnered widespread critical praise for her performance as Queen Elizabeth) was paid significantly less than her costar, Matt Smith, who portrayed Prince Philip.
Smith was reportedly paid more because of his prior success on the BBC's Doctor Who, but fans weren't happy about the gap. Producer Suzanne Mackie has gone on record saying that, in future seasons, the actress playing the queen will always earn the highest salary.
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