Nimoy's Salary?
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I can assure you that this thread was not a thinly veiled attempt to intimate that Nimoy spoke positively about the film only he was paid to. I would imagine every actor on the press junket for any movie would speak highly of the film they've made regardless if they like it or not so I don't pay too much attention to it. Nimoy has always been gracious about how he was approached to do this movie and the experience he had. I have no reason to not believe that he was genuine.
Again, I was just curious about the business side of it. I guess I was hoping that Nimoy was paid well for what he did as well as what he's done for the franchise.
So maybe not the OP, but some others in the thread, are attempting to do so. I say, let them be cynics, let them thrash, let them insult:
(alright, it was an excuse for me to use that gif)
Not at all. In every interview, Mr. Nimoy seems to be honestly appreciative of the opportunity this film gave him to be a Hollywood "big dog" one last time. Especially when you consider that they could have gone a dozen different ways with this film, yet decided to hinge the entire story around him. He seems to genuinely understand that. I hope he DID get a back-end deal, because the film was so successful that he would have made millions. A just reward I think.
Actually, no, they sat down with him before they wrote the script.
Of course they met with him first! The meeting was well publicized. They also met with Shatner. IIRC, their "favoured nations" contracts, signed before ST:TMP began shooting, included a clause that they should be consulted about the recasting of their iconic roles. JJ met with them both to suss out their feelings on lots of things.
JJ's team would have been crazy to write a whole script that needed the participation of Nimoy without ensuring he was already open to the idea of acting in it, but he still asked to see the final script before signing aboard.
He expressed interest in the story pitched to him and signed aboard enthusiastically after reading the script.
For further comparison purposes btw, Randy Pausch -- who merely played a background character aboard the Kelvin with the speaking line "Captain, we have visual!" was paid: $217.06.
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A sad story I didn't know. Thanks for posting that.
Yes — Nimoy's agent, manager, and accountant know how much he got paid.
...and the Internal Revenue Service. They always know...
Sad? I myself would consider a speaking role in a Star Trek film and two hundred bucks in my pocket a pretty good day.
I think he means sad as in the guy was dying of terminal cancer at the time and was fairly sure he'd never see the final movie premiere.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Pausch
/\ Ah, I was thinking there had to be something more to that. Agreed, that is sad.
