15 Actors who were underpaid compared to their co-stars

Jessica Chastain in The Martian| Image via Scott Free Productions
Jessica Chastain in The Martian| Image via Scott Free Productions

4) Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man)

Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man | Image via Marvel Studios
Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man | Image via Marvel Studios

Robert Downey Jr. is now regarded as the highest-paid actor among all the Avengers. However, in the first movie in the Iron Man series in 2008, he was paid only $500,000 as opposed to the $3.5 million earned by Terrence Howard, who acted as War Machine in the movie. The reason behind that was the risk factor of hiring him because of his complicated past, which made the Marvel Studios reluctant.

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Edited by Anshika Jain
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