20 actors who got paid nothing compared to their co-stars

96th Academy Awards Back Stage - Source: Getty
96th Academy Awards Back Stage - Source: Getty

15) Rooney Mara in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Berlinale - Source: Getty
Berlinale - Source: Getty

Rooney Mara's breakthrough as Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo earned her an Oscar nomination but not much of a paycheque. She took less than Daniel Craig-a global icon before this endeavour-through James Bond. Yet Mara was universally lauded for her performance, and her career thrust forward by this film. The pay gap was just another reflection of how lesser-known actors, even those playing lead roles, receive significantly lower pay than their better-established co-stars.

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Edited by Abhimanyu Sharma