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

17) Gillian Anderson in The X-Files

Booker Prize 2024 Award Ceremony in London - Source: Getty
Booker Prize 2024 Award Ceremony in London - Source: Getty

Best known for her role in the popular series The X-Files as Dana Scully, actress Gillian Anderson was paid something vastly less than her costar, David Duchovny. So low that at one point she was being paid a salary much lower than what Duchovny was earning as she was relatively green when it came to television experience. However, as a cultural phenomenon, The X-Files emerges when one looks at Anderson's more undeniable contribution to its success.

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Edited by Abhimanyu Sharma