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

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4) Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man

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When Robert Downey Jr. put on the Iron Man suit for the first time in 2008, he was paid a shockingly modest $500,000. Terrence Howard, playing Rhodey, took home a cool $3.5 million. Downey's relatively low salary reflected Marvel's gamble on casting him. The gamble came out spectacularly in payment. By the time Avengers: Endgame came along, Downey was making $75 million per film, sealing the deal as one of Hollywood's highest-paid actors.

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