20 times actors were drastically underpaid for iconic roles

6) Mel Gibson - Mad Max

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Mel Gibson was an unknown actor when he appeared in George Miller's Mad Max (1979), earning a paltry $10,000 for his role in this dystopian action film. The film would go on to earn more than $100 million at the box office and launch Gibson into stardom. At the time Gibson himself was said to be working menial jobs, and the low-budget production relied on unorthodox methods to create its now-legendary gritty aesthetic. Mad Max paved the way for a successful and lucrative Hollywood career for Gibson.

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