Netflix Paid Claire Foy Less than Matt Smith for The Crown

March 13th, 2018, 01:30 pm

Netflix Paid Claire Foy Less than Matt Smith for The Crown

.@netflix paid Claire Foy less than Matt Smith on #TheCrown https://t.co/KjwJQspXNT pic.twitter.com/JAxD0upwzB
— Variety (@Variety) March 13, 2018

In disappointing-but-not-suprising news, producers for the Netflix drama The Crown acknowledged (when asked point blank) that Matt Smith was paid more than Claire Foy due to his stint on Doctor Who.

Producers insist that from this point on, no one will be paid more than the Queen.

The series is one of the most expensive ever made.

The next actress to play the Queen is Olivia Colman, with no news yet on who will play Prince Philip.

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They better pay Queen Olivia!

Tagged: claire foy, matt smith, sexism, the crown (netflix)

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*by her, obviously I mean Matt

Edited at 2018-03-13 08:34 pm (UTC)

I was legit getting mad before your edit, lol.

haha, sorry! I thought it was so obvious!

This is infuriating to me.

Mte

imagine thinking that ugly ass face deserves more money. ok.

anyway she's a goddess

No way!

Matt Smith was paid more than Claire Foy due to his stint on Doctor Who.

Okay, maybe you could argue that for s1, but after that it should have been clear that she was the star of the show! Ridiculous.

She played THE QUEEN! The titular character. The moment the writers sat down to draft the show, they knew THE QUEEN was the star. Its success was largely (I’d argue 100%) dependent on her portrayal. There is no good justification for this.

Edited at 2018-03-13 09:00 pm (UTC)

It's called The Crown.

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I can't believe some people are trying to argue otherwise.

I agree, but they both probably had 2 year contracts, but Netflix could have at least given her a bonus for making the show a success.

Yeah S1 I can understand he had more "name recognition" or whatever crap they call it, but after she won those awards HELL NO.
But then as the poster above says it was probs one big 2 years contract.

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this

the fuck. the show is literally about her character.

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ghostzelda

Disgusting.

ugh.

What is this from?

Moana

Moana!

IA, Te Fiti.

that's so messed up. also, it's not like she was an unknown. she'd been steadily working in British tv/movies for years.

Matt Smith would be more well know in the USA where all this netflix money is coming from.

Haha wooow, fuck them

I’m excited to see Olivia and yes they better be paying ha good money!!

If netflix has any bit of intelligence they will immediately issue her some sort of bonus check or something. what a disgrace.

I still need to binge this show. I watched the pilot but kept getting distracted.

tbh i went into it thinking it would be kind of slow but i wound up watching both seasons in a week. it's really great

I will argue that if its not holding your attention, don't fell the need. Its fine? But I always get SUPER frustrated halfway through the season and just put it on in the background.