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Did you read him saying so?
I think I read that in an interview with either Dom or EW, so I could be wrong about Billy. But, he did settle down with his girlfriend and have a kid right after RotK came out, so it wouldn't surprise me that moving back home was his choice.
Hidalgo, Alatriste, etc, not big movies with big box offices.
No, but he got paid a lot to do them. So he cashed in on LoTR afterwards.
Spiderman, Dark Knight, I don't think anyone was ill-served by those, although they featured actors who had a lot more prominence at the time.
But the stars of those movies had established careers. If the question is whether a fantasy franchise can *make* a career for you, Tobey Maguire and Christian Bale are somewhat irrelevant. We're talking relative unknowns here.
Somewhat ironically, apparently Maguire is being considered for The Hobbit.
Somewhat ironically, apparently Maguire is being considered for The Hobbit.
That's actually fitting, unlike, say, PETER PARKER.
t /still bitter
I like him as Peter Parker. Spider Man 2 is about is good as you're going to get on the big screen for web-headiness.
Yeah, they should have picked an actor that *didn't* have organic web shooters.
See, everybody thinks Scola is so nice but that's just poking a stick into the lion's cage.
If the question is whether a fantasy franchise can *make* a career for you
What about the Harry Potter kids? Don't count because they were too young?
And it's not just fantasy. Any big franchise.
Let me think...Hugh Jackman. He took his Wolverine exposure and blew the hell up, in my estimation. But he's still being Wolverine the whole time, so that kinda doesn't count...
Kiera Knightley has done pretty well, and I think that her main exposure was Pirates, although Bend It Like Beckham got her good indie visibility.
Hec, do you have cites for how much Viggo was paid for his subsequent films? I'm curious about him pleading money problems if he was raking it in.
Hec, do you have cites for how much Viggo was paid for his subsequent films? I'm curious about him pleading money problems if he was raking it in.
Has he claimed money problems lately or just after LoTR?
He made lead man money for Hidalgo. Upwards of $10 million I expect. I'm not sure where I'd find that info. (Where's JenGod when you need her. I bet Ethan would know.)
I guess it would be in online news archives.
Anyway, he'd have a lot more money if he didn't buy every horse he worked with.
Okay, he made $2 million for Hidalgo. But he needed the money desperately then because he hadn't worked for a couple years after LoTR.