THE cast of Stranger Things is reportedly receiving huge pay rises on the back of the the Netflix series’ success.
The stars of the nostalgic sci-fi series will earn up to $350,000 (£249,000) per episode when it returns for a third outing, sources confirmed to industry publication The Hollywood Reporter.
Adult stars Winona Ryder and David Harbour will have the biggest pay packets, while child stars Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin and Noah Schnapp are poised to make $250,000 (£178,000) per episode, according to the report.
On-screen teenagers Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton and Joe Keery will apparently collect approximately $150,000 (£107,000) an episode.
British actor Millie Bobby Brown, 14, who is considered the break-out star of the show for her role as Eleven, is reportedly earning more than her male co-stars after she separated herself from the rest of the cast during the renegotiations. Sources suggested to the publication she is earning around $300,000 (£214,000).
It is thought Ryder was previously earning $100,000 (£71,000) per show and the child actors about $20,000 (£14,000).
Renegotiation of contracts is common practice in Hollywood when shows are a hit. Other casts to enter high-profile renegotiations include Friends, who each famously landed $1 million an episode, Modern Family and The Big Bang Theory. The top five cast members of the E4 comedy about a group of scientists, Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar emulated the success of the Friends cast.
The cast of Big Little Lies, starring Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman, also recently renegotiated their contracts ahead of a second series.
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