Actor Djimon Hounsou admits to being broke as fukk despite being in the movie industry over 2 decades
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he better start make this youtube money. 
DaStangMan
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Likely a lack of planning as they don’t make frequent or consistent pay. They might get a big payday and then maybe nothing for a year or two. Expenses and lifestyle exceed what they can afford over time
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KIMORA IS HALF BLACK
SO YOURE ACTUALLY DESCRIBING
HER PARENTS
Mmmmmm
Pegasus Jackson
Trump's Amerikkka
Not surprising. My girlfriend is an actor and we were in L.A this summer and we met up with a friend she went to NYU drama with who was on the FX show Justified for ALL of the seasons as a main cast member and she STILL hasn't even paid off her student loan debt.
shyt is a fantasy.
shyt is a fantasy.
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Sometimes you're just born in the wrong era. Pre-streaming, if you weren't Denzel, Will, Wesley (for the "limited" star roles) or Sam Jack, Morgan, or Laurence (for the old man/wise sage roles), they were either offloading your parts to rappers (see: early 2000s) or the roles themselves were so basic and one note (i.e. GotG) that they weren't going to pay you much for that. Furthermore, tv wasn't as respected so the options were even more limited.
Basically left you with the low budget Tyler Perry/Morris Chestnut "relationship" movies, or the usual black trauma porn focused on slavery, civil rights, or hood/gang warfare. Between Amistad, Blood Diamond, Gladitator, you can kinda see where Djimon was placed.
Nowadays tho, it's still far from perhect however, an Aaron Pierre, Mamoudou Athie, Damson Idris etc can earn lead roles in streaming programs (or a conventional cable show) and propel that into lead roles in big budget IPs with Disney, Pixar, WB, etc. Aldis Hodge and Idris Elba have more diversified opportunities now, particularly as leads, compared to 10-15 years ago.
Basically left you with the low budget Tyler Perry/Morris Chestnut "relationship" movies, or the usual black trauma porn focused on slavery, civil rights, or hood/gang warfare. Between Amistad, Blood Diamond, Gladitator, you can kinda see where Djimon was placed.
Nowadays tho, it's still far from perhect however, an Aaron Pierre, Mamoudou Athie, Damson Idris etc can earn lead roles in streaming programs (or a conventional cable show) and propel that into lead roles in big budget IPs with Disney, Pixar, WB, etc. Aldis Hodge and Idris Elba have more diversified opportunities now, particularly as leads, compared to 10-15 years ago.
What role paid him that?
Amistad- Unknown actor
Gladiator- Mildly known actor
Guardians of the Galaxy?
People keep saying he's a made millions of dollars, but I keep asking where it came from as he's never been an in demand actor like that and high on the roll call.
Even in A Quiet Place 2, he was only in the movie for just a few minutes and roll could have been filled by anyone else.
And what is he going to do? If he went to work at a grocery store he'd get harassed. "So what, it's a job" Yeah, but then it's a bad look for studios to hire him when he's working a "regular" job.
There's other jobs out there he could do besides working in a grocery store that's not public facing.
Let's not sit here and act like the grocery store and restaurants are the only jobs out there for those actors even if it probably does offer them the flexbilitly to move back and forth between their acting careers.
KIMORA IS HALF BLACK
SO YOURE ACTUALLY DESCRIBING
HER PARENTS
this pic is the blackest she has ever looked … which is the reason it’s the most attractive she’s ever looked
These people are 'working actors', actors doesn't equal movie star. Or multi millionaire tens millions of whatever.
The industry is mostly built and maintained off these kinds of actors
They get 'rich' but not LA rich, they get like industry class LA rich. House and a family.
The industry is mostly built and maintained off these kinds of actors
They get 'rich' but not LA rich, they get like industry class LA rich. House and a family.
He better get with GUnit films if he wants to work.
Diddly Drogba
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Take your cape off simp
Okay so why are you calling her Mandy whore??