"Ja Rule Turned Down $500k for Ludacris' Role in 2 Fast 2 Furious." - John Singleton

[The_King_of_Everything]

Id bet Luda in particular made more from this franchise than anything he's done. Music included. And Tyrese too. He's been in a lot of movies, but the majority of em were box office duds. Id guess they both make 8 figs for these flicks. At least a high 7figs.

They're doing what they love and having fun they won at life

 

[Sampson]

The moral of the story is, act like a professional. I've been in business for myself for a very long time, and I return every phone call and respond to every inquiry. Even if he didn't want to take the role, he should've sat down with the man and thanked him for the offer.

 

[Danie84]

Harsh Realities of that Aggressive Content put Ja in an unComfortable Position

 

[King P]

What about Redman?

I remember reading that Luda's role was intended for Red, but he couldn't be in it due to scheduling conflicts so they gave it to Luda

 

[AMcV'88]

i don't think anybody could have saw that series making a comeback like it did after 2 and 3 were trash compared to the first.
it would've been easy 500k for Ja though.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

That's 1 Hell of an L for Geoffrey.

 

[FlyRy]

Where Eva Mendes at tho?

http://popist.com/s/e8aa656/

saw this on fb this morning

Furious 8′: Eva Mendes to Return as Agent Fuentes?

 

[MewTwo]

like i said tyrese and luda dont even have to do music anymore, dudes are set for life for playing roles me and you can do, the dim witted buffed up fiery dark skinned black guy, and the skinny light skin comic relief mechanic.

http://www.tmz.com/2014/02/20/ludacris-child-support-court-paul-walker-fast-furious/

https://www.facebook.com/TMZ/posts/10153669579460713

http://theybf.com/2014/02/20/yacht-...during-child-support-hearing-tyrese-apologies

 

[MikelArteta]

man, there's only a handful of actors that make 8 figures per movie. and tyrese and luda definitely are not in that group.

to put it in perspective, established mainstream actors like seth rogan and james franco received $8M and $6M a piece for the interview. I don't give a shyt how much money F&F makes, tyrese and luda ain't seein that kinda money in a supporting role.

i posted a link how tyrese made 5 mill for fast 6
im sure he made 5 milly more for fast 7

the amount of money htis franchise makes everyone is eating

seth rogan and james franco have never had a big blockbuster like this breh

 

[PikaDaDon]

It's crazy how hollywood actors are always going broke. Even if an actor gets 10 million he still has to keep making movies to 'maintain' his lifestyle. A lot of these idiots have high personal expenses. Is it really necessary to own 5 mansions and 10 lamborghinis? If I were getting 5-10 mil per movie I'd do 2 or 3 movies then retire. Invest that shyt.

There are people in the entertainment business (i.e.: movies and music) who used to make millions during the 90's and 00' and are struggling today. I guess that's the price of living beyond your means and buying things you can't afford.

 

[beenz]

i posted a link how tyrese made 5 mill for fast 6
im sure he made 5 milly more for fast 7

the amount of money htis franchise makes everyone is eating

seth rogan and james franco have never had a big blockbuster like this breh

james franco was in the OG spiderman trilogy which was a BEHEMOTH.

and damn near everything seth rogan appears in, is making 9 figures at the box office. and those are comedies, which have small budgets due to not really needing special effects.

on top of that, seth rogan, is a writer and producer/director. so he's wearing more than one hat on damn near every movie he does. not buying that tyrese and luda are getting more money than him for these movies.

 

[Chris Cool]

nooooooooooo monicaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Ja rule sucked anyway. And yeah these ff flicks being so popular now is crazy. I didn't even realize it until that last one a couple years ago. shyts crazy.

 

[Conz]

Id bet Luda in particular made more from this franchise than anything he's done. Music included. And Tyrese too. He's been in a lot of movies, but the majority of em were box office duds. Id guess they both make 8 figs for these flicks. At least a high 7figs.

There is no way Tyrese is pulling 8 figures. he's probably getting... $1.5? You think Tyrese is in a position to turn that money down? he's lucky if he gets that, i don't care how huge the franchise is

 

[ThumpDaddy]

If they was smart they would have done what I would have tried to do. Like me, I would have structured my contract to take maybe $2.5 to $3 Million up front, then be like let me get 10% of the movie grosses or the residuals after the fact. I mean look at it, you are getting 10% of a MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR franchise!!!!! That's set up for life money!!! Even when the movie comes on USA you getting a check in the mail. A good example is Cameron Diaz. She took $1 Million dollars to film "Bad Teacher". I think it did alright in the box office but when it went to DVD it blew up and she ended up making $43 Million dollars off of that one movie. Now remember, this was "Bad Teacher". Just imagine having your contract set up like that for a Multi-Billion dollar franchise!!!!! You could do 3 movies and be set for life!!!