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MILLION AND COUNTING.
JOINING ME NOW, HLN'S A.J.
HAMMER.
I GUESS IT IS HARD FOR US TO
CONCEPTUALIZE THIS BECAUSE HE
WAS AT THE OSCARS, NOMINATED FOR
ONE, GOLDEN GLOBE AS WELL, WITH
TOM HANKS AND HE'S STILL
STRUGGLING WITH MONEY BECAUSE HE
DIDN'T MAKE MUCH.
THIS WAS HIS FIRST ROLE.
RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
YOU WOULD THINK, BIG HIT MOVIE,
THE GUY'S GOT TO BE RICH BY NOW.
BUT YOU ARE RIGHT, IT WAS HIS
FIRST BIG MOVIE ROLE.
HE AUDITIONED FOR THE ROLE AT AN
OPEN CASTING CALL AND HE BEAT
OUT EIGHT OTHER PEOPLE FOR THE
PART WHICH HE WAS REPORTEDLY
PAID ONLY $65,000 FOR.
THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO.
THAT'S ABOUT $5,000 MORE THAN
THE MINIMUM THAT THE STUDIO HAS
TO PAY.
BUT AFTER DOING THE MOVIE HE
MOVED OUT TO HOLLYWOOD AND NOW
ACCORDING TO "THE NEW YORKER,"
ABDI HAS TO BORROW CLOTHES FOR
RED CARPET EVENTS.
HE HAS A CAB DRIVER FRIEND WHO
KIND OF SHUTTLES HIM AROUND
TOWN.
HE WAS ONLY PROVIDED CLOTHES AND
A CAR BY THE STUDIO WHEN HE DID
SOME OFFICIAL PRESS EVENTS.
THE GOOD NEWS IS, IT IS NOW
BEING REPORTED THAT HE HAS
BOOKED HIS NEXT BIG GIG.
HE'S GOING TO STAR IN A FILM
CALLED "PLACE THAT HITS THE
SUN," HE'LL PLAY A FAMOUS SOUTH
AFRICAN MARATHON RUNNER.
SUSAN, IT DOES SOUND LIKE HIS
SHIP MAY BE COMING IN NOW, SO TO
SPEAK.
>> WE HOPE.
HE IS SUCH A GREAT ACTOR AND A
LIKABLE GUY.
COULD THE STUDIO, I BELIEVE IT
IS SONY PICTURES, COULD THEY
GIVE HIM MORE MONEY BECAUSE THE
MOVIE HAS DONE SO WELL?
>> THAT'S GOING TO BE UP TO THE
STUDIO.
USUALLY ACTORS WHO HAVE
SUPPORTING ROLES IN FILMS ARE
PAID A LUMP SUM UP FRONT.
ABDI HAS BEEN GETTING A DAILY
RATE FOR ANY PROMOTIONAL WORK HE
DOES FOR "CAPTAIN PHILLIPS."
I WOULD THINK THE STUDIO MAY BE
A LITTLE EMBARRASSED BY THIS
NEGATIVE ATTENTION IN THE NEW
YORKER.
MAYBE HE'LL GET A FINANCIAL
BONUS.
HE'S GOTTEN ALL THIS CRITICAL
ACCLAIM AND RECOGNITION DURING
THE AWARD SEASON.
IT WASN'T JUST THE OSCAR NOD, HE
WAS ALSO NOMINATED FOR GOLDEN