Comment on Anon watches Lost
merc@sh.itjust.works 3 days agoIf he was smart about investing it, he probably earned enough to retire and live at a middle-class level for the rest of his life. But, he’s probably not loaded. He wasn’t ever one of the main stars of a show, he was always a side character. Plus, lifestyle inflation is a big problem for actors. Say he was making $400k per year on Hawaii Five-O, he probably wasn’t living a modest $80k/year lifestyle and putting away 80% of his earnings.
I would bet he’s still out looking for work so he can live in a house in LA with a pool up in the hills, not in a 1 bedroom apartment in the city.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
He started off at 20-40k per episode and was doing 80k per episode in season 3 of Lost, possibly more in the later seasons. More than a million a year easily. He was pretty important for a supporting cast member and they all made decent money.
Supposedly he also doesn’t like living a flashy life with fancy stuff, his treat to himself for landing the Hawaii Five-0 gig was a custom jumpsuit, not a car or watch or house.
So that got me curious and I went and checked his insta. Not a single instance of him flexing wealth or trying to be an influencer or whatever. Seems like he wanted to be the opposite of Hurley with his money
merc@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
That’s great. I hope he’s basically able to pick and choose his roles these days, and not work if there’s nothing he’s interested in.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
Looks like it. He says he’s passed on TV shows that he found uninteresting.