Marisa Tomei Claims She Was Never Paid For Her Role In Pete Davidson’s Film The King Of Staten Island!
06.03.2022 - 00:11
/ perezhilton.com
It has been nearly two years since The King of Staten Island was released, and one of the stars, Marisa Tomei, is apparently still waiting for her paycheck!
If you didn’t know, the semi-autobiographical movie pretty much follows Pete Davidson’s character trying to get his life together following the death of his father, recent changes in his life, and mental illness. Tomi played Margie Carlin – an ER nurse and a fictionalized version of the Saturday Night Live star’s mom. And in an interview with Rolling Stone published on Friday, the 57-year-old actress revealed that she actually never got paid for working on the hit dramedy back in 2020 and recently reached out to the 28-year-old comedian about the missing compensation. She said:
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Now, we have definitely heard of unequal pay between people in Hollywood but not getting paid for starring in a film? Never — especially for someone like Tomei, who has starred in major films like My Cousin Vinny and the most recent Spider-Man movies. Did anyone else have paycheck issues? Was there some sort of mixup with her paycheck? Is she going to get paid now? We have so many questions as to what happened here!
Well, it turns out the Academy Award winner may or may not be telling the truth…
A source close to Davidson told Page Six on Saturday that Tomei was supposedly paid BEFORE production ever started, explaining:
Hmm…
Pretty sure a million dollars would not entirely go unnoticed if it were in someone’s bank account! Nevertheless, Tomei told Rolling Stone that she had an amazing time on set even though she allegedly did not get paid:
She also gushed about how Davidson is so f**king real,