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Sebastian Stan has become a prominent figure in the entertainment industry recently.
After receiving an Academy Award nomination for “The Apprentice” and winning a Golden Globe for “A Different Man,” the 42-year-old actor is set to take on a role in the anticipated Marvel film “Thunderbolts.”
Since 2020, Stan has participated in 11 films and 5 television series. However, his rise to fame hasn’t always been seamless. In a recent profile in Vanity Fair, he revealed that he faced financial challenges before his breakthrough.
Stan recounted that prior to being cast as Bucky Barnes in 2011’s “Captain America: The First Avenger,” he often struggled to find consistent work.
“I was actually struggling with work,” he noted.
His financial turnaround came from an unexpected source: a comedic film he starred in the previous year.
“I had just gotten off the phone with my business manager, who told me I was saved by $65,000 that came in residuals from ‘Hot Tub Time Machine,'” he shared.
Since his debut as Bucky, Stan has reprised the role over ten times, solidifying his status as a household name.
Stan’s experience is not unique among Marvel stars. Josh Brolin, known for his role as the villain Thanos, recently shared his own struggles. He revealed that he faced difficulties with consistent employment for many years, often being one of the lowest-paid actors on set.
Brolin’s fortunes began to change in 2007 with key roles in Ridley Scott’s “American Gangster” and the Oscar-winning “No Country for Old Men.” Despite his success in those films, Brolin faced financial hardships in the interim.
He admitted that he had depleted his funds paying off debts and had no future jobs lined up, earning merely $30,000 from “No Country.”
“I was in a panic at that point,” Brolin recalled. However, a call from his lawyer brought surprising news: he had earnings from “American Gangster.”
Initially reading the amount as $60,000, after taxes, he expected to receive around $25,000—a figure he described as “amazing.” When his lawyer urged him to look again, he realized he had misread the figure, which was actually $600,000.
Overwhelmed with emotion, he remarked, “It just made no sense to me. It was winning the lottery. I could never act again and live for the rest of my life off of $600,000. At that point in my life, I could make $600,000 last five lifetimes.”
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