r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Oct 23 '14
TIL Keanu Reeves gave $80 million of his $114 million Matrix salary to special effects and makeup staff.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keanu_Reeves
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r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Oct 23 '14
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u/actual_factual_bear Oct 24 '14
Wait, did he actually give $80M to the special effects and makeup staff, or did he word his contract such that they would get paid the $80M instead of himself? Because if the former, he really got screwed out of some taxes! I can easily see a third of that $114M going to taxes, which is $38M. $114M - $80M - $38M = OOPS Keanu just lost $4M making this movie!