Wahlberg refused to work with Plummer until he was paid $1m

Actor refused to approve the casting of Christopher Plummer as a replacement for disgraced actor Kevin Spacey

Actor Mark Wahlberg refused to approve the casting of Christopher Plummer as a replacement for disgraced actor Kevin Spacey in All the Money in the World until he was paid over $1 million.

Wahlberg's lawyer vetoed Plummer's casting in a letter to the film's financiers, saying the actor would only agree if he were paid the extra money.

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"What he said was, ‘I will not approve Christopher Plummer unless you pay me'," USA Today quoted a source as saying.

Earlier this week, Hollywood voiced its outrage over reports that Mark Wahlberg was paid 1,500 times more than Michelle Williams to reshoot scenes for the kidnap drama.

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But Williams, according to USA Today, earned a daily allowance of $80 for her work – amounting to under $1,000 in total and less than 0.07% of the $1.5 million that Wahlberg earned.

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“Please go see Michelle’s performance in All the Money in the World. She’s a brilliant Oscar-nominated Golden Globe-winning actor,” raged an indignant Jessica Chastain on Twitter.

Please go see Michelle's performance in All The Money in The World. She's a brilliant Oscar nominated Golden Globe winning actress. She has been in the industry for 20 yrs. She deserves more than 1% of her male costar' s salary. https://t.co/HIniew6lf7

— Jessica Chastain (@jes_chastain) January 10, 2018

“She has been in the industry for 20 years. She deserves more than 1% of her male co-star’s salary,” she continued.

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