Dame Helen Mirren clocks up £1.3m for latest car race movie Fast and Furious
DAME Helen Mirren earned a whopping £1.3million for just five days work on the latest Fast And Furious car race movie.
Fast and Furious car race movie got Dame Helen Mirren a whopping £1.3million
The Oscar-winner had a cameo role in the film, out in April next year.
Her fee, pro rata, is more than five times higher than Wayne Rooney’s £250,000 weekly wage at Manchester United and 471 times more than Prime Minister Theresa May’s £2,758.
The star, 71, wasn’t even expecting the huge sum
I always had a hankering to do Fast And Furious as I love driving cars. When I finally got my chance, I wasn’t driving the car, I was in the back of an ambulance
A Universal executive said she was a fan and “seemed so excited to be on board she would probably have done it for a fraction of the sum”.
The role wasn’t quite as Dame Helen expected.
Dame Helen's fee, pro rata, is more than five times higher than Wayne Rooney’s £250,000 weekly wage
Dame Helen's fee was also 471 times more than Prime Minister Theresa May’s £2,758
She told Variety magazine: “I always had a hankering to do Fast And Furious as I love driving cars.
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“When I finally got my chance, I wasn’t driving the car, I was in the back of an ambulance.”
Dame Helen’s bumper deal comes as another British actress, Felicity Jones, 33, landed a million-dollar pay cheque (£820,000) for Star Wars spin-off Rogue One.