Netflix’s new documentary on Charlie Sheen has put the highlight again on Two and a Half Males,and the jaw-dropping salaries behind the scenes.
Within the closing 12 months of Two and a Half Males, Charlie Sheen was incomes practically $2 million per episode. Jon Cryer, his co-star, made lower than one-third of that. After Sheen was fired, Cryer’s wage rose to $620,000 per episode. Which means his earlier pay was someplace underneath that determine, possibly manner underneath it, although the precise quantity has by no means been disclosed.
The distinction is staggering, however Cryer wasn’t the one pointing it out to demand more cash. He’s merely acknowledged the fact: one actor was paid tens of millions whereas unraveling behind the scenes, whereas the opposite stored working steadily at a fraction of that charge.
It’s much less about grievance and extra about perspective, the hole was monumental, and Charlie Sheen stored getting rewarded time and again for unhealthy conduct.