Numerous cast members from "Orange Is the New Black" told The New Yorker that they were paid very little while working on the hit Netflix show.

Numerous cast members from “Orange Is the New Black” told The New Yorker that they were paid very little while working on the hit Netflix show.

  • PeleSpirit@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Numerous actors have said that the minimum an actor must earn to qualify is $26,000 a year.

    “I haven’t acted much as an adult, but I WAS on a recurring character on one of the most critically acclaimed animated shows of all time, as well playing an actual Disney villain,” Wilson tweeted. “But thanks to streaming, I have never once made enough to qualify for SAG-AFTRA healthcare.”