Kerry
18-08-2011, 03:38 AM
Link (http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/blog/article/237626/harry-potter-paid-just-40-for-role.html)
The final instalment of the 'Harry Potter' films has raked in almost £750 million at the box office so far, but the youngster who starred as the bespectacled hero was rewarded with just £40. And no, we're not talking about Daniel Radcliffe.
The Sun reports that baby Toby Papworth of Ilford, Essex, was the lucky sprog selected to play Harry Potter during flashbacks to the traumatic death of his parents at the hands of Lord Voldemort.
Toby appears in four scenes during the course of the film, clutching the wooden bars of his cot before Voldemort's curse bounces off of his head, leaving Harry's trademark scar. He's even included in the trailer, and his name appears in the film's credits.
Mother Ashley, who took her son to Leavesden Studios in Hertfordshire and received a £90 chaperone fee for the day's filming, said:
"I was told he would get a standard extra's fee for the day, but they promised to try to get more if he appeared in the film."
Toby was one of two babies filmed for the part, and it was not until June that the Papworth family found out that his scenes had been selected for the final version of the film.
But they were stunned when a cheque for just £40 turned up in the post, and didn't even offer them a chance to see Toby's part in the film.
"On one hand I was over the moon because his scene is quite a major one. But on the other, the filmmakers didn't so much as send me a ticket... Considering he was a named part, it seems a bit mean," Ashley commented, adding, "That said, we had a great day."
The movie studio, Warner Brothers, told The Sun that fees were set by an external company
The final instalment of the 'Harry Potter' films has raked in almost £750 million at the box office so far, but the youngster who starred as the bespectacled hero was rewarded with just £40. And no, we're not talking about Daniel Radcliffe.
The Sun reports that baby Toby Papworth of Ilford, Essex, was the lucky sprog selected to play Harry Potter during flashbacks to the traumatic death of his parents at the hands of Lord Voldemort.
Toby appears in four scenes during the course of the film, clutching the wooden bars of his cot before Voldemort's curse bounces off of his head, leaving Harry's trademark scar. He's even included in the trailer, and his name appears in the film's credits.
Mother Ashley, who took her son to Leavesden Studios in Hertfordshire and received a £90 chaperone fee for the day's filming, said:
"I was told he would get a standard extra's fee for the day, but they promised to try to get more if he appeared in the film."
Toby was one of two babies filmed for the part, and it was not until June that the Papworth family found out that his scenes had been selected for the final version of the film.
But they were stunned when a cheque for just £40 turned up in the post, and didn't even offer them a chance to see Toby's part in the film.
"On one hand I was over the moon because his scene is quite a major one. But on the other, the filmmakers didn't so much as send me a ticket... Considering he was a named part, it seems a bit mean," Ashley commented, adding, "That said, we had a great day."
The movie studio, Warner Brothers, told The Sun that fees were set by an external company