The Lead Child Actors in Slumdog Millionaire Didn’t Get Paid Until Age 16
Did director Danny Boyle raise the bar on how child actors should be treated in the film industry? Or were the payments these child actors received just a ripoff? In the groundbreaking Slumdog Millionaire, he had placed the money to be paid to the three lead child actors in a trust, which they only received upon completing grade school at the age of 16!
Maybe this was to prevent other people from taking the children’s money. Though many argue these incredible child actors didn’t receive nearly enough, hopefully, that payment was a nice lump sum to boost them into adulthood.
