To keep the show Young Frankenstein on the Great White Way, creator Mel Brooks and billionaire producer Robert F. X. Sillerman have taken the very unorthodox step of asking the show’s lead actor to slash their salaries by 50%, according to new reports.
How rude!
The actors, whose contracts are up in August, were told last week that if they want to stay on they need to accept the cut.
To show they’re serious the show suits openly met with possible replacements.
Producers not involved in Young Frankenstein call the drastic salary cuts unprecedented.
The actors and their agents are understandably upset about the pay cuts, but unless they get a TV series, they’re unlikely to find a job as lucrative as Young Frankenstein–even at half their original salaries.
Decisions! Decision!
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