{"id":657155,"date":"2013-05-09T17:45:06","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T21:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/?p=229219"},"modified":"2013-05-09T17:45:06","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T21:45:06","slug":"joss-whedon-100-m-he-doesnt-have-downey-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/657155","title":{"rendered":"Joss Whedon $100 M: He Doesn\u2019t Have \u201cDowney Money\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joss Whedon recently <a href=\"http:\/\/insidemovies.ew.com\/2013\/05\/08\/joss-whedon-avengers-2-salary\/\">cleared up<\/a> some rumors on <a href=\"http:\/\/whedonesque.com\/comments\/30943#461251\">Whedonesque.com<\/a>; namely, about how much he&#8217;s going to clear on &#8220;Avengers 2&#8243;.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not getting $100 mil[lion] on Avengers 2,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI\u2019m not making Downey money. I\u2019m making A LOT, which is exciting. I\u2019m not pretending to be a poor farmer, an Everyman, an ANYman. But that number is nuts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Downey&#8221; in question would be Robert Downey Jr., who stars in &#8220;Iron Man 3&#8242; and is reportedly paid quite a nice sum for the role.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the entire post:<\/p>\n<p><em>Hi guys.<\/p>\n<p>I was going to let it slide, but I&#8217;ve got this sour taste in my mouth. (Mmmm, lemonade!). Some facts are not facts. I&#8217;m not going to go into the whole thing, but jeepers, I&#8217;m not getting $100 mil on Avengers 2. If I were, I would come on this site and laugh and laugh and laugh. I&#8217;m not making Downey money. I&#8217;m making A LOT, which is exciting. I&#8217;m not pretending to be a poor farmer, an Everyman, an ANYman. But that number is nuts. A few other things about me that have been &#8220;reported&#8221; that people should take with a grain of salt:<\/p>\n<p>That I throw wild Hollywood parties where everyone is naked and dancing and wild and I remember to serve enough snacks.<\/p>\n<p>That I can get a movie greenlit by sighing and staring into the middle distance.<\/p>\n<p>That I ate a unicorn and made it winter for three years.<\/p>\n<p>That I &#8220;can write.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well, that&#8217;s a load off. Sorry to get so personal &#8212; the whole thing&#8217;s a bit tawdry. But honestly, it bugged me. I&#8217;m off for a nice juicy steak. There&#8217;s a place downtown that does it with rosemary butter, it tastes just like unico &#8212; like a steak.<\/p>\n<p>BYE-ee! J.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=PD6Ehfeq7xI:yiFr2DSkBzo:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=PD6Ehfeq7xI:yiFr2DSkBzo:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=PD6Ehfeq7xI:yiFr2DSkBzo:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=PD6Ehfeq7xI:yiFr2DSkBzo:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=PD6Ehfeq7xI:yiFr2DSkBzo:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=PD6Ehfeq7xI:yiFr2DSkBzo:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=PD6Ehfeq7xI:yiFr2DSkBzo:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=PD6Ehfeq7xI:yiFr2DSkBzo:mfZ73u_VV2s\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=PD6Ehfeq7xI:yiFr2DSkBzo:mfZ73u_VV2s\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/webpronews\/all\/~4\/PD6Ehfeq7xI\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joss Whedon recently cleared up some rumors on Whedonesque.com; namely, about how much he&#8217;s going to clear on &#8220;Avengers 2&#8243;. \u201cI\u2019m not getting $100 mil[lion] on Avengers 2,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI\u2019m not making Downey money. I\u2019m making A LOT, which is exciting. I\u2019m not pretending to be a poor farmer, an Everyman, an ANYman. 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