It is 27th May and we can not be more excited as today is the day when the reunion of stars from the hit sitcom FRIENDS will telecast after 17 long years. While originally it will air on HBO Max but people in India can watch it on Zee5. Well coming to the point , the cast has been paid an unbelievable amount for the reunion episode.
According to the report, the cast would have been paid about $2.5 million each for the reunion episode which amounts to nearly INR 18.2 crores. One other report suggests that they might have been paid between $2.5 million and $3 million.
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During the show’s original run as well, the cast was the highest paid among other TV shows.
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The huge demand for bringing back the cast was not cheap for HBO as well, they paid $425 million for the show's rights.
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By season five, the entire cast was getting $100,000 per episode and about $1 million per episode by the final season.
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Jennifer is still one of the highest-paid female actors on television.
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Ben Winston has directed the unscripted special and also executive produced along with Kevin Bright, Marta Kauffman and David Crane
