These Are The Highest-Paid Film and Television Roles Of All Time

Arnold Schwarzenegger, $29 Million

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines earned Schwarzenegger $29 million. However, his contract included a "pay or play" fee, which meant he would have been paid even if the movie hadn't been made. Sounds like a pretty sweet deal.

The More You Know

During the filming of Star Trek (2009), Zachary Quinto could not manage to properly do the Vulcan salute. Eventually, J.J. Abrams had to glue his fingers together in order for Quinto to do it correctly.
Director Steven Spielberg made his first film for a merit badge
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won all 11 Academy Awards it was nominated for.
The code in "The Matrix" comes from sushi recipes.

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