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Mark Rylance Took “Significant” Pay Cut On ‘Wolf Hall’ After Streamers Rejected Series, Says Director
Peter Kosminsky has revealed that Mark Rylance and others took a pay cut on Season 2 of 'Wolf Hall' after streamers rejected the BBC series.
In written evidence to British lawmakers, Kosminsky said it was only possible to begin production on the Golden Globe-winning series after “the producer, the writer, the director and the leading actor all gave up a significant proportion of their fees.” His solution to the co-production problem: get streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video to hand over 5% of their UK subscription revenue to a cultural fund for British content. They have made some extraordinary, mould-breaking programmes – turning high-end TV drama into the medium of choice for ‘A-List’ talent, partially usurping the feature film and breaking the unhealthy, snobbish divide been theatrical and television filmmaking.
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