Stranger Things stars reportedly land big pay raises
- by Leticia Walters
- in Life&Culture
- — Mar 21, 2018
While it's unknown which tier she is in, the breakout young actress is probably negotiating her deal separately from the rest of young cast, as The Hollywood Reporter previously reported.
Sources say that there are three tiers of pay on "Stranger Things", with David Harbour and Winona Ryder sitting in the highest, now earning $350,000 per episode.
The younger actors, who only earned around $30,000 per episode in the show's first two seasons, will get over $200,000 per episode for season 3. The show's young stars Finn Wolfhard (Mike), Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin), Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas) and Noah Schnapp (Will) are set to collect $250,000 each episode. Natalia Dyer (Nancy Wheeler), Charlie Heaton (Jonathan Byers), and Joe Keery (Steve Harrington) make up the "C tier", and will take home about $150,000 per episode.
But where's Millie Bobby Brown, we hear you cry?
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The show's Emmy success has proved an exciting vehicle for both career break-outs and comebacks, so we're not super surprised these stars are getting payed so heftily. I hear their new salaries are north of 300,000, approaching 350,000 an episode.
Filming for the eagerly anticipated third season begins on 23 April, however, actor Harbour said that it's unlikely to hit our screens this year. While Netflix, like its streaming competitors, doesn't report viewership numbers, most outlets that track the streamer's ratings report Stranger Things as one of the most watched on the service.
There also seems to be a uniform salary scale for the cast which is probably a good idea to prevent potential unequal pay among male and female cast members. Maya Hawke will join the cast as a series regular, playing an "alternative girl" named Robin. It will jump ahead a year and introduce new evil characters.
