r/todayilearned • u/Milwambur • 2d ago

TIL that Eva Longaria spent 6 million dollars saving a film after her agent told her it was the right call. She now says its the best money she ever spent. That film? John Wick

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/eva-longoria-john-wick-checks-1236196504/
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u/JustonTG 2d ago

There's a big difference between being gifted 6 million and risking your own millions for an eventual return. No one "gave" her shit lol

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u/angelbelle 2d ago

Yeah it's such a disingenuous take. The successive continuation of the first movie is what made the subsequent sequels possible too.

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u/PA2SK 2d ago

No but the point remains, it was a one time thing and she made a very nice profit, why would they be expected to give her anything from future films too?

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u/split41 2d ago

Because she took the risk on the first and catalyst film.

You think VCs say yeah let me find your business and take the risk and then when the business is successful the VCs don’t continue to earn with the growth of the biz?

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u/PA2SK 2d ago

All that matters is what they agreed to when she put up the money. She seems pretty clear that it was just a one time thing for the first movie, they probably didn't even consider that it would be a franchise at that time. If a VC puts up money for SpaceX and only SpaceX they shouldn't expect money from Starlink too, that would be totally absurd.

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u/split41 2d ago

She makes it clear it was a rookie mistake to not add in a clause for future work

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u/split41 2d ago

She makes it clear it was a rookie mistake to not add in a clause for future work