Amid the Hollywood strike, an interview has resurfaced in which Scott revealed the SHOCKINGLY low paycheck he received for working on the 1999 comedy. (via toofab)
"I remember afterwards I bought a used Thunderbird for like five grand, maybe six. I'm like, 'Oh yeah, baby," he recalled."I don't know what happened to the other two grand because I ended up having to work at the LA Zoo as a churro guy, so maybe it was even less than eight grand."
"I shot the movie. We were waiting for the movie to come out," Scott added."I got the Thunderbird, maybe spent all of it on the Thunderbird, maybe it was the entire $8,000, $7000, and then I had this other odd job, then I worked at the LA Zoo waiting for the movie to come out."went on to rake in over $235 million at the box office, and spawned three sequels including
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