Chris Pine is reflecting on the 'earth-shattering' paycheck he got when cast in 'Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement.' At the time, Pine says he was in debt.
In 2002, Chris Pine couldn't say he was living paycheck to paycheck; that would require an income.
The sequel to the wildly popular 2001 flick 'The Princess Diaries,' starring Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews, Pine was brought in to play a love interest of Hathaway's. 'I was driving on the freeway and I was in my 1972 BMW… that I'd had since I was 16,' he remembered of his circumstances at the time. 'It had no air conditioning. It was the height of summer and I was getting off at Magnolia.
pulled over onto the side of the freeway and they said, ‘You’re getting paid $65,000,’ and it was like they had just told me I’d made $50 million. It was absolutely earth-shattering.' Pine explained that at this time, things were looking bleak. 'I had an overdraft in my bank account, it was like $400 over. I was gonna have to ask my parents for money,' he said, laughing.
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