Johnny Depp, The Highest Paid Actor in Hollywood
The economic magazine Forbes publishes its list of the highest paid actors in Hollywood. Those who pocketed the most millions of dollars are Johnny Depp, Ben Stiller and Tom Hanks.
Until 'Pirates of the Caribbean' in 2003, the eclectic Johnny
Depp was considered a rare guy in the Hollywood Star System. He was
remembered as the pale romantic from 'Edward Scissorhands' in 1990 or the
delusional Raoul Duke from 'Fear and Loathing in Vegas' in 1998. Those were
other times.
Today Depp is the highest paid actor in Hollywood, according to
Forbes business magazine; between June 2009 and June 2010 he earned 75
million dollars thanks to his advertising contracts and his work as an
actor.
He is followed in second place by the jerky New Yorker
Ben Stiller, with $53 million. Tom Hanks is the bronze medalist with 45
million dollars for 'Angels and demons' the film adaptation of the novel by
Dan Brown directed by directed by Ron Howard.
The industry also spoils the versatile Adam Sandler who
received 40 million dollars. In fifth place is Leonardo DiCaprio with 28
million dollars who starred in "Web of Lies" and "Blood Diamonds" during the
same period.
The British Daniel Radcliffe (25 million), the protagonist of
the Iron Man saga Robert Downey Jr. (22 million dollars), Tom Cruise (22
million), Brad Pitt (20 million) and George Clooney (19 million) also appear
in the ranking. millions of dollars).
