“Marisa Tomei was 100 percent paid for the movie. In fact, she was paid upfront, over a million dollars,” a source revealed after the actress claimed she was never paid.
for her role in 2020 comedy, “The King of Staten Island,” but a source close to Pete Davidson, the film’s co-writer and star, says the Oscar-winner was paid before production even began.
“Marisa Tomei was 100 percent paid for the movie. In fact, she was paid upfront, over a million dollars,” a source familiar with the situation told Page Six. “She’s clearly confused.”that she had to reach out to the “Saturday Night Live” star, 28, to ask about being stiffed on her salary for the film, a semi-autobiography of his life after losing father, fire fighter Scott Davidson, on Sept. 11 2001. The actress played his mother in the flick.
“I actually just was talking to Pete today, because I was like, ‘I never got paid for that. Did you?,’” the “Spider-Man: No Way Home” actress said. “In this age of transparency, can we talk?”IMDB/2020 Universal Studios She continued, “But despite that, I had a rollicking good time. [With director] Judd [Apatow’s] approach to improv — which is extensive — I was intimidated. I’m with all these stand-up [comics]. It was so freeing. Really changed how I approach each character going forward.”Tomei went on to praise Davidson as “so f–king real, and he’s unfiltered, but very sensitive.”
“So he’s almost an irresistible combination. And he’s good-looking, even though I played … let’s just put the mom thing aside. Let’s, like, never mention that again,” she joked.
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