The Most Overpaid Stars In Hollywood

Forbes in the US has published a list of the most overpaid actors in Hollywood, with Russel Crowe topping the list since the film studios only earn 5dollars for each dollar Crowe gets paid. The most bankable stars are Tom Cruise and Will Smith who earn 11 and 10 dollars for the film compaines for each dollar they get paid.

Still, you have to consider that Will Smith is hardly a great character actor and by starring in big budget, mass appeal action films he is bound to pull in big bucks. After the film though you never identify him with the character he plays, he's just Will Smith.

Russel Crowe is a proper actor though, who does films bacause he feels they are artistic roles to play which tell a story worth telling, even if they don't have mass appeal. This might make him sound a bit pretentious, and that may be so, but he does have an Oscar and is a great actor.

In lists like this someone always has to come bottom, but few names on the list belong to serious character actors, wo do more than just blockbuster action films and comedies.