Date: 26th February 2001

Moore Chips In Her Salary To Help Boyfriend's Film


Julianne Moore went from working as the star of the $80-million Hannibal to playing the leading role in a small film in which every cent was carefully squeezed.

Moore told Britain's Empire Magazine: "I actually gave my salary back, which wasn't much, believe me. ... It was scale, and I was like, 'You can have it, Bart.'" (The film was directed by Bart Freundlich, Moore's "significant other.") Moore said that there were no trailer-dressing rooms for the actors. "You can't afford to have trailers in a movie like that," she said. "You're usually in the basement of the building you're working in."

Source: Studio Briefing