Jason Isaacs has given insight into the "very low" paychecks he and his "The White Lotus" co-stars received for Season 3 of the HBO show.
In a new interview with Vulture, published June 16, Isaacs confirmed he and fellow cast members were paid $40,000 per episode. Or, $320,000, for an 8-episode season. Isaacs played Timothy Ratliff, a wealthy North Carolina businessman secretly dealing with a scandal exploding back home while on vacation with his wife and three children.
“I didn’t know that was public knowledge,” Isaacs, 62, told the media outlet. “That’s absolutely true. Generally actors don’t talk about pay in public because it’s ridiculously disproportionate to what we do — putting on makeup and funny voices — and just upsets the public.”
Isaacs added that compared to what actors "normally get paid for big television shows, that’s a very low price."
"But the fact is, we would have paid to be in it. We probably would have given a body part," he noted.
