Ben Affleck and Matt Damon struck a deal with Netflix to boost pay for all crew members on The Rip.
The Hollywood duo star in and produce the new Netflix film, and they struck a first-of-its-kind deal with the streaming platform to ensure that the behind-the-scenes team profits from the movie’s potential success.
Ben, 53, told Variety: “In our experience, every single person that works on this movie — it’s the most collaborative of all art forms. Everybody is vital to it.”
Under the terms of their deal, all 1,200 people involved in the production will receive a bonus if the film performs well on Netflix.
Matt said: “Every single person who worked on it should benefit from it.”
Ben and Matt have produced the movie through their Artists Equity company.
Ben explained that the overarching ambition behind the company is to “provide the decent middle-class wage that was provided for decades in this country… There’s no guarantee that you’re going to get rich and successful. But if you work on a project and you are successful, you ought to benefit.”
Meanwhile, Matt previously claimed that cinemagoers aren’t aware “of how much power they have”.
The actor and Ben, his childhood friend, helped to finance the drama movie, Small Things Like These, through their Artists Equity company, and Matt suggested that it represented a sea change in the context of modern cinema.
He told Extra in 2024: “In the ’90s there would’ve been a number of films of this scale. There would’ve been a number of these every year, and they’ve been decreasing, obviously, over the years.
“The only way to remedy that is to make these films and to put them in theatres and for moviegoers to go support them. I think people might not be aware of how much power they have as moviegoers. If people go and see it, we can make more of them.”
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