[HanCinema's News] "Queen of Tears" Denies Report of Kim Soo-hyun of Receiving $600,000 Appearance Fee
By William Schwartz | Published on
On March 26th, an official representative for the tvN serial drama "Queen of Tears" denied a recent news report claiming that lead actor Kim Soo-hyun was being paid six hundred thousand dollars per episode. The overall production cost of "Queen of Tears" is thirty million dollars. At sixteen episodes, Kim Soo-hyun alone would be getting paid nearly ten million dollars for the role- leaving only twenty million dollars to pay for the rest of the drama.
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Kim Soo-hyun is a highly sought-after actor, with his appearance fee for Coupang Play drama "One Ordinary Day" totaling three hundred and fifty thousand dollars- the highest for any actor at that time. But even this is only a little more than half of what "Queen of Tears" is alleged to have been paying him. "Queen of Tears" is a popular drama, with its sixth episode hitting ratings of 14.1%, although there were no guarantees of its popularity ahead of time- its first episode only had 5.8% ratings.
Written by William Schwartz
William Schwartz
Staff writer. Has been writing articles for HanCinema since 2012, having lived in South Korea from 2011 to 2021. He is currently located in the Portland metropolitan area. William Schwartz can be contacted via william@hancinema.net, and is open to requests for content in future articles.