Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in 1997’s Batman & Robin as the villain Mr. Freeze, and as it turns out, he was paid a gigantic sum.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, the former bodybuilding champion discussed how his thoughts about money changed over the years as his own personal circumstances improved. He said when he was working construction in the early ’70s, taking home $5,000 to “build a wall” was a lot of money to him. But when he shifted to Hollywood, he got paid a little bit more.
“It was Batman & Robin where they gave me over $30 million. I became the highest-paid entertainer in the history of Hollywood,” Schwarzenegger said.