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Harrison Ford Gets Filthy Rich
By Acheron, (DT)
February 26, 2001 9:29 AM PT

(Fox News) A bit of disgusting news for any hard working person. Harrison Ford will receive $25 million for 20 days of work on his next film, K-19: The Widowmaker. That's more than $1 million a day!

Here are the stats:
Each day of work, he'll come away with $1.25 million. For a standard 8 hour day, that's $156,000 an hour, about $2,500 a minute, and get this: $41 a second. Boy I wish...

K-19: The Widowmaker is based on the true story of a Russian submarine commander who has to stop a nuclear explosion that could trigger World War III.

And in a bit of surprising news , Ford said that he didn't take the role for the ridiculous pay out.

"The cash didn't tempt me. I took the part because of the gripping plot," the actor says. Sure, Harrison.

Other stars, including Liam Neeson and Rod Steiger, will work for three months in Russia, Iceland and Canada with K-19 director Kathryn Bigelow ? for about one-third of what Ford is pulling down.

K-19 ? produced by National Geographic Films and distributed by 20th Century Fox and New Regency Films ? begins shooting this month for a 2002 release.

Well, I have to say that I'm a big fan of Harrison Ford. He's good in every movie he's in, regardless of the plot. He's worth a lot of money, but not that much. No one is this valuable, at least in my honest opinion. This looks almost as bad as Alex Rodriguez getting the $150+ million to go play for the Texas Rangers.

Well, at least the producers think he's worth it. I guess that's all that counts. I'm sure this news will let at least a few of the hard working readers out there down. I for one think the industry should try to keep payouts reasonable (several million is ok), but who am I to make that call?