It was Hilary’s breakout position, scoring her her first Academy Award for Greatest Actress in a Main Function.
Some would naturally assume that Hilary was paid massive bucks for the film, however nope! In actual fact, she says that what she made wasn’t even sufficient to get medical health insurance.
“I made three thousand {dollars}, and with the intention to even have medical health insurance you wanted 5 thousand,” Hilary stated throughout a current look on The Drew Barrymore Present, “which, I didn’t know any of this.”
She stated she solely discovered the reality when she tried to hunt medical care.
“I simply went in after I filmed the film, and, after I had a easy chilly, I went in and bought an antibiotic or one thing and so they’re like, ‘That’s two-hundred and sixty {dollars},’” Hilary recalled. “I’m like, ‘No, wait I’ve insurance coverage. Are you able to verify?’ They usually’re like, ‘Yeah, you need to name your insurance coverage firm.’”
She continued: “I referred to as them, they’re like, ‘Yeah you don’t have insurance coverage. It’s good to make 5 thousand {dollars} a yr to have medical health insurance.’ However then that very same yr I had an Academy Award however didn’t have medical health insurance.”
Oh, wow. Nicely, hopefully, that is squared away now.
