A Lannister always pays his debts! The five main stars from Game Of Thrones 'to earn $1.1million per episode of season seven and eight'
The winter may be coming.
But the dollars certainly can keep the cast of Game Of Thrones warm.
According to a Thursday report from The Hollywood Reporter, the five main stars - Kit Harington, Emilia Clarke, Lena Headey, Peter Dinklage and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau - will all earn $1.1million each per episode over the next two seasons.
Money is coming: According to a Thursday report from The Hollywood Reporter , the five main stars of Game Of Thrones will all earn $1.1million each per episode over the next two seasons
According to the weekly, the 'A-tier' stars united together and recently finished up a renegotiation that will see them earning that amount for the upcoming seventh and eighth seasons.
Though the move is bold, it is not completely unprecedented as the primary cast of Friends earned a $1million per episode in seasons nine and ten back in 2002 and 2003.
The payout was high for Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer but it was downright historic for Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow a sthey became the highest paid TV actresses of all-time.
Golden girls: Emilia Clarke (left) and Lena Headey are reportedly among the lucky main cast involved in the recent negotiations
Tremendous trio:Peter Dinklage (left) Kit Harington (centre) and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (right)
A similar thing happened to the cast of the Big Bang Theory as Kaley Cuoco, Jim Parsons and Johnny Galecki earned $1million per episode this and the last season.
It did not work out quite the same for the rest of the main cast as Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar receive 80 percent of what their co-stars do according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Game Of Thrones has been such a big hit for HBO that the subscription-based channel confirmed recently that they are in 'preliminary talks' with creator George R.R Martin about making a prequel to the hit series.
They'll be there for you: The primary cast of Friends earned a $1million per episode in seasons nine and ten back in 2002 and 2003
Share the wealth! A similar thing happened to the cast of the Big Bang Theory as Kaley Cuoco, Jim Parsons and Johnny Galecki earned $1million per episode this and the last season
The network’s programming president Casey Bloys told Entertainment Weekly they are currently looking into which areas of Westeros's sprawling history to potentially explore.
'I would say it’s still kind of preliminary ongoing talks,' he said. 'There are areas we are exploring, but I wouldn’t point to any one and say, "This is what we’re going to do."'
The show is currently filming its final season, which will be split into two parts - with the first instalment slated to air in mid 2017.
Back in the saddle: The show is currently filming its final season, which will be split into two parts - with the first instalment slated to air in mid 2017
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