6. Hilary Swank
Best known for her roles in Boys Don’t Cry (1999) and Million Dollar Baby (2004), Hilary Swank came from humble beginnings, living in a trailer park. When she was a teenager, her parents divorced and her mother, realising her daughter’s desire to act, moved with her to Los Angeles where they both lived out of a car.
Whilst she was working on Boys Don’t Cry (1999), the film that won her an Oscar, Swank was only earning $75 a day. By the end of the film, she had only made $3000 and had won an Oscar but was still not earning enough money for health insurance. Then, after winning her second Oscar, she was offered a part in a film that paid $500,000, whereas her Oscar-less male co-star was offered $10 million. Needless to say, Swank turned down that role.
Discussion about this post