Well, the first few checks are pretty sizable, then drop dramatically.
The problem arose when no one was getting paid on syndication.
I did a few regional commercials and was paid spiraled down residual for I think a period of 6 months not as long as the ad ran.
Friend of mine was in Jaws 2. He received dwindled down checks for 2 or 3 years. The first one was a whopper. The last one was about ten bucks.
Residual income is good to have, but you can't live on it.
IIRC, a few years ago there was a big story about the lady in JAWS..the one who at the beginning ran in the water and was attacked by the shark..I think she was a stuntwoman..
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