[nopardons]

No, Smith is NOT all THAT much of "...an established actor" at all and though I've only seen him as WHO and a forgetable role in "THE RUBY IN THE SMOKE", he's being overpaid for the performance he hands in.

Okay, I get it...YOU like him, but his acting ability is not much and in the old days, he'd have been lucky to have a one line walk-on,as opposed to being just someone in a crowd scene.

[Flaming Conservative]

It has nothing to do with whom I like or don’t like. I happen to like Claire Foy AND Matt Smith. But producers pay their “stars”, based on audience popularity, and ability to make money, more than talent. Acting is full of outstanding character actors, but they don’t often get the lead, or anything close to the money the established “star” does.