Actress AJ Johnson recently said on Jemele Hill’s “Jemele Is Unbothered” podcast that she and her leading cast mates, Tisha Campbell and Kid’n’Play aka Christopher Reid and Christopher Martin, respectively, only made $4,000 for their leading roles in the classic film, “House Party.”
BET reports that Johnson’s character, Sharane, and Play have a Romeo & Juliet-style scene, where Play tries to get Sharane to come out. He then bribes her with Burger King.
On the “Unbothered” podcast, Johnson revealed that the fast food franchise reached out to include her and Play’s scene in a commercial for the brand.
That scene became a commercial that paid the actors more than the $4,000 they were paid to do the film. To AJ’s point, since the film’s 1990 release, it has become a major and classic piece of pop culture.
By the way, $4,000 in 1990 is worth about $9,474 today – which means the leads really got ripped off.
Sources: Las Vegas Review, Hollywood Reporter, BET, X (Twitter)
