We know that millions of dollars are earned in show business. Perhaps that is why some celebrities have the luxury of rejecting job offers even if the pay is very good, obviously issues such as religious beliefs and ideologies, among others. Here are 15 cases in which these celebrities said no to a good amount of money and why.
Gotye
The author of the song Somebody That I Used To Know decided not to monetize the video on YouTube and was left without making millions of dollars.
ABBA
This seventies group turned down a billion dollars for a tour in 2000, believing that they were no longer so popular. Also, they thought they would get too stressed out.
Lady Gaga
The singer and actress turned down a million dollars for singing at a Republican Party convention.
ZZ Top
The brothers did not accept a million dollars to shave their beards for a Gillette commercial.
Jerry Seinfeld
NBC offered him $ 110 million for one more season of the popular series Seinfeld, and he said no.
Christian Bale
The actor said no to $ 50 million for a fourth Batman movie, since from the beginning it had been said that it would be a trilogy.
Michael Keaton
Keaton turned down $ 15 million to be Batman again, as he did not like the script of the film.
Will Ferrell
The famous comedian did not want to become an elf again for Elf 2 and did not accept the $ 29 million offered.
Keanu Reeves
Reeves did not want $ 12 million to star in Speed 2, since he did not like the script at all, and he was right, because that film was a failure.
Jodie Foster
The actress rejected the offer of 15 million dollars to act in The Silence of the Innocents 2, because when reading the script, she did not like the way in which her character was treated.
The Beatles
In 1976 they were offered $ 50 million for a reunion concert, but seeing that the opening act would be a man hitting a shark, they said no.
Sean Connery
The actor did not want to play Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings saga because he did not like the story. Had he accepted, he would have earned close to $ 450 million.
Katie Holmes
Katie rejected the leading role in the Buffy series, the Vampire Slayer, because she wanted to finish high school, and if she acted there, she would not have time. If she had accepted the role, she would have made $ 15 million.
Shaquille O’Neal
In 1993, the basketball player’s agent suggested investing in a coffee company called Starbucks, but since he doesn’t like coffee, he thought it wasn’t a good idea. We don’t know how many millions he lost, but it was a lot.
Hulk Hogan
In the 1990s, Hogan did not want to promote an electric grill and lost $ 200 million in profit. George Foreman did accept, and the rest is history.