Heterogeneity reported in 2017 that Johnson earns an estimated $650,000 per scene of the show, in which he plays a retired football superstar re-inventing himself as a pecuniary adviser. That makes him one of TVs highest-paid actors in comedies. The only names who out-earned him in 2017 were the five original cast members of CBS’s “The Big Bang Theory,” who divulged an estimated $900,000 per episode.
Johnson’s work ethic tends to engrave those around him. “He’s grinding every day,” says Alvin Streeter, who has available as the actor’s stand-in for several movies, including “The Fate of the Furious” and “Baywatch.”
“There’s an vehemence when you’re working around him and you can see it and feel it in the air,” Streeter tells CNBC Run It. “He’s going 150 miles an hour every day.”
This is an update of a in days of yore published story.
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