Captain Phillips, by comparison, cost $55 million (£48.7m). Actors are not what I am looking for.” Having previously claimed to have many talents in order to land the role, Abdi proved he was an impressive first-time actor by improvising the iconic line ‘I’m the captain now’ and learning to swim and shoot for the part.īarkhad Abdi While Abdi put in a lot of effort, he only received $65,000 (£57,600). Petition Launched to Reshoot New ‘Halloween Ends’ Following Fan Complaints As Abdi recalled: “He was saying, ‘All you guys in the movie!'” It’s time to become pirates. After the audition, he traveled to Los Angeles and learned he had been cast during lunch with director Paul Greengrass.
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BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated for his performance, he was nominated in the category of Best Supporting Actor, but his salary hadn’t reflected his talent as much as his accolades.Īn open casting call at the local community center led Abdi to be cast in the movie in a 2014 interview with the New Yorker. In the 2013 film, the actor played the character Muse alongside Tom Hanks, who retold the tale of the 2009 hijacking of a ship by Somali pirates. Either way, I cannot be working here.”Ībdi, whose performance in Captain Phillips earned him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination and won him a BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) award last month, is currently reading scripts to find his next role, but his money struggles may soon be over - he is in talks to star in upcoming drama The Place That Hits The Sun, about South African marathon runner Willie Mtolo, a Zulu warrior who competed in the 1992 New York Marathon.Barkhad Abdi would be richer than he was after Captain Phillips if he had a dollar for everyone who recognized his ‘I’m the captain now’ line. Recently Abdi requested that he be allowed to stay at a commuter hotel near LAX (Los Angeles International Airport) to be closer to his friend, a Somali cabdriver from Minneapolis, who shuttles him around for free.”ĭiscussing his decision to quit working at his brother’s store, Abdi tells the magazine, “How I thought about it was, like, when the movie came out, reviews (are) either gonna (sic) be good or bad. “The town car is available only for official publicity events. Reporter Dana Goodyear writes, “When Abdi is in Los Angeles to promote the film, he subsists on a per diem, good at the Beverly Hilton (hotel), where the studio likes to put him up. He walked away from the gig in October when Captain Phillips hit movie theatres, and his $65,000 salary from the film has since dried up, leaving Abdi facing financial difficulties, according to a profile in the New Yorker magazine.
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The 28 year old had been working as a limo driver before landing his acting debut as a Somali pirate in the movie, opposite Tom Hanks, and after filming wrapped in 2012, he went back to his hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota and took on a job at his brother’s mobile phone shop. Oscar nominee Barkhad Abdi has been struggling to make ends meet after quitting his job at a cell phone store in Minneapolis following the 2013 release of Captain Phillips.
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