A SUPERMODEL was reportedly paid an astonishing amount to appear in one of the world’s most famous Christmas films.
Claudia Schiffer appears in the perennial festive favourite Love Actually for one minute – and earned the equivalent of the average UK salary in just EIGHT seconds.
Richard Curtis, the film’s director, cast the supermodel in brief – but memorable – scenes alongside Liam Neeson’s character Daniel.
On several occasions in the 2003 film, Daniel, recently widowed, tells his love-sick step-son, Sam, played by Thomas Brodie Sangster, that the path of true love rarely runs smooth.
Daniel tells Sam that he need only look to his step-dad for proof after telling him several times he wants to date supermodel Claudia Schiffer.
The pay-off in the film – when it finally arrives – works a treat.
In one memorable scene, Daniel hits it off with one of Sam’s classmates – played by the supermodel.
The pair then appear on screen loved-up near the end of the film.
Although her appearance is brief, her paycheck for the role in the film proves it was well worth turning up.
As reported by Vogue, in his book ‘How Much?!: The $1000 Omelette … and 1100 Other Astonishing Money Moments’, author Andrew Holmes revealed Schiffer was paid $350,000 for the role.
That works out at £275,000 for the entire screen time – or £4,500 per second.
In contrast, two-time Academy Award winner Emma Thompson, who plays Alan Rickman’s long-suffering wife Karen in the film, has stated she felt she was underpaid for her role.
Thompson’s fee has not been disclosed.
While on Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the Tutti Frutti actress said she no longer rewatches Love Actually,
