Ryan McCartan reveals Disney Channel Rest Check amount

Former Disney Channel -ster Ryan McCartan Share a glimpse of the low residues that he receives from the network.

McCartan, 31, went to his Instagram -Story on Monday 26 May, and revealed that he only expected 41 cents as a payment for his work to the former series Liv and MaddieIt was broadcast from 2013 to 2017. The actor played the recurring role of Diggie Smalls during the four -year run of the show.

“If they ask me if Disney Channel paid well,” McCartan joked via social media and posted a screenshot of the payment message.

After Liv and Maddie He ended in making his Broadway debut as Fiyero in Bad and star in other musicals, including South Still Ocean” Frozen And West Side Story. He has been playing since January The Great Gatsby In the Theater District of New York City.

‘Gatsby is like that adult“He said about playing Jay Gatsby in a recent interview With PIX 11 -Nieuws. “And I am something like:” Oh, I am not an adult. I am a child from Minnesota. So they go for someone who goes refined and complicated and complicated – not me. Then I get the call and I have something like: “This is a mistake. This is a mistake. I?”

Just like many other working actors, McCartan deserves remaining salary Every time a TV program he appeared in Reruns on Airs. The money helped people to pay their rent between performances.

“Our ours is a fickle industry and in my 20+ years as a performer my career is Ebly and Streams”, Mandy Moore wrote via Instagram in the summer of 2023When the SAG-AFTRA Acting Union started its four-month strike about a labor dispute with the alliance of films and television producers.

The star of These are we Added at the time: “I had very meager years in which I could not get a job and those are exactly the times when actors can rely on residues of their work from the past in recent years to help them make ends meet.”

Glen Powell has tweeted that he used to survive on residues “For years” when he was still trying “to make it as a working actor.”

While streaming platforms lure viewers away from traditional TV, the remaining amounts of actors have decreased considerably. A dispute mount Compromis on better conditions with regard to residual controls During contract negotiations.

McCartan’s colleague Disney Channel Aluin, Robert Carradinehas also received low residues. Carradine, 71, played Hilary duff‘s father in the popular series Lizzie McGuire and once deserved A remaining check in August 2019 for $ 0.

Davida WilliamsDie Cheerleader Claire Miller played Lizzie McGuirein March 2023 it revealed that she usually gets a sum of $ 3.50 or less, and Jake Thomas (Lizzie’s little brother Matt), recently mused: “In the past you should have to take this huge stack of checks every month for residues at the couch and they pour them. But the huge pile would be like:” Oh, this is a huge pile. This is $ 8. “”