One Harry Potter actor has revealed the amount they were paid for their time.
Samantha Clinch appeared in the fifth Harry Potter movie as Eloise Midgen and spoke about her behind the scene experience over on TikTok. She addressed the camera and explained: “Right, let’s talk about how much we got paid as extras for the Harry Potter films and how much I got paid when I became Eloise Midgen. There was a big jump, big jump in cash.”
So, for context, in Goblet of Fire Daniel Radcliffe got paid $11 million – that’s £9.5 million. For extra context, we would do 12 hour days. Big 12 hour days. We would be called for breakfast in the holding area outside set for 5:30am, in the morning […] are you ready for how much we were paid? £35 a day. That’s £2.91 an hour, is that legal?”
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However, once she moved from a background extra to starring in the role of Eloise, Clinch’s paycheck rose: “When I became the part of Eloise Midgen, honestly little did I know that day when I was going to set, how the day would change for me – and my bank account!”
(Image: samanthaclinch/TikTok)
She branded herself and her friends “humble extras” before revealing that her paycheck was boosted up “to £75 a day”. “They doubled it, they doubled it. In the grand scheme of things getting paid £2.91 an hour isn’t that bad, and there was this constant stream of food. It was like an all inclusive. Seriously, the amount of Squares bars and iced buns we got through, minimum £15 a day.”
Samantha then said that the on-set catering was “so elite” before going on to explain that she spent her earnings on a bottle of perfume in Fenwicks. Clinch then reached out to “other Harry Potter extras” and asked them to get in contact and organise “a meet up”.
Down in the comments, Samantha’s fans replied to her video and joked that they “would have worked for free” just to be a part of Harry Potter. While replying to someone’s question, Samantha branded Emma Watson, who played Hermoine Granger, as “bloody wonderful”.
One person joked: “I can’t tell if she’s [Samantha] complaining lol, meanwhile I would pay to be a Harry Potter extra,” before signing off with laughing emojis as another HP fan added: “I [w]ould do anything to be in Harry Potter! I don’t [even need to be] paid and I can take my own food from home [laughing emoji].”
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