20 celebrities who've made an absurd amount of money for a short role

Robert Downey Jr.  in Spider-Man: Homecoming | Image Source: Prime Video (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Robert Downey Jr. in Spider-Man: Homecoming | Image Source: Prime Video (Sony Pictures Releasing)

3) Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr. in Spider-Man: Homecoming | Image Source: Netflix (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Robert Downey Jr. in Spider-Man: Homecoming | Image Source: Netflix (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Downey Jr. was paid $10 million for about 8 minutes of screen time in Spider-Man: Homecoming, where he plays Tony Stark/Iron Man. His character mentors young Spider-Man and helps link him to the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe.

At one level, it was a hefty paycheck because Downey Jr. had become an enormous star by the success of the MCU.

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Edited by Priscillah Mueni