Hollywood Actor, Robert Downey Jr. Was Paid $10m For His 8 Minutes Role In Spider-man

This life is just a pot of beans!

What some people would work for their whole life and still be several millions short is what one man, Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr was reportedly paid.

According to figures released by Variety, the 53-year-old actor who has played Iron Man since 2008, appeared in the Marvel’s Spider-man: Homecoming movie for eight minutes and raked up a profit of $10 million.

Is this fair?

Speaking on filming the movie in a previous interview, Downey Jr said: ‘I genuinely had a blast. I just love Spider-Man so to me being able to participate in reintroducing Spider-Man to a new generation or giving kind of a really back to, that’s why it’s called Homecoming.’

The Iron Man star who is regarded as one of the movie industry’s most in-demand performers, and the first of the Marvel characters to hit the big screen was previously reported he have made $40million for his supporting role in Captain America: Civil War.