{"id":224924,"date":"2016-06-23T14:50:20","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T14:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=224924"},"modified":"2016-06-23T14:50:20","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T14:50:20","slug":"game-of-thrones-stars-get-pay-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=224924","title":{"rendered":"Game of Thrones stars get pay rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau will all earn more than $500,000 (\u00a3338,000) per episode from season seven.<\/p>\n<p>Deals signed in 2014 take them up until the end of the current series.<\/p>\n<p>But the Hollywood Reporter says an option in those contracts allowed them to be extended, with a salary increase, to seasons seven and eight.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_container \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/3954\/production\/_90067641_hbo_thrones_lannister.jpg\" alt=\"Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister\" width=\"454\" height=\"302\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The main cast will be among the highest paid actors on cable television in America.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_stories\">\n<div class=\"story\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/C688\/production\/_89842805_jonsnow976.jpg\" alt=\"Jon Snow\" width=\"468\" height=\"263\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But it doesn&#8217;t mean their characters will necessarily survive.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_container \">\n<figure style=\"width: 471px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/8774\/production\/_90067643_hbo_thrones_lena.jpg\" alt=\"Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister\" width=\"471\" height=\"314\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lena Headey is Cersei Lannister<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"caption\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image_container \">\n<figure style=\"width: 479px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/D594\/production\/_90067645_hbo_emilia.jpg\" alt=\"Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen\" width=\"479\" height=\"269\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emilia Clarke will earn \u00a3338,000 per episode as Daenerys Targaryen in the next series<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"caption\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The contracts of other stars, including Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) and Maisie Williams (Arya Stark), haven&#8217;t yet been finalised.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_container \">\n<figure style=\"width: 502px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/171D4\/production\/_90067649_hbo_thrones_sansa.jpg\" alt=\"Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark\" width=\"502\" height=\"283\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sophie Turner plays Sansa Stark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"caption\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image_container \">\n<figure style=\"width: 491px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/64B0\/production\/_90067752_hbo_thrones_maisie.jpg\" alt=\"Maisie Williams as Arya Stark\" width=\"491\" height=\"276\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maisie Williams is Arya Stark, Sansa&#8217;s sister<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"caption\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The final episode of the sixth series, called The Winds of Winter, airs in the UK on Monday and will be 69 minutes long.<\/p>\n<p>The title has fans speculating that The White Walkers will finally break through The Wall and make their assault on Westeros.<\/p>\n<p>Winter Is Coming was the title of the first episode of Game Of Thrones, broadcast on 17 April 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The Winds Of Winter is also the long-awaited sixth book in George R. R. Martin&#8217;s A Song Of Ice and Fire series.<\/p>\n<p>Previous volume A Dance With Dragons was released in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The Game of Thrones actors aren&#8217;t the highest paid ever though.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie Sheen earned $1.8m (\u00a31.2m) per episode for Two and a Half Men in the final year of his eight-year contract in 2011 before being sacked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau will all earn more than $500,000 (\u00a3338,000) per episode from season seven. Deals signed in 2014 take them up until the end of the current series. 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