{"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\/2016\/06\/game-of-thrones-stars-get-pay-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Game of Thrones stars get pay rise"},"content":{"rendered":"
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
Deals signed in 2014 take them up until the end of the current series.<\/p>\n
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
The main cast will be among the highest paid actors on cable television in America.<\/p>\n