Legendary actor Donald Sutherland leaves behind a slate of iconic movies including « Animal House, » which cost him millions of dollars because of his pay arrangement.
Sutherland’s role in Animal House—released in 1978—is remarkable not just for his memorable turn as a college professor who smokes pot with his students. Perhaps most famously, the actor left behind a stash of green after opting for up-front pay on the movie instead of a backend profit participation deal.
“We had Belushi, but Universal still wanted another star. Now, I had been a flunky on the set of Kelly’s Heroes in Yugoslavia. And Donald Sutherland and I had gotten very friendly. I used to babysit Kiefer,” Landis told EW. “So, I called Donald, and he said, ‘I’ll do it, but I’m not going to do it for scale.
