However, not every actor goes to where the money is, with Matt Damon a perfect example of that. The 53-year-old previously admitted that he turned down the chance to be paid more than any actor had ever been paid for a role… and it’s in one of the biggest films of all time.

I mean, it’s not like Damon has been struggling for roles or cash during his career, having starred in some of the biggest franchises so far.

Teen wins car by attending funeral. But it’s one franchise – and the director in particular – that he let slip by him that causes him regret.

Speaking back in 2021, Damon revealed how he actually turned down the biggest payday of his entire career by far when James Cameron offered him a certain role.

Cameron wanted Damon to star in a little film he was making called Avatar, perhaps you’ve heard of it?

What’s more, he was also willing to give up ten percent of the whole film if Damon would star in it.

But Damon explained how he ‘had to turn down Avatar’.

He said: “James Cameron offered me ten percent of Avatar if I did it, but I was working on post-production for The Bourne Ultimatum.”

So, given that the film went on to take more at the box office than any other film in history at the time, with critics praising the film and audiences blown away by the special effects, Damon would have also received a stupendous paycheque.

If he’d agreed to appear as Jake Sully – a role which ultimately went to Sam Worthington – he’d have trousered around $250 million.

In fact, he’s spoken about it a good few times, meaning it clearly has had some sort of effect on him

However, it might not be the fact that he missed out on the boat-load of money that winds him up the most.

It could be that he missed the opportunity to work with Cameron, who only makes a very select number of films.

Back in a 2019 conversation with Christian Bale for GQ he said: “I’ve left more money on the table than any actor actually.

“Cameron said to me in the course of that conversation, ‘Well, you know, I’ve only made six movies.’

“I didn’t realise that … I realised in having to say no that I was probably passing on the chance to ever work with him.

“So that sucked and that’s still brutal.”

Former broadcaster Wendy Williams was filmed breaking down in tears as she revealed she has ‘no money’ in a new trailer for her documentary.

It’s been just three years since Williams’ chat show, The Wendy Williams Show, came to an end, but the host quickly disappeared from the spotlight and left fans wondering about her wellbeing.

Now, an upcoming documentary is set to offer an insight into the life of the 59-year-old star.

Titled Where Is Wendy Williams, the two-part documentary is set to air on Lifetime and follows Williams and members of her family as she navigates life away from her chat show.

A trailer for the doc was posted on Thursday (1 February), but was deleted soon afterwards. However, the trailer was captured by a social media user and can still be found in various posts online.

In the trailer, Williams addresses the camera and reveals she has ‘no money’.

“Let me tell you something – if it happens to me, it could happen to you,” she said.

Williams is also seen clutching on to a pillow and crying, while her loved ones express their concern and describe how she was ‘crying out for help’.

Wendy’s son, Kevin Hunter Jr., claims his mom has ‘done a really good job at making it seem like everything’s okay’ but adds: “In reality, there’s something wrong going on.”

Elsewhere in the trailer, members of Williams’ family express concerns about people taking advantage of her, and about a financial guardianship that she was placed under in 2022.

Her sister, Wanda, gets emotional in the trailer as she says: “We are her family and you tell me that I’m not capable of taking care of my sister. What would you do? What should I do?”

Williams left her talk show as she experienced struggles with addiction, while also living with Graves’ disease.

The condition is an autoimmune condition which causes the thyroid to produce too much thyroid hormone. Symptoms include nervousness, anxiety and irritability, hyperactivity and mood swings.

Before leaving The Wendy Williams Show, the host announced she had been living in a sober house.

The trailer indicates that Where Is Wendy Williams? is set to be released over the course of two days, on 24 and 25 February.

The documentary is the latest project Lifetime has released about Williams, following the Wendy: What a Mess! documentary and Wendy Williams: The Movie, which were released in 2021.

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People are flooding to social media in heated debate after a TikToker revealed how she handles her finances.

With Ben Affleck and Matt Damon holding a combined net worth of over $300 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth, it’s fair enough someone might want to take a leaf out of their book when it comes to managing their finances.

However, a TikToker is causing quite the stir online after revealing how she shares her money with her best friend.

Earlier this year, Affleck and Damon appeared on The Bill Simmons Podcast and revealed they once opened up a joint bank account with both of their names on it.

They’d met at high school and both wanted to be actors and used the funds to pay to live, alongside taking out money for auditions.

Damon noted it’s a ‘weird thing in retrospect’ but Affleck explained it was formed because they wanted to ‘help each other out and be there for each other’.

“It was like, ‘You’re not going to be alone. I’m not going to be alone. Let’s go out there and do this together’.” he added.

And it’s not just Damon and Affleck who’ve had the idea either.

TikToker Caitlin Emiko – who goes by @cailtin.emiko on the platform – took to her page last week to reveal that ‘all’ her money is ‘shared with [her] best friend’.

In the video, she says: “I have shared finances for over a year now which means anything I make, she gets and anything she makes, I get as well.

“It sounds so weird when I say it. And whenever we tell people this […] they’re genuinely so shook.”

Caitlin then goes on to explain how it actually all works.

The TikToker says the pair share a joint card and joint bank account that ‘everything gets paid into’ from both of their salaries.

Then they get ‘dividends’ from that account into their own separate accounts – all split ’50/50′.

Caitlin explains the pair had previously lived together in the Gold Coast and have ‘never been the sorts of people to be funny about money’.

“If you spend so much time together, which we were spending together, then it’s like you go, I go, every day is like a different person gets the coffee or the food or whatever,” she adds.

The TikToker also notes the pair were raised ‘similarly’ so their view on money is ‘similar’ too, inviting people to ‘share their opinions’ and ask questions in the comments section.

And people certainly haven’t held back

One TikTok user simply questioned: “But why?”

“I did that and she made $0 and I made $1000 per week, she had 2 kids, I had $0. It did not end well haha,” another added.

However, a third wrote: “Ppl are QUICK to share finances w a lover & how often does that go south? best friends are typically for LIFE. it makes sense to me! I love that.”

“This is unhinged and I love it and support it,” a fourth added.

And a fifth said: “Do u guys make around the same salary ? And if u were to stop being friends how would u divide it ?”

Caitlin also clarified if the pair were ever to stop being friends, they’d divide the money ’50/50′ and also have ‘separate savings’ accounts.