James Earl Jones was originally paid $7,000 for voicing Darth Vader
If you can believe it, James Earl Jones was paid just $7,000 for doing the voice of Darth Vader in the first Star Wars film. That’s about $26,000 adjusted for inflation, but still not anywhere near a huge payday for a major motion picture. “I got paid $7,000 and I thought that was good money,”…