It is unattainable to consider Hilary Swank with out Boys Do not Cry coming to thoughts.
It was Hilary’s breakout position, scoring her her first Academy Award for Finest Actress in a Main Function.
Some would naturally assume that Hilary was paid massive bucks for the film, however nope! In reality, she says that what she made wasn’t even sufficient to get medical insurance.
“I made three thousand {dollars}, and so as to even have medical insurance you wanted 5 thousand,” Hilary mentioned throughout a current look on The Drew Barrymore Present, “which, I didn’t know any of this.”
She mentioned she solely discovered the reality when she tried to hunt medical care.
“I simply went in after I filmed the film, and, once I had a easy chilly, I went in and acquired an antibiotic or one thing and so they’re like, ‘That’s two-hundred and sixty {dollars},’” Hilary recalled. “I’m like, ‘No, wait I’ve insurance coverage. Are you able to test?’ They usually’re like, ‘Yeah, it’s a must to name your insurance coverage firm.’”
She continued: “I referred to as them, they’re like, ‘Yeah you don’t have insurance coverage. You could make 5 thousand {dollars} a yr to have medical insurance.’ However then that very same yr I had an Academy Award however didn’t have medical insurance.”
Oh, wow. Nicely, hopefully, that is squared away now.
