Despite being a big draw at the box office for Sony Pictures, actor/comedian Kevin Hart is not well liked in the executive board room.
Sony was a victim of an extensive cyber hacking that exposed thousands of private emails, unreleased movies and other toxic data online.
In a series of leaked emails, two Sony execs discuss their disdain for the pint-sized comedian who had the nerve to ask for more cash — on top of the $3 million he was already paid — to promote one of his movies on his official Twitter.com account.
From Gawker.com:
The email exchange below, between Sony Pictures co-chair Amy Pascal, studio exec Clint Culpepper, and Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton, pertains to squeaky Mr. Hart, whose fame has continued to expand with recent Sony Pictures films. The studio was hoping Hart would be so kind as to write a 140-characters-or-less statement or three about his new movie (possibly Think Like a Man Too), as is normal when an actor with hands is promoting a new movie. But as you can see in the below message, Kevin wanted more money to go social.
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Culpepper added more gripes about Hart in this email massage:
It’s not as if we paid him 3M and 4M respectively for his last 2 films thinking he might be nominated. We paid for his ability to open a film which included his social media savvy. I feel like this is something that should be negotiated going into the film as opposed to after the fact. It feels tantamount to buying a car and then upon picking it up being told that the engine will cost extra. I’m tempted to suggest we call his bluff. If he doesn’t do his normal routine, his film will not open as well and his brand will appear diminished and he will- in fact – be fucking himself because we have his next 2 immediate films. And then there’s the social media precedent we’re setting…especially in light of the fact that Channing is at the same agency.
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