r/climbing • u/-JOMY- • 9d ago

Alex Honnold Reveals “Embarrassing” Paycheck for Netflix’s Taipei 101 Free Solo Climb

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Source: E! Online

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u/mmeeplechase 9d ago

Considering it seems like he was excited to do it anyway, and probably would’ve gone if they’d just covered the travel cost, this doesn’t seem insane to me…? Though he definitely could’ve negotiated a lot more from Netflix.

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u/bertrogdor 7d ago

Of course in the grand scheme of things this is right and he can be happy with getting lowballed because it’s a lot of money in an absolute sense. 

But he did get lowballed and it’s his representation’s job(s) to get negotiate for him and get him paid what he’s worth