# Why do ultra rich actors make commercials?

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The same principle applies to working on bad films.

In 1987, Michael Caine accepted $1.5 million to put in a week’s work in the Caribbean (bringing his family along for the vacation) on _Jaws: The Revenge,_ the fourth in the series. He later wrote in an autobiography, “I have never seen the film, but by all accounts it was terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific.”

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