On September 17, Park Hyung Sik's management company LEB Entertainment issued an official statement about the actor's recent salary rumors.
The company said: The information about the remuneration for the appearance of actor Park Hyung Sik from the current Doctor Slump to Twelve is not based on reality. Because the false information continues to spread as confirmed, we would like to make this official statement.
Park Hyung Sik has always been sincere with all projects. We hope to receive your enthusiastic support for his future projects.
Previously, news agency Dispatch reported that Park Hyung Sik received 400 million won (about 7.6 billion VND) for each episode of Twelve, with a total salary he received for all 8 episodes of 3.2 billion won.
Park Hyung Sik is said to be the second highest salary earner among the cast of the movie Twelve after Ma Dong Seok (500 million won/episode).
Previously, in the project "Doctor Slump", it was reported that Park Hyung Sik was paid 500 million won/episode (about 9.5 billion VND). The film has 16 episodes, so based on this salary, Park Hyung Sik can receive 8 billion won.
Not only Park Hyung Sik, many Korean actors such as Song Kang Ho, Park Bo Gum, IU, Kim Soo Hyun are said to receive remuneration of hundreds of millions of won per TV series episode. There is even information that Lee Jung Jae has a salary of more than 1 billion won in Squid Game 2.
This information has caused fierce controversy. Industry insiders and the public all believe that the high salaries of stars are the main reason for the increase in TV series production costs.
While global streaming platforms such as Netflix and Disney+ have the advantage of capital to invest in large-budget projects, film producers in Korea are under a lot of pressure to pay actors.
There are also controversies that some actors received salaries that were not in accordance with their actual abilities, spending a lot of money on the main actors but the project was not as successful as expected.
Recently, Korean media said that Netflix has lowered the remuneration of Korean TV series actors to 300 million won/episode.
However, many viewers still commented that this was too high a number. Not to mention, there are still cases where actors can be paid more than the ceiling.
