In a recent interview with Esquire, Freddie Prinze Jr. discussed a range of topics. Prinze talked about his “frustrating” run-in with the Scooby-Doo writers on the pay drop. The “studio” allegedly pressured the I Know What You Did Last Summer actor to accept a pay cut.
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Prinze claims that the Scooby-Doo (2002) cast members demanded pay increases after the movie’s commercial success. The producers persuaded Freddie Prinze Jr. to accept a pay cut rather than increase the wages of the other members of the core cast. According to quotes from the Scooby-Doo star in an interview with Esquire,
“Wait a minute, who is giving them the raise?” I recalled asking myself. “You or me?” After we made you three-quarters of a billion dollars, you can’t afford to pay them what I’m making on this. Ignore that.
Prinze added that after a dispute, the Scooby-Doo production company allegedly published his pay in a magazine. Harrison Ford, who played Scooby-Doo in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, remembered how this alleged behavior by the producers nearly caused him to withdraw from the Scooby-Doo sequel:
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The actor, who was born in 1976, has had a long career in the entertainment field. Prinze gained notoriety with the 1997 horror I Know What You Did Last Summer after acting in several movies.
The movie influenced media and popular culture for years due to its cinematic clichés and horror cliches, inspiring remakes, and spoofs. In I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Prinze reprised his role as Ray Bronson.
After that, he appeared in several popular movies, including Summer Catch, Down to You, Head Over Heels, Boys and Girls, and others. As Fred Jones of the Mystery Incorporated gang, Freddie Prinze Jr. made an appearance in Scooby-Doo in 2002.
Prinze has worked on numerous other projects in addition to his position as Fred Jones, including his work with WWE. He began his third stint with the American professional wrestling organization in 2021.
The Scooby-Doo Facts (2002)
The Scooby-Doo cast also featured Freddie Prinze Jr.’s wife, Sarah Michelle Gellar, who played Daphne Blake. Linda Cardellini and Matthew Lillard performed the roles of Velma Dinkley and Norville “Shaggy” Rogers. Scooby-Doo was voiced at the same time by Australian actor Neil Fanning.
Scooby-Doo was a huge global success, as seen by the memes that are still circulating online. Prinze also talked about how Scooby-Doo offered him a new perspective despite the pay decrease controversy in an interview with the American Men’s Magazine Esquire. The following is a passage from his magazine interview:
“All these people started reaching out who had grown up watching those [Scooby-Doo] movies…
then, since I wasn’t viewing the film from the studio’s perspective, I gained what I felt to be a more realistic perspective on what the movie meant to people.
Scooby-Doo was directed by Raja Gosnell, and Craig Titley and James Gunn, the Guardians of the Galaxy director co-wrote the narrative. In addition, Gunn wrote the movie’s script.
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