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   From: jwkenne@attglobal.net   
      
   jonfrain@hotmail.com wrote:   
   > John W. Kennedy wrote:   
   >> (To remind  everyone, she demanded guaranteed episodes off in writing,   
   >> which would have automatically translated to the same number of   
   >> guaranteed episodes off in writing for all the other actors in the cast.)   
   >>   
   >> --   
   >> John W. Kennedy   
   >   
   > I'm not sure where one leads to the other.  If she wanted a contract   
   > that said she was only obligated to be available for filming in eps   
   > 5-22 and would only be paid for those epsidoes;  I see NO reason why   
   > they'd feel the need to restructure every other actors contract in that   
   > manner.   
      
   Because it's a standard clause in leading actors' contracts (not just in   
   Hollywood -- stage companies do it, too), known as the   
   most-favored-nation clause. Whatever one actor gets, every other actor   
   with a most-favored-nation clause gets, too.   
      
   --   
   John W. Kennedy   
   "The blind rulers of Logres   
   Nourished the land on a fallacy of rational virtue."   
      -- Charles Williams.  "Taliessin through Logres: Prelude"   
      
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