Jonathan Bailey will play the role of Fiyero Tigelaar in the two-part musical-to-film adaptation, Wicked. Bailey’s Fiyero is a Winkie prince who grew up with Elphaba and Galinda and goes on to become a loyal love interest to the former. The Bridgerton actor’s Shakespearean experience and dance lessons contributed heavily to his role.
It appears that Bailey has a small role in the Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande-led film. When compared to his co-stars, Bailey reportedly received a low remuneration, however, it is still a great number considering the length of his role. According to the source material, Bailey’s character will probably have a heartbreaking story in the film.
Jonathan Bailey’s Wicked Salary: How Much Did The Film Pay Him?
Jonathan Bailey has a supporting role in Wicked, which sees Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo playing the lead roles of Galinda Upland and Elphaba Thropp. Bailey told Vanity Fair that he did gymnastics and dancing growing up, which helped greatly with his role in the film. He shared that it was only while acting in Wicked that he realized having flat feet.
If the films were to follow the Broadway story, Bailey’s character would have a more crucial role at the end when his true identity would be revealed. Fiyero is one of those characters who is absent from The Wizard of Oz storyline. The character was invented by Gregory Maguire for his 1995 novel. However, the musical version changed a lot of things about his story from the novel and it’s likely that the movies will do the same.
Bailey got paid a good lot of money in his previous projects and the same continues here as well. The Jon M. Chu-directed film was made in collaboration with Universal Pictures at a massive budget of $145 million (via Deadline). According to Showbiz Galore, Bailey gets a handsome paycheck of $450,000 for his role. However, it is unclear whether the salary is for the single part or for both Wicked 1 & 2.
Bailey’s paycheck does not even come close to the highest salary in the film. Grande was reportedly paid leaps and bounds ahead of the others because of her star value. She probably took home $15 million from the film. In comparison, Erivo was paid only a million and Oscar-winning actress Michelle Yeoh was paid $2 million.
Jeff Goldblum played the Wonderful Wizard of Oz and was paid $2 million for his role. Other salaries in the film included: Ethan Slater – $350,000, Marissa Bode – $250,000, and Bowen Yang – $250,000. It is also worth noting that Jonathan Bailey’s net worth is around $1.9 million, according to the UK’s Wage Indicator site.
Jonathan Bailey Is Set To Return To Bridgerton
Jonathan Bailey first set the temperatures soaring through the roof with his role as Anthony Bridgerton in Netflix’s Regency romance drama Bridgerton. Bailey was reportedly the second highest-paid actor on the series behind Phoebe Dynevor (via Daily Mail). Bailey’s character and his relationship with Simone Ashley’s Kate Sharma formed the crux of the second season.
The first three seasons of Bridgerton have largely contributed to the net worth of Bailey. It helped him cross the one-and-a-half million mark and the actor is looking to reach further financial landmarks with his return to the fourth season. During his appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Bailey announced that he was “gonna reunite” with the Bridgerton family for the production of Season 4.
Speaking to Meyers about the Regency series, Bailey shared that the show never gets old as it keeps changing things up every two years. He shared that the show allows for a lot of new cast members to come in. In the meantime, he confirmed that he would also make an appearance. He shared:
Well, it changes every year — every two years. What an amazing thing to be a part of. There’s gonna be lots of space for new people to come in, and Luke and Yerin are gonna be great. So I’ll always pop back and say hello.
There is little information on the exact salary that Bailey made per episode on the three seasons of the Netflix series. However, his Bridgerton salary saw a substantial jump when he became more integral to the story in Season 2.
Jonathan Bailey Made A Fortune From A Guest Appearance In 2024
Jonathan Bailey made a guest appearance in another popular Netflix series this year. Kit Connor and Joe Locke’s Heartstopper welcomed not only Bailey as a guest star but also Hayley Atwell.
From a next-to-nothing salary during their initial appearance, the cast members quickly got paid millions for their roles as the series progressed. Kit Connor became the highest-paid actor with a paycheck of $5 million for the third season (via Spoiler Bolavip). He shared the spot with guest actor Atwell, who was reportedly paid $5 million for her role as Nick’s Aunt Diane.
Bailey was paid $1.5 million for playing Jack Maddox in the series. Bailey shared that he had asked for the role in the series, which he acknowledges as one of the most beautiful gifts to many people. The Fellow Travelers actor shared with Variety:
Like so many people, I watched the first [season] and thought it was one of the biggest, most beautiful gifts to so many people, and I wish I had that growing up. I had a mutual friend who knows [executive producer Patrick Walters] and I said: ‘If there’s anything I could do to help and be a part of that story.’
Bailey is all set to appear alongside Scarlett Johansson and Mahershala Ali in Gareth Edwards’ Jurassic Park film, Jurassic World Rebirth (via Variety). Bailey plays a paleontologist named Dr. Henry Loomis, who assists Johansson’s Zora Bennett in extracting DNA from a rare dinosaur species.
