‘The little Irish boy’ was a
third-class passenger who died alongside his mother and sister in the Titanic
film.
Reece Thompson was just five
years old when he appeared in the film. The former actor is now 30 and has
revealed he still makes money from Titanic.
Reece is now a digital
marketing director at a skiing facility in Utah, the United States.
During a recent interview with
Business Insider, he revealed he still receives cheques from the film.
Reece explained he was paid
around £22,000 for just three scenes on set and delivering one single line. The
money he made from the Hollywood production was invested in his education, car
and living expenses.
Titanic was filmed in 1997 and
released in January 1998. During the first years after the film came out,
Thompson was getting cheques in the “low thousands”. Many years after
the release, he still receives annual cheques from the production.
However, the figure has
dropped to around £150 to £250. The former actor explained: “It’s weird
because it’s not present in my mind anymore.
“It’s not like, ‘Oh, when
am I going to get a new ‘Titanic’ cheque?’ When it happens, it’s like, ‘Oh,
cool, an extra $100.’ There have been a couple of times where it’s been like:
‘Oh, wow, that’s a $250 check.
“This movie is 25-year-old.
That’s pretty bizarre. But hopefully, they keep playing it a lot because that
means more money for me.”
