Claire Donald
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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television
And he agreed to fund the entire film for $10 million if Britney said yes.
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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television
Well, this is like the biggest that she ever was, right?
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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television
This is like 99?
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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television
This was 2002.
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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television
Oh my God.
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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television
Okay.
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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television
So major.
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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television
Yeah.
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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television
So he's like, yeah, I will give you $10 million, which is a low budget for a movie.
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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television
With Britney, I wonder how much she got paid.
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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television
Well, exactly.
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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television
It's like, I feel like the whole budget had to go to Britney.
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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television
But I think she was like, I really want to act.
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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television
She was.
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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television
Yeah, she probably took...
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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television
Like, at least $5 million of that.
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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television
I mean, crazy.
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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television
Yeah.
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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television
So he was like, if she says yes, I will fund it.
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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television
And Britney's whole team was really excited about transitioning to film.