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Barkhad Abdi, 28, a
Mogadishu-born actor and the Somalian pirate star in the hit movie Captain
Phillips was one of the breakout stars
of the awards season. But it reveals
he has been struggling to make ends meet since being brought into the Hollywood
spotlight. Abdi was paid $65,000 two years ago for his role in Paul Greengrass's true life
thriller. Despite having been put up by studio, he has been living day to day
on expenses and wore borrowed clothes for a number of awards season functions.
A taxi driver friend from Minneapolis, where he and his family settled, has
been driving him to events for free. He is planning to move to Los Angeles and negotiating
to star in a movie about South African runner Willie Mtolo, who competed in the
1992 New York marathon. The actor, who was also nominated for a Screen Actors
Guild prize and won the Bafta for best supporting actor for his performance,
eventually decided to quit his job on the day of the film's premiere.
"How I thought about
it was like, 'When the movie came out reviews either gonna be good or bad.
Either way, I cannot be working here,'" he told the New Yorker. Captain
Phillips was nominated for a total of six Oscars,
including best film, but did not take any prizes at Sunday night's ceremony. It
has so far made more than $217m at the box office against a budget of $55m.
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