{"id":45888,"date":"2025-04-24T06:20:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T06:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/45888\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T06:20:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T06:20:08","slug":"sebastian-stan-survived-on-hot-tub-time-machine-royalties-before-mcu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/45888\/","title":{"rendered":"Sebastian Stan Survived On &#8216;Hot Tub Time Machine&#8217; Royalties Before MCU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBefore he was the Winter Soldier, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/sebastian-stan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sebastian Stan<\/a> was a snow bunny trying to make ends meet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe Oscar nominee recalled how royalties from his appearance in 2010\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/hot-tub-time-machine\/\" id=\"auto-tag_hot-tub-time-machine\" data-tag=\"hot-tub-time-machine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hot Tub Time Machine<\/a> helped him survive before he landed his role as the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/mcu\/\">MCU<\/a>\u2018s James \u2018Bucky\u2019 Barnes in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cI was actually struggling with work,\u201d he told <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/sebastian-stan-2025-interview\">Vanity Fair<\/a>. \u201cI had just gotten off the phone with my business manager, who told me I was saved by $65,000 that came in residuals from Hot Tub Time Machine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn director Steve Pink\u2019s sci-fi romp Hot Tub Time Machine, Stan played the typical \u201980s bully Blaine, who terrorizes a group of friends (John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson and Clark Duke) who travel back in time to their teen years at a 1986 ski resort.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tFollowing his MCU debut, Stan continued to play the Winter Soldier in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Ant-Man (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Black Panther (2018), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) and Captain America: Brave New World (2025).<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sebastian-Stan-Thunderbolts.jpeg\" alt=\"Sebastian Stan stands in front of a motorcycle on a desert road in a still from Thunderbolts* movie\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"576\" width=\"1024\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tSebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes in Marvel Studios\u2019 \u2018Thunderbolts*\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy Marvel Studios<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tStan can next be seen as the Winter Soldier in Thunderbolts*, premiering May 2 in theaters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe Romanian-born actor\u2019s latest MCU appearance comes after he earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance as Donald Trump in last year\u2019s The Apprentice, which also earned him a Golden Globe nod. At the same awards ceremony in January, he won a Golden Globe for his performance in A Different Man.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before he was the Winter Soldier, Sebastian Stan was a snow bunny trying to make ends meet. 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