Tony Eusoff recently took to his Twitter to voice out his dissatisfaction towards a local production house for offering him an unreasonable amount of payment for his on-screen appearances.
The 42-year-old posted a screenshot of a WhatsApp conversation he had with with a production rep on social media.
Dah nak 2020 dah tapi bajet drama tv masih puaka🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️#wawasantakberapa2020 pic.twitter.com/miGx4RNzmt
— tony eusoff (@tonyeusoff) November 25, 2019
“We are reaching the year 2020, but the budget for a TV drama is still disappointing,” Tony tweeted. He concluded the caption with the hashtag #VisionNotReally2020. It is believed that the “Sepi” actor was initially approached by a rep to star in a total of 11 scenes with an unknown budget. In this case, the total amount was kept hushed by Tony.
Unimpressed with the amount of payment offered by the team, Tony replied by saying, “Is the budget (offered) used during the Malacca Sultanate age? If so, then please try somewhere else.” He then further added that, “I can settle for RMxxx (unstated price). If (the amount) is lower than that, I might as well start selling at a stall.”
The tweet has received a significant amount of reactions among local netizens, with most of them siding with Tony’s point of view on the matter. Not only that, even fellow actor Na’a Murad pointed out that the concerning issue has been ongoing for years.
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Demand Station tv bayar market price tp production house puaka bayar ciput talent n crew to maximise their profit. Dlm proposal promise bulan bintang, actual shoot sampah.These puaka2 will kill their own industry.
— 💋 meelo 💕 🍉فَاِنَّ مَعَ الۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرًا 🤲🏻 (@ohmeelo) November 25, 2019
This is Tony Eusoff yang kena kencing- not some pelakon baru, OK?
Kalau pelakon baru probably tambang LRT and Nasi Campur sebungkus.
I don’t know lah- bertahun-bertahun dah.
Not an industry- a cash cow for a few and a dead end for the majority.— Na'a (@NaaMurad) November 25, 2019
Tony updated his fans with a series of tweets to address the ongoing issue. According to the theatre activist, he has “been reflecting on recent things and realised my responses on some issues have been rather out of proportion.”
He further continued by saying that the post was never meant to be a “personal attack”, but he assured that there will always be someone hardworking enough to try and get things straight.
He then concluded by apologising to those that were affected by his somewhat controversial statement previously. Feel free to read the thread below:
Ok. Been reflecting on recent things and realised my responses on some issues coming from and about @FinasMy have been rather out of proportion. It was never meant to be a personal attack, but there will always be those who are still hard at work trying to make things right.
— tony eusoff (@tonyeusoff) November 26, 2019
Sorry guys. No excuse for my sarcasm and jibes here and there. Rather immature. My bad. 😔
— tony eusoff (@tonyeusoff) November 26, 2019
What do you think of the issue? Do you agree with Tony’s two cents?
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