In a newinterview with the Guardian, theShazam!
I still have to prove why I need to get paid.
Film after film, it’s a struggle.
Djimon Hounsou.Karwai Tang/WireImage
I have yet to meet the film that paid me fairly."
“Maybe I was early,” Hounsou told the Guardian.
“If my movies had come out today I definitely would have gotten an Oscar already.”
Hounsou did eventually earn Oscar nominations for 2003’sIn Americaand 2006’sBlood Diamond.
“I felt seriously cheated,” Hounsou admitted.
“Out of them all, the DC universe has a level of respect,” he said.
“There wasn’t much to the role at first and I did it and it was fun.
But the second time around it was a little more respectful.”
