How much was Josh Brolin paid for No Country for Old Men?

Josh Brolin told Theo Von that No Country for Old Men paid him about $100,000, and that he cleared roughly $30,000 of it. Von had guessed $200,000. Brolin said he had already been acting for about 22 years by then and had earned very little from it, because he was rarely working.

• Brolin says he auditioned for American Gangster while shooting No Country, sending a tape on which his son, then 16, read Denzel Washington's part.
• Brolin believes that American Gangster tape was the last audition he ever did.

Source: our own transcription of the episode. The full conversation is on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von (2026-10-13). Read the whole episode summary →

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