A STAR of Benidorm has revealed exactly how much he was paid to star in the hit ITV comedy series.
The sun-soaked show officially came to an end in 2018 after 10 series, which left fans devastated at the time.
Since then there’s been countless rumours and whispers its creator Derren Litten has penned a reboot.
And while fans reminisce over the sitcom, Asa Elliot has revealed exactly how much ITV paid him for his contribution to the show.
The 43-year-old starred as a cabaret singer in the fifth series of the show at the infamous Solana Hotel.
Speaking about his Benidorm pay, Asa revealed: “So in that series I appeared in six out of the seven episodes and I got paid quite a lot more than my first appearance, which was two years earlier in the Christmas special.
“For that, I got paid £750 – that was just for one scene.”
He continued: “When I went out for series five I was there for the long run for the whole series.
“So when I initially went to Spain to start filming, it was agreed I was going to get paid £4,000.
“But the thing was, at the time the show hadn’t finished being written, this often happened with Benidorm that we’d start filming and there was still some episodes that needed to be finished.
“The thing was, as the writing went on I got more and more in each episode so my agent went back to the producers and renegotiated for me.
[bc_video account_id=”5067014667001″ application_id=”” aspect_ratio=”16:9″ autoplay=”” caption=”Luke Littler stuns friend after turning up to darts competition at Benidorm bar” embed=”in-page” experience_id=”” height=”100%” language_detection=”” max_height=”360px” max_width=”640px” min_width=”0px” mute=”” padding_top=”56%” picture_in_picture=”” player_id=”default” playlist_id=”” playsinline=”” sizing=”responsive” video_id=”6366910021112″ video_ids=”” width=”640px”]“In the end for those six episodes, I was there for months on end, got all my travel, accommodation and food – and I got £6,200 which is great.”
Asa added to his followers that he’s since received royalties ever since and he’s paid yearly.
[authenticated-scripts src=”%3Cscript%20class%3D%22palin-poll%22%20src%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesun.co.uk%2Fpollingwidgets%2Fv3%2Fwidget.js%3Fquestion_id%3D103580%26game%3Dpolling%22%3E%3C%2Fscript%3E” type=”embedded” width=”100″ /]Meanwhile, the actor previously told fans how he’d quit television to become an ASDA delivery driver.
The 43-year-old had revealed acting work dried up as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns.