It’s been nearly two years since The King of Staten Island hit the screens, and one of the film’s stars says she’s still waiting to be paid for her work.
Marisa Tomei made the surprise announcement in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine on Thursday. The actress, who played the mother of Scott Carlin, played by Pete Davidson in the film, revealed that she recently contacted her co-star about an alleged oversight.
“I actually just talked to Pete today,” Tomei explained, “because I was like, ‘I never got paid for this. You? Can we talk in this age of transparency?”
However, she stressed that she “had an insanely good time” making the film despite not being paid. She added that working on the project with Davidson and other comedians “really changed the way I approach each character going forward.”
Representatives for Davidson and Universal Pictures did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s requests for comment.
Pete Davidson (left) and Marisa Tomei in King of Staten Island, set in 2019.Bobby Bank via Getty Images
Directed by Judd Apatow, King of Staten Island was Davidson’s first major role on the big screen and became a semi-autobiographical look at the life of the Saturday Night Live star.
Like his on-screen counterpart, Davidson grew up in Staten Island, New York and has also been open about his experiences with addiction and depression. His real father, Scott, was a New York firefighter who died in the September 11, 2001 attacks, while Scott Carlin’s character also mourns his father’s death.
Tomei, an Academy Award winner for 1992’s My Cousin Vinnie, couldn’t resist when asked about the ongoing discourse regarding Davidson’s attractiveness to women. Currently in a relationship with Kim Kardashian, Davidson has also dated Kate Beckinsale, Ariana Grande and Bridgerton star Phoebe Dinevor – none of which surprises Tomei.
“He’s so damn real, unfiltered, but very sensitive,” she told Rolling Stone magazine. “So he’s an almost irresistible combination.”
“And he’s handsome even though I played…let’s just put mommy aside,” she continued. “Let’s, like, never mention it again.”