Dan Stevens

Making an impressive $50,000-$100,000 per episode, Downton Abbey’s Dan Stevens must’ve winced when he learned his character, Matthew Crawley would be killed off in the third season. His fans were absolutely gobsmacked that this could happen to such a beloved character, and Stevens is still apologizing for it to this day.

That being said, he did ask for a proper send-off for his character in order to end his contract with the show. He was looking to expand his range, spending more time on different projects, such as the Netflix comedy, Eurovision.