Former teen heartthrob Andrew Keegan reveals which films he still makes money from years later

The actor Andrew Keegan is still getting money from some of his old movies years after they've been and gone thanks to something called residuals.

You see, back in his teenage heartthrob days when he was cast in the likes of 10 Things I Hate About You and The Broken Hearts Club the money he was making from the films came from his fee as an actor.

But many movies will continue to pay their actors proceeds from the movie as it continues to make money throughout the years in the form of residuals.

The actors get paid for being in the movie, sometimes they also get paid a portion of the money the film actually makes if they negotiate that, but residuals mean small amounts of cash keep getting sent their way.

In a recent appearance on The McBride Rewind podcast Keegan explained he was still getting paid from all of his past projects, but before you think he's raking it in some of those cheques were for as little as one cent.

Andrew Keegan said he still got residuals every now and then from his work, and which he got paid most for (Paul Archuleta/Getty Images)

Keegan said it cost 40 cents to send him a cheque, so if he's getting a cent in residuals from an old TV show he did it's costing much more money to continue sending it and he's not going to cash it in as it's 'not worth my time'.

However, some things he did in his career do pay a bit more than a cent, and to nobody's surprise 10 Things I Hate About You is top of the earners.

"There are still residuals that come from all those shows, they're just like $10, $20, $50, $80," he told the podcast.

Depending on how successful a film or TV show is even actors who only had a minor part can still make a decent amount, though not enough that they don't need to work.

Reece Thompson, one of the child actors in Titanic, said in 2018 that on a couple of occasions he got $250, but most of the time it was around $100 and they didn't come very often.

Of course it was 10 Things I Hate About You that's still his big residual earner (Touchstone Pictures)

Meanwhile, Casey Margolis and his star making turn as 'Younger Seth' from Superbad has earned a few hundred dollars from his residuals for playing the role of a child who draws dicks on everything.

He said every few months he'd get a cheque ranging from a few cents to as much as '100 bucks'.

Not every actor gets residuals, Drake Bell of Drake & Josh fame explained he didn't get residuals from the show but some guest starts who were only in it for a little while did.

Drake explained that the goal for a TV star was making it to 100 episodes because then a show could get syndicated and that would be a big residual payday for everyone involved.

His co-star Josh Peck explained that 'kids TV doesn't have residuals' so while they were paid a decent amount for being on TV the wonga doesn't keep coming forever on every job.