Actress Melissa Joan Hart has revealed that she still regularly receives residual checks for the 1986 hit film Crocodile Dundee, despite being completely cut from the finished movie.
The 50-year-old star disclosed on Wednesday that she filmed her scene for the Australian box office smash when she was around 10 years old, but her performance never made it to the final cut.
"I was in Crocodile Dundee, and even though you will not see my face in it - I was cut out - I still get my 26 cents every few months or something," Hart admitted during an interview on Page Six's Virtual Reali-Tea podcast.
Representatives for Hart did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Daily Mail.
The Sabrina The Teenage Witch star noted that her payments have "dwindle[d]" in the decades following the initial release of the movie. However, she explained that actors in Los Angeles have found a creative way to make use of their minor payout checks.
"There's actually a bar in LA called Residuals where you can take your residuals and put it toward your drinks," Hart shared.
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Box office success of Crocodile Dundee
Crocodile Dundee stars Paul Hogan in the title role as an Australian bushman who travels to New York City. The character finds himself as a fish out of water when his Outback survival skills fail to translate to life in the American metropolis.
The low-budget comedy became a massive commercial success, grossing $328 million worldwide. The figure made it the highest-grossing Australian film of all time both domestically and abroad, as well as the second-highest grossing film in the United States in 1986.
The overwhelming popularity of the original film launched a franchise, leading to a hit sequel in 1988 titled Crocodile Dundee II. A third film, Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, followed in 2001 but proved to be both a critical and commercial failure.
Hart previously detailed her specific deleted role during an appearance on the Too Much Information podcast. She explained that she played a young girl in Central Park who skins her knee, only for Hogan's character to step in and unexpectedly heal her.
Rejection and early acting career
Speaking to She Knows in 2011, Hart reflected on her experience with Crocodile Dundee and how she learned to navigate the inevitable disappointments of professional acting from a young age.
"You find that you have a lot of rejection and you learn young that you have to let it go, and if you don't have thick skin, you aren't going to make it," Hart said at the time.
Hart began her career as a child actor appearing in television commercials. She faced another notable career setback in 1988 when she lost out on the lead role in the horror sequel Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers.
Television success and new HGTV series
Despite early film setbacks, Hart built a successful career in television. She achieved her breakout role playing the title character on the Nickelodeon teen sitcom Clarissa Explains It All, which ran from 1991 to 1994.
She scored her largest role to date starring in the 1996 television movie Sabrina the Teenage Witch. The success of the film led directly to an identically titled television sitcom starring Hart.
The sitcom aired for four seasons on ABC before moving to The WB for its final three seasons, remaining on the air until its cancellation in 2003. Hart later returned to prime-time television opposite Joey Lawrence in the ABC Family series Melissa & Joey, which ran for four seasons between 2010 and 2015.
Hart's latest television project is the reality competition series Totally '90s House, which debuts on Wednesday night at 9pm ET on HGTV.
Hosted by Jaleel White, best known for playing Steve Urkel on Family Matters, the show features 1990s stars competing to renovate a house that has not been updated since that decade.
Hart competes alongside a cast of fellow 1990s celebrities, including her Melissa & Joey co-star Joey Lawrence, his brother Matthew Lawrence, Full House star Jodie Sweetin, The Cosby Show actress Keshia Knight Pulliam, Beverly Hills, 90210 actor Brian Austin Green, and 7th Heaven star Beverley Mitchell.
