pounds 17m to get Harrison on board a sub

HARRISON Ford will pick up a pay cheque of pounds 17million this month - for just 20 days work.

The Oscar winner stars as a Russian submarine commander in K-19: The Widowmaker, the true story of a nuclear disaster which could have started World War III.

The plot bears a grim similarity to the Kursk tragedy last year in which 118 Russians perished off the coast of Norway.

Harrison, 58, said: "I took it because this is a gripping story.

"Russian submariners showed tremendous courage."

Marlon Brando received $2 million for less than ten minutes on screen in the 1978 film Superman.

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