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Christy Carlson Romano Says Her Salary Was Half of Shia LaBeouf’s on ‘Even Stevens’: ‘We Were Co-Leads and Had the Same Screen Time’

Christy Carlson Romano is claiming she was paid half of Shia LaBeouf’s salary on the Disney Channel series “Even Stevens,” despite the two being “co-leads”…

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Variety reports: Christy Carlson Romano is claiming she was paid half of Shia LaBeouf’s salary on the Disney Channel series “Even Stevens,” despite the two being “co-leads” with “the same screen time.”

Romano opens up about her time on the show, which ran from 2000 to 2003 and followed the antics between a brother and sister with.

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Shia LaBeouf, Christy Carlson Romano Says, Salary Was Half, the Same Screen Time’
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