Charlie Hunnam rejected $850,000 for a movie he was right to be wary of: “I don’t believe in this project”

Charlie Hunnam turned down a role in the troubled horror film *Cursed*, even after producer Bob Weinstein raised the offer to $850,000. Hunnam said he did not believe in the project, though the decision left him anxious about whether refusing such a large sum might harm his career.

The film went through major rewrites and four rounds of filming, with Jesse Eisenberg and Christina Ricci involved throughout. Eisenberg said the third reshoot lasted about 20 days and the fourth another 10; Skeet Ulrich left after his character changed substantially. Hunnam later found success in *Sons of Anarchy* and avoided the troubled production.