He can afford to take pay cuts like this because of those game of thrones residuals, i'll bet. He's set for life I imagine. Most or all of the most prominent actors on that show are most likely.I very much doubt they are paying Kit his 1.2 million per episode salary. He's taking a significant pay cut. Industry's budget still isn't very high. Plus the showrunners said that Kit is the one who reached out to them with interest to be in the show. Plus I don't think Kit is that bankable these days and he's shown that he isn't afraid of a lower salary(like rn he's acting in a play and they don't pay much at all)