The actor who played the small Irish child in Titanic is still paid today, 25 years later.

The actor who played the young Irish kid in Titanic and who had a career as a child star stated that he is still being paid more than twenty years after the movie was released. A nice little source of income.

When he played the role of the 'Irish little boy' in the big Hollywood blockbuster from 1997, Reece Thompson was only five years old when he made his debut in the role. This is where you may observe Thompson in action.

His time on screen was little but impactful; he played a third-class passenger who, along with his mother and sister, was doomed to drown when the "unsinkable" ship collided with an iceberg.

In one of the scenes, the boy is shown waiting with his mother and sister beside a large crowd of other third-class passengers for the door to the lifeboats to open.

Unfortunately, it wasn't meant to be for the family, as we later find all three of them dead in their cabin. Tragically, it wasn't meant to be.

Although Thompson's part was short and somewhat unimportant to the overall plot of the movie, it served to bring attention to the precarious situation that many of the ship's lower-class passengers found themselves in.

Although Reece asserts that he does not recall much from his time spent working on the picture, he receives a royalty check for a nominal amount every year, which serves as a gentle reminder that the movie in question was nominated for an Academy Award.

He claims that his talent agent presented his mother with two choices: either accept a part in an advertisement for a gas station, or work a little role in what he referred to as "a big film picture."

The advertisement was the more prudent choice.

Despite this, Reece's mother made the decision to submit her son for consideration for a part in Titanic, which is currently the third most grossing film of all time.

In 2018, Reece gave an interview to Business Insider in which he said the following: "It turned out to be one of the highest-grossing pictures in the history of the industry, so it's very odd in retrospect."

"My mum was like: 'Let's just do it. It's going to be sweet. We are going to watch the movie regardless of how bad it is.

Because it ended up blowing up, it's clear that she made the right choice in that regard; there's no question about that.

The sum total of the cheques that arrive annually is significantly higher than one may anticipate for such an insignificant contribution.

Reece expressed his confusion by stating, "It's weird since it's not present in my mind anymore." "It's not like you can say something like, "Oh, when will I get a new Titanic check?"

"When it does occur, you think to yourself, "Oh cool, an extra $100."

"There have been a few instances in which my initial reaction was something along the lines of "Oh my gosh, that's a $250 check."

"However, I really hope that people continue to play it quite a bit because it would bring in more money for me."