The actor spends $ 745,000 to pay the debts of 900 strangers

Do you have any money left? How about buying the debt of anonymous citizens to exhibit the cruelty of interests on interests on the banking universe? This is what actor and producer Michael Sheen did.

He invested 100,000 pounds, about $ 745,000, to buy debt packages at a much lower price than that charged to the country of Wales, where he was born. In total, he delivered the almost 1,000 people to pay 1 million pounds ($ 7.4 million).

None of the beneficiaries had been warned previously. They just woke up one day and – surprise! – They no longer owed anything to banks and collection offices. “I wanted to exhibit the injustice of the system,” said the artist.

The experience produced the documentary “Michael Sheen’s Secret Million Pound Giveaway” (1 million pounds by Michael Sheen, which opens on Monday (10) on the British TV Channel 4.

In production, it shows how the debt purchase regime works. Specialized companies acquire customers with banks with a much lower amount and push them to make the payment.

According to the press, the actor intends to attract attention to the financial exploitation of individuals vulnerable from the lower social strata. “People enter the debt spiral and when they are sunk, it is very difficult to get out of it.”

Known for films such as “The Queen” (played by Prime Minister Tony Blair) and “passengers” (he gave birth to the Android Arthur bartender), and the Masters of Sex “of the series, Michael Sheen, 56 years old, have a fortune assessed at $ 16 million, about $ 92.3 million.

After the first election of Donald Trump for the Presidency of the United States in 2016, the artist announced his interruption of his career and dedicated himself to social activism. He exchanged Los Angeles with a country house in Wales.

Source: Terra