'Captain Phillips' star Barkhad Abdi is reportedly broke

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After countless award nominations, including one for an Oscar, many may think that Captain Phillips star Barkhad Abdi had made it. But the truth of the matter is, the 28-year-old is struggling to stay afloat, according to a New Yorker story.

Abdi, who played Muse, the leader of the group of Somali pirates who take on Tom Hanks in Paul Greengrass‘ film, earned $65,000 for his performance in the $55 million film, but that was more than two years ago.

“When Abdi is in Los Angeles to promote the film, he subsists on a per diem, good at the Beverly Hilton, where the studio likes to put him up,” the report states.

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“The town car is available only for official publicity events. His clothes are loaners,” reads the article. “Recently Abdi requested that he be allowed to stay at a commuter hotel near LAX to be closer to his friend, a Somali cabdriver from Minneapolis, who shuttles him around for free.”

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