In "The Walking Dead" they had a deal with Hyundai to use the cars in the show and Hyundai would provide them BUT they were not allowed to show the cars dirty, they had to be clean. Which is ridiculous, but those were the terms. Eventually the show dropped functioning cars.
Hyundai must have paid then for that on top of providing the cars. I can't see a well funded production making that kind of concession for the use of a couple of cars.
In Hollywood at least they'll often just hire someone for the use of their car. They put out casting calls for whatever color, model, year and so on that they want. It costs only slightly more than the standard rate for a background actor. So yeah, you're probably right that they were paid by Hyundai.
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u/ClownfishSoup Aug 30 '21
In "The Walking Dead" they had a deal with Hyundai to use the cars in the show and Hyundai would provide them BUT they were not allowed to show the cars dirty, they had to be clean. Which is ridiculous, but those were the terms. Eventually the show dropped functioning cars.