Donnie Wahlberg got honest about how expensive it was to make Blue Bloods - and why it led to the cast taking a pay cut before the show's cancellation. "With Blue Bloods, they came to us before the final year and said, 'You need to take a 25 percent pay cut or we're going off the air.' And some people were like, 'Nope.' Other people were like, 'OK,'" Wahlberg, 56, shared in the Tuesday, April 21, episode of "The George Janko Show" podcast. The actor, who played Danny Reagan on the show, tried to negotiate.