To say that wage inequality in Hollywood is a hot-button topic would be an understatement. Since pretty much the entire world found out that Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams were paid significantly less than their male costars for their roles in American Hustle, more actresses and actors have come forward to say that yeah, this is a problem and it’s time people started doing something about it.
The Quantico star spoke openly about experiencing wage inequality as a Hindi film actress to New You magazine. Chopra says that when she tried to protest being paid too little on a project she was working on for a film, she was told that if she didn’t like it, she could easily be replaced by other actresses. Still, she has hope for a better future: “In the last decade, both society and films have changed.
Sienna Miller revealed in an interview with E!’s Catt Sadler that she’s battled wage inequality by taking matters into her own hands, turning down a past project that had her being paid way less than her male costar. “I was offered less than half of what the other man was offered and it was just the two of us,“ she said.
After the Sony email debacle, Lawrence has been more vocal about the issue of women being paid unfairly in Hollywood. The actress penned a piece for Lena Dunham’s Lenny Newsletter,
Amanda Seyfried, who has starred in big-ticket films like Les Misérables, Mean Girls, Mamma Mia!, Ted 2 and more shared her experience getting paid less than her male counterparts with the Sunday Times.
The How to Get Away with Murder star reportedly made a pact with her costars to demand equal pay if the show was a success. “’Let’s make a pact right now,’ Davis told them.
The Quantico star spoke openly about experiencing wage inequality as a Hindi film actress to New You magazine. Chopra says that when she tried to protest being paid too little on a project she was working on for a film, she was told that if she didn’t like it, she could easily be replaced by other actresses. Still, she has hope for a better future: “In the last decade, both society and films have changed.
Sienna Miller revealed in an interview with E!’s Catt Sadler that she’s battled wage inequality by taking matters into her own hands, turning down a past project that had her being paid way less than her male costar. “I was offered less than half of what the other man was offered and it was just the two of us,“ she said.
After the Sony email debacle, Lawrence has been more vocal about the issue of women being paid unfairly in Hollywood. The actress penned a piece for Lena Dunham’s Lenny Newsletter,
Amanda Seyfried, who has starred in big-ticket films like Les Misérables, Mean Girls, Mamma Mia!, Ted 2 and more shared her experience getting paid less than her male counterparts with the Sunday Times.
The How to Get Away with Murder star reportedly made a pact with her costars to demand equal pay if the show was a success. “’Let’s make a pact right now,’ Davis told them.
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