Olivia Colman Says She'd Earn 'A F–k Of a Lot More' Money as a Man | 9J6ZK7G | 2024-03-25 13:08:01
Olivia Colman spoke candidly concerning the current pay hole in Hollywood, saying that she would earn far more if she have been a man.
"Don't get me began on the pay disparity, however male actors get paid more as a result of they used to say they drew within the audiences," Colman, 50, stated throughout a Saturday, March 23, appearance on CNN's The Amanpour Hour. "And truly, that hasn't been true for decades but they nonetheless like to make use of that as a cause to not pay ladies as much as their male counterparts."
She added, "Analysis means that [women] have been all the time huge box office attracts."
Host Christiane Amanpour requested Colman if the wage hole was still related to her as an Oscar-winning actress. "I'm very aware that if I used to be Oliver Colman, I'd be earning a f–okay of much more than I'm," The Crown actress replied. "I do know of 1 pay disparity, which is a 12,000 % difference."
Colman gained the Academy Award for Greatest Actress in 2019 for her position in The Favorite, and she or he has starred in many other tasks across movie and tv, together with Heartstopper, Fleabag, The Crown and this month's Wicked Little Letters (in theaters March 29).
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Colman's assertion comes months after Taraji P. Henson admitted that she virtually passed on The Color Purple resulting from a pay disparity.
"I virtually had to stroll away from The Shade Purple," Henson, 53, stated in December 2023 throughout an interview for the SAG-AFTRA Basis. "Sure, ma'am. … If I don't take a stand, how am I making it straightforward for Fantasia [Barrino] and Danielle [Brooks] and Halle [Bailey] and Phylicia [Pearl Mpasi]? Why am I doing this, if it's all only for me?"
The Colour Purple was launched in 2023, however Henson stated at the time she hadn't acquired a "increase" since she starred in 2018's Proud Mary. "I'm getting really uninterested in Black ladies having the identical story, it's breaking my coronary heart," she stated. "It's like every time you achieve something actually unimaginable, it's virtually like the business seems at it like a fluke."
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Henson and Colman are two of many actresses who have beforehand addressed their battle to shut the gender pay hole in Hollywood.
In 2018, Michelle Williams was pulled into the spotlight of this situation when it was revealed that she was paid lower than $1,000 for All of the Money within the World reshoots whereas, comparatively, her costar Mark Wahlberg was paid $1.5 million. (Wahlberg later donated the $1.5 million to the Time's Up Legal Protection Fund in Williams' identify.)
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