Olivia Colman, who earned an Oscar for her function as Queen Anne in 2018’s The Favorite, not too long ago addressed the pay disparity that also exists in Hollywood in a candid interview with CNN’s The Amanpour Hour.
“Don’t get me began on the pay disparity, however male actors receives a commission extra as a result of they used to say they drew within the audiences,” The Crown actress instructed host Christiane Amanpour. “And really, that hasn’t been true for many years, however they nonetheless like to make use of that as a purpose to not pay ladies as a lot as their male counterparts.”
When Amanpour requested if Colman, who has an Oscar beneath her belt, was handled in the identical method, the actress responded: “I’m very conscious that if I used to be Oliver Colman, I’d be incomes a fuck of much more than I’m,” she mentioned in response.
“Actually?” Amanpour mentioned.
“Completely sure,” Colman responded. “I do know of 1 pay disparity, which is a 12,000 % distinction,” although she didn’t elaborate on the folks concerned within the occasion she cited.
In January, Ebon Moss-Bachrach gave Colman props for her look in The Bear throughout his acceptance speech after profitable Finest Supporting Actor on the Critics Alternative Awards. Colman guest-starred in an episode as Chef Terry, an completed chef working among the best eating places on the planet.
Colman’s feedback arrived following Taraji P. Henson not too long ago detailing that she nonetheless receives lowball gives, regardless of The Coloration Purple star’s success as an actress for greater than a decade, together with receiving an Oscar nomination in 2009 for her function in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and her recognition as Cookie Lyon on Empire.
“I’m simply uninterested in working so onerous, being gracious at what I do [and] getting paid a fraction of the associated fee,” Henson mentioned in an interview, which aired on Sirius XM in December. “I’m uninterested in listening to my sisters say the identical factor time and again. You get drained. I hear folks go, ‘You’re employed rather a lot.’ Nicely, I’ve to. The mathematics ain’t mathin’. Whenever you begin working rather a lot, you’ve a group. Large payments include what we do. We don’t do that alone. … There’s a complete group behind us. They should receives a commission.”
