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- By Ian Young
- Arts and entertainment reporter
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Oscar-winning British actress Olivia Colman has said she would be paid “a lot more” for her films if she were a man.
“I’m very aware that if I were Oliver Colman, I would be earning… a lot more than I am,” he told CNN.
“I know of a pay disparity that was a 12,000% difference. Do the math.”
Speaking to CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Colman said: “Research suggests that they (women) have always been big box office draws.
“Don’t get me started on the pay disparity, but male actors get paid more because they (executives) used to say that they (male actors) attract audiences. And that actually hasn’t been true for decades.
“But they still like to use that as a reason not to pay women as much as their male counterparts, particularly in our industry.”
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Colman won an Oscar for The Favorite in 2019
Colman joined Hollywood’s A-list in 2019 when she won the best actress Oscar for playing Queen Anne in The Favorite, and has since had two more nominations.
He recently appeared in the Wonka film and will appear in the upcoming film Paddington In Peru.
Her television credits include Heartstopper and Secret Invasion, and she played Queen Elizabeth II in series three and four of Netflix’s The Crown.
Equal pay in Hollywood came into focus after a 2014 hack of Sony executives’ emails, which revealed, among other things, that Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams were paid less than their male co-stars in American Hustle.
‘Spoiled’
Lawrence later wrote that she did not want to push further during negotiations because she “didn’t want to appear ‘difficult’ or ‘spoiled’.”
“At the time, it seemed like a good idea, until I looked at the payroll online and realized that all the men I worked with definitely didn’t worry about being ‘difficult’ or ‘spoiled.'”
The treatment of women in Hollywood remained in the spotlight as the #MeToo movement took off.
When Kevin Spacey was removed from the film All the Money in the World following allegations against him, another scandal broke out when it was revealed that actor Mark Wahlberg was paid $1.5 million for reshoots, while his co-star Michelle Williams received only $80 a day in expenses.
Colman’s comments suggest that the gender pay gap is an ongoing problem.
This February, the investigation said Only 30 of the 100 highest-grossing films of 2023 featured women or girls in leading roles, down from 44 the previous year and the lowest level in almost a decade.
And when Forbes magazine released its latest annual list of the highest-earning actors earlier this month, Margot Robbie and Jennifer Aniston were the only women in the top 10.
