- Written by Ian Youngs
- Entertainment/Arts Reporter
Oscar-winning British actress Olivia Colman says she would have been paid “a lot more” for her films if she were a man.
“I'm very aware that if I were Oliver Coleman, I would be making more money than I am now,” she told CNN.
“The pay gap I know was 12,000 percent. Do the math.”
Coleman told CNN's Christiane Amanpour: “Research shows that they [women] It has always achieved great box office success.
“Don’t get me started on the pay gap, but male actors are paid more because [executives] they used to say [male actors] Engage your audience. And in fact, that hasn't been true for decades.
“But they still like to use that as a reason to pay women less than men, especially in our industry.”
Coleman shot to Hollywood's A-list in 2019 when she won the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Queen Anne in The Favourite, and has since been nominated two more times.
She recently appeared in the Wonka movies and is set to appear in the upcoming Paddington in Peru.
Her television credits include Heartstopper and Secret Invasion, and she played Queen Elizabeth II in series 3 and 4 of Netflix's The Crown.
Equal pay in Hollywood came into focus in 2014 after hacked emails from Sony executives revealed that Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams were paid less than their male co-stars in American Hustle. collected.
“I'm spoiled”
Lawrence later wrote that she didn't want to ask for more during negotiations because she “didn't want to seem 'difficult' or 'spoiled.'”
“It seemed like a good idea at the time, but when I looked at the payslips on the internet, I was worried that all the men I worked with were definitely 'difficult' or 'spoiled.' I realized it wasn't there.”
With the #MeToo movement in full swing, the treatment of women in Hollywood continues to draw attention.
Actor Mark Wahlberg was paid $1.5 million in reshoots when he was dropped from the movie All the Money in the World following the allegations against Kevin Spacey. In contrast, another scandal sparked when it was revealed that co-star Michelle Williams was paid just $80 a day. Expenses.
Coleman's comments suggest that the gender pay gap is an ongoing problem.
A February study found that of the top 100 grossing films in 2023, only 30 featured women or girls in leading roles, down from 44 the previous year and the lowest in nearly a decade. Ta.
And when Forbes released its annual list of highest-paid actors earlier this month, Margot Robbie and Jennifer Aniston were the only women in the top 10.