The requested article has expired, and is no longer available. Any related articles, and user comments are shown below.
© Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Stars 'shocked' at gender pay disparity in Hollywood
By SANDY COHEN LOS ANGELES©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
14 Comments
Login to comment
Samit Basu
A movie star's salary is determined by the perceived audience drawing power of the star. As a rule, male actors draw more audiences than actresses, so they are paid more.
In cases like The Passenger, it was Jennifer Lawrence who was paid hell of more than her co-star Chris Pratt.
DaDude
Exactly what I came here to say. I am sure a movie with Mark Wahlberg as the lead will do much bigger numbers than a Michelle Williams movie.
jonobugs
I am all for equality. People should be paid for what they are worth. I can't really comment on the example that was given except that I have heard of Mark Wahlberg, but I have never heard of Michelle Williams. I don't even recognize her face. I would pay money to see Mark in a movie because I know his style, and like his acting. I wouldn't be swayed either way with Michelle since I have no idea who she is.
So, perhaps in this case, the movie studio got it right?
BeerDeliveryGuy
In the music industry, Beyoncé is the highest earning artist. I don’t hear Bruno Mars and Snoop Dogg complaining.
Mark Wahlberg is a bigger star with a higher crowd turnout and several multimillion dollar movies.
The bench warmer doesn’t complain that Darvish is making 20times more money.
lostrune2
Here's the updated story:
"Michelle Williams Volunteered to Give Up Her Pay for 'All the Money in the World' Reshoots"
http://www.etonline.com/michelle-williams-volunteered-give-her-pay-all-money-world-reshoots-94019
proxy
Male models make significantly less than female models.
Strangerland
I've never heard of her myself, though I don't pay a lot of attention to celebrities. I have however heard of Mark Wahlburg, and could probably name 5-10 movies I've seen him in, with little difficulty. I've known who he was ever since he was Marky-Mark.
Andrew Crisp
That's the most common sense answer based on reality that's been posted yet on this article.
Raw Beer
Michelle who?
She was OK with the money she was getting, and only complained when she found out Wahlberg got more. So childish; like a little child crying that the other kid got a bigger piece of cake.
The same work?
Anyway, I doubt very much that whoever was in charge decided to give Wahlberg 1.5 million just because he's a man and 1,000 to Williams just because she is a woman.
englisc aspyrgend
Shock or just plain old greed?
Jonathan Prin
Actor is a job for which salary is determined only by offer and demand. If salary is not enough, ask for more.
There is not equality of gender. Why should there be ?
If you want to act even for free, you can !
For sure men are greedy.
If you want to be as a woman, just do it...