Natalie Portman Says Ashton Kutcher’s Salary Was Triple Hers For “No Strings Attached”
Gender wage inequality has certainly been in the limelight recently, and there is no better way to bring attention to the issue than hearing it out of the mouth of a major star.
Natalie Portman sat down with Marie Claire UK Edition and spoke candidly about how this wage gap has affected her personally. She said:
“I wasn’t as pissed as I should have been. I mean, we get paid a lot, so it’s hard to complain, but the disparity is crazy. I knew and I went along with it because there’s this thing with ‘quotes’ in Hollywood. His was three times higher than mine so they said he should get three times more.”
She added:
“I don’t think women and men are more or less capable, we just have a clear issue with women not having opportunities. We need to be part of the solution, not perpetuating the problem.”
A “quote” is the method used to determine how much money the actor should be given, based on the highest salary he or she made for a previous project.
Here’s hoping we will see progress on this issue in 2017!