Hollywood Not Immune to the Wage Gap
Randomly surfing the Internet this afternoon, I came across Forbes’ list of the “20 Richest Women in Entertainment“.
The richest actress on the list is Julia Roberts, who built her estimated $140 million fortune film by film. The Pretty Woman star was the first actress in Hollywood to command a $20 million-per-film paycheck, a fairly common salary for male superstars like Will Smith and Johnny Depp.
I knew Julia was the first to earn that amount of cash for a film, but I had no idea that men were already making that much for a flick. I guess Hollywood is not immune to the wage gap.
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Rachel Bondi
In the film industry there are still very few women fil-makers, producers or directors, over 70% of the protagonists are usually male, and pay for top male lead stars commonly exceeds those of female leading ladies.
From my book The Wealth Gap.