Jennifer Lawrence went from being the fashionable actress to becoming a mother, a great challenge for her, because according to her own words, she arrived at the right time and although she has said that she prefers to keep her private life as such, she has been happy for this new stage of his life.
However, and despite being at the peak of success, the actress took advantage of the moment she was spending during the promotion of the movie Don’t Look Up to share some of her concerns about how the industry behaves towards women.
The protagonist of the franchise The Hunger Games and X Menspoke candidly about the pay gap between female actresses and male co-stars.
The question of money in Hollywood has always been the subject of debate and more so in recent months, with the speeches and multiple complaints from various actresses that have made visible the difference in payments they receive compared to their peers.
In the hit Netflix movie, “Don’t look up”by Adam McKay, a large number of stars came together to be part of the cast, however, the protagonists were Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio.
The salary of both had a significant difference, despite the fact that Jennifer was the main character in the film, according to a report by Variety magazine, Lawrence earned 25 million dollars, while his partner made 30 million.
In fact, at the time, the protagonist of Silver Linings Playbook She wasn’t all that upset about it, in fact saying “Leo’s a bigger box office hit than me, so I’m happy with my deal. In other situations, if you question something that seems unfair, they tell you it’s not about disparity even though they can’t tell you exactly what it is.”
There was a difference of 5 million and in an interview with Vogue For last year’s October issue, she admitted that she really found that pay gap somewhat annoying.
“It doesn’t matter how much I do. Will I still be paid much less than a guy, just because I have a vag1na?
This has not been the only complaint on the subject, in fact, a couple of years ago, in 2014, it was learned through a hack at the Sony company that she and Amy Adams also experienced the same thing with their co-stars in american hustle, and they earned more than her.
In 2022, the list of the highest paid actors came out and, of the 26 names that appear on the list, only five are women: Margot Robbie, Millie Bobby Brown, Emily Blunt, Jamie Lee Curtis and Anya Taylor-Joy. None of them made it into the top 10.