actor Bryce Dallas Howard said in an interview that he was paid significantly less than his co-star Chris Pratt in Jurassic World . 8} Film franchises provide another example of Hollywood's leading women being paid less than their male counterparts.
Jurassic World The trilogy is a spin-off project set in the universe of the original Jurassic Park series, with Howard and Pratt co-starring in the franchise.
In 2018,Variety reported that Howard was paid $8 millionfor his second film in the franchise Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. reported that Pratt earned his $10 million. However, in an interview with Insider's published Monday, Howard said she was paid "much less" than that.
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"The report was very interesting because the salary was much less than what was written on the report," Howard said. “When we started negotiatingJurassicin 2014, it was a different world and I was at a huge disadvantage. Your deal is set, because you have to sign up for .”
Howard told Insider that he spoke to Pratt about the pay gap, and that the actor has been working on her original projects, including video games and theme park attractions. said he helped negotiate better terms for other franchise opportunities that hadn't been finalized.
"All I can say is that Chris and I have talked about it. Whenever there was an opportunity to move the needle on games, rides, or anything else that hadn't been negotiated yet, he Literally said... Me: "You guys don't have to do anything. I'll handle all the negotiations. We'll be paid the same and you don't have to think about this, Bryce," Howard said.
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Howard thanked Pratt for intervening, saying, "And I love him so much for doing that. I'm paying a lot more for stuff like that than for a movie, so I really like it."
This isn't the first time Howard has spoken out about the pay gap between male and female actors in Hollywood.
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}In a 2018 interview with Redbook, Howard saidof the most successful female celebrities. It's completely, completely, astronomically different from what you get paid...and for women of color, it's hundreds of times worse."
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Gender pay gap in Hollywood Leading women in recent years
Jessica Chastain told the Huffington Post in 2015 that In, said Martians were paid far less than outlets reporting salaries. Earned about $25 million, while Chastain received about $1.75 million. I got it.
In another example, Gillian Anderson told The Hollywood Reporter to pay half of David Duchovny's salary for The X-Filesrevival.
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