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Jessica Chastain speaks out about wage gap

The Zookeeper's Wife actress has, throughout her career, pushed for more female directors and crew.

Jessica Chastain is known for being a crusader of gender equality and recently, she was once again quite vocal about the pay parity in Hollywood. In an interview with Variety, the 40-year-old actress said, “I’m not taking jobs anymore where I’m getting paid a quarter of what the male co-star is being paid,” and added, “I’m not allowing that in my life.” The Zookeeper’s Wife actress has, throughout her career, pushed for more female directors and crew, and sought better representation of female characters in films.

She also revealed, “There was something huge that I recently turned down. For me, it wasn’t about the money; it was an old-fashioned problem of the wage gap. I turned it down, and they didn’t come back. I remember afterwards I was like, ‘What did I do? Maybe it was a mistake.’ But it wasn’t, because everyone in the studio system heard what I did. So what you’re doing is creating a reputation: Don’t bring Jessica something where she’s not being fairly compensated compared to the male actor. Even though I lost that film, I’ve created a boundary. I drew a line in the sand.”

( Source : Agencies )
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