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Michelle Williams did not get all the money in the world for her role in her latest movie co-starring Mark Wahlberg. But, uh, he did and a number of Hollywood stars are pretty upset about it as the industry continues to push for gender equality.
The 37-year-old actress, who has been nominated for four Oscars, made less than $1,000 for those "All the Money in the World" reshoots to replace Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer, according to USA Today. Meanwhile, Wahlberg received a whopping $1.5 million, which means Williams got paid less than 1 percent of what her male co-star did.
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USA Today reported, "Wahlberg's team actually negotiated a hefty fee, with the actor paid $1.5 million for his reshoots. Williams wasn't told." The director of the film, Ridley Scott, previously told the publication that he and Michelle did the shoot basically for free, only collecting a daily $80 per diem during the 10-day shoot. The Washington Post first reported Wahlberg was paid "at least $2 million."
Even more puzzling: Both Williams and Wahlberg are represented by the same talent agency, William Morris Endeavor.
"That's the park that f-cked me up," NBC star Retta ("Parks and Recreation") tweeted. "The f-ck is WME doing? Talk about f-cking the optics for your female clientele."
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Please go see Michelle's performance in All The Money in The World. She's a brilliant Oscar nominated Golden Globe winning actress. She has been in the industry for 20 yrs. She deserves more than 1% of her male costar' s salary. https://t.co/HIniew6lf7
@jes_chastain
Michelle Williams was paid 1% of what her male co-star made on her latest film. This is totally unacceptable. https://t.co/xE5ZNqjcrA
@ambertamblyn
Michelle Williams is a captivating, brilliant talent. Her willingness to take 1k to fix the film is wholly honorable. Why didn't @WME protect their client? Because they were too busy leveraging her shitty deal to get Wahlberg more money. Wahlberg packaged Entourage at WME.
@mrDaveKrumholtz
Hired talent representatives act as the sole defense against scrupulous, cutthroat offers & aggressive negotiating stances made by corporate owned film & television studios to artists. But this does not occur often as the bigger agencies tend to emulate that same corporate model.
@mrDaveKrumholtz
At the end of the day, an artist cannot possibly do more for their talent agency than a high powered film or TV executive can.
@mrDaveKrumholtz
And artists are barred from communicating with the business affairs folks who negotiate their deals.
Oh, and the Screen Actors Guild is NO WHERE.
Michelle Williams is one of the best actress working right now. It makes me furious that her talent is undervalued in this way. #EqualPay https://t.co/Tk5t9iDQd0
@jessetyler
Shameful indeed. And this is a movie about how greedy and heartless men can be! https://t.co/aRTi2tqWGG
@billyeichner
That's the park that fucked me up. The fuck is WME doing? Talk about fucking the optics for your female clientele. (insert side-eye emoji here) pic.twitter.com/YpMTdqHhfJ
@unfoRETTAble
REMINDER THAT MICHELLE WILLIAMS WAS NOMINATED FOR A GOLDEN GLOBE FOR HER PERFORMANCE IN ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD AND MARKY MARK WAS NOT AND YET HE GOT ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD TO BE THERE.
@CaseyCip
Lot of lessons here. Always know your worth, being among them. I'm not blaming Michelle Williams at all, but this is why women should never feel guilty about being demanding. https://t.co/GngsvkN82d
@jemelehill
Absolutely Unacceptable #timesupnow
@RWitherspoon
This is the type of pay disparity women in every industry experience every day. Even actresses. This is what we're fighting for. #PayGap #In$quality #TIMESUP https://t.co/mdM9VYJOrj
@ambertamblyn
Agreed! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 https://t.co/gPvSJx6YDJ
@EvaLongoria
There needs to be new language voiding deals made unless all people participate in the favored nations structure
@PattyArquette
