Gwyneth Paltrow On Her IRON MAN Co-Star: "Nobody Is Worth The Money RDJ Is Worth"
Commenting on the massive difference between what male and female stars earn in Hollywood, Gwyneth Paltrow brings up the vast fortune amassed by this year's highest paid actor and her Iron Man/Avengers co-star, Robert Downey Jr. More past the jump...
It was recently announced that there was to be a federal investigation into discrimination against female directors in Hollywood, as just 5% of directors chosen to helm major studio movies are women. If evidence of discrimination is found, it could mean a class action suit and a major shake up for the movie industry in general.
Gwyneth Paltrow has used this announcement to comment on the wage inequality between male and female actors, calling the disparity between the two "painful" during an interview with Variety. The actress uses her MCU co-star Robert Downey Jr. - who made a whopping $80 million this year despite having only made one movie - as an example.
“Your salary is a way to quantify what you’re worth. If men are being paid a lot more for doing the same thing, it feels s***y. Look, nobody is worth the money that Robert Downey Jr. is worth. But if I told you the disparity, you would probably be surprised.”
Obviously Downey Jr. has a much bigger role than Paltrow does in the Iron Man movies, but there's evidence of wage inequality everywhere you look. For example, Jennifer Lawrence was this year's highest paid actress, but still made a hefty $28 million less than RDJ.
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