Comment on How Jessica Chastain helped Octavia Spencer get equal pay was great, and sadly necessary

How Jessica Chastain helped Octavia Spencer get equal pay was great, and sadly necessary

Octavia Spencer; Jessica Chastain (Credit: AP/Jordan Strauss) The fight to close the pay gap in Hollywood is not just about ensuring women actors get compensated equally to their male co-stars but that women of color get compensated equally to their white women co-stars. It’s something actor Jessica Chastain was unaware of but responded to proactively after friend and colleague Octavia Spencer explained the disparity. “I have a story, and you guys are gonna be the first to hear it,” Spencer told a panel on Women Breaking Barriers at the Sundance Film Festival.

 

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