Olivia Colman: I would be paid extra if I used to be Oliver, says actress – as she hits out at gender pay hole | Ents & Arts Information

Olivia Colman has criticised gender pay disparity, saying if she was a person, she can be incomes “a f*** of much more than I’m”.

The Oscar-winning actress, who starred as Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown, was additionally scathing in regards to the long-held concept that male actors draw extra individuals to cinemas.

Colman, 50, was requested on CNN’s Christiane Amanpour programme about girls being taken extra severely in Hollywood.

She mentioned: “Analysis means that they’ve [women have] all the time been huge field workplace attracts… do not get me began on the pay disparity however male actors receives a commission extra as a result of they used to say they draw within the audiences and truly, that hasn’t been true for many years.

“However they nonetheless like to make use of that as a cause to not pay girls as a lot as their male counterparts.”

Colman added: “I am very conscious that if I used to be Oliver Colman, I would be incomes a f*** of much more than I’m… I do know of 1 pay disparity, which is a 12,000% distinction… do the maths.”

She was on the information present to speak about her new movie Depraved Little Letters – in regards to the true story of poisoned pen messages that hit the city of Littlehampton in West Sussex within the Twenties.

Adam Sandler was the best paid actor of 2023, incomes $73m (£57m) due to his Netflix movie Homicide Thriller 2 and his stand-up comedy tour, in keeping with the US enterprise journal Forbes’ annual record.

Margot Robbie was the second highest earner on $59m (£46m) after starring in and producing the blockbuster Barbie.

The one different lady within the prime 10 was Associates star Jennifer Aniston, who positioned sixth with $42m (£33m).

Tom Cruise was third on the record, incomes $45m (£35m) after the most recent within the Mission: Unattainable sequence film, whereas Barbie star Ryan Gosling and Oppenheimer actor Matt Damon each positioned fourth with $43m (£34m).

Leonardo DiCaprio, Denzel Washington, Jason Statham and Ben Affleck made up the remainder of the highest 10.

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Colman, who gained an Academy Award for 2018’s The Favorite, has complained about pay disparity and different double requirements within the trade earlier than.

She instructed the Radio Instances podcast final month that “among the biggest-grossing movies, Barbie, Bridesmaids, Thelma & Louise, are led by girls”.

She mentioned: “Individuals say males receives a commission extra as a result of they get extra bums on seats. That is a lie! It may be proved within the field workplace. I do not know why we’re nonetheless having to debate it!”