Time's Up, and pay equity

[Kimmio Laughterlove]

I just came across this article... It should be hard to believe, but it unfortunately isn't. After Kevin Spacey was erased from the movie, All the Money in the World, and replaced with Christopher Plummer; co-stars Michelle Williams and Mark Wahlberg were called back in for ten days of re-shooting scenes. Wahlberg was paid $1.5M for those ten days, while Williams only got $1000 in per diems for the same work! Wahlberg confirmed this was the case, and donated $1.5M to The Time's Up Defense Fund, in Williams' name. Good for him...but God it makes me mad that even happened - especially in light of the reason the reshoot had to happen in the first place - ultimately, that is, because of men with disproportionate privilege abusing power - ethically (or maybe just to salvage potential box office losses) the producers had to do something about Spacey, but that's as far as they thought it through. How many times has this sort of thing happened before, across sectors, and continues to? Lots, I think.

Mark Wahlberg donating $1.5M to Time's Up fund after All The Money In The World pay controversy

 

[Mendalla]

Actually, the pay discrepancy between male and female stars is a controversy that predates #timesup by years. The saddest part is that we are still having that conversation years after it started.

Here is one article on the subject from last summer, so predating the events of the past few months:

Hollywood gender pay gap revealed: Find out who are the highest paid stars

 

[Mendalla]

To be fair, part of the problem is the studios' reliance on testosterone fueled tentpoles as their money makers. With the success of Wonder Woman and with more female roles opening up in the Marvel universe (Captain Marvel, starring Brie Larson, is upcoming in a year or two, and the next Antman, Antman and The Wasp, has two significant female roles as well) we may see things start to shift. I hope.

 

[Luce NDs]

I just came across this article... It should be hard to believe, but it unfortunately isn't. After Kevin Spacey was erased from the movie, All the Money in the World, and replaced with Christopher Plummer; co-stars Michelle Williams and Mark Wahlberg were called back in for ten days of re-shooting scenes. Wahlberg was paid $1.5M for those ten days, while Williams only got $1000 in per diems for the same work! Wahlberg confirmed this was the case, and donated $1.5M to The Time's Up Defense Fund, in Williams' name. Good for him...but God it makes me mad that even happened - especially in light of the reason the reshoot had to happen in the first place - ultimately, that is, because of men with disproportionate privilege abusing power - ethically (or maybe just to salvage potential box office losses) the producers had to do something about Spacey, but that's as far as they thought it through. How many times has this sort of thing happened before, across sectors, and continues to? Lots, I think.

Mark Wahlberg donating $1.5M to Time's Up fund after All The Money In The World pay controversy

And they say there's no such thing as spatial minds ... now is that out there?

 

[Luce NDs]

To be fair, part of the problem is the studios' reliance on testosterone fueled tentpoles as their money makers. With the success of Wonder Woman and with more female roles opening up in the Marvel universe (Captain Marvel, starring Brie Larson, is upcoming in a year or two, and the next Antman, Antman and The Wasp, has two significant female roles as well) we may see things start to shift. I hope.

After that the gloves or the pan*TZ come off and the relationship get messy ... someone's due to get hellic ally ramped ... wedges'?