Chadwick Boseman Took a Pay Cut to Increase Sienna Miller’s 21 Bridges Salary – Vulture
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Whether it’s giving part of their own larger salary to a costar, or refusing to work on projects with significant gaps in pay equity, individual performers sometimes step in and attempt to balance out Hollywood’s pernicious pay gap, one gig at a time. In a new interview for Empire’s October issue celebrating the late Chadwick Boseman, Sienna Miller recalls how the Black Panther star gave part of his 21 Bridges salary to her to make up the difference in her pay for the film. “I didn’t know whether or not to tell this story, and I haven’t yet. But I am going to tell it because I think it’s a testament to who he was,” says Miller. “This was a pretty ...