Jessica Chastain‘s latest power move may be her best one yet.
The Molly’s Game star is working on a new comedy film with Octavia Spencer, and insisted that the two receive equal pay. In fact, she even negotiated a salary that was way higher than they could have imagined.
Spencer, who starred in The Help with Chastain, revealed what her co-star did for her during a Women Breaking Barriers panel at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Wednesday. Spencer explained that when she first found out about the movie, she explained to Chastain how in addition to women not receiving the same money as men, women of color make a significant less amount of money than white women in the entertainment industry.
“She was like, ‘It’s time that women get paid the same as men!’ And I’m like, ‘Yeah, Jessica! It’s time!,'” the 47-year-old actress shared. “And we were dropping F-bombs and getting it all out there.”
That’s when the conversation switched over to pay for women of color.
“I told her my story and we talked numbers and [Jessica] was quiet, and she had no idea that that’s what it was like for women of color,” Spencer recalled. “She said, ‘Octavia, we’re gonna get you paid on this film. …. You and I are gonna be tied together. We’re gonna be…
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