Posted on 05/13/2018 8:10:07 AM PDT by EdnaMode
In an era where the social climate where the landscape for marginalized communities are shifting — in both good and bad ways — Benedict Cumberbatch has come forward to give his stance on a pressing issue facing Hollywood and beyond: pay equality.
Dr. Strange is attempting to work his magic and his influential platform to change the way women are paid in Hollywood. In a recent interview with Radio Times magazine, Cumberbatch said, “Equal pay and a place at the table are the central tenets of feminism.
Tha Avengers: Infinity War actor added, “Look at your quotas. Ask what women are being paid, and say: ‘If she’s not paid the same as the men, I’m not doing it.’
The Academy Award-nominated actor isn’t just talk. His production company, SunnyMarch is practically run by women and aims to focus on more female-focused dramas.
“I’m proud that [partner] Adam [Ackland] and I are the only men in our production company; our next project is a female story with a female lens about motherhood, in a time of environmental disaster,” said Cumberbatch. “If it’s centered around my name, to get investors, then we can use that attention for a raft of female projects. Half the audience is female!”
Cumberbatch stars in Patrick Melrose which debuts tonight on Showtime.
What if a female lead is paid more than Cumberbach? Will she lower her salary to match his, or demand he be paid more?
Its time for male porn actors to get paid as much as female porn actors too
All actors should be paid the same, see how they like it.
Never heard of him and do not care to.
I don'r know wh he is, so I won't miss him...
Waiting for complete AI actors to put these coiffured pansies out of business......
Within ten years, I expect AI actors to be the trend, and the actor’s union will be shocked at the quick nature that their folks zero out their careers.
Meanwhile the studios outsource the film scores to Eastern European orchestras and the locations to Louisana (as New York) or Canada or Romania (as various locations in the US).
But as long as the stars are still pulling in the big bucks, right? #WeTakeCareOfOurOwn #OnePercenterLife
Agreed. Minimum wage for all would make them truly equal, wouldn’t it?
What about the studio janitors?
Wait a minute. It’s good to eliminate gender inequalities. But what about class inequalities?
Shouldn’t the stagehands, janitors, etc. all be paid the same as the stars?
Well, he gets paid less because he is British. This could work.
He could always even the paychecks out by giving her part of his.
Virtue signal much?
Yup
Benedict Cumberbatch
Did he steal that names from a Dickens novel?
i wish these people would keep their opinions to themselves
“Paid Equally”.
He’s going to get a lot of offers, because he just offered to work for half the price of other leading male actors.
Well, at least he’s doing something concrete and actually making a sacrifice. We always loathe Hollywood types here at FR because they say one thing and do another. Talk about carbon footprints, and then go by private jet to their yacht. Talk about gun control and then hire armed guards. We always tell them to put their money where their mouth is. FINALLY one of them is attempting to do it. I say good for Benedict.
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