20 times actors were drastically underpaid for iconic roles

"Wolfs" World Premiere - Venice International Film Festival - Source: Getty
"Wolfs" World Premiere - Venice International Film Festival - Source: Getty

10) Michelle Williams - All the Money in the World

"Anora" Premiere - 50th Deauville American Film Festival - Source: Getty
"Anora" Premiere - 50th Deauville American Film Festival - Source: Getty

Michelle Williams was paid a minimum of $1,000 for All the Money in the World (2017) reshoots, while Mark Wahlberg made about $1.5 million for the same film. The resulting media furor kept Hollywood talking about pay equity. Four-time Oscar nominee Michelle Williams thanked "Gender Pay Gap Awareness" raised by the controversy in subsequent interviews. Wahlberg eventually donated his paycheck to charity in the name of Williams, but this issue remains an extreme example of imbalance in the industry.

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Edited by Sugnik Mondal