Bryce Dallas Howard talks about the salary difference compared to her colleague Chris Pratt
History repeats itself: she is worth 8 million dollars, he 10 and it’s just a gender issue.
Actress Bryce Dallas Howard commented on a 2018 Variety report that she was paid $ 2 million less than her colleague Chris Pratt for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom .
Bryce Dallas Howard seems to have fared even worse than her: “I was paid a lot less than the reports said, a lot less,” she told Insider.
The good news is that Pratt seems to have taken the cause to heart by playing the part of him to turn things around.
Bryce Dallas Howard and the gender pay gap in Jurassic World
The bad thing is that parity still seems a long way off in Hollywood.
“When I started negotiating for Jurassic it was 2014,” said the actress of the new Jurassic Park trilogy , “it was a different world and I was at a great disadvantage. Unfortunately, you have to sign the contract for three films, so your conditions are fixed ».
As a matter of fact, Bryce Dallas Howard was paid less than her male co-star in all three Jurassic World films , a sizable and, more importantly, completely unwarranted loss .
Howard said he talked about the issue directly with Pratt, in order to push for more equal pay on other Jurassic World -related projects that weren’t already contractually bound such as video games or theme park rides.
“We discussed it,” he said, “and whenever there was an opportunity to tip the scales on things that weren’t already negotiated, like a game or a tour, he would literally say to me,” You don’t have to. do anything. I’ll take care of all the negotiations. We’ll be paid the same, and you don’t have to think about it, Bryce. “”.
The actress spoke of an important demonstration of male solidarity, but online there are those who point out that it should be the practice, a question of fairness and not just a mere female problem.
On the other hand, unfortunately, even today it is not at all obvious that those who enjoy a privilege actively commit themselves to change things as Pratt did: “I really love them for this,” Howard said, “really, because I was paid more for this kind of thing than she ever was for movies.
