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Michelle Williams made a fraction of Mark Wahlberg’s salary—and Hollywood is furious

They're represented by the same agency.

 

Michelle Jaworski

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Posted on Jan 10, 2018   Updated on May 22, 2021, 5:16 am CDT

Actors at the Golden Globes showed their support for Time’s Up, a movement aiming to fight against sexual harassment and the gender pay gap. Now the major pay disparity between All the Money in the World stars Michelle Williams and Mark Wahlberg shows that fight is just getting started.

USA Today reported on Wednesday that Wahlberg made $1.5 million during reshoots of All the Money in the World while Williams received an $80 per diem, totaling under $1,000. The reshoots were done after Christopher Plummer famously replaced Kevin Spacey, who was dropped from the film following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. With those totals, Williams received less than 1 percent of what Wahlberg was paid.

The film’s stars originally waived the pay they would have received in order to reshoot all of the scenes Spacey appeared in. Director Ridley Scott confirmed last month that while Plummer and the crew were paid for their work, he, Williams, and Wahlberg returned for free.

But unbeknownst to Williams, Wahlberg was paid $1.5 million for the reshoots, a fee negotiated by his agents; coincidentally, Williams and Wahlberg are represented by the same agency, William Morris Endeavor.

 

Williams also supported Scott and the idea of doing the reshoots for free and even gave up her holiday for the reshoots.

“I said I’d be wherever they needed me, whenever they needed me,” she said last month. “And they could have my salary, they could have my holiday, whatever they wanted. Because I appreciated so much that they were making this massive effort.”

Williams is credited as a lead actress for All the Money in the World and received a Golden Globes nomination for the role. The report led to fellow creators and actors in Hollywood to stand up for Williams and call Wahlberg out.

H/T HuffPost

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*First Published: Jan 10, 2018, 10:32 am CST