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Original Title: TIL when the studio refused to meet Sienna Miller’s pay request to star in the film 21 Bridges, Chadwick Boseman gave her part of his salary in order meet her number because he said “that’s what you should be paid”.
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Sienna Miller has revealed that the late actor Chadwick Boseman gave part of his own salary to boost hers when a film studio refused to meet her pay request.
In an interview with Empire magazine, Miller praised Boseman’s act as “about the most astounding thing that I’ve experienced”.
Tributes poured in last month when Boseman died at the age of 43, four years after being diagnosed with colon cancer.
She went on: “This was a pretty big budget film, and everybody understands about the pay disparity in Hollywood, but I asked for a number that the studio wouldn’t get to.
“And because I was hesitant to go back to work and my daughter was starting school and it was an inconvenient time, I said, ‘I’ll do it if I’m compensated in the right way.’ And Chadwick ended up donating some of his salary to get me to the number I had asked for.”
She said she subsequently told male actor friends about Boseman’s actions “and they all go very, very quiet and go home and probably have to sit and think about things for a while.
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