Benedict Cumberbatch is demanding equal pay for all his future female co-stars.
The “Avengers: Infinity War’ star told Radio Times he would no longer sign on projects unless his female co-stars are receiving an equal wage.
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“It’s about implementation,” the “Sherlock” and “The Imitation Game” star added. “Equal pay and a place at the table are the central tenets of feminism. 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.’”
Cumberbatch, 41, also plans on following through on that promise when it comes to his own production company.
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“I’m proud that [my business 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 the actor.
Concluding, “If it’s centred around my name, to get investors, then we can use that attention for a raft of female projects. Half the audience is female. And, in terms of diversity, ‘Black Panther’ is now the third most successful film of all time.”
