Olivia Colman slams 'sexist' Hollywood, says would have earned 'f*** lot more' if she was a male actor

Olivia Colman recently opened up about pay disparity in Hollywood. Even after delivering commercially and critically acclaimed films and shows including Netflix’s The Crown and The Favourite, Olivia believes she is yet to get her due from the industry.

While speaking at an event about the inequalities in wages in film and TV entertainment industries, Olivia said that she would have made a “f*** of a lot more” if she were a male actor.

Olivia Colman says it like it is

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The Oscar-winning actress said, “Don’t get me started on the pay disparity, but male actors get paid more because they used to say they drew in the audiences. And actually, that hasn’t been true for decades but they still like to use that as a reason to not pay women as much as their male counterparts.”

The Lost Daughter actress when asked if she faced pay disparity herself said, “I’m very aware that if I was Oliver Colman, I’d be earning a f*** of a lot more than I am.” She added, “I know of one pay disparity, which is a 12,000 percent difference.”

Taraji P Henson on being unable to break the ceiling

Olivia Colman’s comments come months after Taraji P. Henson opened up in The Hollywood Reporter‘s Color Purple December cover story about feeling stuck within the same pay bracket despite having a successful career in the industry.

At the time, she said, “I’ve been getting paid and I’ve been fighting tooth and nail every project to get that same freaking [fee] quote. And it’s a slap in the face when people go, ‘Oh girl, you work all the time. You always working.’ Well, goddammit, I have to. It’s not because I wish I could do two movies a year and that’s that. I have to work because the math ain’t mathing. And I have bills.”

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Henson continued, “I’ve been doing this for two decades and sometimes I get tired of fighting because I know what I do is bigger than me. I know that the legacy I leave will affect somebody coming up behind me. My prayer is that I don’t want these Black girls to have the same fights that me and Viola [Davis], Octavia [Spencer], we out here thugging it out. Otherwise, why am I doing this? For my own vanity? There’s no blessing in that. I’ve tried twice to walk away [from the business]. But I can’t, because if I do, how does that help the ones coming up behind me?”