Sienna Miller has recalled the moment she was told to “f*** off” by a producer after asking for equal pay.
The actress admitted she was offered “less than half” of what a male c0-star was earning.
Keep reading to find out more…
Miller broke into the Hollywood industry very young.
But throughout her career, the star has been involved in some whirlwind relationships…
In 2004, Miller was in a relationship with Jude Law.
Their relationship was often featured in the tabloid press pages.
The pair became engaged on Christmas Day, 2004.
7 months after their engagement, Law publicly apologized for having an affair with his children’s nanny.
Their relationship was on and off for some time.
But by November 2005, they finally called it quits.
For almost a year, Miller then started dating the Welsh actor Rhys Ifans.
The relationship was then followed by an ill-advised one with actor Balthazar Getty.
Note that Getty was still married at the time of the relationship and a public backlash against Miller saw her London home defaced.
Miller also had a part in the temporary split between Sean Penn and his wife Robin Wright-Penn.
As for her career, modeling was her primary focus before acting.
During her time as a model, she appeared in advertisements for Coca-Cola, Pepe Jeans London, and Prada as well as appearing in the Pirelli calendar in 2003.
In 2004, she then got into acting, which she starred in the movie Layer Cake and Alfie, which she is also best known for.
Alongside that, she’s appeared in multiple other films, such as The Edge of Love, and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.
Up until 2006, Miller had received little acclaim for her acting performances, with many critics struggling so hard to take her work seriously.
It was overshadowed by her socialite status and regular appearances in gossip magazines. Her appearance as Edie Sedgewick in the 2006 movie Factory Girl was, however, widely applauded.
She then rose to fame after appearing as Tippi Hedren in the television film titled The Girl, which was released in 2012.
Her performance in the show earned her a nomination for the BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress- Miniseries.
Not only that, but she became critically acclaimed during the 2010s with her fabulous performance in Foxcatcher.
American Sniper is also another movie that garnered Miller’s success, as well as Mississippi Grind.
Though her career in acting started to look bright, there was a huge problem for women in Hollywood as they would typically get paid less than males — and Miller was a victim to this.
Miller starred in the movie 21 Bridges, along with Chadwick Boseman.
It wasn’t a great time for the actress on the set as she had issues not being paid what she’d asked for.
Miller recalled the time Boseman offered her money from his own pay to ensure she had what she asked for.
“He produced 21 Bridges and had been really active in trying to get me to do it. He was a fan of my work, which was thrilling, because it was reciprocated from me to him, tenfold,” she explained.
“He approached me to do it, he offered me this film, and it was at a time when I really didn’t want to work anymore.
“I didn’t know whether or not to tell this story, and I haven’t yet. But I am going to tell it, because I think it’s a testament to who he was,” Miller continued.
“Chadwick ended up donating some of his salaries to get me to the number that I had asked for that I didn’t receive. He said that that was what I deserved to be paid.
“It was about the most astounding thing that I’ve experienced,” she added.
“That kind of thing just doesn’t happen. He said, ‘You’re getting paid what you deserve, and what you’re worth.’”
But it seems as though that wasn’t the first time Miller got paid less than a male co-star…
The actress has recently recalled the time she was told to “f*** off” after asking for equal pay by a producer.
Miller said that, several years ago, she was “offered less than half” of what a male costar was earning for a play in the New York theatrical district.
She opened up about the incident in an interview with British Vogue.
“I said to the producer, who was extremely powerful, it’s not about money – it’s about fairness and respect, thinking they’d come back and say, ‘Of course, of course.’ But they didn’t. They just said, ‘Well f*** off then,’” she said.
The star refused to name the producer who made the remark, as she still went on to work with them despite the low pay.
She described the incident to be a “pivotal moment” in her career.
Miller said: “I had every right to be equally subsidized for the work that I would have done.”
It was that mentality that led Miller to ask for higher pay in the 21 Bridges movie.
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