Evan Rachel Wood will be paid the same as her male co-stars for 'Westworld' season three
"I have never been paid the same as my male counterparts…never, never"
"I have never been paid the same as my male counterparts…never, never"
"I have never been paid the same as my male counterparts…never, never"
HBO is making good on its promise to fix the pay disparities for those working on its many popular series. For "Westworld," that means bringing star Evan Rachel Wood's salary up to par with the show's male leads, Anthony Hopkins and Ed Harris.
"I think I’m just now to the point where I’m getting paid the same as my male co-stars," Wood explained during a recent interview with . While the news is great, Wood said that although she always fights for equal pay, she felt that in the first season of "Westworld", she understood being paid less than her very seasoned male co-stars.
By season three, when the pay changes will take effect, however, Wood thinks that the work being done on set is equal and believes that should be reflected in her pay.
"I was just told that, you know, 'Hey, you’re getting equal pay.' And I almost got emotional. I was like, 'I have never been paid the same as my male counterparts … never, never.' I’m always fighting for that. 'Westworld,' it’s like, I get it a little more. It’s like, 'Well, you’re Anthony Hopkins or Ed Harris.' But I think now we’re all doing equal amounts of work and really hard work," she said.
Wood also praised HBO for its recent push to rectify pay disparities.
"There is a lot of trying to make things equal and trying to make things fair," she explained. "This is the first time that somebody made a point of being like, ‘Hey, you’re getting this. And you deserve it.’ And that was nice."