Octavia Spencer thanks Jessica Chastain for equal pay | Inquirer Entertainment
Word of Mouth

Octavia Spencer thanks Jessica Chastain for equal pay

/ 12:35 AM January 28, 2018

Spencer (left) and Chastain —AP

Actress Octavia Spencer recently thanked her friend and “The Help” costar Jessica Chastain for brokering a deal that got them paid multiple times their initial asking salary.

At a recent panel at the Sundance Film Festival, the Academy Award-winning Spencer recalled conversing with Chastain about getting paid less for acting: “I told her my story, and we talked numbers, and she was quiet … she said she had no idea that that was what it was like for women of color.”

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Spencer continued, “I love that woman, because she’s actually walking the walk and talking the talk. She said, ‘Octavia, we’re gonna get you paid on this film. You and I are going to be tied together … we’re gonna make the same thing.’ Fast forward to last week, we’re making five times what we asked for.”

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Spencer, choking up, clarified, “These are happy tears!”

They will be working together on an as yet-untitled holiday comedy.

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Laurie Metcalf to guest in ‘Supergirl’

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“Lady Bird” actress Laurie Metcalf will be making a guest appearance in the comic book-inspired series, “Supergirl.”

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It’s an easy decision to make, since her daughter, 12-year-old Mae, is “obsessed with Supergirl, [and actress] Melissa Benoist,” Metcalf told Entertainment Tonight.

“It’s a great show… I weasled my way onto [it]—I pulled whatever strings that I could to get us up to Vancouver and hang out [on] the set with the cast,” she said.

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Metcalf will play Mary McGowan, the mother of Supergirl’s pal, Winn (Jeremy Jordan), in a future episode.

Metcalf (left) and Benoist

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