Pay disparities at HBO are ?? ?? ???a thing of the past – or so says network exec Casey Bloys. And we have Reese Witherspoon and Time's Up to thank for it.
SEE ALSO: Want to be mad? Claire Foy made less than Matt Smith on 'The Crown'Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Bloys claimed that the movement, along with "some conversations with Reese," had inspired the network to take a good hard look at its own payroll and make some changes.
"We’ve proactively gone through all of our shows — in fact, we just finished our process where we went through and made sure that there were no inappropriate disparities in pay; and where there were, if we found any, we corrected it going forward," he said. "And that’s is a direct result of the Times Up movement."
Bloys, unsurprisingly, declined to name which specific series required corrections, but acknowledged that the stars and their agents shouldn't have had to fight for equality in the first place.
That's not to say all men and women will make exactly the same pay going forward. Bloys explained that the situation is a little different in a show's early stages, when certain stars are coming in with more cachet than others.
But "it becomes more of an issue when you get into season two and season three," Bloys continued.
"When you get into season two or three of a show and the show is a success, it is much harder to justify paying people wildly disparate numbers, and that's where you have to make sure that you're looking at the numbers – that they don't end up just on the path they were on from the pilot stage."
Bloys' comments offer a bit of insight into how wildly uneven salaries are justified to begin with – and how they can be corrected going forward.
It's not unusual for an actor with more experience, fame, and/or prestige to command a higher salary than a relatively unknown co-star. This is reportedly why Matt Smith was paid more than Claire Foy for The Crown, despite the fact that she, not he, was the series lead.
But that means stars are entering new projects on an already-uneven playing field, since actors tend to have more opportunities to begin with. Smith, for instance, had largely built his profile off of Doctor Who, a show that up until last year had never cast a woman in the starring role.
So simply paying actors what their past experience says they're worth tends to put women at a disadvantage. Scale up their salaries from there, and it's easy to see how male stars might continue outearning their female colleagues over the course of the series.
What Bloys says he's doing is taking into account what a star is worth once their show gets going. Once the series is underway, all the actors become an integral part of the project, and it becomes harder to argue that one lead is more valuable than another. (After all, it's not like you can just recast the ones who ask for higher salaries.)
His story illustrates the very real impact of this current movement. Sure, there are and always will be people who pay lip service to Time's Up without lifting a finger to help the movement achieve any of its goals.
But there will also be people who hear the call and decide to act. That makes a difference to everyone who works under Bloys – and, hopefully, sets an example for his peers to follow suit.
arT on not claiming the Legends spot: "I am just happy that I made it through"
Best deals of the day Jan. 23: 17
2023 predictions and Stanley Tucci: The 11 best tweets from the last week of 2022
TikTok's most viral songs in 2022
nitr0: "I'm grateful that I had the opportunity to try again"
The internet is casting its own 'Knives Out' movie
McCarthy as Sisyphus: The 11 best tweets about the House Speaker vote debacle
Best deals of the day Jan. 27: 85
Illustrator Yoshimura to Attend Signings
What is a Bartholin’s cyst and how is it treated?
Kadohata Named Finalist for National Book Award
Ticketmaster Senate hearing brings Taylor Swift puns and Swifties to the Capitol
Meet the graphic designer behind New York Magazine's viral nepotism baby map
Best deals of the day Jan. 4: Schwinn 470 elliptical, 65
Annual Okinawan Bon Dance and Picnic to Be Held July 7
'Real Housewives' star Jen Shah sentenced to 6.5 years in prison: The internet reacts
The 10 best tweets of the week on Elon Musk's very strange Twitter
Ticketmaster Senate hearing: Everything you need to know.
TeamOne, Infinity secure final IEM Rio Americas RMR spots
TikTok knows you're using it as a search engine. It's even made an ad.
Marc Stirdivant Scholarship for Justice LaunchedPanel on ‘Redressing Racial Injustices’Explosive California Wildfires Could Burn into DecemberHonoring Her LegacyA Weary World Welcomes Year of the OxCouncilmember Raman Introduces Motion to Improve City’s Framework for Reporting Hate CrimesMirai Nagasu to Discuss Resiliency and MentorshipOBITUARY: Jeff Folick, 73; Executive, Leader in JA CommunityVOX POPULI: Community Seeks Justice for Evictions of SeniorsModerna, Japan Partner Recall 1.6 Million Doses How to customize your AirPods settings How to turn off read receipts on your iPhone, you old Apple's WWDC 2021 keynote event will be livestreamed June 7 5 things we loved about the 'Friends' reunion Speed up your iPhone typing with some awesome keyboard shortcuts You'll have to wait until June if you want Apple Podcasts subscription Generous strangers on the internet paid to send a young talent to Berklee Maisie Williams launches film club podcast with friends How to see a map of all the photos you take on your iPhone Behind the moving pop songs of Apple TV+'s 'Trying': Interview
0.1437s , 9846.34375 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【?? ?? ???】Reese Witherspoon made HBO fix its pay disparity,Global Hot Topic Analysis
