'Brad and Cate got millions': Taraji P. Henson says she made 'less than two percent' of what co-stars got for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Taraji P. Henson said she received what she considers 'sofa change' for her spiritually awakening role in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
The 46-year-old actress revealed what she obviously thought was a curious case of pay inequity between her and her film co-stars Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett.
While Brad and Cate 'got millions,' Taraji claimed she got 'the lowest of six figures' in her new memoir Around the Way Girl, according to Vulture.
Unfair: Taraji P. Henson (pictured Monday) has revealed a blatant example of pay inequality between her and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button co-stars Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett
Taraji also denounced the fact that she had to pay her own hotel expenses when production took place in New Orleans, Louisiana.
But what really ticked her off was making 'less than two percent' of what Brad and Cate were paid for the 2008 David Fincher-directed drama-romance.
'Both Brad and Cate got millions. Me? With bated breath, I sat by the phone for hours, waiting for Vince (her manager) to call and tell me the number that I thought would make me feel good: somewhere in the mid six figures,' Taraji wrote.
Out in the open: The 46-year-old actress (pictured Monday) claimed she got 'the lowest of six figures' while Brad and Cate 'got millions' in her new memoir Around the Way Girl
What a let down: Taraji wrote that she was hoping to get something in the mid-six figure range 'no doubt a mere percentage of what Brad was bringing home'; Brad and Cate pictured 2008
She added: 'No doubt a mere percentage of what Brad was bringing home to Angelina and their beautiful babies, but something worthy of a solid up-and-coming actress with a decent amount of critical acclaim for her work.'
(Of course, Brad is now in the middle of a nasty divorce from Angelina Jolie.)
The actress, meanwhile, revealed how she was sorely disappointed.
'Alas, that request was dead on arrival. "I’m sorry, Taraji," Vince said quietly when we finally connected.
Wishful thinking: ‘They came in at the lowest of six figures. I convinced them to add in a little more, but that’s as high as they’d go,' Taraji wrote while comparing her situation with Cate and Brad's (pictured in 2008)
Transforming role: Brad Pitt played the title role but Taraji's role as his mother led to a 'spiritual awakening' for her and for audiences
‘They came in at the lowest of six figures. I convinced them to add in a little more, but that’s as high as they’d go,' Taraji recalled.
'There was one other thing: I’d have to agree to pay my own location fees while filming in New Orleans, meaning three months of hotel expenses would be coming directly out of my pocket. Insult, meet injury.'
Taraji also went into detail about the racism in Hollywood she was forced to endure in a chapter called On Being a Black Woman in Hollywood.
Promo trail: Taraji was animated while promoting the book on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday
She described how she lost a plum role in the 2014 comedy St. Vincent - that of a pregnant Russian stripper - to Naomi Watts.
'Time and again, I've lost roles because someone with the ability to green-light a film couldn't see black women beyond a very limited purview he or she thought "fit" audience expectations,' Taraji wrote.
Taraji added: 'It was a meaty gig. I would have loved it. Alas, I couldn't get served at that particular restaurant.'
Sweet revenge? The actress won a Golden Globe earlier this year for her performance in the hit series Empire (opposite Terrence Howard)
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