Jennifer Lawrence gets backlash for competing with Leonardo DiCaprio in salary
Jennifer Lawrence believes that she has to receive a lower salary than Leonardo DiCaprio just because she is a woman. The actress’s statement is receiving mixed reactions.
It has been more than a year since the black comedy “Don’t Look Up” by director Adam McKay was released on Netflix, but the information surrounding it has become a matter of discussion until now.
Recently, a source from Unilad said that Jennifer Lawrence was unhappy when she discovered that Leonardo DiCaprio received a salary of 30 million USD, 5 million USD more than her, when they both starred in “Don’t Look Up”.
Playing two astronomers Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence), they accidentally discover a meteorite about to hit Earth, which could lead to the end of the world.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence are in the Top 10 highest-paid actors in Hollywood in 2021.
They are talented actors, so receiving 25-30 million USD for a role is considered worthy.
Jennifer Lawrence is a star who won the Oscar for Best Actress for the movie “Silver Linings Playbook” in 2013.
Meanwhile, Leonardo DiCaprio is the most famous actor in Hollywood. Not only did he win the Best Actor Oscar in 2016, Leo is also known as the “box office guarantee”, rarely has any project he participated in failed to generate revenue in the past decade.
However, Jennifer Lawrence is dissatisfied with this salary. Previously, in an interview with Vogue magazine in October 2022, Lawrence also mentioned being paid less than Leo: “The problem is that no matter how hard I try, I can’t get paid as much as him. Is it because I’m a woman?”.
However, the fact that Jennifer Lawrence’s salary is 5 million USD higher than Leonardo DiCaprio’s has received mixed reactions.
The audience thinks that Jennifer, on behalf of many female actors, speaking out about gender discrimination in Hollywood is a good thing. However, comparing her own salary with Leo’s is lame.
Many opinions have pointed out that, in fact, Leonardo DiCaprio has more seniority, position and commercial value than Jennifer Lawrence.
Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio in the 1997 blockbuster “Titanic”.
Since his memorable role in “Titanic” (1997) – the 4th highest-grossing film in the history of world cinema, receiving 14 nominations and winning 11 Oscars – Leonardo DiCaprio has become a top Hollywood star.
Director Quentin Tarantino once revealed that Leonardo can almost choose to act in any film he likes, because he is a guarantee of box office revenue.
This is not the first time Jennifer Lawrence has caused controversy over her statements.
Late last year, in an interview with Variety, Jennifer shocked everyone when she proudly affirmed that she was the first woman to star in an action movie (The Hunger Games). Through that, the actress mentioned the issue of gender discrimination in Hollywood when men are always respected more.
But her sharing received a lot of criticism. The audience thought that the Oscar-winning star was overconfident and told the truth. Before Jennifer Lawrence, Hollywood had many excellent “action women” such as Sigourney Weaver in “Alien”, Angelina Jolie in “Salt”, Uma Thurman in “Kill Bill”…
Some viewers also pointed out that when she starred in “Passengers” with Chris Pratt, Jennifer Lawrence was paid 8 million USD more than her male co-star. But now, Jennifer Lawrence is using the salary issue to talk about the issue of “feminism”.
