Priyanka Chopra says she is lastly getting paid the identical as her male costar for the primary time in 23 years

• Priyanka Chopra Jonas stated she is being paid the identical as her male costar for the primary time in 23 years.
• She stated that Amazon boss Jennifer Salke authorised her request for “Citadel,” which costars Richard Madden.
• Chopra Jonas added that she thinks the request was authorised as a result of her boss was a lady.

Priyanka Chopra Jonas stated she was paid the identical as her male costar for the primary time in her 23-year appearing profession for her newest collection, “Citadel.”

Within the new Amazon Prime Video collection, Chopra Jonas and former “Recreation of Thrones” actor Richard Madden star as spies whose recollections are wiped.

Throughout Chopra Jonas’ look on “The View” Tuesday to advertise the collection, the 40-year-old actor stated that she was stunned that her request for equal pay was accepted.

“Thank God. 23 years later,” Chopra Jonas stated. “The top of movie and TV for Amazon Prime is Jennifer Salke, whose thought was ‘Citadel.’ She got here in 5 years in the past and she or he wished to construct this world universe with authentic IP. I’m wondering if the pinnacle of the studio was not feminine, would this have been a special dialog? Wouldn’t it have been a dialog?”

Chopra Jonas stated that her group informed Amazon, “‘They’re taking part in co-leads, they need to be paid the identical.'”

“She was like, ‘Yeah, it is solely truthful.’ My cynical self was like, ‘No, that is by no means going to occur.’ I’m telling my brokers, ‘You’ll be able to ask for it, however, guys, I’ve executed this for a very long time,'” the actor continued.

Chopra Jonas added that following “Citadel,” she began receiving pay equal to her male lead costars for different tasks.

“Girls must be in decision-making choices as a result of it adjustments different ladies’s lives. After ‘Citadel,’ each job I’ve executed the place I am the co-lead, I’ve gotten parity. So it did change my life,” she stated. 

In recent times, a number of actors have opened up about pay gaps between women and men in Hollywood.

In 2019, the “Gray’s Anatomy” star Ellen Pompeo informed Selection that she nearly give up the present after listening to that her costar Patrick Dempsey was being paid nearly twice what she was when the present began.

Chopra Jonas herself has additionally spoken about her pay hole along with her male costars earlier than. Whereas discussing her Bollywood profession, Chopra Jonas informed BBC 100 Girls that she was paid 10% of what a few of her male costars made.

“I’ve by no means had pay parity in Bollywood. I might receives a commission about 10% of the wage of my male co-actor,” Chopra Jonas stated. “We have requested, however we have not acquired it.”

“Citadel” is accessible to stream on Amazon Prime Video.