James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe voice 'respect' for Jennifer Lawrence's gender pay gap fight
Actors James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe have voiced their support for Jennifer Lawrence over the Hollywood gender pay gap – but McAvoy said he will not disclose his earnings.
McAvoy – who stars alongside Radcliffe in Victor Frankenstein – said he fully throws his support behind the actress, but does not see how outing his worth like Bradley Cooper suggested, will help the pay divide.
Speaking to Press Association he said: “There is definitely an issue and maybe it would get helped by everybody just outing what they earn. But I don’t want to start putting figures on actors’ heads because it’s not what we do.
“I do realise there is a massive discrepancy with how women get paid to men, but I’m not happy telling the world how much I’ve got in the bank. I wouldn’t be comfortable doing that as a plumber and I’m not comfortable doing it as an actor.”
Speaking about Lawrence – who wrote a letter criticising the gender pay gap in Hollywood – he said: “Jennifer kicked this thing off and I respect that lassy so much. She’s proper brave in real life and she’s proper brave when she does her interviews so maybe I should support it but my instinct is to go ‘In what way is it wise for me to start telling you how much I earn?’.”
Radcliffe said he is shocked by the mentality that still exists, saying: “The fact that the boys were on one deal and the girls were on another deal was weird. What guy was sitting in a studio somewhere going ‘Hey lets bill the girls out of some money’? The fact that that mentality still exists is slightly shocking to me.”
A host of actors and actresses voiced their support for Lawrence after she penned the letter. Emma Watson professed her love for the Hunger Games star while Julia Roberts described her as a "talented whippersnapper".
But Kate Winslet said discussing the issue is "vulgar".
Speaking to BBC Newsbeat she said: “I understand why they are coming up but maybe it's a British thing. I don't like talking about money - it's a bit vulgar isn't it?
“I don't think that's a very nice conversation to have publically at all.”
