Following Jennifer Lawrence's essay on gender pay inequality, several celebrities responded. Bradley Cooper, Emma Watson Jeremy Renner, Lena Dunham and Josh Hutcherson included. In most recent news, Sharon Stone has spoken up about her experiences in Hollywood Wage gap.
"After Basic Instinct, no one wanted to pay me" Stone says. In an event staged in Miami, called FUNKSHION "Celebration of Hope", she told People that she remembers sitting in her kitchen crying to her manager because she didn't get paid. She said she's not going to work until she gets paid.
She added that eventually she did get paid but lesser than any man. She talks more about gender inequality - that the issue exists even beyond Hollywood. "Change has to start with regular pay," Stone says. Stating that it has to start in regular businesses and everything will follow suit - "... regular pay for the regular woman in the regular job."
Like most celebrities, their pre-Hollywood lifestyle started offscreen as a regular paid employee while trying to make it in the big screen. Stone used to work as a waitress. As a working actress she waited on tables and did cleaning jobs, according to People.
Sharon Stone is currently promoting her new TNT Series Agent X. She stars in the television series and also executive produces it. The show debuted on November 8, 2015 with its pilot episode and second episode. The third episode is set to air on November 15.
In the series, Natalie Maccabee (played by Sharon Stone) discovers that the government created a special agent to help the country in times of crisis. There is a paragraph in the US Constitution that highlights this. Agent X is John Case (played by Jeff Hephner). Case handles cases that are too sensitive that the FBI and CIA cannot handle. The series is produced by TNT Originals and directed by Peter O'Fallon.
