Bryce Dallas Howard Reveals She Earned ‘So Much Less’ Money for ‘Jurassic World’ Than Costar Chris Pratt

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Spotlighting the glass ceiling. Bryce Dallas Howard opened up about the pay disparity between her and Jurassic World costar Chris Pratt — revealing there was quite a significant wage gap.“The reports [on how much we made] were so interesting because I was paid so much less than the reports even said, so much less,” Howard, 41, told Insider in an interview that was published on Monday, August 15. “When I started negotiating for Jurassic [World], it was 2014, and it was a different world, and I was at a great disadvantage.

And, unfortunately, you have to sign up for three movies, and so your deals are set.”Jurassic World hit theaters in 2015, and its sequel, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, debuted three years later.

At the time, Variety reported that Howard made $8 million on the project, while Pratt, 43, walked away with $10 million.The powers-that-be at Universal Pictures may have kept her from pay parity, but Howard revealed that Pratt, upon learning of the financial difference, pushed for the Twilight saga actress to earn more money from other franchise opportunities that were not already contracted.“Chris and I have discussed it, and whenever there was an opportunity to move the needle on stuff that hadn’t been already negotiated, like a game or a ride, he literally told me: ‘You guys don’t even have to do anything.

I’m gonna do all the negotiating. We’re gonna be paid the same, and you don’t have to think about this, Bryce,'” the 50/50 star shared. “I love him so much for doing that.