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Leslie Odom Jr. Refused to Film ‘Hamilton’ for Disney+ Unless They Matched Aaron Tveit’s ‘Grease Live’ Salary

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Leslie Odom Jr. was ready to film Hamilton for Disney+, but he needed equal pay first. The actor, who starred as Aaron Burr in the Broadway production, nearly walked away from filming the special due to a pay gap.“They came to me with an offer and you know, ‘Leslie, we’re shooting tomorrow,’” Odom, 39, recalled during a recent episode of the “Armchair Expert” podcast. “I’m like, ‘Here’s the thing: This is it.

This is my area of expertise. This is all I have. This is my life’s work on the stage, too. And so I just can’t sell it away for magic beans.

I can’t give it away,'”The Tony winner then revealed he went to his agent to get answers.“So I can ask CAA, ‘What does my white counterpart — what does Aaron Tveit make to do Grease Live!

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