The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button.Speaking in a new interview, the Empire actor talked about being paid less than her white co-stars in the 2008 Brad Pitt-led movie that earned her an Oscar nomination.“I felt like what I was asking, at that time of my career, was fair to the ticket sales that I would contribute to this big film,” Henson told the Ladies First With Laura Brown podcast. “[The studio] wouldn’t do it… and then I was gutted.”The actor, who is also known for her roles in Think Like A Man, Hidden Figures and The Best Of Enemies, said that after paying her team she only took home $40K (£28,320) for her work on the box office hit that grossed over $335million (£237million) worldwide (according to IMDB).Elsewhere in the interview,.
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