The director of American Hustle, David O. Russell, finally responds to that scathing Jennifer Lawrence essay on sexism and the gender pay gap in Hollywood.
David O. Russell’s favorite actress has to be Jennifer Lawrence. He puts her in basically every movie he works on. For example, Jennifer Lawrence was in Russell’s American Hustle, Silver Linings Playbook, and the upcoming feature film Joy.
Recently, David O. Russell responded to Jennifer Lawrence’s comments on sexism in Hollywood.
“I always support all my actors and all their opinions, and I want them all to get what they need,” Russell told the Hollywood Reporter at a fundraiser Wednesday. “I don’t really talk about the minutiae of what goes on in my movies, but I believe the spirit of what Jennifer is saying is truthful to her heart. I support her and all women in that.”
David O. Russell continued on by saying: “When the Sony hack happened and I found out how much less I was being paid than the lucky people with d???s, I didn’t get mad at Sony,” she wrote. “I got mad at myself. … I would be lying if I didn’t say there was an element of wanting to be liked that influenced my decision to close the deal without a real fight. I didn’t want to seem ‘difficult’ or ‘spoiled.’”
Jennifer Lawrence’s essay, which was published last week, revealed her constant frustration following the Sony Hack revealing that she earned way less money than her male costars in American Hustle.
Russell continued by saying to The Hollywood Reporter, “I understand what she’s saying, and I think people in the business do too, and I also understand people saying, ‘Well, let’s talk about the minutiae of the deal.’ It’s hard to make a movie come together with a lot of big stars. American Hustle had a lot of big stars in it. We all contributed to help make it happen.”
Russell is the latest American Hustle cast and crew member to respond to Jennifer Lawrence’s essay. Bradley Cooper recently told reporter that he will start working with female costars in order to negotiate equal pay. Meanwhile, Jeremy Renner said that it’s “not my job”.
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