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" As David Cameron announces plans to tackle the gender pay gap in the UK, Amanda Seyfried has revealed she has faced some serious issues when it comes to pay equality in Hollywood. Amanda, who has starred in the likes of Mamma Mia!, Dear John, In Time and Les Miserables in recent years, has revealed she was once paid a fraction of what one of her male counterparts earned. While she wouldn&amp;#039;t reveal which film she was referring to, she told The Sunday Times: &amp;quot;A few years ago, on one of my big-budget films, I found I was being paid 10 percent of what my male costar was getting. And we were pretty even in status.&amp;quot; She added: &amp;quot;I think people think that just because I&amp;#039;m easy-going and game to do things I&amp;#039;ll just take as little as they offer.&amp;quot; But Amanda says that in her view, &amp;quot;it&amp;#039;s not about how much you get, it&amp;#039;s about how fair it is&amp;quot; and that female stars &amp;quot;have to decide if ... [they&amp;#039;re] willing to walk away from something.&amp;quot;   This isn&amp;#039;t the first time Hollywood&amp;#039;s pay gap has come under fire, though. Last December, it was revealed that Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams were paid less money than their male co-stars for American Hustle. In a leaked Sony email, Andrew Gumpert, president of business affairs and administration for Columbia Pictures, wrote: &amp;quot;The current talent deals are: O&amp;#039;Russell: 9%; Cooper: 9%; Bale: 9%; [Jeremy] Renner: 9%; Lawrence: 7%; Adams: 7%.&amp;quot; In January, Page Six also reported that Charlize Theron had to negotiate her pay for Snow White and the Huntsman prequel The Huntsman, to get a fair deal in comparison to her co-stars.  One source said, &amp;quot;Charlize insisted that she get paid the same money as Chris [Hemsworth]. She has a great track record, so she got the same deal.&amp;quot;  Just earlier this year, Amanda&amp;#039;s Mean Girls co-star Lizzy Caplan agreed, saying at a panel: &amp;quot;I mean, [look at] wage inequality even in our business, which is supposed to be this progressive side of things.&amp;quot; Maybe this time, it&amp;#039;ll be us normals leading where Hollywood follows. Follow Claire o Twitter. CAMERON FINALLY ANNOUNCES PLANS TO TACKLE THE PAY GAP DIANA AGRON SAYS THE PAY GAP IS &amp;quot;GETTING WORSE&amp;quot; IN HOLLYWOOD "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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