A Hollywood spokesperson has slammed on-line rumors about how a lot Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande have been every paid for the brand new Depraved movie adaptation, wherein they co-star as Elphaba and Glinda.
After Depraved made field workplace historical past final weekend, scoring the best opening ever for a Broadway musical adaptation, rumors started swirling on-line that Ariana was paid greater than her fellow lead.
The unsubstantiated stories — circulating primarily on websites like TikTok and Reddit — claimed that Ari was paid $15 million for the function whereas Cynthia solely acquired $1 million.
Earlier than lengthy, quite a few shops revealed tales in regards to the pay disparity stories, propelling the rumors to a a lot wider viewers.
And now, a consultant from Common has shut down the chatter as soon as and for all, clarifying that the 2 stars acquired the identical pay for his or her work on the musical adaptation.
“Studies of pay disparity between Cynthia and Ariana are fully false and primarily based on web fodder,” a spokesperson for the manufacturing firm stated on Tuesday in an announcement supplied to quite a few shops, together with the Hollywood Reporter and Selection. “The ladies acquired equal pay for his or her work on Depraved.”
