Taraji P Henson talks about Hollywood's pay gap in memoir

Los Angeles, Oct 18 (IANS) A new memoir by "Empire" star Taraji P Henson claims that she was paid far less than her fellow actors, saying she was passed over for a role written for her in favour of a white colleague. In "Around the Way", she also shares that she was paid less than 2 percent of what co-star Brad Pitt received for the Academy Award winning film "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", reports theguardian.com. In "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", Henson played the role of adoptive mother of Pitt's character, a role for which she won an Academy Award nomination in Supporting Actress category, but was forced to pay for her own accommodation costs for the shoot.

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