Chadwick Boseman Took Pay Cut To Give Sienna Miller Salary She 'Deserved'
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Weeks after Chadwick Boseman’s death, those who knew him are continuing to memorialise a man who more than lived up to his superhero alter ego.
The “Black Panther” actor starred opposite Sienna Miller in one of his final films, “21 Bridges,” which he also produced. Boseman died in August at age 43 after a four-year battle with cancer.
Miller is revealing the instrumental role Boseman played in securing her an equitable salary on the film, which she described as the “most astounding thing that I’ve experienced” in the film industry.
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“I didn’t know whether or not to tell this story, and I haven’t yet. But I am going to tell it, because I think it’s a testament to who he was,” Miller shared with Empire magazine in a tribute to the late actor published on Monday.
The British actor said that when the studio denied her initial salary demand, Boseman stepped in to donate part of his own paycheck to ensure that she got what she “deserved to be paid.”
“This was a pretty big-budget film, and I know that everybody understands about the pay disparity in Hollywood, but I asked for a number that the studio wouldn’t get to,” Miller explained. “And because I was hesitant to go back to work and my daughter was starting school and it was an inconvenient time, I said, ‘I’ll do it if I’m compensated in the right way.’ And Chadwick ended up donating some of his salary to get me to the number that I had asked for....
