Lady Gaga will earn 10 million less than Joaquin Phoenix in ‘Joker 2’

Lady Gaga’s fans have shown their discontent at the revelation of the salary that the artist will receive for her participation in the movie ‘Joker 2’, the long-awaited sequel to the Oscar-nominated film starring Joaquin Phoenix. As revealed in a publication in the magazine ‘Variety’, Lady Gaga would be charging 10 million dollars for her interpretation of ‘Harley Quinn’, 10 million less than Phoenix and the director of the film, Todd Phillips. This has caused a real stir in social networks due to the large salary gap between two great artists who play leading roles in the same film.

As expected, due to the success of the first film and the recognition after winning the Oscar for ‘Best Actor’, Phoenix’s salary increased significantly from 4.5 million to 20 million. In fact, the actor’s salary increase is very well justified, however, the inequality between the actor’s salary and that of Lady Gaga is what has triggered a series of reactions against the Hollywood industry in recent days, since they affirm that this would be a new case of salary disparity between genders, something that has been strongly criticized in recent years.

Both Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga are world-renowned artists with a great career, although it is no secret that the interpreter of ‘Bad Romance’ is one of the most important pop divas of recent years and, also, like Phoenix , also has an Oscar Award. For this reason, an intense debate has been generated about the difference in salaries between them. Many claim that she is earning less money for the simple fact of being a woman, while others support the theory that the pay gap is due to Gaga’s role being less important than Phoenix’s.

Jennifer Lawrence wrote an essay that would explain what is happening to Lady Gaga

In 2015, actress Jennifer Lawrence decided to break the silence in Hollywood by publishing the essay ‘Why do I earn less than my male co-stars?’, revealing that actresses tend to earn less money in the film industry for the simple fact of being women. “When the Sony hack happened and I found out how much money I was making, less than people lucky enough to be born male, I wasn’t mad at Sony. I got angry with myself. I felt like I had failed as a negotiator because I gave up early. I didn’t want to keep fighting for millions of dollars which, frankly, because of two franchises, I don’t need. (I already said it was unidentifiable, don’t hate me for it),” Lawrence said.

“We have only been able to vote for the last 90 years? […] Could there still be a lingering habit of trying to express our opinions in a way that doesn’t ‘offend’ or ‘scare’ men? gender equality are attentive to the artist’s statements.