‘The Crown’ Star Says Pay Discrepancies No Longer Secret Following Her Battle
deadline.comClare Foy is satisfied that her battle over pay for The Crown has paid off for other female actors. The British star of the first two series of the Netflix big-budget drama was famously enraged on the discovery that, despite holding the crown of the title in her lead role of a young Elizabeth II, she was being paid less than her co-star Matt Smith, who played a young Prince Philip.
When this discrepancy came to light, the show’s producers Left Bank Pictures explained it down to Smith’s higher profile coming into the show.
However, as Foy emerged the breakout star of the drama – securing a Golden Globe and two Emmy awards for her work – they pledged this would not happen again on the production.
This weekend, Foy told The Times newspaper she realised she had made a difference within the industry. “The difference is, as the female actor, you will get told you get parity. “I’ve had people come up to me and say that they’ve been paid equal because of it.
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