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Sienna Miller reveals Chadwick Boseman took a pay cut for '21 Bridges' to ensure she got what she 'deserved'

Chadwick Boseman sent the entire film industry into a zone of shock and grief on August 28, 2020, after succumbing to colon cancer. After a four-year battle, the Black Panther actor passed away due to complications. A month later, Sienna Miller who played the role of detective Frankie Burns in his film 21 Bridges remembered the late actor as a generous and kind person. Talking to an international publication, Sienna recalled how Chadwick left no stone unturned to convince her to come on board. Chadwick had also co-produced 21 Bridges.

"He produced 21 Bridges, and had been really active in trying to get me to do it. He was a fan of my work, which was thrilling, because it was reciprocated from me to him, tenfold. So he approached me to do it, he offered me this film, and it was at a time when I really didn't want to work anymore. I'd been working non-stop and I was exhausted, but then I wanted to work with him," Sienna told.

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Recalling how Chadwick took a pay cut himself so that she could get 'what she deserved to be paid', Sienna said, "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. 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. He said that that was what I deserved to be paid."

Hailing his generosity and support, she added, "It was about the most astounding thing that I've experienced. That kind of thing just doesn't happen. He said, ‘You're getting paid what you deserve, and what you're worth.’ It's just unfathomable to imagine another man in that town behaving that graciously or respectfully. In the aftermath of this I've told other male actor friends of mine that story and they all go very very quiet and go home and probably have to sit and think about things for a while. But there was no showiness, it was, ‘Of course I'll get you to that number, because that's what you should be paid."

(Source: Empire)

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