Octavia Spencer Overcome with Emotion Revealing Jessica Chastain Helped Her Earn 5x More

Actress Octavia Spencer has fellow screen star Jessica Chastain to thank for being able to command five times more salary on the pair's most recent film project. On a panel about women breaking barriers at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, Spencer revealed that Chastain negotiated her being paid the same amount for their upcoming film, by making the two leading ladies a bundle.