"**Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale and Jeremy Renner, *American Hustle*** <br><br> While the actual salaries are unclear, the Sony Pictures email hack of 2014 revealed that Lawrence was paid considerably less than her male co-stars despite sharing the same amount of screen time. In one of the emails, the pay grade [was listed](https://www.thedailybeast.com/exclusive-sony-hack-reveals-jennifer-lawrence-is-paid-less-than-her-male-co-stars|target=""_blank"") as this, and referred to a per cent of the movie's profits: ""The current talent deals are: O'Russell: 9%; Cooper: 9%; Bale: 9%; Renner: 9%; Lawrence: 7%; Adams: 7%."" Lawrence addressed the pay gap in an open letter for *Lenny Letter*, writing, ""When the Sony hack happened and I found out how much less I was being paid than the lucky people with dicks, I didn't get mad at Sony. I got mad at myself. I failed as a negotiator because I gave up early. I didn't want to keep fighting over millions of dollars that, frankly, due to two franchises, I don't need. (I told you it wasn't relatable, don't hate me)."""
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