Benedict Cumberbatch Says He’d Turn Down Roles If Women Didn’t Have Equal Pay

In an interview with Radio Times, Benedict Cumberbatch said he would turn down acting roles if they were part of productions where women didn’t get equal pay. Here are highlights:

On wanting equal pay for women: “Equal pay and a place at the table are the central tenets of feminism. Look at your quotas. Ask what women are being paid, and say: ‘If she’s not paid the same as the men, I’m not doing it.’”

On the women in his production company: “I’m proud that [partner] Adam [Ackland] and I are the only men in our production company; our next project is a female story with a female lens about motherhood, in a time of environmental disaster. If it’s centred around my name, to get investors, then we can use that attention for a raft of female projects. Half the audience is female!”