Story highlights King, Stone and Riseborough talked for Out magazineStone said she sees parallels between King's time playing and now(CNN) Emma Stone may be playing tennis legend Billie Jean King 40 years after King's most famous match, but the two still have something in common: a problem with gender-based pay disparity in their professions. King sat down with Stone and Andrea Riseborough, another of the stars of the movie in which Stone is playing King, "Battle of the Sexes," for an Out magazine article . It also chronicles the then-closeted King's relationship with her hairdresser Marilyn Barnett (played by Riseborough). That same year King famously threatened to boycott the U.S. Open over pay disparity for female athletes. Stone pointed out that while there are several factors that determine pay in Hollywood, including box office performance, there is a "blanket issue that women, in general, are making four fifths at best."

Source: CNN July 07, 2017 14:37 UTC