Story highlights Spencer shared the story at SundanceChastain has been championing women in Hollywood(CNN) According to Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain isn't just talking about pay disparity in Hollywood -- she's doing something about it. The pair are appearing together in an upcoming comedy and Spencer said last March their talk turned to the lack of pay equality for women in Hollywood. The Academy Award-winning actress said she and Chastain were talking passionately, "dropping F bombs" and all, about the need for women to be paid as much as their male counterparts. "I said, 'But here's the thing, women of color on that spectrum, we make far less than white women,'" Spencer recalled. "So, if we're gonna have that conversation about pay equity, we gotta bring the women of color to the table."

Source: CNN January 26, 2018 13:52 UTC