The Crown (TV series)

==== Gender pay gap controversy ====
The Left Bank producers stated that Smith was paid more than Foy for the first two seasons, partly because of his ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fame.<ref name="FoySmithPay">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/the-crown-season-3-donald-trump-megan-markle-1202725163/|title=Claire Foy Was Paid Less Than Matt Smith on 'The Crown'|last=Birnbaum|first=Debra|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=13 March 2018|access-date=26 March 2018|archive-date=25 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325213447/http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/the-crown-season-3-donald-trump-megan-markle-1202725163/|url-status=live}}</ref> This led to a [[gender pay gap]] controversy, including the creation of a petition asking Smith to donate the difference between his and Foy's salary to the [[Time's Up Legal Defense Fund]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/petition-matt-smith-the-crown-salary-times-up-1202729883/|title=Petition Calls on Matt Smith to Donate Part of His Salary From 'The Crown' to Time's Up|last=Clarke|first=Stewart|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=19 March 2018|access-date=26 March 2018|archive-date=26 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326200859/http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/petition-matt-smith-the-crown-salary-times-up-1202729883/|url-status=live}}</ref> Left Bank later apologised to Foy and Smith and said that they had been at the centre of a media storm “through no fault of their own", adding that they "are responsible for budgets and salaries; the actors are not aware of who gets what, and cannot be held personally responsible for the pay of their colleagues". They added that they support "the drive for gender equality in film and TV and [were] eager to talk to the British Time's Up campaign and [were] already speaking to Era 50:50, a group campaigning for gender equality on screen and stage".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/the-crown-producers-apologize-to-claire-foy-matt-smith-1202731165/|title='The Crown' Producers Apologize to Claire Foy, Matt Smith Over Gender Pay Scandal|last=Clarke|first=Stewart|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=20 March 2018|access-date=26 March 2018|archive-date=26 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326200857/http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/the-crown-producers-apologize-to-claire-foy-matt-smith-1202731165/|url-status=live}}</ref> Suzanne Mackie, Left Bank's creative director, did note that in future no actor would be paid more than the actress portraying the Queen.<ref name="FoySmithPay" />

Regarding the controversy, Foy was "not surprised” that it became a big story, “in the sense that it was a female-led drama”.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/tv/2018/03/24/claire-foy-the-crown-pay-controversy/|title=Claire Foy talks The Crown pay controversy: 'I'm not surprised people went, "That's a bit odd{{"'}}|last=Collis|first=Clark|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=24 March 2018|access-date=26 March 2018|archive-date=26 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326005935/http://ew.com/tv/2018/03/24/claire-foy-the-crown-pay-controversy/|url-status=live}}</ref> Smith noted that he supported Foy and was "pleased that it was resolved and [the producers] made amends for it because that's what needed to happen". ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' noted it was unclear what Smith was referring to as resolved, since Netflix and Left Bank had not commented further.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/matt-smith-crown-claire-foy-pay-disparity-tribeca-film-festival-2018-1104842|title='The Crown' Star Matt Smith Breaks Silence on Claire Foy Pay-Disparity Controversy|last=Lewis|first=Hilary|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=22 April 2018|access-date=24 April 2018|archive-date=23 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423224430/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/matt-smith-crown-claire-foy-pay-disparity-tribeca-film-festival-2018-1104842|url-status=live}}</ref> Foy later described reports that she had received backpay to bring her salary up to parity as "not quite correct".<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/culture-news/a22582948/claire-foy-gender-pay-gap-back-pay-the-crown/|title=Claire Foy won't receive back pay for her role in 'The Crown' after gender pay gap dispute|last=Fowler|first=Danielle|date=29 July 2018|magazine=Harper's BAZAAR|access-date=25 February 2019|archive-date=25 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225163017/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/culture-news/a22582948/claire-foy-gender-pay-gap-back-pay-the-crown/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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