Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu explains how salary negotiations with writer Adele Lim fell apart
after discovering she was making nearly eight to 10 times less than her fellow co-writer, Peter Chiarelli. To make matters worse, she was brought onto the project by director Jon M. Chu only after Chiarelli was hired to adapt Kevin Kwan’s 2013 novel—and when she left, the studio spent five months searching for other Asian writers to fill her slot.
He writes, “For those of you who are asking, you bet your ass I stand with Adele!” adding that he is proud “she was able to stand up for her own measure of worth and walk away when she felt like she was being undervalued. I have experienced this several times in my years of making movies trying to keep a creative team together on budgets big and small.” Chu says that when he learned Lim was unhappy making eight to ten times less than Chiarelli, he worked with Warner Bros.
I would love to know the details of that parity—because if it is simply that Chiarelli offered her half of his salary, as , and not a real offer, well, who could blame her for walking? I do hope she responds again and this conversation continues.
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