--- ---  # Thandie Newton Confirms That She Will Be Earning Equal Pay on _Westworld_  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 23, 2018 10:47 PM UTC  NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 19: Thandie Newton attends "Westworld" during the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival at BMCC Tribeca PAC on April 19, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/WireImage) NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 19: Thandie Newton attends "Westworld" during the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival at BMCC Tribeca PAC on April 19, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/WireImage)John Lamparski—WireImage  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 23, 2018 10:47 PM UTC [Thandie Newton](http://time.com/5237447/westworld-is-finally-back-and-its-women-are-ready-to-take-over/) has confirmed that she will be receiving equal pay to her male co-stars on the next season of [_Westworld_. ](http://time.com/5246987/westworld-season-2-drone-hosts/) Newton’s news follows her co-star [Evan Rachel Wood](http://time.com/5243701/evan-rachel-wood-equal-pay-male-co-workers-westworld/)‘s announcement that [HBO would be matching her salary](http://time.com/money/5234524/hbo-pay-gap-reese-witherspoon/) to that of her male counterparts on the popular drama series. In an interview with [_Vanity Fair_](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/04/thandie-newton-westworld-equal-pay-evan-rachel-wood), Newton spoke candidly about how important pay parity is. “They’re all happening right now, and yeah, we’re all equal across the board,” Newton said_._ “It’s really exciting. It’s unprecedented. It’s — goodness; it shatters so much calcified pain, resentment, frustration. It just shatters it.” In a very Maeve-like move, Newton also said that she won’t be participating in projects in the future that don’t ensure equal pay for equal work. “I wouldn’t do anything if it didn’t. Definitely not,” she said. “Fuck that. It literally sets a precedent, and \[HBO is\] leading the way, which is amazing.” Thandie Newton Confirms She Getting Equal Pay on Westworld ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5250470/thandie-newton-on-westworld-pay/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5250470/thandie-newton-on-westworld-pay/"},"headline":"Thandie Newton Confirms That She Will Be Earning Equal Pay on Westworld","datePublished":"2018-04-23T22:47:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:22.467Z","description":"All hail Maeve","url":"https://time.com/5250470/thandie-newton-on-westworld-pay/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7378444f3470af5/69892e698fd2eeca3235b667/thandie-newton-equal-pay-westworld.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7378444f3470af5/69892e698fd2eeca3235b667/thandie-newton-equal-pay-westworld.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2018 Tribeca Film Festival - \"Westworld\"","caption":"2018 Tribeca Film Festival - \"Westworld\"","creditText":"John Lamparski—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5250470/thandie-newton-on-westworld-pay/","name":"Thandie Newton Confirms That She Will Be Earning Equal Pay on Westworld"}}]}] ```