{"id":31656,"date":"2022-06-01T05:58:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T05:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/arden-cho-says-she-turned-down-teen-wolf-movie-over-pay-inequity-the-hollywood-reporter\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T05:58:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T05:58:01","slug":"arden-cho-says-she-turned-down-teen-wolf-movie-over-pay-inequity-the-hollywood-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/arden-cho-says-she-turned-down-teen-wolf-movie-over-pay-inequity-the-hollywood-reporter\/","title":{"rendered":"Arden Cho Says She Turned Down ‘Teen Wolf’ Movie Over Pay Inequity – The Hollywood Reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Arden Cho is weighing in about her decision not to appear in Paramount + ‘s upcoming Teen Wolf<\/em> movie.<\/p>\n

The streaming platform announced in February that the original MTV series, which signed off in 2017 after six seasons, would be revisited in a sequel film that would bring back most of the core cast. Cho and Dylan O’Brien will not return for the movie, and Deadline<\/em> reported at the time that Cho, the only woman of color among the show’s four female regulars, had turned down the film due to having been offered half the per-episode salary of the three other actresses.<\/p>\n

During an interview with The Cut<\/em> that published Monday, Cho publicly addressed the situation for the first time. When asked about the report of lei regarding her salary of lei, Cho told the outlet, “I think I was actually offered even less.” She added that the leaked salary information did not come from her team di lei: “I probably would’ve never shared it.”<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old actress, who is set to play the lead role in the upcoming Netflix legal drama series Partner Track<\/em>, went on to say that she knows she’s not the only actor of color to deal with pay-inequity frustrations. \u201cI could probably, off the top of my head, think of over 10 Asian-American actors I know who were paid significantly less than their counterparts,\u201d Cho shared. “Sometimes you don’t have a choice to say ‘no.’ Sometimes you just need it. You’ve got bills to pay. “<\/p>\n

She said she hopes her decisions can help lead to change for other performers. \u201cI wasn’t saying ‘no’ necessarily for me or because I was angry,\u201d Cho said. “I was saying ‘no’ because I hope that there will be more equality in the future.”<\/p>\n

Cho played kitsune Kira Yukimura, a love interest for lead Scott McCall (Tyler Posey), on three seasons of Teen Wolf<\/em> before her character was written out after season five. About getting the call that Kira wouldn’t return for season six, she recalled, \u201cI was in shock. I couldn’t believe it. ” She said she concluded, “There wasn’t room for Kira.”<\/p>\n

O’Brien, who played Stiles Stilinski, is also not returning for the film that longtime Teen Wolf<\/em> showrunner Jeff Davis will write and direct. None of the show’s other castmembers, including O’Brien, spoke to the publication about the situation, but the Maze Runner<\/em> star had previously liked a tweet<\/a> supporting Cho. \u201cHe’s always been very, very supportive,\u201d Cho said about O’Brien.<\/p>\n

MTV Entertainment Studios and MGM’s Orion Television are behind the film that does not currently have a premiere date.<\/p>\n

Representatives for Paramount +, MTV and Orion did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n