Christy Carlson Romano is claiming she was paid half of Shia LaBeouf‘s salary on the Disney Channel series “Even Stevens,” despite the two being “co-leads” with “the same screen time.”
\n\nRomano opens up about her time on the show, which ran from 2000 to 2003 and followed the antics between a brother and sister with clashing personalities, in her new memoir “Once Upon a Trainwreck: The Fall and Rise of a Child Star.” In an Instagram post about the book, which is out now, Romano revealed the alleged pay disparity.
\n\n“I was a kid and the female lead on ‘Even Stevens.’ I was paid half of what Shia was paid; we were co-leads and had the same screen time,” Romano said, adding that while penning her memoir, she found a handwritten letter her mother wrote her agent in 2000 “asking for equal pay and admitting we were deep in debt.”
\n\nA photo of the letter is included in the post. It reads: “Shia receives $12,000 per episode and Christy $6,000. With 30% going into trust, we can’t make it here financially. This show also holds her up from other work that pays more. Christy wants what Shia is getting.”
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Original source: https://variety.com/