Romola’s experience is something Meryl, a mother of four, says she’s all too familiar with.

“Every day is some kind of compromise if you’re a working woman. There’s a different set of expectations, and there’s a guilt that’s self-generated and condoned in the larger society. In every profession, men are held to a different standard of parenthood.”

Hollywood’s troubling pay gap issue, expertly laid bare earlier this year during Patricia Arquette’s rousing Oscars acceptance speech, is of course something both Meryl and Romola are vocal about too.

Meryl in particular, who says feels a responsibility given her respected position in the business, to help as much as she can in bringing about change.

An example of the sexist double standards which still grates on her, being the revelation revealed by the Sony hacking scandal, that during the making of American Hustle, the film’s male stars Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale and Jeremey Renner were all paid considerably more than its female stars, Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence.

The latter, Meryl credits with likely pulling in a far greater audience than Renner.

On ageism however, Meryl lets peers Patricia Arquette, Tina Fey, Amy Schumer and Julia Louis-Dreyfus have the last word, suggesting that everyone watch their ‘very, very funny’ Last F**kable Day sketch.

Leading Hollywood stars launch joint attack on sexism in the film industry