“I was looking at the statistics and Claire Underwood’s character was more popular than [Frank’s] for a period of time. So I capitalised on it,” Wright said.

But as her latest comments have proved, the equal pay battle is still alive and well in Hollywood.

The likes of Jennifer Lawrence and Patricia Arquette have discussed the dire reality of the industry.

Arquette, in fact, said that she has lost out on work since she criticised the pay gap in 2015.

“To every woman who gave birth, to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else’s equal rights. It’s time to have wage equality once and for all. And equal rights for women in the United States of America,” said the actor in her Oscar’s acceptance speech.

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Robin Wright reveals she is still receiving less pay for House of Cards role