When "The Hunger Games" star Jennifer Lawrence complained about the gender pay gap in Hollywood, her two "American Hustle" co-stars reacted differently.
"American Sniper" star Bradley Cooper said that he's willing to help do something to address this disparity, but "Avengers: Age of Ultron" star Jeremy Renner does not believe he is in any position to interfere.
"That's not my job," Renner told Business Insider. "I don't know contracts and money and all that sort of stuff."
He then said that he's all for actresses getting fair wage and being compensated fairly, but all he is focused on is improving his craft.
"I'm a performer and I know human behavior," he said. "When it comes to that sort of stuff I let other people deal with that."
Many Twitter users fumed over his comments, according to Entertainment Weekly, and demanded that his character from Avengers Clint Barton be replaced by Kate Bishop, a female version of Hawkeye in the Marvel comics.
Renner has made a streak of controversial comments that really upset people. During the Golden Globes award this January, he made a comment about Jennifer Lopez's breasts while they co-presented an award. However, Lopez saved Renner by saying that she thought his quip was funny.
Then in April, he jokingly said that Scarlet Johanssen's character Black Widow is a "slut" because of her relationships with other Marvel superheroes, but he later apologized for his remark.
Renner's statements came in contrast to the one Cooper made to defend his work wife Lawrence. Cooper and Lawrence have already worked together on several films such as "American Hustle," "Joy," and "Silver Linings Playbook," among other films.
Cooper actually told Reuters that he has begun working with his female costars to negotiate better salaries for them in future projects.
"I don't know where it's changing otherwise, but that's something that I could do," he said. "Usually you don't talk about the financial stuff, you have people. But you know what? It's time to start doing that."
He also raved about actresses' bravery in speaking out against the startling gender pay gap in Hollywood.
"There's a double standard in the whole world, yeah, for sure. This is just one aspect," Cooper told ET Canada. "Anytime there's a place where a voice can come out and be outspoken -- something Sienna (Miller) did, or Jennifer - that's great. I think it is making a difference."
