Robin Wright says she was denied equal pay on “House of Cards” because she 'didn't win an Academy Award'

Even the formidable Claire Underwood has had to battle pay disparity. Robin Wright reflected on her fight for equal pay during her time on House of Cards, telling Variety at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival on Monday that it was "difficult" to try to attain the same pay as her costar Kevin Spacey. "When I said, ‘I think it’s only fair because my character became as popular as [Spacey’s], they said, ‘We can’t pay you the same as an actor, so we will make you exec producer and you can direct....