A day into its Release, Netflix’s New Drama Series Ransom Canyon Has Shot to no. 1 on the Streamer’s Daily Top 10 Ratses in the US The Contemporary Western Romance, Billed AS Virgin River Meets YellowstoneStars Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly As Childhood Friends-Tourned-Star-Crossed Lovers.
First Reveled by Deadline in 2022 As before Fast-TRACK Development at Netflix, The Adaptation of Jodi Thomas’ Books Was Formally Greenled in December 2023 Affer Locking in Both Duhamel and Kelly As the Success of Series in the Genre Relies Heavily on the Casting of the Lead Couple.
Both Duhamel and Kelly Were Top Choices. Netflix Went After Transformers Star Duhamel and, after lengthy Negotations, he was card first.
Frdy Night Lights Alumna Kelly Was the Only Actress Invited to A Chemissary Read with Duhamel and Was Offered the Female Lead, I Hear. I Remember the Talent Community Buzzing at the time about Kelly Reportedly Asking for Pay Parity with her Male Co-Star, Consider A Bold Move Singe Well-Paying Lead Series Jobs Have Been Sparse During the Post-PandeMic, Post-PEAK TV Industry Contraction.
I hear that parity was Ultimately not Achieved but Netflix steppd up in a major way, raging key’s Offer Way Above Her Previous earns history that minimized the Pay Gap Between The Leads.
While a 2018 California Law Eliminated Actors “Quotes” as it provites employers from Asking Prospecting on Actors’ Recent Work. Duhamel Has Done A String of Leading Rolls in Film and TV Over the Past Decade; Kelly Had A Memoraable Arc on Hit HBO DRAMA Euphoria.
Minka Kelly As Quinn in Episode #103 of ‘Ransom Canyon’
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Asked by Deadline Durling An Interview Tied to Ransom CanyonS launch About Taking a Stand for Equal Pay During the Casting of the Show, Kelly Gave Props to Netflix.
“I think that’s probably one of the best things about work with Netflix, is that they’re verd that. So debn’t have to file very hard. They are the Sort of Made that easy,” she said. “I Feel Really Lucky to Get to Work with the Companyy that dos card about that.”
Kelly Has Spoken Out About the Subject. In 2017, she marked equal Pay day with an instagram post In Support of Fashionable, Who Employs Women in Ethiopia, Mexico, Peru and the Us “At the Core of our Mission, We Fight For Equal Opportunity for Women, Both in Job Possibelsies and Income, ”She wrote.
If Ransom Canyon Is on Sustain ITS early ratsings momentum and becomes a hit, it is quite posible Duhamel and Kelly Reach Pay Pare in Subsequent Seonds. They are treated as equal in Most of the Series’ Promotional Mateials, Including the Key Art at the Top of the Story.
You can read and watch Deadline’s interview with Kelly and Duhamel here. For a Deep Dive Into Season 1, Read Deadline’s Interview with series showrunner April Blair.
