Emma Stone says that male co-stars took pay cuts to ensure she received equal pay on films. Speaking to tennis great Billie Jean King in an interview published Thursday in Out Magazine , Stone said the gesture to match has impacted what she's able to ask for in the future. The Oscar-winner portrays King in the upcoming film "Battle of the Sexes" about the 1973 match against Bobby Riggs. Stone has spoken about the gender pay gap in Hollywood before.