Back-end compensation each actor would receive on American Hustle. Gumpert said in the leaked email, according to a report by The Daily Beast, that he had received a call from Jennifer Lawrence’s attorneys, Steve Warren and Gretchen Rush, saying the compensation deals were “unfair.” The film’s director, David O. Russell, and male actors each were slated to receive 9 percent of the pool, while Lawrence and co-star Amy Adams were down to get only 7 percent. Gumpert suggested Megan Ellison, the head of Annapurna Picture, Which co-financed American Hustle, increase Lawrence’s take and noted doing so would also give Adams a boot.