Kate Beckinsale recently sat down for an interview on “Larry King Now” to promote “Love & Marriage,” a period comedy in theaters now, and to tease the upcoming fifth installment of “Underworld.” The British actress has been in the business over 25 years, and had interesting insight to offer about the pay gap.

“There is definitely pay inequality, for sure,” the “Pearl Harbor” star confirmed. She added, “[W]hen a woman is earning a good deal of money…if she’s earning the most on the set, that can create its own problems. I think that there is still a kind of psychological block that probably needs still a few years to be ironed out about certain people’s resistance to that.”

It’s disheartening — if unsurprising — to hear this first-hand account of how deeply embedded sexism is in the film industry and beyond. In the rare case that a female star is actually paid fairly, the set, which is typically composed mostly of males, can feel hostile. Like Beckinsale says, we really need to “iron out” the resistance to pay inequality — and stat.

Some good news: The fifth chapter in the “Underworld” franchise, “Blood Wars,” is the first to be helmed by a woman. Anna Foerster, whose TV credits include “Outlander,” “Madam Secretary,” and “Criminal Minds,” is making her feature directorial debut with the action-horror flick. Combined, the “Underworld” films have grossed over $458 million internationally, so we’re expecting “Underworld: Blood Wars” to do well at the box office when the woman-directed, woman-centric film opens in theaters October 14.

Check out Beckinsale’s comments on pay inequality in Hollywood below.