The combined is entering its second week with no sign that a swift ending will be achieved.
For a week, actors including household names like Tina Fey, Kevin Bacon and wife Kyra Sedgwick, Rosario Dawson, David Duchovny and other stars have joined working class performers and writers on picket lines outside studios and corporate offices of streaming giants Amazon, MAX and Netflix.
The actors91裸聊视频� regular appearance on picket lines has provided additional starpower and voices on issues that are key to both groups 91裸聊视频� better pay and preserving established practices like , as well as protection from the use of . Roughly 65,000 actors 91裸聊视频� the vast majority of whom don91裸聊视频檛 make enough from acting to qualify for health benefits through their guild 91裸聊视频� along with 11,500 screenwriters, are on strike.
While many of the picket lines are in Los Angeles and New York, film and television production happens throughout the country. Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago were among the the Wednesday and Thursday. On Friday, actors in London held an event in solidarity with their Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists brethren.
Stars including Brian Cox, Andy Serkis, Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg and Imelda Staunton gathered with other performers and production crew in London91裸聊视频檚 Leicester Square for the demonstration organized by British actors91裸聊视频� union Equity.
They chanted 91裸聊视频淥ne struggle, one fight, we support SAG-AFTRA fight91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淭he luvvies, united, will never be defeated,91裸聊视频� using a British slang term for actors.
Cox, who played media mogul Logan Roy in 91裸聊视频淪uccession,91裸聊视频� said 91裸聊视频淚 think we are at the thin end of a horrible wedge,91裸聊视频� with artificial intelligence shaking the foundations of actors91裸聊视频� work.
91裸聊视频淭he wages are one thing, but the worst aspect is the whole idea of AI and what AI can do to us,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淎I is the really, really serious thing. And it91裸聊视频檚 the thing where we91裸聊视频檙e most vulnerable.91裸聊视频�
Cox said it was important actors showed solidarity with striking screenwriters in the Writers Guild of America.
91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e just like pieces of furniture without writers,91裸聊视频� he said. Cox said he was 91裸聊视频渆xtremely annoyed with the (directors91裸聊视频� union) DGA for not coming out in support91裸聊视频� of colleagues in the industry.
Serkis, who has become a specialist in playing digitally created characters since he first played Gollum in 91裸聊视频淭he Lord of the Rings91裸聊视频� saga two decades ago, said 91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 probably one of the most scanned actors on the planet.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淚 know that my image can be used, or my library of movements, can be used or my voice,91裸聊视频� he said, adding that it 91裸聊视频渋s wrong that that is easily accessed and used without remunerating the artist.91裸聊视频�
There91裸聊视频檚 no indication when negotiations with studios and streaming companies, which are represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, will resume. The group has said they91裸聊视频檝e offered both writers and actors substantial pay increases and have tried to meet other demands.
91裸聊视频淧lease come back to the table, please be realistic, please have a little bit more socialism in your heart and think of the people who make the money for you,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淢ission Impossible91裸聊视频� star Pegg urged studios and streaming services.
Many on the picket lines in the U.S. have seized upon comments by their corporate bosses like Disney CEO Bob Iger, who last week called the unions91裸聊视频� demands 91裸聊视频渘ot realistic.91裸聊视频�
During an Wednesday, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said grew up in a union household and knew the strike was painful on workers and their families.
91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e super committed to getting to an agreement as soon as possible. One that91裸聊视频檚 equitable and one that enables the unions, the industry and everybody in it to move forward into the future,91裸聊视频� he said.
Actor-writer Seth Green said streaming, which became a dominant entertainment outlet during the pandemic, has upended the livelihoods of those striking.
91裸聊视频淚t all got broken. I mean, it sounds silly to say, but it91裸聊视频檚 really as simple as that,91裸聊视频� Green said speaking outside Paramount Studios in Hollywood on Thursday. Traditional entertainment contracts used to compensate actors and writers throughout the long lifespan of successful shows and movies. But no longer, he said.
91裸聊视频淚f the company that owned the thing made a billion dollars, you91裸聊视频檇 get like a little bit of money from that. All of that is gone,91裸聊视频� Green said.
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