“Well, everything sucks,” Issa Rae explained on her Instagram Story, shortly after it was announced that SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) had officially agreed to a strike following negotiations between they failed actors’ union and major Hollywood studios and streamers represented by the AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers).
The actors now join the writers on the strike line in what is the first time since the 1960s that two major guilds have gone on strike at the same time. The writers’ strike began on May 2 and is now in its tenth week.
In addition to Rae, a number of other stars have also spoken out following news of the strike, including Josh Gad, Olivia Wilde, Rosie O’Donnell, Margaret Cho, Jamie Lynn Spears, Mandy Moore, Amber Tamblyn, Riley Keough and Kaley Cuoco. who has posted messages of support for SAG on social media.
And Just Like That star Cynthia Nixon posted on her Instagram Story: “The @sagaftra strike is finally here. I’m proud to stand with @WGAWest and @WGAEast as actors and writers join forces to claim their fair share of the record suspicion.” Profits the studios have been making from our work for far too long. We’re going to win this!”
Jamie Lee Curtis also posted about the strike and some facial expressions she captured during her guest appearance on FX’s The Bear. “The @sagaftra symbol used to be the mask for the actors’ faces. 🎭REPRESENTATION OF EXPRESSIONS. wrote the Oscar winner on Instagram.
Frankie Grande shared in his story: “Proud to be part of an incredible union fighting for what is right for all actors and so proud to stand by my WGA family. Let’s make Hollywood a better and brighter place for all of us!”
Meanwhile, at the UK premiere of “Oppenheimer” on Thursday, director Christopher Nolan announced that the cast, including stars Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh and others, had left the event to “write their pickets for the strike.” .
“Unfortunately, they are off writing their picket signs for what I believe is an upcoming SAG strike and are joining one of my guilds, the Writers Guild, in the fight for fair wages for working union members,” Nolan said, before receiving applause from the audience received.
At the beginning of the premiere, Blunt told Deadline that she and her cast members planned to leave the event once the strike was announced.
“We will depart together as a cast in unity with everyone,” the actress said. “We will have to.”
On Thursday, Fran Drescher, SAG-AFTRA President, and Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, National Executive/Chief Negotiator, announced the strike at a press conference.
“It’s really important that these negotiations are covered because the eyes of the world – especially the eyes of workers – are on us. What is happening here is important because what is happening to us is happening in all fields of work,” Drescher said in an impassioned speech, describing it as “a very groundbreaking hour for us.”
“I went in seriously thinking we could stop a strike,” continued the actress, best known for her role in The Nanny. “The gravity of this move has not escaped my notice, our negotiating committee or our board members who voted unanimously to continue a strike. It is a very serious matter affecting thousands if not millions of people across the country and around the world. Not just members of this union, but people who work in other industries who serve the people who work in that industry.
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