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 actorsB次元官网网址� regular appearance on picket lines has provided additional starpower and voices on issues that are key to both groups B次元官网网址� better pay and preserving established practices like , as well as protection from the use of . Roughly 65,000 actors B次元官网网址� the vast majority of whom donB次元官网网址檛 make enough from acting to qualify for health benefits through their guild B次元官网网址� 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 LondonB次元官网网址檚 Leicester Square for the demonstration organized by British actorsB次元官网网址� union Equity.

They chanted B次元官网网址淥ne struggle, one fight, we support SAG-AFTRA fightB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淭he luvvies, united, will never be defeated,B次元官网网址� using a British slang term for actors.

Cox, who played media mogul Logan Roy in B次元官网网址淪uccession,B次元官网网址� said B次元官网网址淚 think we are at the thin end of a horrible wedge,B次元官网网址� with artificial intelligence shaking the foundations of actorsB次元官网网址� work.

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Cox said it was important actors showed solidarity with striking screenwriters in the Writers Guild of America.

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Serkis, who has become a specialist in playing digitally created characters since he first played Gollum in B次元官网网址淭he Lord of the RingsB次元官网网址� saga two decades ago, said B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 probably one of the most scanned actors on the planet.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淚 know that my image can be used, or my library of movements, can be used or my voice,B次元官网网址� he said, adding that it B次元官网网址渋s wrong that that is easily accessed and used without remunerating the artist.B次元官网网址�

ThereB次元官网网址檚 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 theyB次元官网网址檝e offered both writers and actors substantial pay increases and have tried to meet other demands.

B次元官网网址淧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,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淢ission ImpossibleB次元官网网址� 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 unionsB次元官网网址� demands B次元官网网址渘ot realistic.B次元官网网址�

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.

B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檙e super committed to getting to an agreement as soon as possible. One thatB次元官网网址檚 equitable and one that enables the unions, the industry and everybody in it to move forward into the future,B次元官网网址� he said.

Actor-writer Seth Green said streaming, which became a dominant entertainment outlet during the pandemic, has upended the livelihoods of those striking.

B次元官网网址淚t all got broken. I mean, it sounds silly to say, but itB次元官网网址檚 really as simple as that,B次元官网网址� 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.

B次元官网网址淚f the company that owned the thing made a billion dollars, youB次元官网网址檇 get like a little bit of money from that. All of that is gone,B次元官网网址� Green said.

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