Actors' strike

[Anonymous]

Does this mean that actors can't go on talk shows to promote movies? The Barbie cast seems to just be getting in full promotions swing. The BBC said that Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt had to walk out of the Oppenheimer premiere.

[Anonymous]

That's the rule

[Anonymous]

My college DC, who wants to go into TV writing and acting, has followed this closely and said it looks as if the strike will affect any promotional appearances or interviews. The massive San Diego Comic Con is 10 days away and it's a big deal for casts to attend to promote movies and shows at SDCC (not just "comic" material, all the big shows and movies promote at SDCC). DC is wondering what could be left of the event, if all the SAG-AFTRA mem bers don't turn up to do it.

There are many other fan conventions where actors and writers appear, going on all through the year, and I wonder what happens with those. Unlike SDCC, these cons are for shows no longer on the air, so there's no new season to promote, just a lot of Q&As for fans and fun. But DC thinks those too may be affected if the actors appearing at them could be viewed as "promoting" streaming of these older shows. Waiting to hear on this aspect. Some actors make part of their income (in an uncertain gig industry) by doing fan conventions, so losing that work would affect them for sure.

DC noted that the international Barbie press junket seems to be largely done, not sure about the U.S. But Oppenheimer, the press junket was only starting and suddenly got moved up to the past few days. Sounds like after midnight tonight, no more press for either film, which might hurt Oppenheimer.

[Anonymous]

^^^PP here--and to answer the question (sorry!) talk shows will be a no-go during a strike, but then, the nighttime talk shows like Colbert, Fallon, Kimmel are all stopped since early May due to the writers' strike anyway. You won't see actors promoting on the daytime shows either. Would that be, what, The View and Kelly Clarkson? They won't have actor guests during the strike. I guess...a lot of musicians and authors now.

[Anonymous]

I have a hard time feeling bad for Hollywood actors. Writers, sure, but not supportive of an actor strike.

[Anonymous]

Yes, even fan cons that are for older shows are affected. The actors are still getting appearance fees so they are still considered professional gigs that are covered by SAG.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a hard time feeling bad for Hollywood actors. Writers, sure, but not supportive of an actor strike.

This. Plenty of tv and movies I haven't seen. They can strike for vas long as they want, it will give me time to catch up.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, much of Barbie was done early-ish on purpose and since the late night talk shows were dark from the writers strike, the press tour had a different feel anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a hard time feeling bad for Hollywood actors. Writers, sure, but not supportive of an actor strike.

Not all actors are movie stars--most aren't. Lots of working actors who don't earn millions. And the studio execs have said explicitly that they want to break the union and can just wait until the writers and actors risk losing their homes.

[Anonymous]

Not every actor in the union is a sitting on a fortune in a lavish Hollywood mansion. There are plenty who live in rentals and work every day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a hard time feeling bad for Hollywood actors. Writers, sure, but not supportive of an actor strike.

Not all actors are movie stars--most aren't. Lots of working actors who don't earn millions. And the studio execs have said explicitly that they want to break the union and can just wait until the writers and actors risk losing their homes.

Exactly. Most are working actors who need to work to support themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a hard time feeling bad for Hollywood actors. Writers, sure, but not supportive of an actor strike.

Not all actors are movie stars--most aren't. Lots of working actors who don't earn millions. And the studio execs have said explicitly that they want to break the union and can just wait until the writers and actors risk losing their homes.

Exactly. Most are working actors who need to work to support themselves.

Which is why Fran D is near tears in the speech she gave. She didn’t want to do this. She knows the impact.

I didn’t think that non scripted appearances are covered work, unless they are in connection with promoting covered work. So I thought Kelly could interview someone like Robert Redford who has no films to promote, even though he’s a sag aftra member.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a hard time feeling bad for Hollywood actors. Writers, sure, but not supportive of an actor strike.

Not all actors are movie stars--most aren't. Lots of working actors who don't earn millions. And the studio execs have said explicitly that they want to break the union and can just wait until the writers and actors risk losing their homes.

I think that it's more like Amazon and Netflix (which have unreleased content and international content that isn't covered) break the studios that need the box office to make a profit. Paramount and WB are going to want to cave long before Netflix

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a hard time feeling bad for Hollywood actors. Writers, sure, but not supportive of an actor strike.

So you feel sorry for studios and producers?

[Anonymous]

What's going to happen to all those podcasts that interview actors? Are we going to get a lot of interviews with scientists and baseball players suddenly?