2023-07-14 21:19:24
End clap, but beginning of hostilities in Hollywood: the actors launched their strike on Friday by protesting in front of the major studios with the screenwriters, for a double social movement which causes the greatest paralysis of the sector for more than 60 years.
Hundreds of strikers with signs marched past the Netflix building on Los Angeles’ famous Sunset Boulevard. Similar scenes unfolded all over the city in front of other studios and streaming services like HBO, Amazon or Paramount. But also in New York, in front of the headquarters of NBC Universal.
“We are here for the long term, but this is a historic moment,” Vera Cherny told AFP. “It’s time to secure the contracts that will serve future generations of actors. Just like they did in 1960,” added this 44-year-old actress, who appeared in the series “The Americans” and “For All Mankind”.
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The two trades are demanding an increase in their remuneration, at half mast in the era of streaming. They also want to obtain guarantees concerning the use of artificial intelligence, to prevent the latter from generating scripts or cloning their voice and image.
Despite a ten-day extension and last-minute government mediation, negotiations between the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA and employers failed.
We are fighting for it to be a viable career, not just a side job.
Jonathan Bazile, actor
The refrain of a Hollywood perverted by the values of Silicon Valley and its obsession with reducing costs comes up regularly among the actors or screenwriters met by AFP in recent weeks. “We are fighting for it to be a viable career, and not just a small job”, explains Jonathan Bazile to Netflix, castigating the culture of “tech bros” imported by the advent of streaming.
This new model has upset the “residual” remuneration of actors and screenwriters, which results from each rerun of a film or series and allows them to live between two projects. Calculated according to the price of advertisements on television, these emoluments are much lower with streaming platforms, which do not communicate their audience figures and pay a flat rate, regardless of success.
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Blockbusters under threat
“This is a critical moment,” actor Kenneth Branagh acknowledged at the London premiere of “Oppenheimer” on Thursday, before the entire cast of Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster walked off the red carpet in a show of solidarity. , just before the announcement of the strike. “Everyone is trying to get a fair deal, that’s what is needed, and we will support that.”
The guidelines of SAG-AFTRA, which represents 160,000 actors, stunt performers, dancers and other professionals on the small and big screen, prohibit all members from filming, but also from promoting their productions, in person or on the networks social.
No one knows how long this strike will last, but if it drags on, it has the potential to delay many blockbusters currently in production like the ‘Gladiator’ sequel, ‘Deadpool 3’ or ‘Ghostbusters 4’.
SAG-AFTRA members pose during a press conference announcing their strike. [Chris Pizzello – Keystone]
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