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The cast of the upcoming atomic bomb drama oppenheimer walked out of the UK release on Thursday after SAG-AFTRA, the union representing film actors, announced it would be on strike along with Hollywood writers.
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Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr. and Cillian Murphy, who star in the film, walked out of the premiere when the strike began, director Christopher Nolan said. saying in the event.
Nolan voiced his support for the effort and praised the efforts of the Writers Guild of America, which has been on strike since May, to win fair wages for union members.
While walking the red carpet before Thursday’s premiere, Blunt had warned that if the union called a strike, the actors in oppenheimer he planned to leave the film’s release “as a cast in unity with everyone.”
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“We have to admit (that) you’ve seen them here before on the red carpet,” Nolan saying at the UK premiere. “Unfortunately their picket banners are going to be written for what we believe is an imminent SAG strike.”
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Fran Drescher, President of SAG-AFTRA Announced the union’s national board unanimously agreed to start the strike beginning Thursday midnight Pacific time. This is the first time in over 60 years that both Hollywood actors and writers will grab attention at the same time. The decision was widely anticipated after SAG-AFTRA announced that its contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents production companies and broadcast services, had expired without a deal being reached. All film and television productions using SAG-AFTRA members will be shut down due to the strike. The actors will also be prohibited from doing promotional work, such as events such as the oppenheimer premiere. Both the Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA are seeking stronger protections in their contracts involving AI as the burgeoning technology becomes more popular in the film industry. They are also trying to secure higher residual payments for work done on streaming platforms.
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160,000. That is the number of members that SAG-AFTRA has in total, according the Union.
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SAG-AFTRA Screen Actors Guild to Go on Strike and Shut Down Hollywood (Forbes)
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