Jamie Lee Curtis on a movie set. (courtesy: jamieleecurtis)
New Delhi:
In the wake of the strike led by the union – Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Radio and Television Artists (SAG-AFTRA) – aimed towards film and tv studios over calls for for higher pay and dealing circumstances within the business, a number of the greatest names in Hollywood, together with Academy Award profitable actor Jamie Lee Curtis and Marvel star Jeremy Renner, despatched messages of solidarity by way of social media posts. After the Screen Actors Guild introduced that the strike is on, beginning Thursday, the solid of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer was compelled to go away the movie’s London premiere.
Everything Everywhere All At Once star Jamie Lee Curtis’ message got here loud and clear. “Since we will all stop utilizing social media to promote work that we are on strike for, this is my last offering from the wonderful new Disney movie,” wrote Jamie Lee Curtis posting BTS footage from her new undertaking Haunted Mansion. The strike additionally goals at extra safety towards synthetic intelligence. Ms Curtis emphasised on sustaining the suitable steadiness between expertise and expertise, with respect to her movie Haunted Mansion and she or he added, “In order to put Madame Leota inside her crystal ball and trap her there for hundreds of years, they used a digital technique which was a first for me, acting with my head in a vise, but the results are magnificent. A great combination of acting AND technology.”
The veteran actress signed off her publish with these phrases, “What I will say is that although I am computer generated, it is from my performance, my sense of comedic timing and you CANNOT replicate that with a machine. I stand strong with my union SAG-AFTRA.”
Marvel star Jeremy Renner, on his Instagram tales, re-shared a publish by SAG-AFTRA and wrote, “A necessary change.”
Screenshot of Jeremy Renner’s Instagram story
Sex And The City star Cynthia Nixon, who can be an activist, prolonged her help to the SAG-AFTRA and she or he tweeted, “The SAG-AFTRA strike has at last arrived. I am proud to be standing tall with the Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of America, East as actors and writers together demand a fair share of the record-breaking profits the studios have been reaping from our labor for far too long. We will win this.”
The @sagaftra strike has finally arrived. I’m proud to be standing tall with the @WGAWest and @WGAEast as actors and writers collectively demand a fair proportion of the record-breaking earnings the studios have been reaping from our labor for a lot too lengthy.
We will win this!— Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) July 13, 2023
Actor-comedian Kumail Nanjiani, star of the favored collection Silicon Valley merely tweeted SAG-AFTRA’s publish that learn, “On Strike.” No caption wanted.
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) July 13, 2023
Best-known for taking part in Tiffany Valentine on Chucky and likewise knowledgeable poker participant, Jennifer Tilly, confirmed solidarity to the union and she or he tweeted, “Actors! Drop your sides and back away from the set! We are officially on strike,” accompanying her phrases with the hashtags #Solidarity, #SAGstrike and #Fairwages.
Actors! Drop your sides and again away from the set! We are formally on strike! #Solidarity#SAGstrike#Fairwages
— Jennifer Tilly (@JenniferTilly) July 13, 2023
The preliminary strike was meant to happen final month. However, it was postponed amid the expectation of placing a fruitful cope with studios that would fulfil the union’s calls for.
Source: www.ndtv.com