Actors on Strike: Danny Pudi, John Savage, and Extra Clarify Why They’re on the Picket Line

Proper now, historical past is within the making, as for the primary time since 1960, the Writers Guild of America and the Display Actors Guild are each on strike. Each teams are refusing to work on any additional movie and tv initiatives till the Alliance of Movement Image and Tv Producers (AMPTP) agrees to new offers that deal with WGA and SGA issues about the way forward for the trade.

To study extra concerning the points that concern actual working actors and writers, Consequence visited the entrance gates of Paramount Photos in Los Angeles on Monday, July seventeenth, as the primary full week of SGA picketing started. On this video, filmed and edited by Maura Fallon, these on the picket line supplied up their insights into why each guilds at the moment are on the picket line, together with issues about AI, residual funds, and the general financial uncertainty which has so many involved about what comes subsequent.

Thanks a lot to Blanca Blanco, Cindy Chu, Sierra Cymone, Simbiat Corridor, Ashli Haynes, Margarita Kabakova, Eric Marq, Danny Pudi, Christopher Richardson, Kendall Sherwood, John Savage, and Kirsten Vangsness for talking with us — we weren’t in a position to make use of your whole insights, however very a lot appreciated your time.

For extra info on the strikes, go to our explainer guides. This might not be our final report from the picket line, as a result of in line with most individuals, this may increasingly final some time.