The Hollywood actors’ strike is still young, but some famous names like Jason Sudeikis, The Mandalorian’s Rosario Dawson and Mark Ruffalo have already taken to the streets to join trade unionists in protest against the tough stand taken by the producers . Showing solidarity with his colleagues, Tom Cruise has entered mediation: The Top Gun star, who has suspended the filming of his next ‘Mission Impossible’ with immediate effect, has appealed to the parties to settle their respective positions. try to smooth.
Among Hollywood stars, Cruise is perhaps the one who has tried the most to get the public back to theaters after the pandemic. He’s also a star, earning a hundred million dollars thanks to a percentage deal on tickets sold for his final performance in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, a figure that would have dwarfed the average income of many of his ‘B’ partners. Is. According to what The Hollywood Reporter has learned, the actor participated in a negotiating table with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers via Zoom to listen to the union’s concerns about artificial intelligence and the pay of ‘stummers’. asked for. At the same time, Top Gun 2022 Maverick urges Sag to review indecisiveness on promotion of new films: Uncomfortable about box office’s fragile state despite post-Covid recovery, Cruise refuses to allow wide leeway for ad appearances Where are his companions? SAG rules explicitly ban participation in “conferences, interviews, tours or promotional activities through social media” during the strike.
The unrest, which began on July 13, became rife with screenwriters’ unrest, effectively shutting down all activity in Hollywood. It’s difficult for ‘Series A’ overpaid stars to maintain credibility: many like Cruise, but also Matt Damon, George Clooney, Bradley Cooper and Brad Pitt have more than one union card: not only the actors (on strike) But also as a director (who closed the deal with AMPTP a month earlier) and as a member of the Producers Guild. Speaking on the ‘Oppenheimer’ red carpet in London, the last time before the official launch of the movement, Matt Damon reminded the public that the strike is about “life and death” for his allies fighting for a living. : “He must earn at least $26,000 per year to qualify for the mutual fund.”
According to actor and union board member Shaan Sharma, only 12.7% of SAG members make this minimum wage, while Damon made between 30 and 40 million for his final film, Air – The Story of the Great Leap. Amount collected.