Jennifer Lawrence and Meryl Streep at Screen Actors Guild Members Ready to Strike

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It’s official: Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep and Brendan Fraser are among hundreds of Screen Actors Guild members who say they’re set to go on strike amid protests over contract negotiations with major Hollywood studios. Indeed, the Oscar-winning actor was part of a coalition of more than 300 actors who signed a letter to the SAG-AFTRA Leadership and Negotiating Committee expressing their concern over the idea that “SAG-AFTRA members are forced to make sacrifices for leadership.” Might be ready.” what is not”.

Letter

The letter signed by Jennifer Lawrence and colleagues came in response to a video message posted by SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher, who issued a swift update on the talks: “We are having extremely productive (sic) talks that are all focused on The key issues you told us are the most important to you. We stand strong and will reach a final agreement.” But committee members don’t seem so convinced by Drescher’s claim.
The actor says in the letter, “We hope you hear our message: this is an unprecedented turning point in our industry, and what might be considered good business another year is not good enough.” “We feel that our wages, our art, our creative freedom and the power of our union have all been undermined over the past decade. We need to reverse those trends.” And then: “We want you to know that we would rather go on strike than compromise on these fundamental points, and we believe that, if we get less than a transformative agreement, But if we compromise, the future of our union and our craft will be weakened.” And SAG-AFTRA will enter the next trade with heavily reduced leverage.

signer actor

Actors who signed the letter include Fred Armisen, Kevin Bacon, J.J. Smith Cameron, Neve Campbell, Glenn Close, Ariana Debos, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, David Duchovny, Beanie Feldstein, Chelsea Handler, Neil Patrick Harris, Riley Keough, John Leguizamo. Dan Levy, Ron Livingston, Eva Longoria, Natasha Lyonne, Rami Malek, Debra Messing, Liam Neeson, Bob Odenkirk, Rosie O’Donnell, Patton Oswalt, Elliot Page, Keke Palmer, Busy Phillips, Amy Poehler, Zachary Quinto, Michael Rapaport, Emmy Rossum, Mark Ruffalo, Amy Schumer, Chloë Sevigny, Fisher Stevens, Ben Stiller.