Will Smith on the actors’ strike (Photo: Ansa) – Newscinema.it
Will Smith used Instagram and Twitter to support the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes. SAG-AFTRA member Smith stressed the importance of this moment for both of them.
“I want to talk for a second about acting.Will Smith wrote. “As some of you may have heard, SAGAFTRA is on strike along with our fellow WGA writers. This is a defining moment for our profession.“.
There Toilet extension has been on strike since April SAG-AFTRA from July 14, 2023, asking for talks with studios for fairer contracts. The SAG-AFTRA Foundation responded to Smith: “Thank you for your support, Will!” In addition to identifying it strike As a “turning point”, Smith also recalled how far he had come in his 30+ year acting career and expressed gratitude to his mentor, Aaron Speiser.
Will Smith’s mentor
“33 years into my acting career and there are still days when I feel like a Philadelphia kid on borrowed time even though I know I was extraordinarily blessed and happy to have worked as an actor.Smith continued. “Thanks to my friend, teacher and mentor Aaron Kpeiser, whom I affectionately call ‘coach’, there are fewer and fewer days when I feel out of place.”
In the accompanying photo, Smith poses next to students at the Acting Studio, where he entered the classroom. Spiser works in Acting Studio and also hosts “Coach The Podcast”. He ended the post by thanking his mentor and expressing his faith in the next generation of actors to take on the industry.
“The coach invited me to an acting class the other day and I met a group of our talented next generation actors and they amazed and inspired me!Smith wrote. “I am grateful to the Coach for continuing to support these talented people in this art form that I love and have been fortunate to do for three decades of my life! Thanks TRAINER!he concluded.