Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick join a SAG-AFTRA strike picket line in New York City on July 18, 2023.Photo:John Nacion/Shutterstock
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Kevin Baconand wifeKyra Sedgwickare standing in solidarity with SAG-AFTRA.
On Thursday, Baconshared a videoof himself joining the picket lines in New York City, carrying a sign and chanting with the crowd amid the union’sstrike against the AMPTP.
“Walking the line in solidarity with my fellow SAG-AFTRA members#SAGAFTRAstrike#SAGAFTRAstrong,” he wrote in the caption of his Instagram post.
The following day, Bacon, 65, and Sedgwick appeared on the streets of N.Y.C. together, and spoke withDeadlineabout their participation in the strike.
“I’m happy it’s happening because I think it’s been a long time coming,” said Sedgwick, 57. “The studios have been making a lot of free money for a really long time, and the time for that to come to an end is now.”
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SAG-AFTRA PresidentFran Drescherexcoriated Hollywood executives in a speech Thursday announcing the union’s intention to strike after failed contract negotiations with the AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers).
As Sedgwick told Deadline on Friday, “I think Fran Drescher was so to the point when she said you can’t expect to change the whole business model, which is what happened organically … and then not change our contracts.”
“That’s true insanity,” she added.
“But we’re here for the base contract for the middle- and working-class actors in our union, which there are many,” he added. “This union has a very great disparity between wages, and our union membership needs a strong base contract to start from. And that’swhy we’re here to support.”
Ahead of the strike, members of SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) had been seeking pay and residual increases, higher caps on pension and health contributions and regulating the use of artificial intelligence, among other things.
Memberswent on strike beginning Fridayat midnight, essentiallyshutting down productionon most television series and movies.
source: people.com
