Cannes Film Festival Juror Paul Dano On WGA Strike: “I Will Be There On The Picket Line When I Get Back Home”
deadline.comRefresh for updates Amid all the noise here at the Cannes Film Festivals about festival sexual predators, Johnny Depp’s return in Jeanne du Barry tonight and the admitted assaulting history of that movie’s director Maiwen; the WGA Strike is not forgotten.
Fielding questions today about striking writers back in Hollywood who’ve been beaten down by streaming, the big screen Cannes Film Festival jurors had something to say.
Said Paul Dano, “My wife is currently picketing with my sixth month old, strapped to her chest,” said the actor, “I will be there on the picket line when I get back home.” Dano is also a director and writer, having helmed and co-wrote Wildlife which played Cannes Critics Week back in 2018.
The SAG-AFTRA contract expires at the end of June, together the DGA contract. Cannes Jury Boss and last year’s Palme d’Or winner, Triangle of Sadness filmmaker, Ruben Ostlund praised the strike, especially as a means to revolutionize one’s profession for the better.
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