Dispatches From The Picket Line: Actors Including Jon Cryer Are “Cautiously Optimistic” As Talks Restart
deadline.comThis is Day 82 of the SAG-AFTRA strike. There’s solidarity in the air in LA with a slew of writers continuing to join the actors’ picket lines after securing their own deal with the AMPTP.
As talks between SAG-AFTRA and the studio alliance restart, the picket lines, now focused on the actors requests, are still busy and, as seen this morning, full of “cautious optimism.” Two and a Half Men star Jon Cryer, whose upcoming NBC comedyExtended Family has shot the first six episodes, told Deadline, “The writers got real progress.
I have constantly voiced my frustration with the AMPTP for not starting the negotiations a lot sooner. But it’s better than nothing.” He added that he’s preparing himself for a deal “however long it takes.” His biggest worry about the future of the entertainment industry, as it pertains to actors, is the “hollowing out of the industry.” “When you lose your middle tier of performer, you hollow out the entire industry,” he said, speaking outside Warner Bros.
Discovery in LA. “You make your TV shows without a real professionalized base of people and if everybody’s forced to do this as a hobby, your industry collapses.
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