Oliver Stone Shocked By ‘Oppenheimer’ SAG-AFTRA Strike Cast Walk Out; Says Roots Of Writers Strike Lie In 1988 Deal – Jerusalem Film Festival
deadline.comOlive Stone has said he was shocked to hear that the stars of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer had walked out of its London premiere on Thursday as SAG-AFTRA officially declared strike action. “I know several producers are opening movies, like Oppenheimer.
Chuck Roven, he was in London. I heard it was going to be cancelled,” said Stone, when asked for his view on the strike. “I don’t know if it went ahead but all the actors left.
That was shocking that they really meant business and cut off right away all the promotion, which is big.” Commenting on the ongoing 10-week WGA Strike, Stone suggested the roots of the current industrial action lie in the deal brokered to end the five-month Writers Strike in 1988. “There was a basic miscarriage of justice way back when, when Brian Walton was the head of the WGA, when we gave in.
I wasn’t on the frontline, but I supported that strike,” said Stone. “We gave in to the producers. They got away with murder on one of these deals where all that DVD money was deferred.
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