Sean Gunn Reveals He & The Cast ‘See Almost None Of The Revenue’ From ‘Gilmore Girls’ Streaming Success
etcanada.comSean Gunn, who played Stars Hollow’s eccentric wannabe filmmaker Kirk on “Gilmore Girls”, is among the actors who hit the picket lines on Friday after SAG-AFTRA voted to strike.
Interviewed by The Hollywood Reporter, Gunn — who’s the brother of DC Studios’ co-head James Gunn — discussed the issues at stake for actors, and cited Netflix’s acquisition of “Gilmore Girls” as an example of what he characterizes as unfair compensation for actors.
According to Gunn, he “particularly wanted to come out and protest Netflix” because he believes he and other actors who appeared in “Gilmore Girls” have not been receiving an equitable share of the profits from the show. READ MORE: George Clooney, Jamie Lee Curtis & More Celebs React To Actors’ Strike As SAG-AFTRA Hits The Picket Lines “I was on a television show called ‘Gilmore Girls’ for a long time that has brought in massive profits for Netflix,” he explained. “It has been one of their most popular shows for a very long time, over a decade.
It gets streamed over and over and over again, and I see almost none of the revenue that comes into that.” As THR pointed out, Gunn and the other actors receive residuals from the show from Warner Bros.
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