Ted Lasso star and other top actors join picket lines in first day of Hollywood strikes
dailyrecord.co.ukTed Lasso star Jason Sudeikis and other top actors joined picket lines alongside screenwriters on the first full day of a walkout that has become Hollywood's biggest labour fight in decades.Sudeikis was among the picketers outside NBC in New York while Lord of the Rings star Sean Astin joined chanting protesters outside Netflix's offices in Hollywood.
Also present at Netflix were Titanic and Unforgiven actor Frances Fisher and "The Nanny" star Fran Drescher, who is president of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
The actors' arrival energized the picket lines outside Netflix, where music blared and the sidewalks were packed with demonstrators.
Elsewhere, Once Upon a Time actor Ginnifer Goodwin was among the protesters outside Paramount Pictures. The walkout is the first double-barreled strike by actors and screenwriters in more than six decades.
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