


Actors, including Bryan Cranston, Christine Baranski, and Jessica Chastain, were attending the latest Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists protest, which was held in Times Square, New York City, on Tuesday.
Cranston, of Breaking Bad, delivered a speech he directed to Bob Iger, the CEO of the Walt Disney Company. The actor said he was aware that Iger looks at things "through a different lens" but asked for the CEO to hear and "listen to us."
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"We will not be having our jobs taken away and given to robots," Cranston said, delivering a speech from a podium. "We will not have you take away our right to work and earn a decent living. And lastly, and most importantly, we will not allow you to take our dignity! We are union through and through all the way to the end.”
Bryan Cranston delivers a rousing speech addressed to Bob Iger at a SAG-AFTRA strike rally in Times Square: "We will not allow you to take our dignity. We are union through and through all the way to the end." https://t.co/M0Cs5ahWZo pic.twitter.com/IILje2O5Fi
— Variety (@Variety) July 25, 2023
Baranski, whose most recent show was The Good Fight, stated during her speech that actors will "not live under corporate feudalism," adding that "we will not be replaced," a concern many actors and writers have regarding artificial intelligence in filmmaking.
Christine Baranski speaks at the SAG-AFTRA rally in Times Square: “We will not live under corporate feudalism… We will not be replaced!” pic.twitter.com/EV9ZJoLvsh
— Variety (@Variety) July 25, 2023
Other actors attending the protest included Chastain and Arian Moayed, the latter featured in Succession. Moayed stated that actors "deserve a living wage" and "to work together to make beautiful art."
It’s like these people haven’t seen f***ing Succession — it’s about you!” Moayed said. "The most important thing that we can do right now as a unit, as a group, is to keep together."
jessica chastain at the #SAGAFTRA strike today! pic.twitter.com/2Xo35uDPKk
— allie (emmys era) (@tinychastain) July 25, 2023
“Succession” actor Arian Moayed goes off on the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers at a SAG-AFTRA strike in Times Square:
— The Recount (@therecount) July 25, 2023
“We deserve a living wage, we deserve breaks … It’s like these people haven’t seen fucking ‘Succession’ — it’s about you!” pic.twitter.com/XoS3lwBqwM
The SAG-AFTRA National Board voted to strike earlier this month. It comes as the Writers Guild of America opted to strike in May. The last time WGA and SAG-AFTRA were both on strike at the same time was in 1960, when Ronald Reagan was at the helm before he ran for president.
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On Monday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) joined the ranks of New York City's SAG-AFTRA and WGA picket lines, demanding that workers keep up the fight against the "insatiable greed" of executives.
In support of the actors on strike, movie star and former wrestler Dwayne Johnson donated a “seven-figure” amount to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation. Johnson's donation was the largest lump amount the foundation has received from a single donor since it was founded in 1985, according to a report.