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23.07.2023 - 07:59 / deadline.com
As the Hollywood writers’ and actors’ strike continues, the latest star to go public with a small residual cheque is actor William Stanford Davis.
The 71-year-old star of , who was upped to a series regular last year, took to social media at the weekend to reveal he had received a recent payment for three cents, for his role in an unnamed show – holding his cheque up to the camera to demonstrate.
In his video, Davis said:
“I’ve been a member of the Screen Actor’s Guild for 32 years, and for those 32 years, my wages haven’t increased at all. I want to give you an example of what a residual cheque looks like. I showed this to my brother and he fell over laughing… it ain’t f**king funny.
The amount? Exactly three cents.
“That’s a residual cheque,. I’m not going to say who produced it, because I can’t tell you who these cheap motherf***ers are. But anyway, I’m standing in solidarity with the writers, and we’re going to be on strike until we get what we need to make a living.”
In the same video, Davis revealed another cheque – this one for five cents.
“You see that? Can you believe that? That’s [five] cents. The postage, the paper, everything costs more than that. That’s what they think of us as actors. This is why we’re on strike for better wages, for better residuals [and] for a piece of the subscription and to not give in to AI.”
Davis is not the first actor to speak out about the struggle of living on residual payments for work in successful shows. This is Us star Mandy Moore spoke out last week to say she had sometimes received cheques for “very tiny [amounts], like 81-cent cheques,” and several members of the cast of Orange is the New Black said they had had to keep their day jobs while starring in one of the world’s
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Many working actors earn residual paychecks anytime that a TV show they appeared on air in reruns.
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officially went on strike after they were unable to reach an agreement with major Hollywood studios and streamers by the July 12 deadline. Because of this, nearly all productions in Hollywood have been forced to shut down, which have already had an immediate impact in the industry with canceled premieres, axed publicity tours, delayed projects and abandoned sets.Actors like Jason Sudeikis, Susan Sarandon, Olivia Wilde, Allison Janney, Josh Gad, Ginnifer Goodwin, Josh Dallas, Mandy Moore, Ben Schwartz and Sharon Lawrence were among those joining the writers — who have been on strike since May 2 — on the picket line beginning July 14.
WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes continue, star William Stanford Davis became the latest actor to reveal how shockingly little he receives in residual payments. Over the weekend, the 71-year-old actor took to Instagram, where he pulled out a five-cent check he received from an unnamed show. «I'm standing in solidarity with the writers, and we're going to be on strike until we get what we need to make a living,» said Davis, who has been a member of SAG-AFTRA for over 30 years and currently plays school custodian Mr.
The actors continue to walk the picket lines in the SAG-AFTRA strike, many of them are coming forward to share examples of why they’re striking.
William Stanford Davis has been acting for decades yet receives a pittance of residuals.
Mandy Moore is sharing just how much she's received in the "This is Us" streaming deal with Hulu. Moore — who starred as Rebecca on the hit NBC series — has voiced her support of the SAG-AFTRA strike. In a recent interview, Moore opened up about receiving "81 cent" checks for the show's streaming residual deal.
SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher is keen to continue negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), who are allegedly dragging their heels.
for many reasons, including but not limited to low streaming residual payments, which are royalty payments for repeat airings of a TV show or movie. Mandy Moore, who was a on the popular Emmy-winning drama , says that her business manager once received a check for one penny in streaming residuals.Moore was on the picket lines at Disney in Burbank, California on Tuesday, July 18 alongside Scandal and Inventing Anna actor , where Moore discussed her experience in an interview with “The residual issue is a huge issue," she said.
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Mandy Moore wants what’s fair.
Mandy Moore, the Emmy-nominated star of, has taken to the picket lines as part of the SAG-AFTRA strike, where she revealed just how little she makes from streaming residuals for the hit NBC family drama. «I was talking with my business manager who said he’s received a residual for a penny and two pennies,» Moore said while speaking to, adding that she only gets «very tiny, like, 81-cent checks» for episodes of that audiences are able to stream online. Moore has been a SAG-AFTRA member since 1999, before she went on to break out on screen in the early 2000s hits, and. Since then, she has starred in everything from to to playing herself on before later earning her first Emmy nomination for . On the widely-watched series created by Dan Fogelman, Moore played Pearson matriarch, Rebecca, who raised three siblings, Kate, Kevin and Randall, with her husband, Jack, as the story jumped back and forth in time to show what happened to each family member in the past and present.
Mandy Moore might be a household name, but that doesn’t mean she’s making a ton of money when fans stream her past work.
Leonardo DiCaprio is standing with his fellow actors. The “Revenant” star took to his Instagram Stories to show his support not long after it was announced that SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) formally approved a strike upon negotiations falling apart between the actors’ union and major Hollywood studios and streamers, who are represented by the AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers).
Leonardo DiCaprio is standing with his fellow actors. The star took to his Instagram Stories to show his support not long after it was announced that SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild — American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) formally approved a strike upon negotiations falling apart between the actors' union and major Hollywood studios and streamers, who are represented by the AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers).The actors will now join the writers on the picket line, marking the first time since 1960 that two major guilds will be striking at the same time.