Dispatches From The Picket Lines In NYC, Burbank: “Studios Should Be Embarrassed We Are Still Out Here Yelling At Them”
24.10.2023 - 20:45
/ deadline.com
This is day 103 of SAG-AFTRA strike.
The actors were back out on the picket line in full force Tuesday — the same day their union was set to resume negotiations with the AMPTP.
Thesps walked the line on both coasts, with actors like Sarah Paulson, Zachary Quinto, Betty Gilpin, J. Smith-Cameron, Carrie Preston and Ke Huy Quan marching in the Big Apple while Allison Janney, Geri Ryan, Rick Gonzales (Law & Order: Organized Crim), The Continental stars Mishel Prada and Adam Shapiro, Breaking Bad’s Charles Baker and Myles Grier and Jury Duty‘s Trisha LaFache pounded the pavement outside of Warner Bros. in Burbank.
Members of the American Federation of Musicians also came out to the WB picket line Tuesday to support members of SAG-AFTRA.
“Today is back to the table, day one of negotiations,” said Ryan to Deadline. “I want to send a message to all our negotiating committee members that we’re with you, we love you, stand strong. Go get ’em.”
Disney’s Bob Iger, Warner Bros Discovery’s David Zaslav, Netflix’s Ted Sarandos and NBCUniversal’s Donna Langley, have been participating in efforts to close an agreement with the actors union for the past several weeks. It was the studio bosses who asked the Guild for the talks to restart today, we hear — an offer that was accepted in short order. That intel was confirmed in a post the Guild put up on social media not long after the second round new talks were announced.
WHY I'M STRIKING: "I want to send a message to all the negotiating committee members that were with you. We love you. Stand strong…" – Jeri Ryan tells Deadline outside of Warner Bros. #SAGAFTRAStrong pic.twitter.com/957SGQBxJT
“How do I feel about the negotiations? I’m optimistic,” added Gonzales. “I think what I love