SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher was swarmed by fellow actors outside Netflix as the Hollywood actors’ strike began. (Photo: AFP)
LOS ANGELES: Honking horns, simmering heat, a smattering of stars and a lot of anger at Disney boss Bob Iger.
The Hollywood actors’ strike kicked off on a sweltering Friday morning in Los Angeles, just over 24 hours after contract talks collapsed with studios.
Several hundred actors swelled the ranks of picketing television and movie writers, who have been pounding the palm tree-lined sidewalks outside Netflix, Warner, Paramount and more for well over two months already.
“No contracts? No actors! No wages? No pages!” went the chants, as organisers from both unions begged strikers to…
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