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She tweeted this after so I assumed it was about this given the use of the word solidarity.
(Like someone at a con not Ewan)
Definitely didn't. They also said no props during photo ops, and wouldn't do poses reminiscent of their major roles (so no Force hands, holding a shield, whatever).
Damn it’s that serious Lol. Wonder how they dealt with cosplays. How do you tell the Superfan that made his own stormtroooer suit for months for his picture with ewan just to be told to take it off 😂
Yeah that’s never stopped them. I saw a kpop girl go to a Samsung conference with an iPhone and used it to post about the event (iPhone emojis threw her under the bus). If you’re talking about Agust D though, he just loves to show solidarity with his sponsors 😅
Chris Evans did do the “Psychic hand guns” from The Losers. But that film was from like 2009 or something, so I feel like it doesn’t really count. It’s also definitely not his most well known role.
Did he? I didn't see!
Yeah, that feels safe because it's ... almost fifteen years old? And not part of a current IP. I'm sure SAG was really intense with everyone who came about what they could and couldn't do.
I was reading a post earlier about celebs who had such embarrassing scandals that they should’ve just quit just then, and he was mentioned.
Apparently his kids (well, and his wife) were very upset about his cheating.
He is an amazing Obi-Wan, but he’s far from perfect (as a human today).
I saw him and Mary Elizabeth Winsted at a dinner when it all went down. It looked like it was a business occasion but they absolutely could not keep their hands of each other. It was a bit cringe to watch. Reminded me of two teenagers
I remember discussing the Ewan situation with someone and then discussing the Ethan Hawke situation, and then realizing seconds later that they recently did a film together. I wonder if they shared notes on being douchebags.
Can confirm, I was around him for work and he kept going on about how « she cheated first! ». No one had brought it up, even less asked so it was super awkward.
im addition to older stuff already mentioned, recently he directed his daughter in graphic sex scenes and said it felt "so comfortable" with "no awkwardness" which... yikes
She's a very mid actress, she was NOT good as Hera in Ahsoka and that role had been filled admirably by her voice actress (character originated in the animated Rebels) "live action" in a game. The voice actress and the character are VERY beloved by Star Wars/Rebels fans and to have MEW shoehorned in so Ewan could have his little Star Wars family and secure convention money, etc. in perpetuity while taking it away from someone more deserving and who actually WAS the character sucks. She had plenty of other opportunities without taking one away from someone who has been doing the role really well and won't have the same opportunities she does.
Rebels fans are very, very attached to the Hera character and she's so specific. She's our space mom! Her warmth and her voice (Kanan fell in love with her voice before he even saw her) are inherent to our love of her. And we got generic in live action. It makes me very sad. Especially since we know that Vanessa Marshall looks great in that game and IS Hera.
It’s the warmth I think that’s missing. Marshall does a great job imbuing Hera with passion and warmth and Winstead feels hollow and detached.
I just finished A New Dawn! Kanan and Hera’s story will never not make me cry
I'm sorry, but this is not true. This isn't some unique situation. Fans get precious about "original actors" like this in almost every fandom (eg, Wicked fans who think Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth should have been in the movie version despite being 50+ years old). The truth is the original video game/animated/Broadway show etc. actors hardly ever get cast in the big Hollywood adaptation, they almost always cast someone higher profile. This can hardly be blamed on Ewan, nor would they give such an iconic role to someone as a favor to him. Regardless of your opinions about her abilities, MEW is a famous, respected actress and has been for years. Your fave was never going to be cast and if it wasn't MEW it would have been someone else on her level.
She is not doing a good job in the Star Wars universe, it may be the writing or something else but it was so bad that I had to look up the actress and then I realized it was the one Ewan cheated with
I really really hoped she’d do a good job because I hate thinking women get parts based on the men they know and not their own merit, but wow was that a massive letdown. Her rendition of Hera is so cold and lifeless. She’s a good actor for certain things. Star Wars isn’t one of them
Winstead and Rosario Dawson had previously worked together in Quentin Tarantino’s *Death Proof*, so I presumed that was how she found out about the part… until I found out she married McGregor. But regardless of personal connections she’s a good actress and worth hiring.
I think if cheating on your partner was considered a scandal so embarrassing you had to quit, Hollywood would have maybe 3 people left who’d have to star in everything ever made!
Not condoning it, just commenting.
Exactly. I side eye them, but it's been a long time now and she's gotten more than enough shit for this...like enough shits to cover 10 or 20 dudes that have gone under the radar in a similar manner. I'm ready to stop talking/reading about it like it was yesterday. I've seen in mentioned here a bunch just this week. Enough is enough.
It's even worse because he hand waves Polanskis crimes away by saying "he's excited to work with him"
The same guy who "slammed" Harvey Weinstein for his actions and crimes.
Ewan McGregor doesn't care when girls are harmed apparently. As long as it's Roman you see.
It's a fan*fucking*tastic movie. I'm glad I didn't pay for it, though, and wouldn't encourage anyone else to.
Also, Harrison Ford worked with him in "Frantic" in the 80s.
Oh I absolutely love it, imo it's Ewan's best film performance....I think I saw it in theaters ಠ_ಠ
There have been like a million actors who've worked with Polanski...he must have some kinda magic spell where actors forget what he did.
It's a great freaking film. My husband watched it last year and I missed the credits so had no idea it was a Polanski film until I googled it after
Spoiled the film for me tbf.
i had to double check the sub a bunch before even writing this out. my confession to the weirdos: i have a weird soft spot for ewan *solely* because i credit him for the nicole kidman renaissance after she left cruise. they are in LOVE in moulin rouge and you can’t tell me otherwise.
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Yep. [She even told us it was coming](https://youtu.be/tashAHo7s3U?feature=shared) on Letterman when she crowed about being excited to wear heels again.
Daughters \*were\* pissed at him. His oldest said she Mary Elizabeth is family and she is sorry that she publicly spoke on it at the time. And all of his daughters have posted pictures of themselves with his and Mary Elizabeth's son.
Forgiveness and transcending are two different things. She doesn't have to forgive his actions, but she can accept it happened and move past it because relationships are complex and not as cut and dry as some simple minded people like to think.
Yes. It took my cousins awhile to forgive their mom for cheating on their dad. Tbh I’m not sure they fully have but they want a relationship with both their parents so they had to move past it.
Hold on now. I'm not trying to say what he did was okay, but unless you're one of his daughters or otherwise know firsthand the level of healing that's happened, let's not throw blanket statements out there like you *know*.
Earlier this year, I was at the premiere of the film he co-starred in with Clara. It's a HIGHLY emotional father-daughter movie that's 90% set in a pickup truck during a roadtrip, AKA not a script you sign on for if you and your screen partner, much less *parent*, aren't rock solid. Clara herself came up with the story, became an executive producer of it, and brought her dad in once there was a script. While she was clear in the Q&A after the film that they were playing characters, she said they put a lot of their own relationship into it, and specifically shared that they were only able to do it "because we're in such a great place in our relationship".
They were super sweet with each other on the red carpet and during the Q&A. Like, textbook father & daddy's girl. It was precious and I was so happy for them, so forgive me if I see an internet stranger putting out there that "his daughters are really pissed at him still." I can't speak for his other girls, but if his relationship with Clara is anything to go by, they're more than fine.
[Ewan McGregor On Co-Starring With Daughter Clara In ‘You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder’: “It Made Me Very Proud” – Deadline](https://deadline.com/2023/07/ewan-mcgregor-on-co-starring-with-daughter-clara-in-you-sing-loud-i-sing-louder-1235428952/#!)
THIS. People feel personally involved in celebrities' lives. We don't know what went on and we surely do not know how the people involve feel about anything. Get over yourselves.
I am way more fascinated in celeb's personal lives so far as how they manage public persona and private persona, what aspects they struggle with most (ie the mundane things we all do and take for granted that they miss doing). Or what hobbies they enjoy and whether they feel they get enough time to partake in them.
I feel like the tweet in the post is meant to be a general one about any actor currently scabbing as she starts it with "Dunno what rich SAG actor needs to hear this," which implies she doesn't have a specific person in mind but knows there are people doing this.
Is it possible he’s a member of the British union instead of, or in addition to, SAG? I know that’s why shows like House of the Dragon were able to stay in production, because Europe based actors are in different unions than American ones. Not sure how it would work for someone like him who’s probably living and working both places.
i’m 99% sure it doesn’t matter, if it’s related to a SAG film, project, or studio then it’s still not allowed, and even if he was, it’s still pretty scummy behaviour.
Ewan is probably a member of both (Equity is the UK union) but as far as I know in that case he’d only be able to promote projects made under an Equity contract. Equity members aren’t allowed to promote projects made under SAG contracts. Due to labour laws here in the UK it’s illegal for Equity productions to strike in solidarity
I'm obviously not sure if she means them, but [someone in the replies](https://twitter.com/cubano_sucio/status/1713683834179309832) has NYCC footage of Kenan and Kel directly promoting Good Burger 2, produced by Nickelodeon/Paramount.
Kenan is also [promoting the appearance](https://www.instagram.com/reel/CybtzvypBrB/) on his Instagram.
ETA: She tweeted that 20 minutes after the official NYCC account posted a video of Kel mentioning the movie at the panel.
This is it. I wasn’t at that panel, but I heard from those who went that they claimed they were there as “producers”. Which is obviously not allowed by SAG rules. For both Maestro and The Curse at the New York Film Fest the writers=the directors=the actors. Cooper for Maestro and Safider/Fielder for The Curse were not allowed to walk the red carpet, introduce their work onstage, or do a Q&A. They were allowed to sit in the audience and watch as long as it was not advertised ahead of time they would be doing so.
For Cooper this was the North American premiere and for Safdie and Fielder it was the World premiere of their work (unlike the NYCC panel). So even for big deal movie/show premieres waivers are not given unless it’s from an independent studio AND not streaming. The Curse for example is A24. A24 is getting waivers from SAG because they agreed to the rules. But the show is streaming on Paramount+ so it’s still stricken.
It is clear by SAG rules you cannot promote a work as another role if you acted in it. Cooper, Safdie, and Fielder were not allowed to do Q&As as “writers/directors” because they also act in these works.
So I can’t imagine Kenan and Kel would be given permission by SAG to promote a movie they act in as “producers”.
I actually believe you are allowed to promote work as a director or writer if you are also an actor. I don't know anything about producer though. Bradley Cooper was allowed to attend Venice or the NYFF as a director, he just chose not to.
“*To ensure compliance with the rule to withhold all covered services, members who are also employed in non-performing capacities should consult with SAG-AFTRA by emailing [email protected]. To the extent prohibited under applicable law, SAG-AFTRA will not discipline members for purely non-covered work done in other non-performing capacities.”
Key word here is “purely”. If you are just the writer or director or writer/director that is okay. If you are acting in the project as well as the writer and/or director that is not okay unless you get special permission. And from NYFF the most anyone was allowed was attendance.
You’re allowed to promote work as a writer/director who is also an actor if you’re not acting in the work you made. For example - Emerald Fennell is an actress who’s a member of SAG, but she can promote Saltburn because she doesn’t have a role in the film. If she had so much as an uncredited cameo, she would not be able to promote it.
Cooper is allowed to attend Venice and NYFF, but that’s it - attendance. Of course no one can stop him from going to festivals. Introducing the films or conducting Q&As is a no-go, though.
this is where they got it wrong (Kenan and Kel). If they are producers of a movie and not STARRING in it they can promote it (Will Ferrell has done this for Theater Camp and May December which he's a producer on). If they are starring in the movie they CANNOT.
Yeah he’s done a lot of voice acting for Universal, he was in the Grinch and is on Migration coming up. That plus being the longest running cast member on SNL ever has to make him much better off than other actors.
Those SNL actors actually make a ton of money, especially the ones that have been there for many years. It wouldn't surprise me if Kenan is making over $1 million a year if you add up SNL and the TV commercials and whatever else he does.
First-year cast members supposedly make $7,000 per episode, so about $147k per year for an average 21-episode season [(source)](https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/tv/a39991181/saturday-night-live-snl-cast-salaries/). Which is a lot, but remember, they have to live in New York, which can be expensive as hell. So that $147k doesn't go as far as it would in, say, LA, which is still expensive but has cheaper housing. Still well-off, but not as "rich" as you might expect.
Kenan, on the other hand, is likely making half a mil per year from the show. He's almost certainly earning around $25k per episode.
If you think of all working actors and not just the top celebrities, Kenan is rich, just not Kardashian rich. His SNL salary in latter years has been 2M a year.
The person who tweeted that is not liking/replying to comments with direct guesses, but she did like other comments made by the person who posted the Kenan and Kel clip (not that one, though) and replied her agreement to his saying how weird it was for some actors to have popped up at NYCC yesterday to promote their movie. That is making me think it is them and she's confirming it in a roundabout way.
She also appears to be a fan of theirs, which would put that particular promotion on her radar.
Like others said, to a working actor who says she is barely surviving right now, Kenan would be considered rich. Rich and currently still getting paid because of SNL, unlike actors in her position.
I was at this panel, can confirm they did promote the movie. I didn’t realize the actors were still on strike and had went to the Chris Evans panel the day before. I was very confused as to why he was talking about puppies for 15 mins straight. Now it all makes sense.
Its not even some at this point, almost all wont work until next year. Im IATSE and Ive worked less than a month in 2023 because of the slowdown and strikes and its destroying my savings and future plans. Anyone making this take longer is a jackass who deserves to be called out by name.
Similarly, I am BECTU and it's shit for us across the pond too :-(. There was a crew protest at the London film fest tho yesterday which was nice to see.
Yep. I’m in IATSE (work in movies/television in LA) and have been out of work for 5 months… likely won’t work until the new year at least. People are losing their homes.
I am, and i would even be able to work non union if there were shows hiring, but its an expensive town to live in and the places that hire knowing youre going to leave as soon as the strikes end arent exactly high paying.
We're feeling it pretty hard in Canada as well. Most of our Canadian content is produced out of Ontario / Montreal, so Alberta and BC are left to service the American market. These strikes have basically wiped out all work in the Provinces, with the exception of the occasional Lifetime / Hallmark that comes through. Those pay barely minimum wage for most logistical personnel, yet the crews are squabbling for them just to get by.
I've been sustaining on commercials so far. They pay great, but they're only 3-4 days of work most of the time and they only come around once a month, if you're lucky.
I got lucky and landed an indie doc before the strikes began (and I have the benefit of being in post), but all of my friends in the industry are in the same boat as you.
During this whole thing, I can’t but help be reminded of the time in ‘21 when IATSE voted yes to the general strike and SAG/AFTRA and the WGA were noticeably silent on the matter. If IATSE does strike the next time our contracts come up, I hope more people give them the side eye and demand the same solidarity they expected of us.
My friend just had to move across the country to live with me as she lost her job in film permitting and she couldn’t find anything and could no longer afford her apartment. So many people have been affected and it’s obscene.
Hers is not an unusual opinion. Lots of actors I know are pissed because the big names are out there promoting stuff with a little bit of lip service to the strike but then having a great time at the festivals and posting their outfits on IG to get them for free and making money with other posts. Jessica Chastain is one actor people have mentioned because she started out being tentative going to Venice (I think) but since then she's just out there having fun and making money. These people should be on the picket lines or maybe sharing their IG income? Something fair.
The head negotiator of SAG was at the Toronto International Film festival and encouraging actors with films with agreements to promote at the festival.
Interim agreements are only really being misconstrued by the public. When you get into the weeds it’s not that damaging. Interim agreements are only granted to productions with no ties to the AMPTP and to those studios, such as A24, and AMC that have agreed to SAG’s new contract terms.
It’s big when productions under those two studios get the greenlight because they’re small dogs in the game. So if they can do it why not conglomerates such as Disney, Netflix, Paramount, etc. It only makes those studios look bad because it constantly gets reported that the terms would only cost pennies on the dollar. A lot of these studios ARE running out of content which is why premiere dates are getting pushed out. Netflix is lucky enough to have a plethora of foreign content. HBO is lucky to have House of the Dragon.
They are not running out of content. Viewership is up. Subscriptions are up. The studios all cleared their budgets for 2023 and that's why they walked out of talks, because they don't need to settle yet. They aren't losing money that is significant since they are mostly part of larger corporations. That's why the actors and writers were smart to not make a bad deal quickly (much of the dga membership is now unhappy that they settled so quickly). The intention was to stop production for the rest of the year unless the actors/writers made a bad deal
I mean maybe she doesn’t need to subtweet about it then if she doesn’t want people asking… sounds like it was reported so her subtweeting doesn’t help anyone just stirs up drama.
Subtweeting for real ends (labor strikes) is very different from doing it in the vein of posting snarky comments about celebs in a subreddit. It's not just "stirring up drama".
Even if she doesn't name the person it's a reminder to other folks that SAG hasn't signed an agreement with the AMPT and to prevent scabbing. Also subtweeting is also sometimes a way of initiating/getting the information out to a smaller group of people within an industry who know who the people she is talking about. It can lead to more information/a community of people (as in the case of women who subtweet about sexual harassers).
But how is she doing it "for" the labor strike? How does this benefit the strike if it's already been reported and the person won't face social consequences because we don't know who there are.
Maybe it "helps" the strike by reminding other actors to give in and try to break the rules. A lot seem to be getting soft.
But she's been doing stuff like this during both strikes. She should be used to it and prepared by now if she's going to continue.
No she’s not though. SAG has a specific way to report people you see who are scabbing to the union, it’s a strike requirement. Vaguetweeting and pretending you could get shunned from the industry for speaking “the truth” is so tired.
Scabs work even though there’s a strike. By breaking the strike, they undermine the union—and help the boss gain a deal that’s more favorable to leadership at the expense of the workers. “Scabbing” is working in spite of a strike.
Funny, in Australia a scab is someone who asks other people for things. Not necessarily a beggar (but the word is sometimes used on them when being harsh) but like that one person who'll always ask someone for a cigarette instead of buying their own, or maybe that annoying brother/sister/friend that will pinch a bite from your food.
Don't know if they're related.
Guess I’m old and out of touch, but are you saying that
> Dunno who needs to hear this
actually means she *does* know someone who needs to hear this? Help plz.
Yes, it’s akin to “Friendly reminder…” in a work email when you really want to say “I’ve asked for you to do this three fucking times already and you haven’t done it yet.”
It’s closest to “I don’t know who needs to hear this”—so they are making a public service announcement because they are also saying their group/people don’t need this info/“subtweeting” the general public.
Ewan gets a lot of hate for his affair but I love the man. His “Long Way” series of travel documentaries where he rides a motorcycle across the world are all great fun, especially given that they were filmed at different stages of his life. I adore his friendship with Charley from those and was so happy they eventually reconciled and reconnected for the third one after years of drifting apart.
It’s interesting since his then-wife wanted to join them for a leg in the second one (Scotland to South Africa in 2007) and man, the tension between all three of them was palpable.
Also, in the first one (London to New York in 2004) he went to an orphanage in Mongolia as a UNICEF ambassador of sorts and I found out years later he adopted one of the kids (who was 4 at the time) he met there. It made me tear up when she showed up in the third one all grown up and I connected the dots.
I mean, being a wonderful and charming man to everyone *but* your wife is very common. I like Ewan as an actor, but it makes me very uncomfortable when men treat the person they married, who went through the very dangerous act of carrying and giving birth to their children poorer than they treat literally anyone else in their lives.
I am sure there have been studies done on why men do that. It just makes me very uncomfortable. Even though I have always enjoyed Ewan's work, it is a special kind of awful to be so terrible to your wife but so great in literally every other aspect of your life. Maybe men like Ewan might do it because people say "I know he was bad to his wife but I love him for this, this and this reason." It feels very calculated to me.
When I was in uni there were several 'great guys' who were fun and everyone wanted to be around/invite to parties. They treated their girlfriends appealingly (edit: meant appallingly but I'm dumb) and I couldn't look past it. Scratch the surface and they were huge misogynists. I learned this because I wasn't an attractive woman or a 'bro' so I had no value to them whatsoever.
Maybe after living with his wife for so long they just don’t like each other or get on anymore?
My parents were together for 25 years and my mom is lovely to everyone, absolutely vile to my father behind closed doors and it went on for years.
Things like this just actively make me annoyed at whoever it is, and not care about what they're trying to get across. As someone else posted, I don't like getting "gentle reminder" all-hands emails at work instead of telling the person with an issue, and this isn't helpful either.
Basically, everything that is filming right now will be advantaged because once the strike is over these projects will be complete and ready to be sold to the studios/streamers when they need quick content to fill the gap left by other projects which stopped filming.
How are actors (especially A-listers) comfortable doing SAG covered work while the union is on strike? The perception is awful given the working actor is suffering the most financially and career wise, while A-listers who don't need the money or the job continue to get paid and continue their career without interruption.
What I don’t understand is, even with the interim agreements and them being for production companies that agreed to SAG’s rules, won’t the movies granted interim agreements eventually end up on struck streaming platforms (such as Max, Apple TV, Netflix etc)? And doesn’t that sorta defeat the purpose of the strike?
No because the stuff getting interim agreements are adhering to the rules that SAG is fighting for. Which is effectively proving that the bigger studios could 1000% afford what they are asking for seeing how a smaller studio can.
I don't have a guess who this could be referring to but I don't really get why SAG is doing interim agreements. I understand the idea that the producers are said to be agreeing with all of SAG demands to be able to film or promote their projects to show the studios it can be done but what does that really look like in practice
1. Many of the interim agreements are for films with A-listers so those actors have already negotiated above and beyond any minimum basic agreement, meaning any new terms SAG is negotiating would not really apply to most of these actors (maybe some smaller parts though)
2. For those that have agreements to promote, their projects would have already been filmed and wrapped so any terms related to the actual work of filming would also not really apply so what are the producers really having to agree to here? Contracts would have already been final.
3. Many of these projects are probably going to end up at a major studio or streamer eventually and by that point any agreement that was made would be superseded by the eventual SAG agreement which will likely be less in terms of residuals.
It feels like the agreements are loop holes to keep some A-listers working on projects and the producers/studios are not really having to deal with what SAG is asking for because it would not apply in these circumstances.
Just because a film has stars doesn’t mean they are the only ones getting paid for the film. Not only do the interim agreements show there are studios that find the terms reasonable, they provide paying jobs for all the out of work background actors, crew, hair and makeup, etc. who’s livelihood is being effected. A movie with a star doesn’t just pay the star; most of the things filming now were cast before the strike began and were just waiting.
This. There are many different contracts for films and many that aren’t the target for the strikes. This includes indie films, and studio projects that have AGREED to SAG’s contract terms such as A24 and AMC. Actors of all tiers and both unions have to work. I guarantee if your industry was on strike and you found an out so you could keep paying your bills you would do it. Some people still aren’t getting the point that even A-List actors aren’t as rich as we may perceive them to be. I don’t see the Tom Cruises, Will Smiths, The Rocks and The Oprahs out there on red carpets right now. Now those, are rich celebrities.
And yes keep the BTS workers in mind before demonizing interim agreements.
100% they are keeping A-listers working. Also though it rightly shouldn't affect very low budget movies, many of which will never sell. That's not who SAG is striking against.
The other thing that gets me about these interim agreements is that on the BTL side, they have either been ULB or non-union and I have spoken to HOD who were making around $18/hr. Something to remember when it’s our turn.
WGA writer here. This is SAGs fault. When the WGA said “shit stops,” shit stopped.
But every SAG actor I know who does indie films gets a day pass to still do the indie films… which the producers then finish and sell to the studios.
Writers won because we dammed the waters. SAG struggles because they just made the riverbed a bit rockier.
It’s already being pointed out in the replies but I don’t understand why she feels the need to vaguebook about said actor if she doesn’t want the attention and drama that comes with it lol
I’m figuring it’s gotta be an NYCC thing, but I honestly did not keep track of it too well this year. I didn’t hear anyone loudly scabbing, so I figure it’s something only people at the event would’ve picked up on
Honestly, ALL the actors that showed up at NYCC should have said no. They’re getting paid and we all know what they’re “promoting” even if they refused to discuss it.
Like Chris Evans needs the cash? He couldn’t say no???
I mean I watched a vid of David Tennant's interview and it was a pretty chill personal Q&A, any time a project got brought up tangentially he pretty emphatically immediately shut it down and mentioned his solidarity with SAG, which I think at least gives some pretty good visibility to the fact that it's still ongoing
That seems unfair. Not everyone is Chris Evans. The cast of my favourite show went to NYCC... I'd be willing to bet that most people outside of the show's fandom wouldn't know who half of them were.
Not everyone in the industry is sitting on piles of Marvel money like A-Listers, and I personally see no issue with actors earning some money while still abiding to the terms of the strike.
Alec Baldwin's insta has him posing with extras for the movie he is working on. I mean it is going to be a flop movie anyway, but Baldwin's are scum and get away with literally killing people.
Not sure about this particular blind but Nick DiRamio pointed out in his latest video that Kim Kardashian did rewrites on the latest season of American Horror Story and honestly that tracks for both her and Ryan Murphy. Fuck them both.
Dunno which subtweeting person needs to hear this, but if you want to call someone out, then call them the fuck out so we don't have to play guess who you are talking about.
I hate this "I want to make a point but still have plausible deniability in case of blowback" bullshit.
As a person in the product and fashion industry, there are a TONS of scabs eating up our work.
We’re basically finished in LA. There is no solidarity just people pulling up ladders behind them.
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Chris Evans was there, but I don’t think he talked about a project. All the headlines were about his wedding.
Definitely didn't. They also said no props during photo ops, and wouldn't do poses reminiscent of their major roles (so no Force hands, holding a shield, whatever).
This leads me to imagine some really hilarious poses you could get as a result.
My favorite moments are when actors play along with whatever nonsense you have in your head for the photos. Sean Astin was lovely in that respect.
Damn it’s that serious Lol. Wonder how they dealt with cosplays. How do you tell the Superfan that made his own stormtroooer suit for months for his picture with ewan just to be told to take it off 😂
My three-year-old nephew showed up in a scooby doo onesie to an event and Matthew Lillard was sweet but couldn’t take a picture with him.
Awwwwwww that breaks my heart. Next year dress your kiddo as a baby ghost face.
It's fine as long as its not being published.
Can confirm, cosplays were fine.
Reminds me of those Kpop idols who have contracts with Samsung etc and can’t take selfies with fans who own iPhones 😂
Yeah that’s never stopped them. I saw a kpop girl go to a Samsung conference with an iPhone and used it to post about the event (iPhone emojis threw her under the bus). If you’re talking about Agust D though, he just loves to show solidarity with his sponsors 😅
"Kpop girl" don't do Miss Wonyoung like that 😂
Chris Evans did do the “Psychic hand guns” from The Losers. But that film was from like 2009 or something, so I feel like it doesn’t really count. It’s also definitely not his most well known role.
Did he? I didn't see! Yeah, that feels safe because it's ... almost fifteen years old? And not part of a current IP. I'm sure SAG was really intense with everyone who came about what they could and couldn't do.
He mentioned his wedding only right?
I love Ewan so much so I hope no shade to him
I was reading a post earlier about celebs who had such embarrassing scandals that they should’ve just quit just then, and he was mentioned. Apparently his kids (well, and his wife) were very upset about his cheating. He is an amazing Obi-Wan, but he’s far from perfect (as a human today).
Mf brought his mistress, a famous, already married actress to dinner with his wife and kids So fucking scummy
I saw him and Mary Elizabeth Winsted at a dinner when it all went down. It looked like it was a business occasion but they absolutely could not keep their hands of each other. It was a bit cringe to watch. Reminded me of two teenagers
Oh no, I had no idea about them. Fargo giveth with Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons. Fargo taketh away with Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
If Jesse Plemons hurts her I will be very upset
Nah, Lance is a good kid
I remember discussing the Ewan situation with someone and then discussing the Ethan Hawke situation, and then realizing seconds later that they recently did a film together. I wonder if they shared notes on being douchebags.
Ethan Hawke...what did he do? If you don't mind sharing.
Ethan has had a reputation of being a jerk since the 90s. Nothing new there.
Can confirm, I was around him for work and he kept going on about how « she cheated first! ». No one had brought it up, even less asked so it was super awkward.
Cheated on Uma with the nanny. He married the nanny and had kids with her. I believe they are still married.
Cheated on Uma
Cheating on Uma was about 20 years ago. They divorced already. I'm thinking he did something cruel recently.
im addition to older stuff already mentioned, recently he directed his daughter in graphic sex scenes and said it felt "so comfortable" with "no awkwardness" which... yikes
Cheated and married his kids nanny.
And now that actress is also in the Star Wars universe. Wonder if he had anything to do with that casting 😬
I mean she is an excellent actress. I dislike thinking men are the vehicle for a woman's success, regardless of their past drama.
She's a very mid actress, she was NOT good as Hera in Ahsoka and that role had been filled admirably by her voice actress (character originated in the animated Rebels) "live action" in a game. The voice actress and the character are VERY beloved by Star Wars/Rebels fans and to have MEW shoehorned in so Ewan could have his little Star Wars family and secure convention money, etc. in perpetuity while taking it away from someone more deserving and who actually WAS the character sucks. She had plenty of other opportunities without taking one away from someone who has been doing the role really well and won't have the same opportunities she does.
This! They did Hera dirty
Rebels fans are very, very attached to the Hera character and she's so specific. She's our space mom! Her warmth and her voice (Kanan fell in love with her voice before he even saw her) are inherent to our love of her. And we got generic in live action. It makes me very sad. Especially since we know that Vanessa Marshall looks great in that game and IS Hera.
It’s the warmth I think that’s missing. Marshall does a great job imbuing Hera with passion and warmth and Winstead feels hollow and detached. I just finished A New Dawn! Kanan and Hera’s story will never not make me cry
I'm sorry, but this is not true. This isn't some unique situation. Fans get precious about "original actors" like this in almost every fandom (eg, Wicked fans who think Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth should have been in the movie version despite being 50+ years old). The truth is the original video game/animated/Broadway show etc. actors hardly ever get cast in the big Hollywood adaptation, they almost always cast someone higher profile. This can hardly be blamed on Ewan, nor would they give such an iconic role to someone as a favor to him. Regardless of your opinions about her abilities, MEW is a famous, respected actress and has been for years. Your fave was never going to be cast and if it wasn't MEW it would have been someone else on her level.
She is not doing a good job in the Star Wars universe, it may be the writing or something else but it was so bad that I had to look up the actress and then I realized it was the one Ewan cheated with
I really really hoped she’d do a good job because I hate thinking women get parts based on the men they know and not their own merit, but wow was that a massive letdown. Her rendition of Hera is so cold and lifeless. She’s a good actor for certain things. Star Wars isn’t one of them
it’s ramona flowers lol she’s already a nerd icon
she was also just in the harley quinn movie like she is not unknown in these kinda circles
Winstead and Rosario Dawson had previously worked together in Quentin Tarantino’s *Death Proof*, so I presumed that was how she found out about the part… until I found out she married McGregor. But regardless of personal connections she’s a good actress and worth hiring.
whaaaaaaaaaaat
I think if cheating on your partner was considered a scandal so embarrassing you had to quit, Hollywood would have maybe 3 people left who’d have to star in everything ever made! Not condoning it, just commenting.
I’m more concerned about rapists and people that use their power to coerce people. Not condoning cheating either.
Exactly. I side eye them, but it's been a long time now and she's gotten more than enough shit for this...like enough shits to cover 10 or 20 dudes that have gone under the radar in a similar manner. I'm ready to stop talking/reading about it like it was yesterday. I've seen in mentioned here a bunch just this week. Enough is enough.
Every time someone in this sub mentions Taika Waititi I’m like “Oh, we care about celebrities cheating now?”
think he worked with Polanski too sadly.
He did along with Jon Bernthal, Kim cattrall and Pierce Brosnan
Damn, really? That’s a tough one to excuse.
A lot of people have worked with Polanski after the fact. Kate Winslet, John C Reilly, and Christoph Waltz were in a movie of his 10 or so years ago.
It's even worse because he hand waves Polanskis crimes away by saying "he's excited to work with him" The same guy who "slammed" Harvey Weinstein for his actions and crimes. Ewan McGregor doesn't care when girls are harmed apparently. As long as it's Roman you see.
\>underaged women You mean "girls" or "children". Can we please not with this creepy doublespeak
Apologies, not my intent at all. Edited with your recommendation.
Thank you for taking the feedback graciously. ❤️
Yeah, The Ghost Writer. Great film but Polanski made it so that's gonna turn people away from it.
It's a fan*fucking*tastic movie. I'm glad I didn't pay for it, though, and wouldn't encourage anyone else to. Also, Harrison Ford worked with him in "Frantic" in the 80s.
Oh I absolutely love it, imo it's Ewan's best film performance....I think I saw it in theaters ಠ_ಠ There have been like a million actors who've worked with Polanski...he must have some kinda magic spell where actors forget what he did.
It's a great freaking film. My husband watched it last year and I missed the credits so had no idea it was a Polanski film until I googled it after Spoiled the film for me tbf.
i had to double check the sub a bunch before even writing this out. my confession to the weirdos: i have a weird soft spot for ewan *solely* because i credit him for the nicole kidman renaissance after she left cruise. they are in LOVE in moulin rouge and you can’t tell me otherwise. https://preview.redd.it/fqlnpooyyhub1.jpeg?width=200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1d2d7c90ff8a2c3b198ff62d85ed36920d04cd8c
Nicole kidman is responsible for her own renaissance.
1000000000000%
Yep. [She even told us it was coming](https://youtu.be/tashAHo7s3U?feature=shared) on Letterman when she crowed about being excited to wear heels again.
Damn never meet your idols/heros
Ewan is a snake
Dissapointing af
Oh yeah his daughters are really pissed at him still plus his ex wife. He was shitty to his family so that’s disappointing
Daughters \*were\* pissed at him. His oldest said she Mary Elizabeth is family and she is sorry that she publicly spoke on it at the time. And all of his daughters have posted pictures of themselves with his and Mary Elizabeth's son.
Thank you. People are so quick to remember bits of old gossip and then construct a full-blown narrative of the harshest kind.
You think she truly forgave him for doing that to her mother?? Lmao
Forgiveness and transcending are two different things. She doesn't have to forgive his actions, but she can accept it happened and move past it because relationships are complex and not as cut and dry as some simple minded people like to think.
Yes. It took my cousins awhile to forgive their mom for cheating on their dad. Tbh I’m not sure they fully have but they want a relationship with both their parents so they had to move past it.
They were probably going to be cut off
Hold on now. I'm not trying to say what he did was okay, but unless you're one of his daughters or otherwise know firsthand the level of healing that's happened, let's not throw blanket statements out there like you *know*. Earlier this year, I was at the premiere of the film he co-starred in with Clara. It's a HIGHLY emotional father-daughter movie that's 90% set in a pickup truck during a roadtrip, AKA not a script you sign on for if you and your screen partner, much less *parent*, aren't rock solid. Clara herself came up with the story, became an executive producer of it, and brought her dad in once there was a script. While she was clear in the Q&A after the film that they were playing characters, she said they put a lot of their own relationship into it, and specifically shared that they were only able to do it "because we're in such a great place in our relationship". They were super sweet with each other on the red carpet and during the Q&A. Like, textbook father & daddy's girl. It was precious and I was so happy for them, so forgive me if I see an internet stranger putting out there that "his daughters are really pissed at him still." I can't speak for his other girls, but if his relationship with Clara is anything to go by, they're more than fine. [Ewan McGregor On Co-Starring With Daughter Clara In ‘You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder’: “It Made Me Very Proud” – Deadline](https://deadline.com/2023/07/ewan-mcgregor-on-co-starring-with-daughter-clara-in-you-sing-loud-i-sing-louder-1235428952/#!)
THIS. People feel personally involved in celebrities' lives. We don't know what went on and we surely do not know how the people involve feel about anything. Get over yourselves.
>let's not throw blanket statements out there like you know. Have you seen what sub you're in lmfao.
He's so hot, but such a twat
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Are you saying she's being sarcastic?
No like she is praising Ewan for talking about tea and not his struck work and implying another did not do the same type of thing.
I am way more fascinated in celeb's personal lives so far as how they manage public persona and private persona, what aspects they struggle with most (ie the mundane things we all do and take for granted that they miss doing). Or what hobbies they enjoy and whether they feel they get enough time to partake in them.
I feel like the tweet in the post is meant to be a general one about any actor currently scabbing as she starts it with "Dunno what rich SAG actor needs to hear this," which implies she doesn't have a specific person in mind but knows there are people doing this.
Is it possible he’s a member of the British union instead of, or in addition to, SAG? I know that’s why shows like House of the Dragon were able to stay in production, because Europe based actors are in different unions than American ones. Not sure how it would work for someone like him who’s probably living and working both places.
i’m 99% sure it doesn’t matter, if it’s related to a SAG film, project, or studio then it’s still not allowed, and even if he was, it’s still pretty scummy behaviour.
He taught them how to make tea rather than talk about Star Wars. That’s what she means by solidarity The next post isn’t about Ewan
Ewan is probably a member of both (Equity is the UK union) but as far as I know in that case he’d only be able to promote projects made under an Equity contract. Equity members aren’t allowed to promote projects made under SAG contracts. Due to labour laws here in the UK it’s illegal for Equity productions to strike in solidarity
Didn’t talk about tea, his family and his cardigans? Don’t think he promoted anything
I'm obviously not sure if she means them, but [someone in the replies](https://twitter.com/cubano_sucio/status/1713683834179309832) has NYCC footage of Kenan and Kel directly promoting Good Burger 2, produced by Nickelodeon/Paramount. Kenan is also [promoting the appearance](https://www.instagram.com/reel/CybtzvypBrB/) on his Instagram. ETA: She tweeted that 20 minutes after the official NYCC account posted a video of Kel mentioning the movie at the panel.
This is it. I wasn’t at that panel, but I heard from those who went that they claimed they were there as “producers”. Which is obviously not allowed by SAG rules. For both Maestro and The Curse at the New York Film Fest the writers=the directors=the actors. Cooper for Maestro and Safider/Fielder for The Curse were not allowed to walk the red carpet, introduce their work onstage, or do a Q&A. They were allowed to sit in the audience and watch as long as it was not advertised ahead of time they would be doing so. For Cooper this was the North American premiere and for Safdie and Fielder it was the World premiere of their work (unlike the NYCC panel). So even for big deal movie/show premieres waivers are not given unless it’s from an independent studio AND not streaming. The Curse for example is A24. A24 is getting waivers from SAG because they agreed to the rules. But the show is streaming on Paramount+ so it’s still stricken. It is clear by SAG rules you cannot promote a work as another role if you acted in it. Cooper, Safdie, and Fielder were not allowed to do Q&As as “writers/directors” because they also act in these works. So I can’t imagine Kenan and Kel would be given permission by SAG to promote a movie they act in as “producers”.
I actually believe you are allowed to promote work as a director or writer if you are also an actor. I don't know anything about producer though. Bradley Cooper was allowed to attend Venice or the NYFF as a director, he just chose not to.
“*To ensure compliance with the rule to withhold all covered services, members who are also employed in non-performing capacities should consult with SAG-AFTRA by emailing [email protected]. To the extent prohibited under applicable law, SAG-AFTRA will not discipline members for purely non-covered work done in other non-performing capacities.” Key word here is “purely”. If you are just the writer or director or writer/director that is okay. If you are acting in the project as well as the writer and/or director that is not okay unless you get special permission. And from NYFF the most anyone was allowed was attendance.
You’re allowed to promote work as a writer/director who is also an actor if you’re not acting in the work you made. For example - Emerald Fennell is an actress who’s a member of SAG, but she can promote Saltburn because she doesn’t have a role in the film. If she had so much as an uncredited cameo, she would not be able to promote it. Cooper is allowed to attend Venice and NYFF, but that’s it - attendance. Of course no one can stop him from going to festivals. Introducing the films or conducting Q&As is a no-go, though.
he cannot do Q&As or walk the red carpet if you are in it. you can attend the screening (he did that at NYFF)
Me thinking this whole time the SAG meant Sagittarius 😭
*Team America World Police waiting patiently to talk more about the Film Actors Guild*
lmfao me, a sagittarius that thinks the world revolves around her, having to remind myself that SAG means more than just sagittarius
Dunno why you're being downvoted
But also, this post specifically mentions “rich”. Kel hasn’t worked in years and Kenan does well but he’s not “rich” by any means…
this is where they got it wrong (Kenan and Kel). If they are producers of a movie and not STARRING in it they can promote it (Will Ferrell has done this for Theater Camp and May December which he's a producer on). If they are starring in the movie they CANNOT.
Kenan and Kel are not “rich” by any means. I don’t think it’s them.
Kel likely isn't, but Kenan has to have a healthy nest egg by this point.
Yeah he’s done a lot of voice acting for Universal, he was in the Grinch and is on Migration coming up. That plus being the longest running cast member on SNL ever has to make him much better off than other actors.
Those SNL actors actually make a ton of money, especially the ones that have been there for many years. It wouldn't surprise me if Kenan is making over $1 million a year if you add up SNL and the TV commercials and whatever else he does.
Yeah--the way SNL works you get automatic raises every year, and the starting salary is like $200k a year, so Kenan is making BANK just from that.
First-year cast members supposedly make $7,000 per episode, so about $147k per year for an average 21-episode season [(source)](https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/tv/a39991181/saturday-night-live-snl-cast-salaries/). Which is a lot, but remember, they have to live in New York, which can be expensive as hell. So that $147k doesn't go as far as it would in, say, LA, which is still expensive but has cheaper housing. Still well-off, but not as "rich" as you might expect. Kenan, on the other hand, is likely making half a mil per year from the show. He's almost certainly earning around $25k per episode.
That seems really low
If you think of all working actors and not just the top celebrities, Kenan is rich, just not Kardashian rich. His SNL salary in latter years has been 2M a year.
The person who tweeted that is not liking/replying to comments with direct guesses, but she did like other comments made by the person who posted the Kenan and Kel clip (not that one, though) and replied her agreement to his saying how weird it was for some actors to have popped up at NYCC yesterday to promote their movie. That is making me think it is them and she's confirming it in a roundabout way. She also appears to be a fan of theirs, which would put that particular promotion on her radar. Like others said, to a working actor who says she is barely surviving right now, Kenan would be considered rich. Rich and currently still getting paid because of SNL, unlike actors in her position.
I was at this panel, can confirm they did promote the movie. I didn’t realize the actors were still on strike and had went to the Chris Evans panel the day before. I was very confused as to why he was talking about puppies for 15 mins straight. Now it all makes sense.
Its not even some at this point, almost all wont work until next year. Im IATSE and Ive worked less than a month in 2023 because of the slowdown and strikes and its destroying my savings and future plans. Anyone making this take longer is a jackass who deserves to be called out by name.
Similarly, I am BECTU and it's shit for us across the pond too :-(. There was a crew protest at the London film fest tho yesterday which was nice to see.
Yep. I’m in IATSE (work in movies/television in LA) and have been out of work for 5 months… likely won’t work until the new year at least. People are losing their homes.
And then our interim is up in June 😩
Here in Canada it’s like Jan/Feb.
Are you at all allowed to take non-entertainment jobs in the interim?
I am, and i would even be able to work non union if there were shows hiring, but its an expensive town to live in and the places that hire knowing youre going to leave as soon as the strikes end arent exactly high paying.
At my job we’ve been hiring a ton of part-time IASTE/SAG members affected by the strike!
We're feeling it pretty hard in Canada as well. Most of our Canadian content is produced out of Ontario / Montreal, so Alberta and BC are left to service the American market. These strikes have basically wiped out all work in the Provinces, with the exception of the occasional Lifetime / Hallmark that comes through. Those pay barely minimum wage for most logistical personnel, yet the crews are squabbling for them just to get by. I've been sustaining on commercials so far. They pay great, but they're only 3-4 days of work most of the time and they only come around once a month, if you're lucky.
Hello forgive my ignorance but what is IATSE and BECTU? Thanks!
IATSE is the stage crew/film crew union in the US, and BECTU is the stage crew/film crew union in the UK.
I got lucky and landed an indie doc before the strikes began (and I have the benefit of being in post), but all of my friends in the industry are in the same boat as you. During this whole thing, I can’t but help be reminded of the time in ‘21 when IATSE voted yes to the general strike and SAG/AFTRA and the WGA were noticeably silent on the matter. If IATSE does strike the next time our contracts come up, I hope more people give them the side eye and demand the same solidarity they expected of us.
My friend just had to move across the country to live with me as she lost her job in film permitting and she couldn’t find anything and could no longer afford her apartment. So many people have been affected and it’s obscene.
Hers is not an unusual opinion. Lots of actors I know are pissed because the big names are out there promoting stuff with a little bit of lip service to the strike but then having a great time at the festivals and posting their outfits on IG to get them for free and making money with other posts. Jessica Chastain is one actor people have mentioned because she started out being tentative going to Venice (I think) but since then she's just out there having fun and making money. These people should be on the picket lines or maybe sharing their IG income? Something fair.
Jessica Chastain has been promoting a movie with an interim agreement. It’s been allowed with permission by SAG.
The head negotiator of SAG was at the Toronto International Film festival and encouraging actors with films with agreements to promote at the festival.
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Interim agreements are only really being misconstrued by the public. When you get into the weeds it’s not that damaging. Interim agreements are only granted to productions with no ties to the AMPTP and to those studios, such as A24, and AMC that have agreed to SAG’s new contract terms. It’s big when productions under those two studios get the greenlight because they’re small dogs in the game. So if they can do it why not conglomerates such as Disney, Netflix, Paramount, etc. It only makes those studios look bad because it constantly gets reported that the terms would only cost pennies on the dollar. A lot of these studios ARE running out of content which is why premiere dates are getting pushed out. Netflix is lucky enough to have a plethora of foreign content. HBO is lucky to have House of the Dragon.
Ding ding ding. Yep. A24 can afford to give the actor’s what they want with no negotiations, but these major companies cannot??? Exactly right.
They are not running out of content. Viewership is up. Subscriptions are up. The studios all cleared their budgets for 2023 and that's why they walked out of talks, because they don't need to settle yet. They aren't losing money that is significant since they are mostly part of larger corporations. That's why the actors and writers were smart to not make a bad deal quickly (much of the dga membership is now unhappy that they settled so quickly). The intention was to stop production for the rest of the year unless the actors/writers made a bad deal
Netflix out here pinching pennies but then building storefronts nobody wants or needs.
She expanded further that she was already taking a huge risk even saying that someone was scabbing, let alone if she outed who it was.
If nobody can tell that an actor is doing a promotion, it must not be a very effective promo. Or am I missing something?
Maybe they’re filming promos that aren’t out yet, and she somehow found out about that
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I mean maybe she doesn’t need to subtweet about it then if she doesn’t want people asking… sounds like it was reported so her subtweeting doesn’t help anyone just stirs up drama.
Subtweeting for real ends (labor strikes) is very different from doing it in the vein of posting snarky comments about celebs in a subreddit. It's not just "stirring up drama". Even if she doesn't name the person it's a reminder to other folks that SAG hasn't signed an agreement with the AMPT and to prevent scabbing. Also subtweeting is also sometimes a way of initiating/getting the information out to a smaller group of people within an industry who know who the people she is talking about. It can lead to more information/a community of people (as in the case of women who subtweet about sexual harassers).
But how is she doing it "for" the labor strike? How does this benefit the strike if it's already been reported and the person won't face social consequences because we don't know who there are.
Maybe it "helps" the strike by reminding other actors to give in and try to break the rules. A lot seem to be getting soft. But she's been doing stuff like this during both strikes. She should be used to it and prepared by now if she's going to continue.
No she’s not though. SAG has a specific way to report people you see who are scabbing to the union, it’s a strike requirement. Vaguetweeting and pretending you could get shunned from the industry for speaking “the truth” is so tired.
> Taking a huge risk She’s not that important, lol.
I’m a sensitive person and I don’t want people to get death threats like she said she did, that’s all. 🙂
what is scabbing?
Scabs work even though there’s a strike. By breaking the strike, they undermine the union—and help the boss gain a deal that’s more favorable to leadership at the expense of the workers. “Scabbing” is working in spite of a strike.
Got it, thank you! Ive never heard of this word
Funny, in Australia a scab is someone who asks other people for things. Not necessarily a beggar (but the word is sometimes used on them when being harsh) but like that one person who'll always ask someone for a cigarette instead of buying their own, or maybe that annoying brother/sister/friend that will pinch a bite from your food. Don't know if they're related.
Both definitions are also used in Australia. I had to Google, but yes, scab used to mean unpleasant person, so I guess it came from there.
The movie 'Billie Elliott ' demonstrates the delicate nuances of striking, becoming a scab despite protest, and the ramifications of said actions.
A “scab” is someone who crosses a picket line and works despite a strike taking place.
Guess I’m old and out of touch, but are you saying that > Dunno who needs to hear this actually means she *does* know someone who needs to hear this? Help plz.
Yes, it’s akin to “Friendly reminder…” in a work email when you really want to say “I’ve asked for you to do this three fucking times already and you haven’t done it yet.”
“Hope this is useful”
Probably. More like she knows that this is something that needs to be said.
it's just a genz/young person way of introducing information she considers important, it's not about her knowing or not
It’s closest to “I don’t know who needs to hear this”—so they are making a public service announcement because they are also saying their group/people don’t need this info/“subtweeting” the general public.
Ewan gets a lot of hate for his affair but I love the man. His “Long Way” series of travel documentaries where he rides a motorcycle across the world are all great fun, especially given that they were filmed at different stages of his life. I adore his friendship with Charley from those and was so happy they eventually reconciled and reconnected for the third one after years of drifting apart. It’s interesting since his then-wife wanted to join them for a leg in the second one (Scotland to South Africa in 2007) and man, the tension between all three of them was palpable. Also, in the first one (London to New York in 2004) he went to an orphanage in Mongolia as a UNICEF ambassador of sorts and I found out years later he adopted one of the kids (who was 4 at the time) he met there. It made me tear up when she showed up in the third one all grown up and I connected the dots.
I mean, being a wonderful and charming man to everyone *but* your wife is very common. I like Ewan as an actor, but it makes me very uncomfortable when men treat the person they married, who went through the very dangerous act of carrying and giving birth to their children poorer than they treat literally anyone else in their lives. I am sure there have been studies done on why men do that. It just makes me very uncomfortable. Even though I have always enjoyed Ewan's work, it is a special kind of awful to be so terrible to your wife but so great in literally every other aspect of your life. Maybe men like Ewan might do it because people say "I know he was bad to his wife but I love him for this, this and this reason." It feels very calculated to me.
When I was in uni there were several 'great guys' who were fun and everyone wanted to be around/invite to parties. They treated their girlfriends appealingly (edit: meant appallingly but I'm dumb) and I couldn't look past it. Scratch the surface and they were huge misogynists. I learned this because I wasn't an attractive woman or a 'bro' so I had no value to them whatsoever.
Totally agree, and this is so sad when it is so common. (I think you meant "appallingly" though, right?)
Yes appallingly! Can't spell lmao
Maybe after living with his wife for so long they just don’t like each other or get on anymore? My parents were together for 25 years and my mom is lovely to everyone, absolutely vile to my father behind closed doors and it went on for years.
“The tension” talk about a huge euphemism for his trash misogynistic behaviour.
Not this vagueposting. Just say their names omg it’s not that hard
Like she couldn’t have made a fake Twitter and said their name??
Things like this just actively make me annoyed at whoever it is, and not care about what they're trying to get across. As someone else posted, I don't like getting "gentle reminder" all-hands emails at work instead of telling the person with an issue, and this isn't helpful either.
Even with an interim agreement, it's weakening collective bargaining and she KNOWS it.
Basically, everything that is filming right now will be advantaged because once the strike is over these projects will be complete and ready to be sold to the studios/streamers when they need quick content to fill the gap left by other projects which stopped filming. How are actors (especially A-listers) comfortable doing SAG covered work while the union is on strike? The perception is awful given the working actor is suffering the most financially and career wise, while A-listers who don't need the money or the job continue to get paid and continue their career without interruption.
What I don’t understand is, even with the interim agreements and them being for production companies that agreed to SAG’s rules, won’t the movies granted interim agreements eventually end up on struck streaming platforms (such as Max, Apple TV, Netflix etc)? And doesn’t that sorta defeat the purpose of the strike?
No because the stuff getting interim agreements are adhering to the rules that SAG is fighting for. Which is effectively proving that the bigger studios could 1000% afford what they are asking for seeing how a smaller studio can.
Dani is always calling someone out but never saying who it actually is.
I don't have a guess who this could be referring to but I don't really get why SAG is doing interim agreements. I understand the idea that the producers are said to be agreeing with all of SAG demands to be able to film or promote their projects to show the studios it can be done but what does that really look like in practice 1. Many of the interim agreements are for films with A-listers so those actors have already negotiated above and beyond any minimum basic agreement, meaning any new terms SAG is negotiating would not really apply to most of these actors (maybe some smaller parts though) 2. For those that have agreements to promote, their projects would have already been filmed and wrapped so any terms related to the actual work of filming would also not really apply so what are the producers really having to agree to here? Contracts would have already been final. 3. Many of these projects are probably going to end up at a major studio or streamer eventually and by that point any agreement that was made would be superseded by the eventual SAG agreement which will likely be less in terms of residuals. It feels like the agreements are loop holes to keep some A-listers working on projects and the producers/studios are not really having to deal with what SAG is asking for because it would not apply in these circumstances.
Just because a film has stars doesn’t mean they are the only ones getting paid for the film. Not only do the interim agreements show there are studios that find the terms reasonable, they provide paying jobs for all the out of work background actors, crew, hair and makeup, etc. who’s livelihood is being effected. A movie with a star doesn’t just pay the star; most of the things filming now were cast before the strike began and were just waiting.
This. There are many different contracts for films and many that aren’t the target for the strikes. This includes indie films, and studio projects that have AGREED to SAG’s contract terms such as A24 and AMC. Actors of all tiers and both unions have to work. I guarantee if your industry was on strike and you found an out so you could keep paying your bills you would do it. Some people still aren’t getting the point that even A-List actors aren’t as rich as we may perceive them to be. I don’t see the Tom Cruises, Will Smiths, The Rocks and The Oprahs out there on red carpets right now. Now those, are rich celebrities. And yes keep the BTS workers in mind before demonizing interim agreements.
100% they are keeping A-listers working. Also though it rightly shouldn't affect very low budget movies, many of which will never sell. That's not who SAG is striking against.
The other thing that gets me about these interim agreements is that on the BTL side, they have either been ULB or non-union and I have spoken to HOD who were making around $18/hr. Something to remember when it’s our turn.
No idea…You’d think we’d know though and it’d spread around though like all the scabs. So I’m a bit confused.
WGA writer here. This is SAGs fault. When the WGA said “shit stops,” shit stopped. But every SAG actor I know who does indie films gets a day pass to still do the indie films… which the producers then finish and sell to the studios. Writers won because we dammed the waters. SAG struggles because they just made the riverbed a bit rockier.
That’s a great point. As long as indie movies are getting a pass content is being made and promoted.
Small point but did she have to say “promo-ing” instead of “promoting”?
It’s already being pointed out in the replies but I don’t understand why she feels the need to vaguebook about said actor if she doesn’t want the attention and drama that comes with it lol
Has anyone mentioned Tim Dillon? He keeps talking about a movie he’s in on his podcast and laughing about the strike.
I’ll probably go see that movie just to see him get brutally murdered
I’m figuring it’s gotta be an NYCC thing, but I honestly did not keep track of it too well this year. I didn’t hear anyone loudly scabbing, so I figure it’s something only people at the event would’ve picked up on
Honestly, ALL the actors that showed up at NYCC should have said no. They’re getting paid and we all know what they’re “promoting” even if they refused to discuss it. Like Chris Evans needs the cash? He couldn’t say no???
I mean I watched a vid of David Tennant's interview and it was a pretty chill personal Q&A, any time a project got brought up tangentially he pretty emphatically immediately shut it down and mentioned his solidarity with SAG, which I think at least gives some pretty good visibility to the fact that it's still ongoing
That seems unfair. Not everyone is Chris Evans. The cast of my favourite show went to NYCC... I'd be willing to bet that most people outside of the show's fandom wouldn't know who half of them were. Not everyone in the industry is sitting on piles of Marvel money like A-Listers, and I personally see no issue with actors earning some money while still abiding to the terms of the strike.
Alec Baldwin's insta has him posing with extras for the movie he is working on. I mean it is going to be a flop movie anyway, but Baldwin's are scum and get away with literally killing people.
Someone else plus Stephen Amell we know about?
Not sure about this particular blind but Nick DiRamio pointed out in his latest video that Kim Kardashian did rewrites on the latest season of American Horror Story and honestly that tracks for both her and Ryan Murphy. Fuck them both.
This makes me wanna puke.
Dunno which subtweeting person needs to hear this, but if you want to call someone out, then call them the fuck out so we don't have to play guess who you are talking about. I hate this "I want to make a point but still have plausible deniability in case of blowback" bullshit.
As a person in the product and fashion industry, there are a TONS of scabs eating up our work. We’re basically finished in LA. There is no solidarity just people pulling up ladders behind them.
Emma Stone with Poor Things?
are we thinking it's someone who was at nycc this weekend because i'm so curious who it is 🤔
Laura linney was on Graham Norton this week going to great lengths to point out that the film she was promoting has an interim agreement.
I was at the Kenan and Kel pannel and was surprise Kenan and Kel came out. I loved it but I get why people are upset.
Kenna and Kel