Margot Robbie, Sheryl Lee Ralph and more actors react to SAG-AFTRA strike
Fran Drescher, president of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) announced during a press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday that the union representing Hollywood actors will go on strike.
"It's official @sagaftra has voted to strike. We will be joining the @wgawest @wgaeast on the picket lines starting tomorrow," Yvette Nicole Brown wrote in a on her Instagram page on Thursday as news of the strike became official.
She added, "In preparation we all got together last week to create our signs. I was on sticks! When you바카라 게임 웹사이트re out there without a splinter thanks to the perfectly placed duct tape, think of ya girl! #UnionStrong."
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The strike went into effect at midnight PT Thursday night, but many actors have spoken about the impact it will have before it officially commenced.
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Margot Robbie, who stars in the upcoming "Barbie" movie, Sky 온라인 바카라 게임 during the movie's London premiere Wednesday night that she's "absolutely" in support of a SAG-AFTRA strike.
"I very much am in support of all the unions and I바카라 게임 웹사이트m a part of SAG, so I would absolutely stand by them," she said.
"Abbott Elementary" actor Sheryl Lee Ralph was nominated for an Emmy on Wednesday, but she The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published shortly after her nod was announced that the news is bittersweet.
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Throughout the day on Thursday, more actors took to their social media following news of the strike to express their support.
"And Just Like That" star Cynthia Nixon said in a posted to her Twitter page that she is "proud to be standing tall" with the WGA as a member of SAG "as actors and writers together demand a fair share of the record-breaking profits the studios have been reaping from our labor for far too long."
"We will win this!" Nixon exclaimed.
Josh Gad, known for playing Olaf in Disney's "Frozen" franchise, also how "proud and impressed" he was by Drescher and his union during Thursday바카라 게임 웹사이트s press conference.
Video above: Jamie Lee Curtis and Bob Odenkirk show support for actors' strike
Bob Odenkirk, who was nominated on Wednesday for an Emmy for his performance in "Better Call Saul," echoed Gad's sentiment, on his Twitter page, "Holy Cow. Go Fran Go! This was a powerful statement. I stand with Fran and everyone in SAG and WGA in this extended moment바카라 게임 웹사이트onwards."
And Oscar-winner Jamie Lee Curtis showed her support by a photo on her Instagram page of theater masks with words saying, "It looks like it's time to take down the masks and pick up the signs."