SAG-AFTRA votes to go on strike after failing to reach an agreement with production companies. Matt Damon, Jamie Lee Curtis and more have shown support for the strike.
Hollywood’s actors union voted Thursday to join the ongoing writers strike.
Matt Damon and Jamie Lee Curtis have shared support, while Disney CEO Bob Iger, inset, criticized the move. Meanwhile, Damon said nobody wants a "work stoppage" but emphasized that actors need "fair" contracts. "We can’t have that, so we got to figure out something that is fair," he added. "Anyway, we’ll see where it goes. Nobody wants a work stoppage. ... It’s painful for every other guild, really painful for IATSE and all our brothers and sisters there. Nobody wants that, but we [have] to work under contracts that are fair."Jeremy Renner also indicated he would join the strike as he shared a photo of "SAG-AFTRA ON STRIKE" picket signs and wrote "A necessary change .
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