SAG-AFTRA, the labor union that represents more than 160,000 film and TV stars, are officially going on strike — and several of the actors affected are vocalizing their support.
Emily Blunt said ahead of the decision that she will walk off the red carpet while promoting her new film, “Oppenheimer,” to show her solidarity.
“I think right now we are just sorting of … I hope everyone makes a fair deal and we are here to celebrate this movie,” the “Golden Globe” winner, 40, told Deadline in London Thursday.
“And if they call it, we’ll be leaving together as cast in unity with everyone … We are gonna have to. We are gonna have to. We will see what happens. Right now it’s the joy to be together.”
Filmmaker Christopher Nolan then confirmed later in the evening that his cast had indeed left the premiere due to the “struggle for fair wages.”
Jamie Lynn Spears, who has projects with both Netflix and Paramount coming out later this month, took to her Instagram Stories earlier on Thursday to share how she feels about the strike.
“It’s important and necessary that we all stick together, but it’s also heartbreaking and creates a lot of complicated feelings because you worked so hard with so many other people — not just yourself — to create this and this is your time to celebrate it,” she said.
Spears, 32, who is a member of SAG-AFTRA, explained that per the strike, she and her fellow actors are not to do “ongoing press, social media promotion, premieres, anything” towards any projects that have wrapped or are currently in the works.
The actress was set to release Season 3 of “Sweet Magnolias” on July 20 and “Zoey 102,” a film sequel for her hit Nickelodeon show, on July 27.
Meanwhile, Margot Robbie told Sky News at the London premiere of “Barbie” Wednesday that as a member of SAG-AFTRA herself she would “absolutely stand by” a strike.
Jamie Lee Curtis took to Instagram Thursday to show her support, captioning a collage of photos of herself in Hulu’s “The Bear,” “The @sagaftra symbol used to be the masks of the actors face.
