'Last year, she got $27 from Netflix.' Why actors are joining screenwriters on the picket lines across America.
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“Most of these 160,000 jobbing actors make a pretty miserable income,” she said. “They’ve really seen their standards of living and their income just plummet.” Actors and screenwriters are protesting to increase the amount of residuals they receive from TV shows and films streaming on services like Netflix and Amazon Prime., for example, was a huge hit back in the early 2000s with Warner Brothers,” Ms McKeone said.
“While it was being shown on TV - the repeats and the global repeats - the actors were getting really decent residuals.”was sold to Netflix, actors and screenwriters effectively “get nothing” as streaming services do not share how many viewers they have. SAG-AFTRA member taking part in the actors and screenwriters' strike for increased residuals. Image: Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo.told me she used to get several thousand a year in the early 2000s from residuals,” she said. “Last year she got $27 from Netflix.Under the strike, actors cannot continue in filming productions or take part in any promotional activity for projects.stars left the London premiere of the film in support of the strike.
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