, which has seen many actors joining WGA picket lines and otherwise expressing support for the writers, has likely emboldened performers, said Steve Ross, a history professor at the University of Southern California who has written several books on labor in Hollywood.
SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher and a number of high-profile actors have come out in support of a strike vote. Kim Cattrall, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kumail Nanjiani,No strike would happen until at least, when the current SAG-AFTRA contract expires. However, as Drescher explained in a video, beginning negotiations with the ability to strike gives performers maximum leverage with studios, which"have spent the last decade making immense profits off of your labor.
"The studios right now can make movies without writers. They're saying, 'We already have a supply of material, we can easily go through the fall, we don't need anyone,'" Ross said."Well, you need actors. Even if you have scripts and you have directors, who's going to be acting?"In the event of a strike, smaller and independent production using non-union talent could continue, but most work would shut down, he added.