It’s been over 130 days since writers grabbed their signs and hit the picket lines. As we glide into film festival season, writers and actors are showing their support for the strike in different ways. The latest cast to reunite on the picket line was that most noughties of duos, Harold and Kumar (John Cho and Kal Penn).
Back in July, the actors are up for the role of a lifetime: Newsies. The SAG-AFTRA contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers expired at 3 a.m. on July 13 after the union was unable to reach a deal with studios. As the Screen Actors Guild national board voted to begin striking at midnight on July 14, celebrities including the cast of the Barbie movie’s tethered, Oppenheimer, prepared to walk from all duties. Others, like Alan Ruck, Janelle James, Diego Luna, and Melanie Lynskey, used their Emmy nominations as an opportunity to prioritize solidarity with the union. And of course, Jane Fonda got in on the picketing (but you probably could have guessed that). Dwayne “The Rock†Johnson reportedly donated a historic amount to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, approximately seven figures according to Variety. On July 25, Danai Gurira, Steve Buscemi, Christine Baranski, Bryan Cranston, and other actors spoke at a “Rock the Rally for a Fair Contract†event in Times Square. Below, more celebrities who are ready to stop acting and take action.
John Cho and Kal Penn
Margot Robbie
Oscar Isaac
Damien Chazelle, Martin McDonagh, and Laura Poitras
Florence Pugh
The cast of Community
Elliot Page and Peppermint
Joe Lo Truglio
Josh Peck
Tracee Ellis Ross
Li’l Sebastian and (most of) the Parks and Rec cast
Marisa Tomei
Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller
Simu Liu
Jennifer Grey
Debra Messing
Luke Kirby
The Cast of The Good Place
Adam Scott, Nick Offerman, and Jesse Plemons
Sarah Paulson
Anna Kendrick
Octavia Spencer
F. Murray Abraham
Jack Champion and Trinity Bliss
Jeri Ryan
Sterling Jones
Seth MacFarlane
Steven Spielberg
Lucy Liu
David Harbour
Bradley Cooper
Stacey Abrams
Zach Braff
Seth Rogen
Rachel Bloom
Jason Momoa
Kerry Washington and Bellamy Young
Michelle Pfeiffer
The Oppenhomies: David Krumholtz, Olli Haaskivi, Jack Quaid, Devon Bostick, & Christopher Nolan
Annette Bening
Stephen Colbert
Stephanie Hsu
Sarah Silverman
Mariska Hargitay
Shea Wigham and Tory Kittles
Frances Fisher
Camryn Manheim
John Oliver
Ziwe
Marlee Martin
Gritty
Colin Farrell
Lisa Ann Walter and Sheryl Lee Ralph
Al Yankovic
Julianne Moore
Nelson Franklin
Hayley Atwell
Gina Torres
Melanie Griffith
Amber Ruffin
Adam Pally
Danny Trejo
Bradley Whitford
Jack Black
Christine Baranski
Steve Buscemi
Titus Burgess
Liza Colón-Zayas
Bryan Cranston
Jennifer Ehle
Nancy Giles
Jill Hennessy
Stephen Lang
Arian Moayed
Christian Slater
Merritt Wever
Lupita Nyong’o
Tony Goldwyn
Snoop Dogg
Brendan Fraser
Evan Peters
Coco Jones
Daniel Radcliffe
Milo Manheim
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Dwayne “The Rock†Johnson
Kate Flannery
Adam Shapiro
Ed Harris
Jeremy Allen White
Tyler James Williams
Aubrey Plaza
Rosemary Harris
Vanessa Hudgens
Alexandra Shipp
Dylan McDermott and Dermot Mulroney
Brett Gelman
Anthony Rapp
Ashley Zukerman
Lily Tomlin
June Diane Raphael
Antoni Porowski
Jameela Jamil
Zoe Lister-Jones
Nolan Gould
Chris Hemsworth
Kristen Wiig
Rachel McAdams
Alan Ruck and Justine Lupe
Tina Fey
Mandy Moore
Sean Astin
David Cross and Kyra Sedgwick
Jinkx Monsoon
David Denman
Chris Lowell
Katie Lowes
Kal Penn
Bob Odenkirk
Danny Pudi
Kevin Bacon
Rosario Dawson
Joey King
Busy Phillips
Ben Schwartz
Christopher Jackson
Martin Starr
Sam Richardson
Richa Moorjani, Lee Rodriguez, and Ramona Young
Jane Fonda
Jason Sudeikis
Stephanie Beatriz
Niecy Nash
Priyanka Chopra
Matthew Modine
Kristen Johnston
Will Graham
James Van Der Beek
John Cusack
Keke Palmer
Padma Lakshmi
Ron Perlman
Josh Gad
Viola Davis
Jessica Chastain
Leonardo DiCaprio
Glen Powell
Kim Cattrall
Emily Blunt
Margot Robbie
Ariana Grande
Matt Damon
Hillary Duff and Francia Raisa
Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan
Sean Gunn
Issa Rae
Yvette Nicole Brown
Bernie Sanders
Michelle Yeoh
Mark Ruffalo
Brian Cox
Christopher Nolan and the Oppenheimer cast
America Fererra
J. Smith-Cameron
Bowen Yang
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Jeremy Renner
Leslie Jones
Jamie Lee Curtis
Jack Quaid
Ben Stiller
Rachel Zegler
Adam Shapiro and Benjamin Norris
Bailee Madison, Chandler Kinney, and Malia Pyles
Michelle Hurd
Jennifer Mudge
Danny Tolli, WGA captain
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