Screen Actors Guild President Fran Drescher held nothing back in her response to the latest offer from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), calling it “egregious and disgusting.”
Drescher addressed the offer during a press conference on Thursday, when the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) — announced that the union would join the Writers Guild of America (WGA) in a historic double strike that hasn’t been seen since the 1960s.
Among the points of contention for many SAG-AFTRA members is the potential for filmmakers to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to recreate actors’ likenesses without their permission and without paying them – a point that Drescher and SAG-AFTRA’s chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree said was highlighted in the most recent offer from the AMPTP.
“So the AMPTP just sent out a press release basically saying … you guys have chosen a path that will lead to financial hardship…