Film stars make hundreds of thousands, however many working actors wrestle to make ends meet—a problem that’s gotten extra consciousness due to the continuing SAG-AFTRA strike. Whereas union members struggle Hollywood studios for truthful contracts, one of the crucial well-known performers on the planet is sharing a few of his success.
In accordance with a report in Selection, Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson has made a “seven-figure donation,” precise quantity not revealed, to the SAG-AFTRA Basis (“a non-profit group related to the union, however not a part of it”), answering a plea despatched out to 2,700 of the guild’s highest-paid members to assist offset monetary hardships caused by the strike. (The union has 160,000 members whole, based on the commerce, so you’ll be able to see how unbalanced the scales are.)
“We depend on donations and grants to offer companies,” the group’s government director Cyd Wilson instructed Selection, noting that the group additionally reached out to its most financially solvent members for assist throughout the pandemic. “However after we hit a disaster like this and we’re going to spend hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in monetary help, that is after we want our high-profile expertise who can afford it, who’re in a scenario to assist others.”
Added Wilson, “It’s the biggest single donation that we’ve ever acquired from one particular person at one time. And what’s superb is that that one test goes to assist 1000’s of actors hold meals on their desk, and hold their children secure, and hold their automobiles working. And it’s not misplaced on me that he’s very humble about this, however it’s a strategy to get us began.”
Head to Selection to learn the total interview with Wilson and SAG-AFTRA Basis president Courtney B. Vance—and right here’s hoping different deep-pocketed actors step as much as assist others of their business.
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