Film stars make thousands and thousands, however many working actors battle to make ends meet—a problem that’s gotten extra consciousness because of the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike. Whereas union members fight Hollywood studios for fair contracts, probably the most well-known performers on the earth is sharing a few of his luck.
In response to a report in Variety, Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson has made a “seven-figure donation,” actual 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 led to by the strike. (The union has 160,000 members complete, in accordance with the commerce, so you may see how unbalanced the scales are.)
“We depend on donations and grants to supply providers,” the group’s govt director Cyd Wilson instructed Selection, noting that the group additionally reached out to its most financially solvent members for assist in the course of the pandemic. “However once we hit a disaster like this and we’re going to spend thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands of {dollars} in monetary help, that is once we want our high-profile expertise who can afford it, who’re in a scenario to assist others.”
Added Wilson, “It’s the most important single donation that we’ve ever acquired from one particular person at one time. And what’s wonderful is that that one examine goes to assist hundreds of actors hold meals on their desk, and hold their children protected, and hold their automobiles operating. And it’s not misplaced on me that he’s very humble about this, however it’s a solution to get us began.”
Head to Variety to learn the complete 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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