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LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 13: (L-R) Emily Blunt and Cillian Murphy attend the “Oppenheimer” UK Premiere at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on July 13, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The cast of one of the biggest movies to premiere this year has walked out of their own debut screening in London. As per Variety<\/em><\/a>, Oppenheimer<\/em>\u2019s Cillian Murphy<\/a>, Emily Blunt<\/a>, Matt Damon<\/a> and Florence Pugh<\/a> walked out on the event on July 13 in solidarity with a just-called Hollywood actors strike, leaving director Christopher Nolan to face the music.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve seen [the cast] here earlier on the red carpet,\u201d Nolan told the audience inside Odeon Luxe theatre at Leicester Square.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, they\u2019re off to write their picket signs for what we believe to be an imminent strike by SAG, joining one of my guilds, the Writers Guild, in the struggle for fair wages for working members of the unions, and we support them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 13: (L to R) Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy and Florence Pugh attend UK Premiere of “Oppenheimer” at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on July 13, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Alan Chapman\/Dave Benett\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SAG-AFTRA is the Screen Actors Guild which represents 160,000 performers including moviestars. The dispute seems to stem from actors not being paid streaming royalties and the threat to their jobs posed of the introduction of artificial intelligence. SAG\u2019s members (which is basically every working actor in Hollywood) will now join writers who have been on strike for more than 70 days over pay disputes and protections against AI. It is the first industry-wide shutdown in 63 years, and the second time actors and writers have been on strike at the same time.<\/p>\n

The last \u201cdouble strike\u201d was in 1960, when the SAG body was led by Ronald Reagan. In that strike, both the writers and actors were fighting compensation issues arising from the dawn of television.<\/p>\n

\u201cCompensation has been severely eroded by the rise of the streaming ecosystem,\u201d a SAG-AFTRA statement read. \u201cFurthermore, artificial intelligence poses an existential threat to creative professions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUnion members should withhold their labour until a fair contract can be achieved,\u201d Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, chief negotiator of SAG-AFTRA told a room of SAG actors and journalists on July 13. \u201c[Studio heads] have left us with no alternative.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crabtree-Ireland said a month of negotiations with studio heads had resulted in little progress.<\/p>\n

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JULY 13: SAG President Fran Drescher speaks as SAG-AFTRA National Board holds a press conference for vote on recommendation to call a strike regarding the TV\/Theatrical contract at SAG-AFTRA on July 13, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe are being victimised by a very greedy enterprise,\u201d SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher said during Thursday\u2019s press conference. \u201cAt some point you have to say \u2018No, we\u2019re not going to take this anymore. You people are crazy. What are you doing? Why are you doing this?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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British Actor Emily Blunt (L) and US actor Matt Damon (R) chat as they arrive for the UK premiere of “Oppenheimer” in central London on July 13, 2023. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS \/ AFP) (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Damon hinted at the walk-off earlier in the evening.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce the strike is officially called\u201d, we\u2019re \u201cgoing to walk obviously in solidarity,\u201d Damon told a reporter at the premiere. \u201cThat\u2019s why we moved this [event date] up because we know the second it\u2019s called, we\u2019re going home.\u201d<\/p>\n

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LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 13: Florence Pugh attends the “Oppenheimer” UK Premiere at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on July 13, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It is not clear how long the strikes will continue but the timeout is sure to throw the movie-making business into disarray. With no premieres, no award shows, no interviews for completed work and no promotion of projects on social media, this could mean the Venice Film Festival is off the schedule, followed by Telluride, the Toronto Film Festival and The New York Film Festival.<\/p>\n

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