At Comic-Con, a striking Hollywood absence left some with mixed feelings
SAN DIEGO — Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, national executive director of the actors’ union, SAG-AFTRA, had a message for hobbyist cosplayers at San Diego Comic-Con,: It’s OK to cosplay.
“Figure out a way to … combine your support for the strike with your favorite cosplay,” Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA’s chief negotiator in its ongoing dispute with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, advised those who love dressing up as their favorite characters during a news conference held Friday by the National Association of Voice Actors. “Because then you are actually helping us send the message we’re trying to send, which is that the community at large is united, supporting us in the demands that we’re making.”
As actor and
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