Commentary: Actors are striking because we’ve long been in crisis. It’s not just streaming or AI
by Maria Prudente, Los Angeles Times
Jul 27, 2023
3 minutes
In late 2014 I was hired to play friend #3 in a new commercial for Garnier Nutrisse, the at-home hair color line. The company offered me a payout of $100 for my likeness, which they would use online and elsewhere.
I spent that paycheck on a cab to and from the shooting location in a desolate area of industrial Brooklyn that inspired “A Clockwork Orange” kind of anxiety. This is a risk that many actors have to take, particularly actors who are nonunion or work
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