“QThis is a moment in history, a moment of truth: if we don’t hold on now, we’re all in trouble. We are all risking being replaced by machines and big business». Other than crazy: Fran Drescher, the legendary Nanny Frances in the 90s sitcom, free from tight outfits and heels is the president of the actors union SAG-AFTRA. And from there she called her colleagues together in the biggest Hollywood actors’ strike in forty years.
Fran Descher, the Passionate Nanny
There passionate fighter for the rights of actors has jumped back into the headlines due to the turmoil that threatens to paralyze the American entertainment industry. The her role is that of driving the crowds thanks to that election that happened in September 2021 after beating Matthew Modine, recently Dr. Brenner of Stranger Things.
The president of the actors’ union convinced everyone
Not everyone agreed with the choice, seeing in Drescher always a bit the nanny of the series and deeming her little expert in union issues. But on the contrary, the actress showed a whole other side of herself, the determined and decisive one who managed to obtain unanimity in the vote for the strike.
Fran Drescher in Los Angeles outside Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
A leadership capacity fully demonstrated in a very tough speech delivered after the breakdown of the negotiation with the producers and the heads of the Studios, which it immediately went viral on social media reposted by thousands of Hollywood’s top names.
Fighter Fran Drescher’s speech
What is happening “is disgusting and disrespectful, a greedy entity is raging on us. I’m shocked at how people we’ve always worked with are treating us. THE employers prioritize Wall Street and greed and they forget who at the base moves the car» she said combative and resolute. The reference is to the producers’ associations and film houses, accused of using artificial intelligence in a disrespectful way of the image of the stars and which does not accept the request for higher salaries and more protections on the percentages of receipts».
Sets, presentations and festivals without actors
After good-naturedly battling Mr. Sheffer on set for years, today the Tata is at the forefront of a claim for rights. A battle that affects workers in the entertainment industry, but which could be expanded and reported in all working environments in the United States.
The fact is that until they agree, actors and actresses will not return to the cinema and TV set And they will cross their arms. And they won’t show up at interviews, festivals and new film promotions around the world, the great fear of Venice Film Festival.
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