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14th July 2023
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“I have to to acknowledge the work of our incredible cast, led by Cillian Murphy. The list is enormous — Robert Downey Jr, Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Kenneth Branagh, Rami Malek and so many more. "You’ve seen them here earlier on the red carpet. Unfortunately, they are 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 their union and we support them.”You can watch a video of the filmmaker's comments - shared by Deadline - right here:
While they were in attendance at the premiere, the Oppenheimer cast voiced their support for the strike action - with Damon stating during a red carpet interview:Christopher Nolan says the cast of #Oppenheimer left the premiere to ‘go and write their pickets’ and join the strike pic.twitter.com/rc2SaSxcfk
— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) July 13, 2023
“Nobody wants a work stoppage but if our leadership is saying that the deal isn’t fair, then we gotta hold strong until we get a deal that’s fair for working actors. "It’s the difference between having healthcare and not for a lot of actors, and we gotta do what’s right by them.”Oppenheimer lands in cinemas on 21 July, where it will go head-to-head at the box office with the Margot Robbie-starring Barbie movie released the same day. Related articles:

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