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by cmroanirgo
1422 days ago
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>So they had her sign up for the Screen Actors Guild (everyone who has a line in a film has to be a member) Anyone know why this is? Why a person uttering a line must be part of a guild? Is this a U.S. thing, or international? Also, why aren't the talks of unions here on HN using the world guild? Union? Meh. Guild? Yeah!
Developers would flock to be part of a Developers Guild. Edit: Answer to first questions: https://www.quora.com/Are-all-actors-and-actresses-part-of-t... >SAG-AFTRA is a USA union. There are many many hundreds of thousands of actors in other countries around the world. Other countries have unions too. Some, like SAG-AFTRA are strong and look out for actors’ interests very well. They may also act as gatekeepers and insist that their members have a certain standard and professionalism. There are plenty of countries where unions have little strength and actors are bullied and have next to no bargaining power. American actors have a lot to be thankful for. |
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Because the guild has an agreement with the studio that only guild members can have speaking roles.
Joining the guild is pretty straight-forward. It's a lot less work than the typical whiteboard interview.