'Breaking Bad' & 'Better Call Saul' Casts Reunite on SAG-AFTRA & WGA Strike Picket Line
The cast of 'Breaking Bad', including Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul and Jesse Plemons, as well as the cast of 'Better Call Saul', joined the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strike picket line outside Sony Pictures Studio in solidarity with striking actors and writers. They spoke about the issues on the table that matter to them most, including residuals and the use AI.
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You are dehumanizing the workforce,
and it cannot continue.
The cast of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul
took to the SAG-AFTRA and WGA picket lines on Tuesday
in support of both the actors and writer strikes.
We're here in solidarity with all of us,
all our brothers and sisters who are affected by this
in the WGA and SAG.
The actors, as well as Breaking Bad executive producer
and Better Call Saul showrunner, Peter Gould,
joined the line outside Sony Pictures Studios
as Sony produced both series.
The TV stars spoke to The Hollywood Reporter
about why it was important to come out
and show their support for the first double strike
of actors and writers since 1960.
We're just looking for an equitable contract,
something that makes the working actor
able to pay their bills, pay their rent,
buy food for their families.
I mean, it's really to that point.
It's a watershed moment.
They also weighed in on the issues
that matter to them the most.
Residuals and protection against AI.
I mean, I started acting quite a while ago.
And yeah, that's how people survive
when they're not working.
This contract will have a sentence in there
that states, actors must be human beings.
This is mind boggling.
But that's what it will say.
And the same thing with the Writers Guild contract.
Must be written by a human being.
We've never had to imagine that before.
But that's here right now.
It's possible of happening right now.
And we have to step in and say, you
are dehumanizing the workforce.
And it cannot continue.
The actors shared more of their thoughts on AI,
which is a key issue for both the performers and writers
unions.
Do you think we would have ever had Breaking Bad and Better
Call Saul if we were relying on AI?
AI Breaking Bad?
No way.
Wow.
The new series coming this fall, AI Breaking Bad.
Peter Gould's a character in it.
He's the robot writes him.
It's so meta.
The WGA has been on strike since May 2,
while SAG-AFTRA called a work stoppage on July 13.
For the latest updates on both the actors and writers'
strikes, head to THR.com.
For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.