I additionally simply bought recognized with an autoimmune illness. I am on treatment for the remainder of my life. If I haven’t got medical insurance, beginning in January of subsequent yr, what’s my treatment going to value me? What are my physician follow-up visits going to value? If I haven’t got medical insurance, I can not afford it.
Mara Roszak, nonunion movie star hairstylist, co-owner of Mare Salon and founding father of ROZ Hair
We had [a press tour] for Zoë Saldana’s present, Particular Ops: Lioness, main as much as the strike. Her make-up artist, who’s within the union, and I have been flying again from London. We have been ready to listen to if the press was going to proceed on or if it was going to finish with London. We have been persevering with in LA and New York if SAG did not strike, but it surely was trying prefer it was going to come back to that, so my work ended as soon as we bought again to Los Angeles.
The concept is that creative contribution is replaceable, however the backside line is that we’re not — actors, writers, hair and make-up included. We’ve already seen such a decline in our worth as artists, and I see this strike as a combat for the human aspect of artistry, for the worth people carry to the inventive course of and the tip consequence.
Our particular jobs are a lot greater than what’s seen; they’re additionally the surroundings we create and the house we maintain. This group is powerful, composed of extremely clever, proficient creators who will persevere, however change is in the end wanted. I am hopeful that [the actors and writers] shall be profitable, as a result of it’s a long-time coming. It is in regards to the higher good.
Alexandra French, Emmy-winning make-up artist, member of IATSE Native 706
After I was on Euphoria, [someone] had mentioned that she was listening to the [studios] have been already engaged on AI. She was like, “They’re gonna scan actors, then they are going to put them in, after which our jobs should not going to be wanted.” For instance, they’re going to scan Zendaya’s face and take her phrases from different films and make it right into a film and do hair, make-up, wardrobe, all the things in submit. I used to be like, “Oh, come on. That is not gonna occur.” However this was earlier than everybody was speaking about AI and doing the [viral] AI footage and stuff.
If we simply let this go, it’ll by no means be the identical. Most individuals who work in hair and make-up do background work. Not simply actors! I believe that is why everybody is aware of, like, “Holy shit, our whole profession is on the road.” It trickles all the way down to eating places and catering and laundromats. Something you possibly can consider. The entire metropolis [of Los Angeles] runs on this trade.
Nameless, make-up artist, member of IATSE Native 798
IATSE will not be on strike, but it surely’s necessary to everybody I’ve spoken with that we assist the employees who’re. The strike has been a monetary and emotional pressure, however another way, uplifting.
