The vehemence of Drescher’s speech stunned and thrilled many in Hollywood. If we don’t stand tall right now, we are all going to be in trouble.” “This is a moment of history that is a moment of truth. You cannot keep being dwindled and marginalized, and disrespected and dishonored,” she said, in tones that ranged from tremulous to outraged. “We stand in solidarity in unprecedented unity, our union and our sister unions, and the unions around the world are standing by us as well as other labor unions. They stand on the wrong side of history, at this very moment.”Īctors are often seen as privileged creatures, but Drescher made clear that her guild is not just full of stars, but workers. She noted that they plead poverty in negotiations while “giving hundreds of millions of dollars to their CEOs. “We are being victimized by a very greedy entity,” she said, railing against the studios and streamers represented by the AMPTP. In that moment, she also became an unlikely leader at the forefront of America’s labor movement.Ĭonjuring up characters like Norma Rae-and Howard “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore” Beale in Network-Drescher gave a fiery speech that laid out the shifting Hollywood backdrop that had led to this historic moment. Drescher, formerly best known as The Nanny, was there in her capacity as the president of SAG-AFTRA, which represents about 160,000 performers.

Fran Drescher stood in front of a battery of cameras on Thursday to announce a cataclysmic, game-changing event for the entertainment industry: The actors guild was going on strike.

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