Kevin Bacon and Marisa Tomei confirmed their assist for the continuing SAG-AFTRA strike once they have been noticed becoming a member of pickets in New York City on Tuesday.
Bacon, 65, and Tomei, 58, have been seen among the many giant group of strikers protesting outdoors the Warner Bros. Discovery Headquarters constructing in The Big Apple.
The actors labored collectively on the 2005 movie Loverboy and the 2012 comedy Crazy Stupid Love.
They every held up a big signal with the Screen Actors Guild brand (“SAG”) on the highest half above the phrase “SAG-AFTRA on STRIKE!”, each in white typeface in opposition to a black background.
Meanwhile, the decrease half of the actors’ picket boards featured a white energy fist within the middle behind a gold background. The hashtag ‘#SAGAFTRASTRONG’ in white font was additionally included within the backside half of the indicators.
Bacon wore a black SAG-AFTRA t-shirt, darkish blue denims and a pair of crimson and white sneakers.
SAG-AFTRA strike: Kevin Bacon (left) and Marisa Tomei (proper) confirmed their assist for the continuing SAG-AFTRA strike once they have been noticed becoming a member of pickets in New York City on Tuesday
Demonstration: Both actors held matching picket indicators as they joined the group of strikers protesting outdoors the Warner Bros. Discovery Headquarters constructing in NYC
Loverboy: Bacon (proper) and Tomei (middle) met and have become buddies after working collectively within the 2005 movie Loverboy, which Bacon additionally directed and produced
The Footloose star accomplished his ensemble with a grey coloured baseball cap and black tinted sun shades.
Meanwhile, Tomei flaunted her slim determine in a black tank high, saggy blue denims and a pair of nude open-toed sandals that mounted with a strap on the again.
The Oscar-winning actress accomplished her look with a set of earrings and black sun shades whereas sporting her lengthy hair in a half-up, half-up coiffure.
The star of My Cousin Vinny (the film for which she gained her Oscar) had her cellphone put in a small bag with a belt woven with black and white thread that she wrapped round her physique.
Bacon and Tomei grew to become buddies after the 2 actors teamed up within the 2005 movie Loverboy, which the previous additionally directed and produced.
They additionally teamed up with Kyra Sedgwick, Bacon’s spouse.
After the discharge of Loverboy, the 2 would reunite to work on extra tasks once more, together with the 2012 comedy movie Crazy Stupid Love and in 2019 for the Live in Front of a Studio Audience Television specials on ABC, the place they starred in a number of dwell , re-created episodes of the favored Seventies sitcom All in The Family.
The Signs: Large picket indicators Tomei and Bacon carried in the course of the protest, the highest half of which had the Screen Actors Guild brand (“SAG”) above the phrase “SAG-AFTRA on STRIKE!”, with each in white font behind a black background. Meanwhile, the decrease half of the actors’ picket boards featured a white energy fist within the middle behind a gold background.
NYC protest: The SGA-AFTRA strikes have been taking place in NYC and Los Angeles because the strike started on July 14
Co-Stars and Friends: After changing into buddies and dealing collectively on the 2005 movie Loverboy, Bacon and Tomei teamed up a number of instances over time, together with the 2012 comedy movie Crazy Stupid Love and in 2019 for the Live in Front of a Studio Audience Television specials on ABC the place they starred in a number of dwell remade episodes of the favored Seventies sitcom All in The Family
The ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike started on July 14 and is the most recent of Hollywood’s ongoing labor disputes. The WGA strike, with writers crossing the picket line, has been happening since early May.
It is the primary time since 1980 that actors have entered right into a labor dispute in America and for the primary time that each actors and writers have gone on strike on the the same time since 1960.
During the continuing SAG-AFTRA strike, coming into its twenty-fifth day of protests, many well-known actors have proven their solidarity with hanging actors by taking one (or extra) of the next actions: expressing assist for the strikes; becoming a member of picket traces in LA, New York City; and donating/distributing water bottles and/or meals to the picketers.
Below the famous names who participated within the Los Angeles or New York City picket traces embrace Jason Sudeikis, Susan Sarandon, Vanessa Hudgens, Mandy Moore, Logan Lerman, America Ferrera, and Josh Gad, simply to call a number of.
British actors’ union Equity held rallies in London and Manchester on 21 July in assist of SAG-AFTRA Strike. Below the famous names attending the Equity Rally in London embrace Brian Cox, Jim Carter, Hayley Atwell, David Oyelowo and Oscar-nominated actress Imelda Staunton, to call a number of.