Dwayne Johnson attends the ninety fifth Annual Academy Awards on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California.Photograph: Emma McIntyre (Getty Photographs)
Film stars make tens of millions, however many working actors battle to make ends meet—a problem that’s gotten extra consciousness because of the continued SAG-AFTRA strike. Whereas union members combat Hollywood studios for honest contracts, one of the vital well-known performers on the planet is sharing a few of his luck.
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In keeping with a report in Selection, Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson has made a “seven-figure donation,” actual quantity not revealed, to the SAG-AFTRA Basis (“a non-profit group related to the union, however not a part of it”), answering a plea despatched out to 2,700 of the guild’s highest-paid members to assist offset monetary hardships caused by the strike. (The union has 160,000 members whole, in line with the commerce, so you’ll be able to see how unbalanced the scales are.)
“We depend on donations and grants to offer companies,” the group’s government director Cyd Wilson informed Selection, noting that the group additionally reached out to its most financially solvent members for assist through the pandemic. “However once we hit a disaster like this and we’re going to spend tens of millions and tens of millions of {dollars} in monetary help, that is once we want our high-profile expertise who can afford it, who’re in a scenario to assist others.”
Added Wilson, “It’s the most important single donation that we’ve ever acquired from one particular person at one time. And what’s wonderful is that that one verify goes to assist 1000’s of actors preserve meals on their desk, and preserve their children secure, and preserve their vehicles operating. And it’s not misplaced on me that he’s very humble about this, however it’s a technique to get us began.”
Head to Selection to learn the complete interview with Wilson and SAG-AFTRA Basis president Courtney B. Vance—and right here’s hoping different deep-pocketed actors step as much as assist others of their business.
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