Colin Farrell, Sarah Silverman and Kate Flannery Walk the SAG-AFTRA Picket Line in Los Angeles

Mar. 16, 2025

Colin Farrell,Sarah Silverman,Kate Flannery, andJamie Lynn Spearsjoined several of their peers in Los Angeles on Wednesday to walk the picket line as part of the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes.

The latest display comes just weeks after the strike started on July 13 whenSAG-AFTRA announced negotiationshad failed with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).

At the time, SAG PresidentFran Drescherand Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, national executive director and chief negotiator of SAG-AFTRA, shared the news at a press conference,noting it was a unanimous vote. The following day, actors began to join writers, who have been striking since May 2,on picket lines.

Kate Flannery walks the picket line for the SAG-AFTRA.jfizzy/Star Max/GC Images

Kate Flannery walks the picket line in support of the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strike outside Paramount studios on July 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.

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Colin Farrell and Tory Kittles walk the picket line in support of the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strike on July 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.

Silverman, 52, joined the picket line in a trucker cap and sunglasses as she held a WGAW sign of her own, reading, “Pay up, you tree-timming f—-,” while Spears, 32, could be seen outside Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank in the same shirt as Farrell, holding a similar sign.

Over in New York City on Wednesday, actors such as Kathryn Gallagher andBeanie Feldsteinalso joined in on the action.

Sarah Silverman walks the picket line for the SAG-AFTRA.jfizzy/Star Max/GC Images

Sarah Silverman walks the picket line in support of the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strike on July 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.

“They plead poverty that they’re losing money left and right while giving hundreds of millions of dollars to their CEOs. It is disgusting. Shame on them. They stand on the wrong side of history at this very moment. We stand in solidarity in unprecedented unity,” Drescher said.

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The AMPTP — the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers — said in a statement that same day that it was “deeply disappointed that SAG-AFTRA has decided to walk away from negotiations.”

Jamie Lynn Spears seen on the picket lines supporting SAG-AFTRA.London Entertainment / SplashNews.com

Jamie Lynn Spears seen on the picket lines outside Warner Bros Studios in Burbank, Ca on the 2nd week of the 2023 SAG/AFTRA strike

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“This is the Union’s choice, not ours. In doing so, it has dismissed our offer of historic pay and residual increases, substantially higher caps on pension and health contributions, audition protections, shortened series option periods, a groundbreaking AI proposal that protects actors' digital likenesses, and more,” the statement continued.

source: people.com