Dwayne Johnson makes ‘historic’ donation to charity serving to placing actors

Dwayne Johnson has made a “historic” donation to the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) Foundation as members of the union proceed to strike.

The wrestler-turned-actor is reported to have made a seven-figure donation after the SAG-AFTRA Foundation – a charity related to the union, however not a part of it – issued a plea to its highest-earning members.

The charity organises monetary reduction to the union’s 160,000 members who’ve been on strike since 2 May after looking for larger pay and safeguards in opposition to unauthorised use of their photographs by way of synthetic intelligence (AI).

SAG-AFTRA Foundation president Courtney B Vance and government director Cyd Wilson informed Variety that Johnson’s donation has the potential to “aid thousands of actors”.

“It’s the largest single donation that we’ve ever received from one individual at one time,” Mr Wilson stated, including that individuals will be capable of preserve meals on the desk, preserve their kids protected and their automobiles working.

The actual quantity that the Moana actor donated stays unknown.

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On social media, the Foundation thanked Johnson for his “extraordinary generosity and historic donation”, hoping that it could encourage different high-profile members to comply with go well with.

Having began the strike formally on Friday 14 July, there may be nonetheless no finish in sight.

It is the primary time in 63 years, that each SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America (WGA) are on strike at the same time.

Members of the WGA have been striking for the last two months, which has already had a big effect on productions resembling season five of Stranger Things, season two of The Last Of Us, season six of The Handmaid’s Tale and Game Of Thrones spinoff A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight.

On 21 July, a number of British stars led a protest in London to indicate their solidarity with each actors and writers on strike within the US.

SAG-AFTRA have claimed that after 4 weeks of intensive talks, movie and TV bosses have refused to compromise on well being and pension plans.

But the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) – the affiliation representing main Hollywood studios together with Walt Disney and Netflix – stated earlier this month {that a} deal, together with higher pay and AI safeguards, had been supplied, and accused the union of strolling away from talks.