Hollywood top executives figured they could ride out a skirmish with screenwriters reeling from technology's changes to the industry.
But few executives were prepared for — or wanted — a strike by the industry's largest union, SAG-AFTRA, which represents 160,000 actors and other performers.
After talks over a new contract collapsed last week, throngs of performers joined writers on picket lines — plunging Los Angeles' signature industry into chaos and further complicating what some fear could become a long and devastating strike.
