The WGA writers strike had already thrown a gigantic wrench into forward momentum within the entertainment industry, and the SAG-AFTRA actors strike only compounded the stalemate between creatives and the AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers). Various celebs have started to go public with how lackluster their residuals checks from studios are, regardless of a project’s popularity, and pointing out how impossible it would be to live off of such meager earnings. Abbott Elementary fan-favorite William Stanford Davis, who stars as the scene-stealing custodian Mr. Johnson, was one of the latest Hollywood talents to go off, and seemingly deleted a few emotional F-bombs from a social media post.
As seen below, Davis took to Instagram to join his fellow actors in calling for changes regarding actor compensation and other issues stemming in part from how massively popular streaming services have become since the last time negotiations were hammered out. And while he didn’t indicate which project this was for, his words and the low-balled number on the residuals check made it clear that identifying the project isn’t nearly as important as fixing the problems. Check out the post below:
