Brian Cox, Imelda Staunton, Naomie Harris and Simon Pegg were among the British A-list actors leading a demonstration in Leicester Square on Friday in solidarity with the US strikes disrupting the film and television industries.
The actor representing their union, Equity, gathered in the shadow of large cinema billboards advertising the Barbie and Oppenheimer movies. Placards being waved included: “Alas poor Yorick, I knew him well”, “Support artists not algorithms” and “This Barbie’s last residual was $0.02”.
