Stars across Hollywood and beyond couldn’t be happier that the SAG-AFTRA strike has ended.
Backed in part by president Fran Drescher, SAG-AFTRA reached a tentative agreement Wednesday on a new three-year contract with the studios, ending a contentious 17-week strike argue.
After this good news, some of the biggest names in Hollywood reached out to Drescher, including George Clooney, who gave a pretty nice message to The Nanny star.
“George Clooney said, ‘I bet my house and lost that you couldn’t get the deal you had, that you wouldn’t get over a billion dollars.’ And that makes me very happy,’” Drescher told Extra Thursday.
She also received a call from Tyler Perry, who said, “I’m so, so proud of you.”
Drescher has been linked to a number of other big names, like Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, Ryan Reynolds, Laura Dern and Kerry Washington – all of whom congratulated the actress for landing such a monumental deal.
She also heard from Bradley Cooper, who once thanked Drescher for the kindness she showed him when he was a young hotel worker bringing the then-Nanny star to her room.
“Bradley Cooper, he told me that many years ago, when I was still on The Nanny and he was working at a hotel… and he probably took my bag to the room with him me and we talked all the way, and he said, ‘I’ll never forget how nice you were, how respected you made me feel, and how you talked to me like I was equal. with you, and I’ll never forget that, and I’m glad to have the opportunity to thank you now,’” Drescher shared.
Detailing what finally brought the strike to an end, Drescher told Extra, “It went all the way… We got to the point where we crossed the billion dollar mark and ended at [$1,011,000,000], which is quite historic in terms of contract size in this industry.’”
That figure was reached after two weeks of intense negotiations between the performers union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which resulted in the strike officially ending at 12:01 a.m. Thursday.
In a statement following the news, the union said its negotiators voted unanimously to approve the tentative agreement, which will go to the union’s national council on Friday to ” consider and consider”.
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) also released a statement following the news, saying the deal “represents a new model”.
The studios said the new deal “gives SAG-AFTRA the largest contractual benefits in the union’s history, including the largest minimum wage increase in forty years; all-new surplus for streaming programs; broad consent and indemnification protections in the use of artificial intelligence and significantly increased contracts for broad categories.”
While it’s certainly time to celebrate, the deal still needs to be ratified by union members before it officially goes into effect.
The Hollywood strikes first began when the WGA went on strike on May 2. Actors joined the picket line on July 14, creating a complete television and cable shutdown. image. The writers finally reached an agreement on September 27 after 148 days, during which SAG went on strike for 118 days before reaching a final agreement.
