Ordinarily, Jessica Chastain would be launching her Phase 2 Emmy campaign for her first Emmy nomination for Best Actress in a Limited Series in “George & Tammy” (Showtime), in which she stars as country singer Tammy Wynette.
I spoke to her on the phone just before the SAG-AFTRA negotiating committee released a formal announcement of a strike — with no Emmy campaigns allowed.She had also been planning to attend some fall festivals to promote “Memory,” the new Michel Franco movie with Peter Sarsgaard.
“I am definitely pro-union,” she told IndieWire.
“There’s huge innovations in our industry, content has been incredible, streaming and amazing technology have made huge steps, and quickly.
But difficult things like contracts haven’t kept up with the innovations that have been made, resulting in huge inequality, people not able to earn a fair wage and support families.
The industry has been so separated in terms of…
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