Update, 11:44 am Pst: Christopher Nolan confirmed before the beginning of the “Oppenheimer” screening that the cast has left in solidarity with the SAG-AFTRA strike.Previously: Matt Damon has revealed that the “Oppenheimer” cast talked about their strike strategy before hitting the movie’s red carpet premiere in London on Thursday.“We talked about it,” Damon told Variety on the carpet.
“Look, if it’s called now, everyone’s going to walk obviously in solidarity … Once the strike is officially called, [we’re walking].
That’s why we moved this [red carpet] up because we know the second it’s called, we’re going home.”Damon added: “We gave the strike authorization.
We voted 98% to 2% to do that because we know our leadership has our best interest at heart.”“It’s really about working actors,” he continued.
“It’s $26,000 to qualify for health coverage and a lot of people are on the margins and…
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