'Middle Class' Actors Are Getting 'Squeezed Out' of Hollywood
Michelangelo11
14 points
4 comments
April 17, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)
turtleyacht
Naively assumed once a screenplay had been written, would somehow always have a pool of local actors. Feels strange to imagine it could someday be zero.
itmitica
Boo hoo hoo! Farmer Partridge remembers when he was squized out of its home by overpaid actors.
metalman
will the beautiful people have to get jobs? executive assistants? bricks and mortar sales?live performance?be harder when the fall back becomes plan A
e40
Loved him on Fringe. The economics of movies, tv etc are changing. If the Warner Bros purchase goes through it will only get worse. The debt load the acquiring company will have will increase pressure on actor paydays. And let’s not forget who is controlling the company. It will be ugly.