'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.

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