Ryan Reynolds, Mandy Moore and Melissa Gilbert criticized the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) after the union issued new Halloween costume rules for striking actors.
On Wednesday, SAG-AFTRA released a pamphlet with guidelines for observing the holiday without undermining the ongoing strike, which turned 100 days old on Friday. The union instructed members to avoid dressing up as hit content characters and instead opt for “generalized characters and figures (ghosts, zombies, spiders).”
SAG-AFTRA also required its members to refrain from posting “blacked out content costumes on social media.” The guidelines prohibit members from choosing some of the most popular costumes of the year, including Barbie, Wednesday Addams and Spider-Man.
The backlash to SAG-AFTRA’s “strike-friendly” dress code rules was swift, with celebrities taking to social media to express their frustration.
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Ryan Reynolds, Mandy Moore and Melissa Gilbert are speaking out against SAG-AFTRA’s strict Halloween costume rules. (Getty)
«Is this a joke? Let’s go @sagaftra. Is this what is important? We ask that you negotiate in good faith on our behalf,” Moore, 39, wrote on his Instagram Story.
The “This Is Us” alum continued: “Many people in all aspects of this industry have been making huge sacrifices for months. Come back to the table and get a fair deal so everyone can get back to work.”
Reynolds, 46, mocked the union on X, formerly Twitter, joking about berating his daughter James for her Halloween costume.
Moore expressed her outrage in a post she shared on Instagram. (Mandy Moore Instagram)
“I can’t wait to yell ‘scab’ at my 8-year-old son all night,” the “Deadpool” actor wrote Thursday, referring to the derogatory term for a union member who breaks strike rules or crosses picket lines.
“She is not in the union but she needs to learn,” he added.
After Reynolds’ tweet, SAG-AFTRA issued a statement clarifying that the rules do not apply to members’ children.
The union’s Halloween guidelines prohibit members from dressing up as beatdown characters. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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«SAG-AFTRA issued a Halloween guide in response to questions from content creators and members about how to support the strike during this holiday season. This was intended to help them avoid promoting striking work, and is the latest in a series of guidelines we have. “It does not apply to anyone’s children,” the union wrote, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
«We are on strike for important reasons and have been for almost 100 days. Our number one priority remains getting the studios back to the negotiating table so we can get a fair deal for our members and finally get our industry back up and running. «
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Gilbert, who served as president of SAG-AFTRA from 2001 to 2005, criticized the union in a scathing Instagram post on Thursday.
“THIS is what they came up with?” the 59-year-old “Little House on the Prairie” actress wrote.
Gilbert, who served as president of SAG-AFTRA from 2001 to 2005, criticized the union in a scathing Instagram post on Thursday. (Gotham/GC images)
“Literally, no one cares what they wear for Halloween. I mean, do you really think this kind of childish stuff is going to end the strike? We look like a joke. Please tell me you are going to make this rule go away….and go negotiate!”
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“For the love of God, people are hurting so much and this is what they have to say… come on guys… @officialfrandrescher @duncanci,” Gilbert added, tagging the Instagram accounts of current SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher and of the chief negotiator. Duncan Crabtree-Ireland.
The “Dancing With The Stars” alum also reposted a caption of an Instagram update from Canadian actor Kevin Zegers that read, “These are the kind of fools that keep us on strike.”
“‘Let’s enact a policy that makes us look petty and incompetent at the same time’ @officialfrandrescher.”
Ashley Hume is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to ashley.hume@fox.com and on Twitter: @ashleyhume
2023-10-22 04:35:19
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