‘Black Bird’ Emmy Nominee Paul Walter Hauser On SAG-AFTRA Talks: “Our Kindnesses Could Be Misconstrued As Weakness. We Could Be In An Abusive Relationship”
deadline.comOn Tuesday morning, Paul Walter Hauser is driving to Starbucks, “keeping it real” he says, in the wake of his brand new Emmy nomination for the role of serial killer Larry Hall in Apple TV+ limited series Black Bird, which already garnered Critics Choice and SAG Awards.
It’s been “a very, very fun morning,” and there’s “a crazy amount to celebrate.” It’s also a big day for SAG-AFTRA talks, and the threat of an actors’ strike looms.
It can be tricky for actors to make public statements at this stage, not knowing what’s coming. But Hauser is not one for backing away from difficulty, as evidenced by his heavy-duty Black Bird role. “I’m not going to be a coward and not say anything,” he says. “I guess what I would say is this: I love our studios and our streamers, and they have been tastemakers for decades in the things that I’ve loved watching and now have the privilege to be a part of.
Having said that, I feel that if we don’t come together and draw hard lines now, our kindnesses will be misconstrued as weakness, and we could be in a very abusive relationship between creatives and studios.
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